Variety and interest for your shade garden!
By Rasmussen/Malloy – 1997
Thought to be a sport of Flamboyant, Pilgrim is a fast growing front of the border, small to medium sized hosta at 20 inches wide by 8 tall. The grey green leaves have a wide golden margin that turns white as the leaves age. The leaves are ribbed, a little wavy and a little cupped. Flowers are lavender. I have given this as a gift with “Elvis lives” to lovers of “the King”.
Paul Hofer/Pete Ruh 1987
Paul’s Glory is a mutation from H. ‘Perry’s True Blue’; from the sieboldiana line.
The large brilliant gold centered, heart shaped leaves have a ½” blue margin and are nicely puckered when mature. The centers turn white as the season progresses. The 7” x 5” leaves have 8 veins and the heavy substance helps them stand up to slugs.
Paul’s Glory holds its lovely variegated color all season although the colors do seem to change with the seasons and also depending on what light you have it in. So much so that at times it can look like 2 different hostas.
The lavender flowers, starting in June, also seem to change and can sometimes be near white. A Mature clump can be 2.5 feet by 1.5 tall with 2 foot scapes.
Give this one a prominent spot so it can grab attention. It will tolerate a little morning sun.
By Walden/West – 1999
Hosta of the year in 2007; this beauty really is a good example of a model perennial. ‘Paradigm’ comes from the Greek word paradeigma, which means “pattern”, “example” or “model.” It also won the Alex Summers Award in 2010. A large hosta at 20” with 2 foot scapes it is a bright gold with blue margins and can spread to 3 feet wide when mature. It is a sport of Abiqua Recluse (H. White Vision x Sum and Substance). The glossy leaves intensify in color as the season goes on and it is moderately corrugated with really heavy substance. A wonderful specimen it is topped with lavender flowers in midsummer.
John Machen 1994
Hosta Minuet Man
‘Minuteman’ is a ‘Francee’ sport. It is different from, but similar to ‘Patriot’.
The leaves are a little rounder and more cupped. They can be a little wavy and rippled. The leaves are broadly ovate with a rounded base and have good heavy substance. They are slightly shiny on top and dull grey below.
The size is 24 x 12″ with 18-30″ scapes. The color is very dark green with a smooth wide creamy-white margin.
The flowers appear in July and are tubular, pale lavender, and striped.
$10.00
By Zilis – 1999
Hosta Midwest Magic & Karin
This mutation of Zounds has shiny heart shaped golden leaves with a ¾” wide dark green, irregular margin. The ovate pointed leaves are slug resistant due to very good substance and a glaucous underside, and are dimpled and cordate. It can spread to a 3 ½ wide by 2 foot mound with 2 foot scapes bearing very light lavender flowers in July. The plant has a fairly good growth rate and is fertile. It can take a little sun and will grow faster if it is provided.
$12.00
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
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