Sagae Hosta
Hosta ‘Sagae’ · a gold-edged blue hosta
A dramatic, vase-shaped giant with satiny blue-grey leaves edged in wide margins that open gold and age to cream, long counted among the finest hostas ever introduced. It takes a few years to reach its full form; give it shade and moisture, and protect it from deer.
- Mature size
- 2.5 × 5 ft
- 0.8 × 1.5 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 3a–8b
- USDA
- Sun
- Part sun to full shade
- Water
- Medium
- Blooms
- Jul–Aug
Sagae Hosta at its mature size
A mature Sagae Hosta grows to about 2.5 ft tall and 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: Chicago Botanic Garden, K-State Research and Extension, Plant Delights Nursery.
Through the year
What Sagae 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 lavender bell flowers on tall stalks well above the leaves.
Growing Sagae 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 Sagae Hosta, that’s about 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 Sagae Hosta in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other hostas
Liberty Hosta
HostaSagae Hosta
Blue Angel HostaAll drawn to the same scale.