Shade and sun working together
'Golden Meadows' is a bit of an exception to the usual Hosta rules, as it's quite happy to be grown in the sun as long as the soil remains moist. In fact, too much shade for your 'Golden Meadows' will turn them all green! This variety needs sun to bring out its colour contrasts and also, as with other Hostas, to encourage flowering.
As sun-tolerant as 'Golden Meadows' is, it has its limits, so if you are growing it in a hotter region then some shade during the hottest parts of the day will be in order.
Snails and slugs
Hosta is a favorite dish for snails and slugs, and as soon as they come out of their winter hiding place they will look for them. If these monsters find your Hostas early in the season, they can destroy or damage them for the rest of the year. Already damaged plants are even more noticable to snails and slugs and will be attacked.
Your Hostas must therefore be protected from snails and slugs right from the beginning of the growing season. Numerous preventative measures are known about, such as broken glass, coffee, metallic mats, shells, etc. However, the easiest and most effective way is to pick them out of their hiding places, in combination with the use of slug poison, preferably an organic one that is not harmful to other wildlife.
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