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Yellow hosta is especially popular among gardeners. They are attracted not only by the unpretentiousness of the plant, but also by the possibility of creating decorative points in the country house or garden.
Almost all hosta varieties with yellow leaves can grow in open, sunny locations.
Benefits of Yellow Leaf Hostas
Hostas are also called funkia; they occupy part of the garden for lovers of plants with bright leaves. It's all about the virtues of culture:
- The flowers are unpretentious, can grow in almost any region, and are unpretentious to the composition of the soil.
- Leaf blades have different shapes and sizes. There are varieties of yellow-green hostas with smooth and wrinkled, matte and grooved surfaces.
- Bushes with beautiful leaves go well with many garden crops. This characteristic attracts designers.
- You can choose any place for planting, the main thing is to take into account resistance to sunlight.
- The yellow leaves on long petioles are no less appreciated by bouquet makers.
- Using plantings of different heights, you can come up with all sorts of flower arrangements in the garden.
- Yellow hostas have been growing in one place for more than 20 years.
If you are planting yellow hostas for the first time, you may make a mistake in choosing the location. There is no need to worry. Next year you can move the bush, as the plants tolerate replanting well. Only the decorative effect will not appear immediately, but after three years.
The best types and varieties of hostas with yellow leaves
Breeders are constantly adding to the list of species and varieties of ornamental hostas with yellow leaves. To choose plants for your site, you will have to familiarize yourself with the description and features of growing the crop.
Sun Power
Hosta Sun Power is one of the popular varieties. In early spring, the leaf blades are yellowish-green. In the summer, when the days become long, they appear golden in color, which is not lost until autumn.
The lower part of the leaf has a whitish coating. All the veins are clearly visible from above. Hosta Sun Power blooms in mid-summer. Funnel-shaped lavender buds bloom on flower stalks.
The bush has the shape of a fountain, the height together with the petioles is up to 70 cm. It grows in width up to 90 cm.
Hosta Sun Power can grow in full sun, but it is best to find a spot with open shade.
Cinderella
This variety is placed not only on the street as tapeworms. The plant feels great on windowsills. The height of the bushes with yellow leaves is almost 50 cm, the diameter is within 110 cm.
Hosta is represented by large leaf blades that look like hearts. The wide edges are yellow and the middle is green. Thanks to the clear veins, the hosta looks decorative.
Hosta Cinderella in the foreground surrounded by other varieties
Francis Williams
Hosta yellow Frances Williams stands out for its large green-blue leaves in the shape of a heart. A yellowish-cream edging is clearly visible along the edge. The bushes grow up to 80 cm, their width is within 130 cm.
The decorative effect of the yellow hosta leaves of this variety is best seen in the light shade of trees
Captain Kirk
Hosta Captain Kirk is a yellow-green variety. The bushes have wrinkled light green leaves with a well-defined dark green border. Flowering begins in late July or early August. Pink-violet small buds bloom on tall peduncles.
In the morning, plants need a lot of light, but daytime rays can have a detrimental effect on the foliage.
The height of the Captain Kirk bush is up to 70 cm, for successful growth it will require an area of at least 90 cm
Orange Marmalade
Yellow Hosta Orange Marmalade is an amazingly beautiful plant. It attracts attention with its orange core and bluish border. The leaf blades are wide, oval, compressed.
The plant is moisture-loving, so it is appropriate to plant it near bodies of water. Can grow in slight shade. The height of the bush with yellow leaves is slightly more than half a meter, the required area for successful development is within 1 m.
Hosta is frost-resistant, can withstand frost up to 30 degrees without damage, so it does not need shelter.
First Frost
The First Frost variety is new; not every crop lover grows it on their plot. The best planting sites are rockeries and Japanese stone gardens.
This hosta is short growing. It has amazingly beautiful bluish leaves with a milky lemon border around the edges. Thanks to this, they are highly decorative. The leaves are wide, more than 60 cm.During the growing season, color may change. At first the plates are light green, then deep blue.
The color of First Frost's yellow leaves depends on the air temperature
Sam and Substance
The leaf blades of the yellow funkia Sum and Substance are bowl-shaped. The tip is long and the lobes are deep. The rosette of the bush is capacious and quite dense, so snails and slugs practically do not bother the plant.
The color of the leaves depends on the planting location. In open areas it is golden yellow, in openwork shade it is light green.
The variety is moisture-loving. When optimal conditions are created, the bush reaches a height of 1 m, a diameter of about one and a half.
Yellow hosta blooms in July, the buds are small, light purple in color.
Gold standard
The Gold Standard variety is distinguished by large egg-shaped leaf blades. After waking up, they are soft green with a dark border. During the growing season, the color changes to golden, but the dark green color does not disappear along the edges.
The height of the yellow hosta is about 70 cm, the width of the bush is more than 150 cm, so you need to choose a spacious place for planting. Flowering begins in July and continues until August. The buds are light lilac, located on peduncles up to 1 m long.
For the winter, the yellow hosta does not need to be covered, since the Gold Standard variety is frost-resistant
Lemon Delight
Yellow funkia variety Lemon Delight is a low plant. It stands out among its relatives because of its leaves with slightly wavy edges. The middle of the plate is green, and the border is golden. For planting, it is advisable to choose partial shade so that the color appears as much as possible.
Bushes grow quickly when good conditions are created. The height of the yellow hosta Lemon Delight is no more than 20 cm, in diameter - about 40 cm.
In July, flower stalks with bright purple buds rise above the leaves. There are so many of them, it seems that they put hats on the yellow bushes.
Although the Japanese consider the Lemon Delight plant sacred, they will not refuse a delicious salad made from its petioles.
Aureomarginata
The funkia variety Aureomarginata is distinguished by its large dark green leaves. The border is yellow, wide, and feather-shaped. The bush grows quickly, reaches a height of 75-80 cm. It requires a lot of space for planting, since it is about 1.5 m in diameter.
The yellow hosta Aureomarginata is an unpretentious cold-resistant plant. They can be planted in partial shade. Grows on any soil.
Flowering begins in mid-July. Light purple bells appear on the flower stalks. The buds delight the eye for at least three weeks.
Variegated varieties of yellow funkia need a lot of sun; in the shade the color fades and loses its decorative effect
First Mate
The First Mate variety has long, pointed-tipped, wedge-shaped leaves. The edges are dark green, the center is creamy yellow. To increase their decorative value, hosta bushes are recommended to be planted in shade or partial shade.
Plant height is about 25 cm, diameter is up to 60 cm. It blooms in July-August. The buds are small, purple in color.
The flowers of the yellow Hosta First Mate are inconspicuous, so they can be removed to preserve the decorative appearance of the bush.
Dancing Queen
The yellow funkia Dancing Queen has a vase-shaped bush. By six years it reaches a height of 60 cm. The leaves are yellow-lemon, retaining their shade in spring and until mid-summer. Then the plates turn green.
For decorative purposes, it is recommended to place the Dancing Queen in partial shade so that the sun hits the hosta foliage only before noon. This will help keep the yellow color longer.
Hosta Dancing Queen looks great among its green counterparts or next to heucheras
June Fever
Designers value Hosta June Fever for its dense yellow leaves with an emerald edge. You need to plant it in the sun, otherwise the decorative appearance of the bush will be lost. The plant is medium in size, no more than 40 cm in height. The yellow funkia bush of the June Fever variety does not grow much. It is only 70 cm in diameter.
June Fever is a flowering plant with light purple buds appearing in late July.
Aureomaculata
Funkia variety Aureomaculata belongs to medium-sized plants. The height of the bush is about half a meter, the diameter is about 0.8 m. The leaf blades are two-colored. In the center - yellowish-green with cream-colored stripes. There is a clearly visible dark green border along the edge.
The color changes in autumn, the leaves turn green.
Flowering begins in late summer, lilac buds.
The Aureomaculata variety is light-loving; to preserve its variegated color, it is advisable to plant the crop in the sun
Dutch flame
Dutch Flame hosta leaves have a green center and a yellow-white feather-like edge growing on red petioles. The plates are distinguished by their elongation and density. The bush is up to half a meter high and grows 80 cm wide. It blooms with lavender buds in mid-summer.
Hosta Dutch flame can be safely planted in dark corners of the garden.
Hosta varieties with yellow flowers
Sadly, there are almost no fungi with yellow buds. There are only a few varieties. Among them:
- Miracle Lemony (Miracle Lemony).The variety has light green leaf blades. The edges are slightly wavy. It is better to plant in shade or partial shade. The inflorescences are light lemon.
Miracle Lemony's medium-length flower stalks produce up to eight bell-shaped buds
- Lemon miracle (Hosta Miracle Lemony). Foliage in the shape of a slightly elongated lemon-colored heart. The plates are glossy. Adult plants grow up to 40 cm. The flowers are large - up to 4-5 cm in diameter. The buds are soft yellow, reminiscent of a lily.
New variety of Hosta Miracle Lemony that can be used for borders
- Hosta Limoncello (Hosta Lipstick Blonde). The height of the bush is about 42 cm. The pastel yellow leaves are wrinkled, spear-shaped. The edges of the yellow plates are waxy and corrugated. The leaves grow on red petioles. Flowering begins in June, the buds are yellow.
Frost-resistant variety Lipstick Blonde, blooms in mid-June
Yellow hostas in landscape design
Hostas with yellow leaves have long attracted landscape designers. They like not only the decorative appearance of plants, but also their resistance to frost and unpretentiousness. For the function to show itself in all its glory, you need to wait 3-4 years, and sometimes five years. In addition, it is important to choose the right place for planting.
Bushes with yellow-green leaves will decorate any flower garden and look great against the background of coniferous plants
Hostas are peaceful, they get along with almost all garden crops:
- geraniums and lungworts;
- primrose and foxglove;
- Horny goat weed and astilbe;
- gladioli and hydrangeas;
- peonies and roses;
- delphiniums and gerberas;
- daylilies and phlox.
A successful tandem - yellow hostas and scarlet peonies
The crop can be planted:
- in the flower beds;
- next to trees;
- on the alpine slides;
- in rockeries;
- as a ground cover plant.
It is precisely such plantings of hostas when decorating a path that allow you to create unique flower arrangements. You just need to choose the right garden crops so that they combine with each other and do not hide each other’s beauty.
To prevent a flower bed, rock garden or alpine slide from looking flashy, designers recommend using no more than three different plants. Yellow hostas look great in mono-plantings. You can plant only one species or different plants. The main thing is to match the height and width of the bushes so that they do not shade each other.
There are many options for using yellow hostas in design; below are some of them.
Different varieties of hosta with colored leaves look great
In a park where there is a stream, the best place for funkiya
Hostas inside a flowerbed of thuja or juniper
Any garden flowers can be neighbors of yellow funkies.
Stone staircase framed by plants with colorful leaves
Against the background of multicolored yellow foliage looks especially expressive
Planting and care
Although the plants are mostly unpretentious, to obtain an ornamental bush you need to know some planting and care features.
As a rule, varieties are propagated by rosettes. They are planted in early spring or October. It all depends on the recommendations and region. To avoid future problems, the planting material is cleaned of damage and treated with special means. Before planting, soak the rosettes for a short time in a growth stimulator.
Since hostas grow in one place for more than 20 years, the soil is well fertilized. Between the plants leave a distance that is characteristic of their width, so that in the future the bushes have enough space for development.
The site is selected depending on the description of the variety: in the sun or in partial shade. Water regularly, as the crop is moisture-loving.
Diseases and pests
Like any garden plants, hostas suffer from diseases and pests. It is advisable to choose varieties with good immunity. If necessary, treat the plantings with special preparations. As for pests, the most common pests that plague plants are slugs and snails. They are destroyed with pesticides.
Conclusion
Yellow hosta is an amazingly beautiful plant. Bushes develop for several decades in one place. They tolerate transplantation well. Plants go well with other garden crops, so it is possible to create unique flower arrangements. This is why the function is becoming more and more popular.
