Bring bold color and impressive size to your shade garden with Hosta 'Lone Star', a striking sport of the popular 'Key West' hosta. This variety features medium green leaves with vivid gold margins that create exceptional contrast throughout the growing season. When grown in bright filtered shade, the gold edging develops its richest and most vibrant coloration.

In early summer, tall scapes rise above the foliage, displaying elegant near-white flowers that add another layer of beauty to this perennial. With its large mature spread and eye-catching foliage, Lone Star is an excellent specimen plant for shade gardens, woodland landscapes, borders, and large containers.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 bare root Lone Star Hosta starter plant
✔️ Equivalent to a 3-inch pot size plant
✔️ Ships bare root for healthy establishment
✔️ Healthy, rooted plant
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Lone Star Hosta
• Botanical Name: Hosta 'Lone Star'
• Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
• Growth Stage: Starter plant (ships bare root)
• Sun Requirements: Partial shade to full shade
• Soil: Rich, moist, well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; keep soil consistently moist
• Mature Height: 26–28 inches
• Spread: 50–56 inches
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 3–9
• Container Friendly: Yes

Care Tip

Plant in bright filtered shade to encourage the most intense gold leaf margins. Keep soil evenly moist and apply organic mulch to help retain moisture and support healthy growth.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.