Hosta
Hosta (Plantain Lily) (HOS-tah)
A very popular perennial. A great ground cover plant. Zones 3-9.
TC*: Plant divisions originated in tissue culture.
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‘Abiqua Drinking Gourd’ (TC*)
Large, blue-green rounded leaves, deeply cupped and heavily puckered. White flowers. 20-24″.
‘August Moon’ (BR)
Golden-yellow, corrugated foliage. White flowers.
18-20″
Hosta ‘Big Daddy’ (TC*)
Heavily corrugated, blue-green leaves. White flowers. 20-25″
‘Blue Angel’ (TC*)
Deep blue-green foliage. Glossy-white flowers. 30-36″
‘Blue Cadet’ (TC*)
Bluish-green foliage. Lavender flowers. 8-12″
‘Blue Umbrellas’ (TC*)
Large mound of umbrella-like leaves. Pale lavender flowers. 36-40″.
‘Earth Angel’ (TC*)
Large, heart-shaped, blue-green leaves with creamy yellow margins in spring that lighten to creamy white. Pale lavender flowers. 30-35″
‘Elegans’ (TC*)
Large, heavily corrugated, blue-gray rounded leaves. White flowers. 24-36″
‘Fortunei Aureomarginata’ (BR)
Dark green leaves with golden-yellow margins. Pale lavender flowers. 12-24″
‘Fragrant Blue’ (TC*)
Chalky blue foliage. Fragrant pale lavender flowers. 18-20″
‘Fragrant Bouquet’ (TC*)
Light apple-green leaves with wide light yellow margins. Light lavender flowers. 18-20″
‘Francee’ (TC*)
Medium to dark green heart-shaped leaves with narrow white margins. Lavender flowers. 12-21″
‘Frances Williams’ (TC*)
Corrugated blue-green foliage with wide golden margins. White flowers. 20-24″
‘Gold Standard’ (BR)
Light green leaves with dark green margins in spring. Center of leaves
turn gold by summer. Lavender flowers.
12-24″
American Hosta Society Eunice Fisher Award
‘Guacamole’ (TC)
Chartreuse leaves with wide green margins. Large, fragrant white
flowers.
20-24″
2002 American Hosta Growers Hosta of the Year
‘Krossa Regal’ (TC*)
Large, vase-shaped mound of frosty-blue foliage. Lavender flowers. 28-30″
‘Love Pat’ (TC*)
Thick, puckered, deeply cupped, powdery blue leaves. White flowers. 14-18″
‘Minuteman’ (TC*)
Sport of ‘Francee’, but has dark green leaves with wider, pure white margins. Pale lavender flowers. 20-22″
Hosta montana ‘Aureomarginata’ (TC)
Arching wedge-shaped leaves with irregular yellow margins that
turn to cream. Pale lavender flowers.
24-27″
‘Paradigm’ (TC)
Chartreuse-gold leaves, streaked with blue-green margins. Thick
corrugated leaves. Near white flowers.
20-21″
2007 American Hosta Growers Hosta of the Year
‘Patriot’ (TC*)
Sport of ‘Francee’, but has medium green leaves with wider, creamy-white margins. Lavender flowers. 20-22″
Hosta ‘Pilgrim’ (TC*)
Heart-shaped, grey-green leaves with wide, creamy yellow margins that fade to creamy-white. Lavender flowers. 10-12″
Hosta ‘Queen Josephine’ (TC*)
Glossy, dark green, heart-shaped leaves with yellow margins that change to creamy white. Medium lavender flowers. 15-18″
Hosta ‘Regal Splendor’ (TC)
Gray-green leaves with creamy yellow-white margin. Lavender
flowers.
30-32″
2003 American Hosta Growers Hosta of the Year
‘Royal Standard’ (BR)
Bright shiny-green foliage. Fragrant white flowers. 18-36″
‘So Sweet’ (TC*)
Shiny dark green leaves with creamy-yellow margins, which turn to white. Fragrant pale lavender/white flowers. 14-16″
‘Sum and Substance’ (TC*)
Large chartreuse-green rounded leaves. Pale lavender flowers. 30-36″
‘Undulata Albomarginta’ (TC*)
Medium green leaves with a slightly wavy, white margin. Pale lavender flowers. 16-18″.
‘Wide Brim’ (TC*)
Green leaves with wide irregular creamy-yellow margins. Light lavender flowers. 12-24″
