I have quite a bit of Golden Hop Vine, unfortunately, the nursery that I bought it from is no longer in business. You might try Swanson's in Seattle, or Emery's in Lynnwood.

I have some too--potted up, do you want to trade for some Agastache foeniculum Golden Jubilee ?

I emailed you separately...
Judy

These Washington nurseries have stocked 'Aureus' in the past

Raintree, Morton
Bouquet Banque, Marysville
The Greenhouse, Port Angeles

but as already indicated phoning some nearby garden centers should turn this one up (or another yellow form).

Thank you everyone. I did find some today. A bit of a drive but I got the last two they had! Judy I never got your e-mail. I might have some starts of the Agastache I need to look, and I have a ton of seeds. LMK!

I was at Sky nursery (Seattle, 185th & Aurora) later and saw some one gallon 'Aureus' near the entrance to the canopy, if anyone else is looking (unless these are the ones you bought).

While golden hops are lovely, be aware they are amazingly invasive--at least that has been my experience. The completely covered my carport like bindweed

Hopefully it wasn't encouraged by an aroma of beer emanating from the car.

I'm growing a different variety of hops, called East Kent Golding, as my DH brews beer and these were the hops he wanted. It is a nice bright green, which I like better than yellow foliage anyhow. I put it in root barrier so it wouldn't spread. It's only been two years and still too early to tell if that will work long term, but so far so good.

DH got the rhizome from a brewing supply shop in Kirkland.

Invasive? Or vigorous? I too, hope to put in some golden hops, but I'm not much interested in keeping roots in bounds. After battling ivy and vinca planted 50 years ago, I try to stay sensitive to the future owners of property I plant. Vigorous hops would be great. Invasive (ie. spreading) would not. Can someone characterize this plant more clearly for me?

It will take over if you do not keep it in check. The vine dies back to the ground every year. In the spring when the new shoots come up just rip and pull any that you do not want. They are very shallow rooted and pull up easily. I love mine and wouldn't be without it but it needs thinning every year.

This is all great info........and I'm wondering why I could never trade for this stuff? LOL! :-D

Well now I've got more than I need. Two green and two golden hops.....lol.....Thanks to Flower World in Maltby and Squak Mountain Nursery in Issaquah!

Windmill Nursery has hops for 5.00 right now. Small but grow quickly. The other garden shop in Sumner, called Van Lierop Garden Market, off main street, had a few gallon ones for 13.00 that were about 4 feet tall.

I was sick to see that as I paid Raintree 19.00 a piece for gallon size plants and one never did grow. i have to try to get my money back on it.

So I bought a 5.00 plant, real small, and it took off like gangbusters growing to the same size as the one gallon I planted months earlier that I paid 19.00 for! What a ripoff! I will have to sell off my hops as it matures to make up for the extravagant amount I paid at Raintree. If I'd waited til late spring I could have found them cheaper and healthier at a local nursery. Oh well.

My advice is buy the cheaper small plants as they grow just as fast as the one gallon if not better.

I bought a Golden Hop (2) of them at Flower World in Malby, WA. Am really hoping these can be used in brewing beer (either bittering or flavoring) and they really are not just ornamental, because if so, I just wasted time. They look cool and all, but I need hops that can be used in beer. If they are just for looks, I will throw them away; and get ones that can be used next year from the brew store.

Has anyone used them ?

I also have 1 plant, it was called: Common Hop - anyone heard of this one ?

Here is a link that might be useful: Pic of the Hops plants

All varieties of common hops, Humulus lupulus, can/are used for brewing purposes including golden hops (cultivar 'Aureus'). Some are just tastier or have a more distinctly 'hoppy' flavor than others due to concentrations of alpha acids and essential oils. Every brewmaster has his/her own preferences :-)

I would say Golden Hops are both vigorous and invasive. I planted a gold form under a pine tree in very good soil in an area that I don't water. The second year sprouts were coming up twelve feet from the original plant. Not just a few sprouts, but forty or fifty. It didn't take me long to get out the weed killer.
I had a green one for years that didn't spread from the original plant. I got rid of it when a friend ran over it, and the tree it was climbing, with his dump truck. I guess it was too close to the driveway. ;-)
Mike

I've had a "Golden Hops" for many years planted at the base of a very old, very large, ornamental cherry, we had the tree removed last fall. The clump of GH shoots increased over the years but never spread, never had a problem with it. Mine was and now is planted in almost pure gravel.
I dug the root, only took a few minutes and transplanted it to go over an arch in another part of the garden. Mine flowers but never gets cones so I'm thinking the one I have is a male.

Wrong time of year to be looking but the Yakima Valley is home to one of the largest hop growing areas of the country so they shouldn't be too hard to find in spring. However, golden hops is considered more of an ornamental form although it can produce copious fruits. The taste however is not considered as desirable for brewing purposes.