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Currently we are not set up with pictures for each hosta. We hope to add that soon. By going to HostaLibrary.org you
can find pictures for nearly all of these. They often show both young and mature plants in various sunlight conditions.
(J)
indicates a variety being sold by my son Jason
(tc) indicates a 1st year tissue culture plant, newly ordered this spring.
These will usually pot up in 3" or 4" pots.
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(8"H x 10"W) Hans Hansen 99
Leaves offer remarkable contrast with a pure white center and a 1" wide dark green
margin, slightly shiny on both sides of the leaf. They are lightly twisted. The petiole is white with a green edge. Very popular,
but tends to be a slow grower.
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(26"H x 60"W) Vaughn 88
Forms a dense mound of lightly cupped green leaves with a wide yellow to creamy white
margin. Excellent specimen plant. Lavender flowers.
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(20" x 36") AHS 87
Dark green leaves with a beautiful gold border. Pale lavender flowers in early July
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(22"H x 48"W) Aden 88
1998 HOSTA OF THE YEAR
Apple green heart-shaped leaves with
a wide, irregular yellow to cream margin. Large, white, fragrant flowers.
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(26"H x 48"W) Fransen NR
A sport of 'Fragrant Bouquet,' with dark green leaves and creamy yellow margins. Margins turn white in summer.
Has large, fragrant white flowers in August.
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(15"H x 36"W) Klopping 86
A fortunei type with dark green leaves with a narrow white edge. Tolerates considerable
sun. Lavender flowers. Parent of the ever-popular Partiot family.
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(30"H x 60"W) F. Williams/C. Williams 86
A cultivar of H. sieboldiana, this is one of the most dramatic and popular
hostas. Leaves are large, blue-green, and heavily textured, with a wide irregular chartreuse-yellow margin. Leaf margins are
subject to burn unless protected from the sun. Slow to increase. Best used as a specimen. White flowers.
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(12"H x 20"W) Craig/Summers/AHS 86
An interesting hosta with two distinct forms. The juvenile form has
dark green, narrow leaves with brilliant white margins. The mature form has much wider leaves with a rippled,
wider white margin. The juvenile form can be maintained by frequetn dividing while in the juvenile stage. Dark
lavender flowers in late July. Rapid grower.
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(Small) Anderson 77
Small, oval leaves, green to gold in color. Light purple flowers.
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(12"H x 24") Aden 78
Forms a
small, neat, dense mound of heart-shaped chartreuse to gold leaves. Lavender flowers. Multiplies rapidly, excellent for ground
cover or edging.
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(15"H x 36"W) Banyai 76
Center turns progressively gold/cream throughout the season while the edge remains
green. A very impressive plant. Medium lavender blooms in early July.
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(15"H x 36"W) Savory 77
A small, medium green hosta with a golden edge, it is one of the more common and vigorous
varieties. A well-behaved small hosta what makes a great border.
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(3"H x 6"W) W.G. Schmid 89
A tiny gold hosta with glossy leaves. Resembles H. venusta, one of its parents, in
form and size. Lavender flowers.
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(14"H x 22"W) Pollock 92
One of the largest, most popular, and prettiest of the Tiara series. Forms
large, tight mounds of green leaves. Unlike Golden Tiara, the yellow edge is
much wider and more variable, giving the appearance of a yellow leaf with a splash of green in the center. Has dozens of purple flowers in midsummer, a great contract to the green-and-gold of the leaves.
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(Large) Kuk 85
Huge leaves are a mixture of blue and green overcast in gray. Strong veining with some undulation and puckering.
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(20"H x 30"W) Bond/Aden 88
A sport of sieboldiana 'Elegans', one of the most beautiful of all the hostas. Large,
heavily puckered leaves are yellow-cream in the center with wide irregular blue and green margins. White flowers in early
summer.
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(Small) Freedman NR
Very thin, long rippled green leaves
form small mounds of leaves.
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(30"H x 60"H) Williams 86
Heartshaped, medium green leaves are corrugated with very rippled margins. Lavender flowers on 48" scapes
in early summer.
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(30"H x 60"W) Solberg 00
One of the more striking hostas. A mutation of 'Blue Angel.' The plant emerges from the ground a ghostly
white, then turns blue-green. Four-foot scapes bearing white flowers in late spring.
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(18"H x 36"W) Solberg 94
2002 HOSTA OF THE YEAR
This plant doesn't look like much until
you see it in a large clump, then it's impressive. A sport from 'Fragrant Bouquet.' It has rounded light green leaves with
a dark green margin. Flowers are light lavender and flare open to 3" wide.
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(30"H x 80"W) Thompson 95
Another sport of 'Blue Angel,' this one is the reverse of 'Earth Angel.' Huge heart-shaped leaves have cream centers
and blue-green, undulating margins. Centers will turn towards a light green later in the season. Near white flowers
in June.
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Winterberry Farms 04
A sport of 'Striptease' and when young they look identical. As Gypsy Rose matures it stays
considerably smaller and has better color. Dark green margin, while the center changes from lighter green to creamy yellow,
with the distinctive narrow white line between the center and margin. Lavender flowers. In briht light the leaf center will
turn yellow in the summer.
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(15"H x 28"W) Smith 88
Heart-shaped blue-green leaves form tight clumps. Very rapid grower. Medium bell-shaped
flowers in early summer are pale lavender.
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(8"H x 14"W) Smith 76
Narrow, pointed powdery blue leaves quickly form clumps. As the clump matures, the
leaves tend to be wider. White flowers.
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(16"H x 36"W) Smith / BHHS 88
One of the most popular blue hostas. Intense blue-green color on heart-shaped leaves with good substance.
Holds its color well into the season. Flowers are pale lavender in August.
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(Medium) Fisher 73
Deep blue-green, heart-shaped leaves. White flowers.
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(4"H x 10"W) Foster/Malloy 98
Lance-shaped, wavy leaves are dark green with irregular, yellow to light green centers. Lavender flowers in midsummer.
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(24"H x 42"W) Hansen 03
Similar to 'Guacamole' except shrink the center down to a narrow, one-inch streak. Flashier than its parent, but with
all the good qualities of the 'Fragrant Bouquet' group of sports. Heat-tolerant, shiny leaves, and large, fragrant white flowers.
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(Medium/Large) Cumming/AHS 86
Leaves are a mid-green. Flowers in early August are nearly white. It's cascading
habit make this an attractive older variety.
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(16"H x 30"W) Summers NR
Nicely textured leaves of dark green with a wide irregular creamy white margin. Lavender
flowers. A recent introduction from one of the founders of the American Hosta Society.
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