Hosta After Transplaning

It’s natural for a plant that’s been transplanted in this season to have die-back, or yellowing leaves. Also, at this time of year hosta naturally start shutting down for the winter, especially if they are recently transplanted. Moving a plant disrupts the roots, no matter how carefully it’s done, and the plant responds by getting rid of some of the foliage that it no longer has the roots to support. The good news is that Hosta are tough plants that will spring back the year after transplantation. Keep your plants deeply watered until they die back completely – water for a long time once a week. Once hosta are established they are fairly drought-tolerant but still do best with a long, deep soaking every one to two weeks if there hasn’t been at least an inch of rain in that time.