Royal Standard Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for their foliage.  The large narrow oval basal leaves are bright medium green with a satiny sheen and distinctive veining.  The extremely fragrant bell-like white flowers raise up in terminals from the pale green rootstalk above the mound in mid-summer attracting butterflies and pollinators.  Best color in partial sun and moist well-drained soils.   

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:   Low maintenance.  Snails and slugs can cause severe problems if left unchecked.  Foliar nematodes can cause interveinal browning. Plants infected with Hosta Virus X (HVX), tobacco rattle virus or tomato ring spot virus should be immediately removed from garden areas and destroyed.  Otherwise, little to no problems.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Coral Bells, Bleeding Heart, Lungwort

IMAGES: Stan Shebs, Hosta plantaginea cv Royal Standard 1, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) User:Magicpiano, 1767 Milestones Marker 74, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Photo by David J. Stang, Hosta Royal Standard 2zz, CC BY-SA 4.0,  (4) Photo by David J. Stang, Hosta Royal Standard 1zz, CC BY-SA 4.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.