Hosta 'Birchwood Parky's Gold': Gold Sport of 'Parky' with Narrow Leaves

Hosta 'Birchwood Parky's Gold': The Gold Sport of a Narrow-Leaved Classic

Hosta 'Birchwood Parky's Gold' (also known as 'Golden Nakiana'), hybridized by Shaw-AHS and introduced in 1986, is a gold-leaved sport of 'Parky'—a narrow-leaved, spreading hosta. It retains the parent's distinctive lanceolate foliage but in brilliant gold.

Gold Lanceolate Foliage

The leaves are narrow, 6–8 inches long, 2–3 inches wide, lance-shaped, brilliant gold (chartreuse in shade). The plant forms a low, spreading mound 1 foot tall and 2–3 feet wide, spreading by rhizomes. Pale lavender flowers in late summer. The narrow gold leaves create a fine-textured gold carpet.

Spreading Gold Ground Cover

'Birchwood Parky's Gold' is unique among gold hostas for its spreading, ground-cover habit and narrow leaves. It tolerates morning sun (for best gold). Vigorous, adaptable, hardy in USDA zones 3–9. A gold hosta that covers ground.

Taxonomic Profile

• Family: Liliaceae
• Genus: Hosta
• Cultivar: 'Birchwood Parky's Gold' (syn. 'Golden Nakiana')
• Hybridizer: Shaw-AHS
• Introduced: 1986

Fine-Textured Gold

Use 'Birchwood Parky's Gold' for gold ground cover, edging, rock gardens, and containers. Its narrow leaves and spreading habit fill space differently than mounding hostas. A distinctive gold texture for the shade garden.