Hi Valtorrez...isn't the bottle idea great? I, too, use it here for specific plants, mainly a cimicifuga ( now referred to as an actea) that is in a sunny area and doing well due to water bottles. The occasional hosta here and there also get that treatment if its difficult for me to reach it. I learned about it from the Internet.

It's especially convenient when you aren't going to be around for awhile...I use large plastic sauce containers/bottles...puncture a few holes at the bottom....place it snug in the ground near specific plant and it drips out slowly...done in about an hour to two, depending on how dry soil is. My front bed is exposed to sun and wind so this type of supplemental watering works great for the few plants that are in that bed that require regular water. The rest of them are drought resistant.

Yes I learned this last year when I was visiting my mother and drove past this old lady house and saw her beds looking great while everybody's were looking bad. I asked her and she showed me jugs in between flowers that she got neighborhood kids to fill up once a year. I came back and tried last year but it was just too late but I promised myself I would do right this year and I did. Ken always says you can grow hostas anywhere it just depends on how much water u give them and I can tell you my hostas in my back yep arid gets around 5 hours of hot sun in humid conditions and they look great. I also think what is happening is what others have said and that is certain hostas can grow to be tolerant of the sun. I got an old green hostas that grows tall from my grandmother that was always in sun but another zone. My first year it did not do well but this year not a spot on it.

Any pics? - would love to see the results.

DD