Gold Standard Plantain Lily
Hosta fortunei 'Gold Standard'
Creating a contrast with green plants, the lovely, heart-shaped foliage emerges green, turns golden with a dark green edge. Pale lavender flowers on spikes above the foliage. A 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: | 2 to 2 1/2 ft. high, 3 ft. wide clumps. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Flower attribute: | Fragrant |
| Special features: | Dramatic Foliage Color, Easy Care |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Mass Planting, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Purple |
| Blooms: | Late spring |
| Foliage color: | Yellow |
| Item no.: | 4179 |
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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 sizable golden Hosta displays green, gold and darker emerald all at the same time. These variations are perfect for massing with only one type of plant. It also has enough height to provide a background for smaller woodland perennials or to fill in between shrubs. Also sufficiently tall to use as a cover along north-facing foundations, edges of terraces, patios and low decks, and to line steps.
Companion Plants
Set this Hosta in front of Dwarf English Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus 'Nana') and Stoke's Dwarf Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria 'Stoke's Dwarf'). Contrast with the low-growing Compact Oregon Grape Holly (Mahonia aquifolium 'Compacta') and amongst a scattering of hardy Azalea such as Casablanca Improved Azalea (Azalea 'Casablanca Improved') and Rosebud Azalea (Azalea 'Rosebud').
History
This genus was named for Dr. N. T. Host, a contemporary of Austrian Leopold Trattinick. The genus to this day contains about forty mostly native to China and Japan. Most modern hybrids such as this are derived from H. Plantaginea often influenced by H. undulata breeding This is among the first widely grown fragrant flowered hosta variety introduced in 1950.
Creating a contrast with green plants, the lovely, heart-shaped foliage emerges green, turns golden with a dark green edge. Pale lavender flowers on spikes above the foliage. A 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 sizable golden Hosta displays green, gold and darker emerald all at the same time. These variations are perfect for massing with only one type of plant. It also has enough height to provide a background for smaller woodland perennials or to fill in between shrubs. Also sufficiently tall to use as a cover along north-facing foundations, edges of terraces, patios and low decks, and to line steps.
Companion Plants
Set this Hosta in front of Dwarf English Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus 'Nana') and Stoke's Dwarf Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria 'Stoke's Dwarf'). Contrast with the low-growing Compact Oregon Grape Holly (Mahonia aquifolium 'Compacta') and amongst a scattering of hardy Azalea such as Casablanca Improved Azalea (Azalea 'Casablanca Improved') and Rosebud Azalea (Azalea 'Rosebud').
History
This genus was named for Dr. N. T. Host, a contemporary of Austrian Leopold Trattinick. The genus to this day contains about forty mostly native to China and Japan. Most modern hybrids such as this are derived from H. Plantaginea often influenced by H. undulata breeding This is among the first widely grown fragrant flowered hosta variety introduced in 1950.
| 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: | 2 to 2 1/2 ft. high, 3 ft. wide clumps. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Flower attribute: | Fragrant |
| Special features: | Dramatic Foliage Color, Easy Care |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Mass Planting, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Purple |
| Blooms: | Late spring |
| Foliage color: | Yellow |
| Item no.: | 4179 |
