A pothos blooming? This pothos-like plant is easy to grow in pots and beautiful in flower

At a friend's place I saw a potted plant. At first glance I thought it was a pothos, but it had a few white flowers on it, which was quite a surprise. Later I learned that this plant, which looks so much like a "pothos," is called hosta.

Speaking of which, hosta is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Liliaceae family. Its leaves are especially broad and green, and it blooms with pure white flowers from August to October, carrying a fragrant scent. A single plant can produce from a few to more than a dozen flowers, with buds shaped like hairpins and blooms shaped like trumpets, giving it high ornamental value.

Hosta not only resembles pothos in appearance, but is just as easy to grow in a pot as pothos

Hosta is not demanding about soil. As long as it is not clay, any soil with decent drainage will do, but if you want it to grow better, then as with most plants in pots, a fertile, loose sandy loam is most suitable for its growth.

Hosta is a typical shade plant. It likes shady, humid environments and cannot be exposed to blazing sun; under strong light its leaves turn yellow and are also prone to developing spots, which hurts its ornamental value. When growing it in a pot at home, you can simply place the hosta somewhere indoors with bright light for care.

As for watering, hosta likes moisture. During its growing period, water it more and keep the potting soil slightly moist, but note that although it likes water, once autumn arrives and temperatures drop, you must water it less, letting the potting soil dry out and then get wet again, and be careful not to let water accumulate in the pot.

Fertilizing is easy: in spring and autumn you can apply frequent, light fertilizer, giving a nitrogen-based fertilizer solution once every 10 days, and you can stop fertilizing in summer and winter.

Hosta is also very cold-tolerant. It can overwinter safely as long as winter temperatures stay above 5°C. That is to say, in the south it can be grown all year round, and in the north, as long as it is kept in a warm place indoors during winter, it can also overwinter safely.