Gold Standard Hosta
Hosta ‘Gold Standard’ · a gold-centered hosta
A classic for gold in the shade: leaf centres open light green and turn gold by early summer inside dark green edges, on a vigorous mound that makes a fine specimen or mass. Morning sun deepens the gold, but keep it from hot afternoon sun, and protect it from deer.
- Mature size
- 2 × 3 ft
- 0.6 × 0.9 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 3a–8b
- USDA
- Sun
- Part sun to full shade
- Water
- Medium
- Blooms
- Jul
Gold Standard Hosta at its mature size
A mature Gold Standard Hosta grows to about 2 ft tall and 3 ft wide.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: Walters Gardens, K-State Research and Extension, Nebraska Extension.
Through the year
What Gold Standard Hosta looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
Below ground · Nov–Mar
Dies back to the ground; draw nothing but keep it selectable.
In leaf · Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct
The leaf mound, no flower stalks.
In flower · Jul
The same leaf mound with a few stalks of pale lavender bell flowers on stalks just above the leaves.
Growing Gold Standard Hosta
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, the Plains and Mountain West, and the Pacific Northwest.
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Good for
- Specimen, shade garden, and fast growing
- Leaves
- Dies back in winter
- Native to
- Japan, Korea, and China
Spacing
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Gold Standard Hosta, that’s about 3 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Gold Standard Hosta in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other hostas
August Moon HostaGold Standard Hosta
Guacamole Hosta
Frances Williams HostaAll drawn to the same scale.