Liberty Hosta
Hosta ‘Liberty’ · a gold-edged blue hosta
Wide, streaky margins of gold fading to cream frame blue-green leaves on a large specimen, a sport of Sagae with heavier leaves that resist slugs. A past Hosta of the Year; give it shade and steady moisture, and protect it from deer and rabbits.
- Mature size
- 2 × 3 ft
- 0.7 × 0.9 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 3a–8b
- USDA
- Sun
- Part sun to full shade
- Water
- Medium
- Blooms
- Jun–Jul
Liberty Hosta at its mature size
A mature Liberty 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, Gertens.
Through the year
What Liberty 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–May, Aug–Oct
The leaf mound, no flower stalks.
In flower · Jun–Jul
The same leaf mound with a few stalks of lavender bell flowers on tall stalks above the leaves.
Growing Liberty Hosta
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, the Plains and Mountain West, and the Pacific Northwest.
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Good for
- 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 Liberty 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 Liberty Hosta in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other hostas
Frances Williams HostaLiberty Hosta
Hosta
Sagae HostaAll drawn to the same scale.