Golden Prayers Plantain Lily
Hosta x 'Golden Prayers'
Dramatically textured golden yellow foliage retains its color even in shade! Handsome, pale lavender flowers are displayed on 18-inch stalks. This popular perennial is terrific in containers. Herbaceous perennial.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | HOS-tuh HIB-rid |
| Key feature: | Shade Loving |
| Plant type: | Perennial |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Herbaceous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 3 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full to partial shade |
| Water Needs: | Needs wet or constantly moist soil. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate growing 1 ft. tall, 2 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Special features: | Dramatic Foliage Color, Dwarf Plant |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Mass Planting, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Purple |
| Blooms: | Summer |
| Foliage color: | Yellow |
| Item no.: | 4177 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. For a neat appearance, remove old foliage before new leaves emerge. Divide clumps every 2 to 3 years in early spring.
Design Ideas
This is a great mound of gorgeous yellow-variegated leaves that turn the darkest corner into a fountain of light. Use as scattered relief amidst darker Hosta or other evergreen groundcover. Its coloring is a great accent between flowering shrubs or among Ferns.
Companion Plants
Combine with different Hosta to create a sea of foliage variations. Consider Halcyon Plantain Lily (Hosta x 'Halcyon') for blue leaves, Royal Standard Plantain Lily (Hosta x 'Royal Standard') for a rich green and Francee Plantain Lily (Hosta x 'Francee') for a creamy variegation.
History
The genus Hosta contains over 40 species mostly native to China and Japan. H. plantaginea is the ancestor of most modern hybrids, introduced from China by French botanist, Lamarck. This plant was a seedling of H. x 'Golden Waffles' developed by Aden in 1976.
Dramatically textured golden yellow foliage retains its color even in shade! Handsome, pale lavender flowers are displayed on 18-inch stalks. This popular perennial is terrific in containers. Herbaceous perennial.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. For a neat appearance, remove old foliage before new leaves emerge. Divide clumps every 2 to 3 years in early spring.
Design Ideas
This is a great mound of gorgeous yellow-variegated leaves that turn the darkest corner into a fountain of light. Use as scattered relief amidst darker Hosta or other evergreen groundcover. Its coloring is a great accent between flowering shrubs or among Ferns.
Companion Plants
Combine with different Hosta to create a sea of foliage variations. Consider Halcyon Plantain Lily (Hosta x 'Halcyon') for blue leaves, Royal Standard Plantain Lily (Hosta x 'Royal Standard') for a rich green and Francee Plantain Lily (Hosta x 'Francee') for a creamy variegation.
History
The genus Hosta contains over 40 species mostly native to China and Japan. H. plantaginea is the ancestor of most modern hybrids, introduced from China by French botanist, Lamarck. This plant was a seedling of H. x 'Golden Waffles' developed by Aden in 1976.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | HOS-tuh HIB-rid |
| Key feature: | Shade Loving |
| Plant type: | Perennial |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Herbaceous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 3 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full to partial shade |
| Water Needs: | Needs wet or constantly moist soil. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate growing 1 ft. tall, 2 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Special features: | Dramatic Foliage Color, Dwarf Plant |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Mass Planting, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Purple |
| Blooms: | Summer |
| Foliage color: | Yellow |
| Item no.: | 4177 |
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