Does anyone else cut off the flower "sticks" of hostas???

[a kennedy]

I call them sticks once they’re done flowering.......so ugly when not flowering, so I just cut them off. Anyone else do this??

[Atticus]

1. Yes. nt

[dchill]

2. Yes. Always.

They're just ugly after the flowers are gone.

[a kennedy]

4. Good, they do look terrible when done blooming.....

[Ohiogal]

3. Yes, I do, just for appearance.

[a kennedy]

5. It's funny too.......the purple always bloom first, then the white flowers come

so it’s a timed process of when I cut them down, and my back is happy there is time between blooming. Whew......

[Harker]

6. I wait until they're dried and black.

Then I carefully cut them and store them in the garage with a great deal of similar material for an elaborate dry arrangement I'll probably never make.

[virgogal]

7. Yep,they are ugly.

[CanonRay]

8. Just cut some of mine today

[912gdm]

9. nope

I let them goto seed in the highly improbable chance they will germinate... Is fall or spring the time to divide them? I have some monster hostas at my new house I promised my mom and I need to divide them b4 she shows up one morning and takes it upon herself to do it.


She REALLY wants some of those hostas