Guacamole Hosta
Hosta ‘Guacamole’ · a gold-centered hosta
Glossy apple-green leaves turn gold in the centre inside dark green edges, on a fast-growing mound that tolerates some sun, and its late summer flowers are richly fragrant. A past Hosta of the Year; give it moist soil, and protect it from deer, who find hostas delicious.
- Mature size
- 2 × 3.5 ft
- 0.6 × 1.1 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 3a–8b
- USDA
- Sun
- Part sun to full shade
- Water
- Medium
- Blooms
- Aug–Sep
Guacamole Hosta at its mature size
A mature Guacamole Hosta grows to about 2 ft tall and 3.5 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, Chicago Botanic Garden.
Through the year
What Guacamole 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–Jul, Oct
The leaf mound, no flower stalks.
In flower · Aug–Sep
The same leaf mound with a few stalks of pale lavender to near-white bell flowers on stalks just above the leaves.
Growing Guacamole 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, fragrant, 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 Guacamole Hosta, that’s about 3.5 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 Guacamole Hosta in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other hostas
August Moon HostaGuacamole Hosta
Gold Standard Hosta
Frances Williams HostaAll drawn to the same scale.