how'd it grow as indoors hostess our flowering plants that originated in Southeast Asia they were imported to Europe in the 1700s into the u.s. in the 1800s they can be grown outdoors and cool climates or in cool shady spots and warmer climates hostess can be grown indoors if they are given the right lighting conditions they are low-maintenance plants that need little attention in order to thrive they rarely need fertilizer and they don't need a high humidity level choose potting soil with a high level of organic materials to keep it loose and well draining if the potting soil is heavy add some peat moss or compost to it to make it drain better pick a large pot that will hold a plant that is 2.5 feet wide a healthy host ax will reach this size and will need a large pot size to contain the large root ball of the full grown plant some indoor host ax growers use a plant drop that will accommodate the wide plant add the potting soil to the pot without packing the soil tightly place the pot in an area that gets in direct sunlight outdoors host plants prefer shade and can be damaged by too much direct sunlight indoors the plants should be placed in a cool area that is away from direct sunlight plant your hoster in the pot keeping it all of the leaves above the soil avoid crushing any other roots in the process the roots should be separated from each other gently if the plant is root bound to allow the roots to establish themselves more easily water the hosts to thoroughly until the water drains through the bottom of the pot this will help the roots to spread out into the soil once the soil has been watered spread a light layer of bark mulch over the top of the soil this will help to keep the soil moist for longer periods of time fertilize your hosts to every spring with an extended-release fertilizer cut away any dead leaves and dead had any dead flowers this will keep the flowers energy concentrated on the healthy stems leaves and flowers and keep the plant producing more flowers you you you