Golden Tiara is a compact, dependable hosta with small, heart-shaped medium green leaves edged in wide chartreuse margins that turn gold in sun. It clumps up neatly and quickly fills in edging and small spaces.
It grows about 15 inches tall and 30 inches wide. Purple flowers on 24-inch stems appear in midsummer, light purple in shade and deeper in sun. It has earned several hosta society awards and is ideal for edging, containers and mass plantings.
What it looks like
A compact, tidy clump about 15 inches tall and 30 inches wide of small, heart-shaped medium green leaves with wide chartreuse margins that become gold with more sun. In midsummer, stems about 24 inches tall carry light to deep purple bell flowers. At peak the plant is a neat green-and-gold mound topped with purple spires.
Growing it with lavender
This belongs in the shade garden rather than the sunny, dry lavender bed; try it under trees with ferns and woodland perennials.
Care
Grows best in part to full shade. Give it evenly moist, humus-rich soil that drains well, and water during dry spells; hardy in zones 3-9. Cut the foliage down after hard frost, and divide crowded clumps in spring as new shoots appear. Watch for slugs in damp springs.
At a glance
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Botanical name: Hosta
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Flower color: Light to deep purple
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Foliage: Medium green with wide chartreuse to gold margins
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Growth habit: Compact, tidy clump
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Mature size: 15 in tall × 30 in wide
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USDA hardiness zones: 3–9
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Light: part sun to part shade, full shade
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Bloom start: Early-July
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Peak bloom: Mid-July
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Bloom pattern: Single Flush
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Deer resistance: Susceptible
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Pollinator value: Good
Sizes and shipping
Dormant bare-root plant, sold in boxes of 25 per variety (order in multiples of 25). Bare-root plants ship or are picked up March 1–May 31 only. They are soil-free, so they may ship to every state in that window. Dormant plants often show little or no top growth on arrival; plant or heel them in promptly.