I love hostas but they do not do well in my climate - not worth planting, I keep losing them.
Visited my sister in Colorado and she had an awesome display of hostas in her front yard, I was extremely jealous...Add that to the list of plants I cannot grow here - tulips, crocuses, and other bulbs that need a deep freeze, tuberous begonias, fuchsias and bleeding hearts - although I see them for sale in Home Depot and Lowe’s all the time.
We have plenty of other things I can concentrate on, though, it’s a matter of trial and error and seeing what grows well in the area.
You are right. We should each be grateful for the things we can have in our own zones. Hostas are very much at home here in my yard.
That bougainvillea I bought at the beginning of the season isn’t putting out such beautiful bracts lately. It isn’t over watered and it’s in the sunniest spot my yard offers. I’m wondering now if I can fertilize to try to get more color out of the bracts. If not, it was fun trying it.