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Originally Posted by batman911
Will Hostas grow in the shade in Florida?
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I have never been able to grow them. Many of the plants from the northern states will "grow" here, but they do not flourish or last like they do up north. I actually have grown a Florida daffodil, believe me it is not worth the trouble, it will flower for maybe two years, after that it sends up plenty of leaves, but less and less bloom. I used to love hollyhocks and had collected seeds from all over Europe which had grown and reseeded all over my northern garden, here they were a disaster. I had the biggest green leaves and no flowers, it was like a monster growing in the garden. It's the same with Foxgloves, another plant which flourished and reseeded itself every year, I bought a couple of plants, they looked wonderful in the garden and then just sort of wilted away and disappeared.
It's rather like us trying to grow semi- or tropical plants in a northern climate, you may keep them alive by bringing them in and out, but they do not flourish as they would here.
It's really a matter of trial and error. I have been here six years and I am still in the "trial" stage. I get pleasure from gardening, but it is just not the same --------- on the other hand it's great not to have an early frost and lose everything in early September like I did in NH!