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Best Golds

Have added several new to me golds. Coast to coast, Aladdin Lamp, World Cup, Krugerrand.

Since I have perennial beds, it is evident now that most green hosta just do not cut it. Initially I followed advice of mixing and matching different ones, but green is green and it is hard to get bright spot in shade. I have not bought new hosta in 3 years and went on some shopping spree this year. Looking at older threads is not as much fun anymore since most pics are "no show".

Anyway, would love to see your Golds, or mostly Golds.

Comments (18)

  • 9 years ago

    Here are a few of my favorites. You didn't give any size preference. These are mostly large.

    Key west
    wonter snow
    paradigm
    Sun power

    lindalana 5b Chicago thanked sunnywood4bChazyNY
  • 9 years ago

    Dawn's Early Light
    Chinese Sunrise
    Early Times
    English Sunrise
    Gold Regal
    Frisian Pride
    June Fever
    Jessica Alba
    Nancy
    On Stage

    All pics from Juli...

    Karin

    lindalana 5b Chicago thanked Karin Black Cat
  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Just took this photo of Key West (new in 2015).

    lindalana 5b Chicago thanked josephines167 z5 ON Canada
  • 9 years ago

    Aw, so many great golds! Thank you for ideas!

  • 9 years ago

    Forbidden Fruit

  • 9 years ago

    Oh goody! Just got Forbidden fruit and Dawn early light, so nice to see it growing,

    Key West is stunning, I wonder how well it would do with more shade?

    I skipped on Jabulani and Nancy but maybe I should reconsider, as well as hosta May... how much shade they can take?

    Looked up Frisian pride, it is out of my fav Gilt by Association, must have!

    I have put Jessica Alba on the list earlier but it still hard to find.

    Question on mini- those look great! I have tried to incorporate mini into perennial bed and they just get lost, even among equally low grow stuff. I created one bed with totally mini hosta- so we will see but lifted some into containers and they really shine up close... wonder how to overwinter? I do have a shed... I think I need to do few Hypertufa throughs and see what happens...

    Love subtlety of English Sunrise and Early times, do they do better with more or less sun?

  • 9 years ago

    I love all of them, my Forbidden Fruit has quite a bit of morning sun and has lightened up as the season progresses. I wanted Jabulani but my local source sold out in early May!

  • 9 years ago
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    Beverly - you just sold me on those cracker crumbs ! Those are really neat.

  • 9 years ago

    Early Times and English Sunrise have sun from 12-18, it is more a pale yellow lemon than gold, but both have a very elegant look...

    My best yellow gold this year, but only until end of May was Whiskey Sour, now it is bright green.

    and there is more than one green...:-)

    lindalana 5b Chicago thanked Karin Black Cat
  • 9 years ago

    Hm, my Whiskey sour had bleached badly so I moved it to more shade but it is still yellow

  • 9 years ago

    I take that back, as I am looking this morning at Whiskey sour after moving to the shadier spot, there is definite greening up

  • 9 years ago

    This is Golden waffles. It is in fairly deep shade.

  • 9 years ago

    I like my little Gold Drop. She's in full sun and looks a little scorched right now, but here's a picture from around the end of May when she started blooming.

    lindalana 5b Chicago thanked windymess z6a KC, Ks
  • 9 years ago

    Early Times, English Sunrise and May are all yellow sports of June. They look alike to me. My May is in full shade. It is on the east side of a large oak and north of a stone pine. This more recent photo shows how it greens up a bit.


    lindalana 5b Chicago thanked beverlymnz4
  • 9 years ago

    Midnight Sun
    Pics taken yesterday.

    Iris Frazier, Monsoon, Stained Glass.


    Old Glory front, Inniswood behind, both much smaller than last year.


    Orange Marmalade in heavy shade is such a pale yellow I can't get an accurate pic, bu t these leaves are yellow.

    Sorry to post and run, grandsons' visiting and things are busy.

    lindalana 5b Chicago thanked zkathy z7a NC
  • 9 years ago
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    Curly Fries

    Smash Hit

    Pineapple Upsidedown Cake

    lindalana 5b Chicago thanked ConnieMay ON Z6a
  • 9 years ago

    Thank you for many ideas Iris Frazier has such nice upright habit...does not look like it is avail though...it is a sport of my favorite 5 O'CLOCK Somewhere. .. Smash hit is stunning...

    in meantime my Gold coast set up is starting to shape up. Not everything will be gold but enough for mass effect.

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