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Perennial · Asparagaceae Draft — unreviewed

Sum and Substance hosta

Hosta‘Sum and Substance’

Huge chartreuse-gold hosta with thick, slug-resistant leaves that brighten shade. A bold specimen or edge for woodland beds.

Size over time

Typical landscape size 0.6–0.9 m (2–3 ft) tall and 1.2–1.5 m (4–5 ft) wide; medium growth, about 3 years to maturity. Intermediate sizes use the planner’s growth curve (k = 0.25) from the #1 install size.

00.511.52mPlanting0.3 × 0.3 mYear 30.5 × 0.9 mYear 100.7 × 1.3 mMature0.8 × 1.4 m

Bloom

Pale lavender flowers, Aug (northern-hemisphere months; timing shifts with region and season).

Bloom calendar: months each plant is in bloom
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Sum and Substance hosta : Aug

Design notes

  • Gold colour needs some morning sun; afternoon sun scorches it.
  • Deer browse hostas heavily.

Regions

Native range: Garden hybrid.

Not recorded as native to any of the three pilot regions.

Native status describes where the species occurs naturally. It is not a promise that it suits a particular garden; site conditions decide that.

Related plants

Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium · Perennial · 0.5–0.9 m (1–3 ft)
Sunset hyssop
Agastache rupestris · Perennial · 0.5–0.8 m (1–2 ft)
Arkansas blue star
Amsonia hubrichtii · Perennial · 0.6–0.9 m (2–3 ft)
Eastern red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis · Perennial · 0.3–0.6 m (1–2 ft)
Swamp milkweed
Asclepias incarnata · Perennial · 0.9–1.5 m (3–5 ft)
Butterfly weed
Asclepias tuberosa · Perennial · 0.5–0.8 m (1–2 ft)

Plan with Sum and Substance hosta

Place it in a design, check it against your zone, light and moisture, and see it at year three and year ten.

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