Sun Tolerant Hostas

There are sun tolerant hostas that will be the ideal plant in some parts of your garden.

Believe it or not, not all hosta require full shade to grow well.

Most hostas will grow fine in some sun conditions as long as they are watered often i.e. kept reasonably moist. There are even a group of hostas that actually perform better and prefer to grow in conditions of 3/4 to full sun.

These are the sun resistant or sun tolerant hostas.

When placed in sunny locations, you can expect that the blue varieties of hosta in this group will look greener.

The green hostas will look lighter and the gold varieties will look brighter.

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Some of them may still tend to burn if in very hot, dry locations so you will need to keep this in mind when deciding where to plant these sun resistant hosta in your garden.

Some of the sun tolerant varieties of hosta include:

• 'Blue Umbrellas' Green; Background**; 30"h x 72"w
• 'Fragrant Bouquet' White Variegated; Fragrant; 22"h x 48"h
• 'Fried Bananas' Gold; Fragrant; 23"h x 53"w
• 'Guacamole' Gold Variegated; Fragrant; 24"h x 54"w
• 'Invincible' Green; Fragrant; 20"h x 48"w
• 'Royal Standard' Green; Fragrant; 26"h x 50"w
• 'Sum and Substance' Gold Variegated; Background; 32"h x 80"w

** Background hosta are large plants that can act as a backdrop for other smaller shade garden plants or smaller hosta in the foreground. The foliage of the background hosta can complement or contrast with the foliage of other plants to create different effects in the garden.

Discover more garden design uses and varieties of these plants on our Hosta main page.