{"id":11719,"date":"2017-06-19T10:22:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T08:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=11719"},"modified":"2020-12-19T18:03:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T17:03:37","slug":"hosta-superstar-and-host-in-vienna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=11719","title":{"rendered":"Hosta Superstar and Host in Vienna"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The genus Hosta is just about my favourite vegetable as you can read in my book Around the World in 80 plants, productive, tasty and perfect for a forest garden as it doesn’t mind deep shade! I did a walk and talk at the Botanischer Garten der Universit\u00e4t Wien as part of my tour organised by Arche Noah in mid-June 2017. To my great surprise, there was a Hosta installation in the garden and a large collection of species Hosta! It turns out that the genus Hosta was named after Austrian botanist Nikolaus Host (1761-1834) and he managed a garden on the site of the botanical garden until his death!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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From the garden’s web site: “On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Nikolaus Thomas Host (1761-1834). A group of students of the class for landscape design, under the supervision of the British artist and landscape designer Tony Heywood, is working on a “horticultural installation” for the Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna.”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Here’s a series of pictures from the installation “Hosta Superstar” and a long bed of species Hosta!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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All Hostas are edible.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This was the highlight of my guided tour of the garden which ended at the Hosta installation.
\nIt was unknown to the garden that Hosta are edible and the director was excited of this new dimension to the garden…perhaps there will be a Hosta tasting next spring!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n