Gold Standard Hosta

Everyone holds their landscape to a certain standard! So you'll fall in love with the Gold Standard Hosta (Hosta 'Gold Standard') with its bright chameleon foliage! A unique offering of the Hosta world, Gold Standard has big leaves 8 inches long and 5 inches across!

Gold Standard starts off the spring as a deep chartreuse with a mottled green edge. Then as summer progresses the chartreuse changes to golden yellow and finally in late summer will fade to a creamy white! A completely enchanting look for your deep shade garden!

The butterflies and hummingbirds will delight in the mid-summer pinkish-lavender blooms that rise on tall scapes to add a bit of interest and some lovely cut flowers for your bouquets. Cold-hardy and humidity tolerant, Hostas handle conditions between USDA growing zones 3 to 8 in the full shade! Remarkably easy to grow, even the most novice or busiest of gardeners can find success with these low-maintenance perennial ornamentals!

Planting and Application:

Use these lovely plants to add a woodland feel to your shady nooks or a very modern look to a geometric bed or border shade garden. The big leaves are perfect foils for other shade lovers like Hydrangeas and Astilbes. Line garden beds and create groupings of these chameleon foliage plants for something different throughout the growing season!

Loving the shade that larger trees and shrubs create, a skirt or ring of Hosta around their bases adds a finishing touch to your plantings while hiding their bare leggy lower stems as lush facer plants. Mix with other Hosta leaf colors, create a cool background structure, or highlight shrubs and trees with this unique coloration!

Gold Standard Hosta even does fine in a well-drained container. Order several Gold Standard Hostas to add a shot of color to your covered porches and patios, shaded seating areas, and even protected balconies!

• Color-Changing Leaf Margins - Chartreuse to Gold to Creamy White!
• Large Foliage & Mounding Tidy Form
• Pinkish-Lavender Blooms on Tall Scapes
• Cut Flowers & Pollinator-Friendly
• Shade Gardens, Beds & Borders, Edging & Containers!

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Hostas can handle dappled shade in the understory in cooler growing zones without worrying the leaves will burn. Provide regular moisture throughout the growing season and a well-drained enriched site for the best growth. Add a 3-4 inch thick layer of arborist mulch to the soil surface, especially in dry shade conditions. Deadhead as soon as the flowers fade for a tidy look, and in fall when these herbaceous Perennials die back from the cold, it's time to prune the mound clean and remove the dead foliage. Divide your Hosta every 3-5 years to maintain vigor. The only pests to worry about are slugs, which feast on the leaves like a buffet if allowed but if you clean the mounds each fall, these are rarely an issue.

• Full Shade Perennial
• Moist Well-Drained Enriched Soil
• Low-Maintenance & Remarkably Easy Care
• Deadhead After Flowering
• Prune Late Fall

For when you can choose just one Hosta, choose the Gold Standard Hosta and have three Hosta in one throughout the seasons! Order yours today at Nature Hills!

Frequently Asked Questions

Do Hostas need full sun or shade?

Hosta does best in full sun in cooler climates but does appreciate afternoon protection from the worst of the summer sun, especially in the hottest of their growing zone range. In the hottest climates, Hosta like partial shade or dappled shade, and some varieties will do great in full shade.

Where do Hostas grow best?

Hosta plants love enriched, well-drained soil that is moderately yet consistently moist throughout the growing season. They appreciate mulched garden beds.

Do Hostas come back every year? Are Hostas a perennial plant?

With vigorous carefree growth, Hostas are herbaceous perennial plants that will return year after year with little maintenance.

What do you do with Hostas in the fall? What do you do with Hostas in the winter?

Hosta leaves will die back after frost but the crowns and roots remain intact and dormant until next spring. Prune back the leaves once they turn brown in the autumn and remove them from the plant's area. For winter protection, add a layer of compost or mulch over the crowns to protect them from the chill.

Do Hosta attract hummingbirds or pollinators?

Hostas are loved by pollinators and hummingbirds! All walks of beneficial pollinators will show up to sip their nectar.

What Shipping Options Do You Offer?

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