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Golden Tiara Hosta - Bare Root Plant

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Expect new growth in 6 to 8 weeks after planting. Until then it can look lifeless, so you won’t be able to tell within 24 hours of arrival whether it will grow.

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About the Product

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

  • Botanical name: Hosta
  • Flower color: Light to deep purple
  • Foliage: Medium green with wide chartreuse to gold margins
  • Growth habit: Compact, tidy clump
  • Mature size: 15 in tall × 30 in wide
  • USDA hardiness zones: 3–9
  • Light: part sun to part shade, full shade
  • Bloom start: Early-July
  • Peak bloom: Mid-July
  • Bloom pattern: Single Flush
  • Deer resistance: Susceptible
  • 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.

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Mature height
15.0 in
Mature spread
30.0 in
Bloom
Early-July – peak Mid-July
Fragrance
None
Deer
Susceptible

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How to grow Golden Tiara

Hosta · Hosta

Hostas want shade to part shade and rich, moist, well-drained soil. Blue and big-leaved types (like H. sieboldiana) need the most shade; many gold and fragrant types tolerate more sun.

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Golden Tiara
  • Part shadeLight
  • Moderate waterAverage drainage
  • pH 5.5–7.0Soil
  • Zones 3a–9bHardiness
  • 15″ tall30″ wide
  • SusceptibleDeer · rabbits susceptible
  • Toxic to petsPets
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Hardy in zones 3a–9b

Spring through early fall; spring as eyes emerge is easiest.

Dormant bare-root hosta as it arrives, laid on burlap

When it arrives

Your bare-root plant

Arrives as a dormant crown with pointed buds (eyes) and a mass of fleshy roots. Soak roots 1–2 hours, then plant with roots spread out over a mound and the crown even with the soil. Water well; leaves follow in a few weeks.

Expect new growth in 6 to 8 weeks after planting. Bare root ships March–May while dormant, with little or no top growth, and it can look lifeless until then. That’s normal. Pointed shoots (eyes) push up in mid to late spring, later than many perennials, and unfurl over a couple of weeks. Small plants may stay dormant until May; a firm crown is alive.

You won’t be able to tell within 24 hours of arrival whether a dormant plant will grow.

When to plant

Spring through early fall; spring as eyes emerge is easiest.

How deep

Set the crown (where roots meet shoots) even with the soil surface. Plants from pots go at the same depth they grew.

Spacing

By mature size: minis 6–12 inches; medium 2 feet; giants 3–5 feet.

Soil

Rich, loamy, high in organic matter · pH 5.5–7.0

Fix-it tip: Mix in compost, composted manure or leaves. In clay, raise the planting area slightly so crowns don't sit wet over winter.

Sun

Part shade (tolerates full shade; morning sun).

Blue-leaved types keep their color best in shade. Gold types brighten with some morning sun; most scorch in hot afternoon sun.

Dormant
New growth

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Is it alive? What spring looks like

Pointed shoots (eyes) push up in mid to late spring, later than many perennials, and unfurl over a couple of weeks. Small plants may stay dormant until May; a firm crown is alive.

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