By Herb Benedict – 2009
A nice unregistered medium sized hosta that gets about a 1 ½ feet tall and nearly 2 feet wide. It will really pop in your garden; with shiny, green, heart shaped leaves edged by wide borders of gold that change to creamy white as the leaves age. Light lavender flowers appear in June.
By Lydell – 1991
Hosta Lunar Orbit and Katherine Lewis, Bleeding Heart Gold Heart
Lunar Orbit is a sport of August moon that has rugose, cordate yellow leaves that are thick and leathery with blue green margins that occasionally streak in towards the center. Mature plants are about 2 ½ feet wide and a foot tall and the slug resistant leaves are about 7 x 5”. The 2 foot scapes bear pale lavender bells in July. This beauty can even take some sun.
$15.00
By Lachman – 1989
Hosta Little Wonder
Little Wonder is a super cute miniature hosta with slightly wavy leaves. It has dark green, 1.5 by 2.5” leaves with a wide cream margin and makes a nice dense clump that only gets about 5” high. The purple flowers float on 12” scapes. It is a seedling of Neat Splash.
$7.00
By Paul Aden – 1978
Lamium Herman’s Pride, Hosta Island Charm, Fire Island, Temptation, Little Aurora, Elvis Lives
Little Aurora is one of the brightest gold hostas available and holds its color all summer. The mounding habit supports heart shaped leaves, that are cupped and slightly rugose, with good substance. A mature plant will be a foot tall and 2 feet wide. The flowers are lavender and are held on 1 foot scapes. The plant is fertile, and so will set seed pods. This plant will grow faster with some sun, but will hold its color better in a little shade.
$7.00
Bob Savory 1977
Hosta Lemon Lime and Heuchera purple palace
Registered in 1988 by Robert P. Savory, ‘Lemon Lime’ is a mini hosta that re-blooms several times beginning mid-season. The light purple flowers are bell-shaped and fertile. The scape is 13-18″ in height, bare and straight.
The flat, lanceolate, chartreuse-gold leaves measure 3″ x 1″. They sometimes have wavy margins. The leaves start more yellow and become greener as they age which is probably how it got the name lemon lime.
The clumps are about 8” across when mature and about 5” tall.
Lemon Lime
Lemon Lime’ is a nakaiana hybrid. This one increases quickly so you can use it as a nice bright ground cover in a shady spot.
$6.00
Engler 1888/AHS 1993
Hosta Lancifolia
This is the old standby. We call it “Joe Hosta”. Soon you’ll be giving shovels full of it to your friends, because it increases rapidly.
‘Lancifolia’ was the first hosta introduced to Western botany. No one really knows where it originally came from but it showed up in 1692 by Kaempfer and then was taken to Holland in 1829 by Von Siebold. It is thought to come from the sieboldii line.
Mature plants are 2 feet across, a foot tall and mound shaped.
The lance-shaped leaves are about 5” x 3” and are smooth and a shiny. The top surface is a medium green and the underside is a glossy lighter green. The undulated leaves have 5-6 veins. The green scape has reddish dots on it.
The funnel-shaped violet flowers are striped. They bloom late, and are sterile. The plant looks similar to forcathayana which is fertile.
‘Lancifolia’ is both sun and drought tolerant but prefers light shade. Lancifolia is one of the first hostas to come up in the spring and one of the last to go dormant, making it one of the most reliable ground covers around. It is sometimes found under the names ‘Saji Giboshi’ or ‘Koba Giboshi’.
You will get plenty of extra eyes with this one.
$5.00
By Chastain
Hosta Lakeside hoola hoop and June
This small charmer has pointy lance shaped leaves that have very ruffled edges. It is impressive with its green very shiny leaves, with a thick yellow margin, that seem to bend in many directions. The lavender flowers are also unusual in that that they are striped with white.
$10.00
Mary Chastain 2003
Hosta Wind River Gold, Twist of Lime, Striptease, Blue Moon, Brunaria, Lakeside Downsized
This seedling of Knickknack is small, but not exactly mini. This hosta can spread into a little patch sometimes 16” across and about 5” high, with 1 foot scapes, bearing purple flowers in August. After a few years you can divide this one out in to many plants because it increases quickly, for a nice row at the front of the shade border.
The 2” x 6” leaves have 8 veins and develop rippled edges as they emerge. The green yellow leaves get brighter if given a little sunlight and the margin is a creamy white. More moisture will produce a denser mound.
Lakeside Downsized is the one in the lower front of this photo.
$9.00
Gus & Alma M. Krossa 1980
Hosta Krossa Regal, Francee with Praying hands (front) and (back), Regal Splendor, Pulmonaria, Honeybells
This plant was purchased by Gus Krossa in Japan in the 1950’s and was registered in 1980 by Alex Summers. It is a sterile anigrescens hybrid.
What sets this plant apart from the crowd is its regal vase shaped, upright form. It makes a great anchor in the back of the hosta garden, standing above the rest. It sometimes attains a huge size of 3 feet across by 3 feet tall with 5 to 7 foot flower scapes, sometimes even taller.
The flowers are orchid/lavender in color and appear in mid-July.
The plant is a good fast grower.
The frosty blue green leaves have an undulating edge and they arch gently. They are 11” x 6” have pointed tips and 12 veins. The texture is smooth and somewhat leathery with a powdery sheen.
‘Krossa Regal’ is a 1974 Eunice Fisher Award winner and an Alex J. Summers Distinguished Merit Hosta in 2001.
$15.00
By Paul Aden – 1986
Hosta Albomarginata aka Silver Crown, Knockout and Blue Cadet
Knockout has rounded intensely colored blue green leaves, with wide creamy white, undulating margins. It is a medium sized hosta with fertile lavender flowers. Other pluses include heavy substance and the ability to take a fair amount of sun.
$7.00Powered by WordPress & Theme by Anders Norén