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small to medium gold hosta recommendation

addictedtohosta

16 years ago

Hi!

I am in the process to designing a new border for next year and I am in need of a suggestion for a small to medium all gold hosta. Does anyone have one in their garden that still looks good this fall? I have a number of all gold that look awful right now, and as this location in the new border will be front & center, I would like one that looks good from spring to fall!

Thank you!

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sugarman
16 years ago
Three suggestions (and they look all three very good even now)

- Dixieland Heat : Probably the one describing the best what you are looking for : a yellow small hosta
- Early Times (May/English Sunrise are about the same) : Yellow early in the season but fading towards a greyish yellow afterwards
- Marrakech : another gorgeous hosta with yellow wavy leaves
digs57
16 years ago
Blond Elf - one of my faves. It's slug resistant and makes a beautifully regular clump. Fast grower, plus its seeds produce a good proportion of gold seedlings.
Maui Buttercups - a little Zounds wannabe. Round corrugated leaves, and a fast grower. Lasts well into fall.
Little Aurora - put in sufficient sunlight, this baby will GLOW! It divides rapidly, too.

D.
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August Moon is a good choice. It's very hardy, grows well anywhere, and looks good all season. Also readily available and very reasonably priced. It's a true medium in size. If you want something a bit larger, Fried Bananas is an outstanding hosta. It's more a chartreuse than a gold, but a lovely color, grows like a weed, has huge, fragrant flowers, and will take anything from full shade to full sun. It does need about 1/2 sun to bloom well. Other choices are Rising Sun, a very pretty hosta with a good growth rate, Excitation, which is interesting all season and looks great well into the fall, May, the solid gold sport of June, English Sunrise, another gold June sport which is decidedly not the same as May, Zounds, slower to mature and on the large side, but quite attractive, and Midas Touch, which is a lovely hosta with excellent corrugation. If you want something a bit on the smaller side, consider Gold Edger, Gold Drop, or Gumdrop, or Amber Tiara. All are listed as smalls, but will reach a mature height of 12-14 inches. You can also browse the Hosta Library listing under Gold or Golden to get an idea of what's out there, but many of those plants are difficult to find. Everything listed above is readily available for a reasonable price and will grow well.
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sally_hosta_grower
16 years ago
My 'Gold Drop' holds all the way till hard frost.

Here is a link that might be useful:
papou
16 years ago
Gold Drop and Gold Edger are small hostas that make perfect border plants. Maui Buttercups also is very adequate. I'm in Zone 5 and all 3 types are nice looking even today...Oct.14

Papou
hosta_freak
16 years ago
I have a Fried Bananas that still is hanging in,and looks good. It is supposed to be a medium. Phil
Pieter zone 7/8 B.C.
16 years ago
I'll second Digs' recommendation, MAUI BUTTERCUPS!
addictedtohosta
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks everyone for your suggestions! Sugarman-you gave me names that I've not seen so I will have to research them-off to do that right now. And Maui Buttercups is one I've heard about, but have never purchased - so maybe this will be a good reason to add it to my hosta list! I do have a Zounds that I could move, buy why move one when I now have an excuse to purchase another hosta! Thanks again.
hostasformez4
16 years ago
AtoH,

Just got M Buttercups this year and so far it looks like a winner. Gold Edger is good too but mine has more of a greenish cast to the yellow I think.

Sally's Dew Drop, if that is a recant picture, is one I need as it looks like it holds the yellow all year long.

My Blonde Elf takes on more green as the season progresses.

All are fast growers.

Connie
addictedtohosta
Original Author
16 years ago
Yes, that is what I am finding with some of my "gold" hosta-they are gold most of the spring & summer, then tend to green up as the season progresses. For the location I have in mind, I want a hosta that holds it's gold/yellow coloring through the fall. I'll also check out Sally's Dew Drop.
dbowemd
16 years ago
Feather Boa and Yellow Boa are fast growers and small, and Cheatin Heart would fit the bill also. These are small to mini.
Golden Scepter and Amber Tiara are nice tiaras. (sports of Golden Taiara and Grand Tiara respectively.)
Vanilla Cream is very good.
Maui Buttercups is excellent.
Little Aurora needs sun, don't try it if you don't have much sun.
Zounds gets pretty big, wouldn't recommend for a border. Great specimen plant.
Dave
hostanana
16 years ago
Lakeside Gold Point is still very gold here in MA. It gets quite a bit of sun, and I can spot it across the yard as still gold on Oct. 15th. Sm-Med. with fairly long narrow leaves.
hostasgalore1
16 years ago
Another vote here for Maui Buttercups.
sassy7142
16 years ago
Definately, Gold Drop or Gold Edger.
I find very little difference in the two.
They grow like a weed.
They're inexpensive to buy.
They are brightly colored right up till frost.
They have a wonderful dense mound.
They are both sun tolerant.
They're pretty slug resistant in my gardens.
They'd make a great border.

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