June Hosta
Hosta ‘June’ · a gold-centered blue hosta
Gold to chartreuse leaf centres framed by streaky blue-green margins make this sport of Halcyon a favourite, and a past Hosta of the Year. A little morning sun brings up the gold; in full shade the centres stay chartreuse. Protect it from deer, who find hostas delicious.
- Mature size
- 1 × 2 ft
- 0.4 × 0.6 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 3a–8b
- USDA
- Sun
- Part sun to full shade
- Water
- Medium
- Blooms
- Jul–Aug
June Hosta at its mature size
A mature June Hosta grows to about 1 ft tall and 2 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.
Through the year
What June 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, Sep–Oct
The leaf mound, no flower stalks.
In flower · Jul–Aug
The same leaf mound with a few stalks of pale bluish-lavender bell flowers on stalks just above the leaves.
Growing June Hosta
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, the Plains and Mountain West, and the Pacific Northwest.
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Good for
- Groundcover, specimen, and shade garden
- Leaves
- Dies back in winter
- Native to
- Japan, Korea, and China
Spacing
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For June Hosta, that’s about 2 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 June Hosta in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other hostas
Francee HostaJune Hosta
Patriot Hosta
Wide Brim HostaAll drawn to the same scale.