Hosta - Specimen

Hosta 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd'

Height 45cm. (1 1/2') Spread 60cm. (2'). The name of this tokudama type Hosta says it all "DRINKING GOURD". The frosty blue leaves cup and have a long petiole to form a large cup-shaped funnel. It even holds water! (Walden-West 1992)

Hosta 'Blue Whirls'

Height 50cm. (1 1/2') Spread 75cm. (2 1/2'). The frosted blue-green leaves are pointed and lance-shaped. The open, vase shape appears circular when you look at it from above. This Hosta is great in the garden and performs well in most any situation! (Aden 1978)

Hosta 'Chartreuse Wedge'

Height 50cm. (1 1/2') Spread 90cm. (3'). This Hosta has heavy substanced, wavy, pie-shaped foliage that has chartreuse colouring with frosty white backs and smooth puckers throughout. The pale lavender almost white flowers bloom in early summer. (Aden 1 976)

Hosta fluctans 'Variegated'

Height 75cm. (2 1/2') Spread 60cm. (2'). This is "The Hosta" and considered to be the number one Hosta among most Hosta collectors. It has a distinctive upright vase-shape with long oval leaves that reach skywards. The foliage is moss green with frosty green hues and a creamy edge. They are smooth and silk-like to look at. A truly regal Hosta! AGM

Hosta 'Fragrant Bouquet'

Height 45cm. (1 1/2') Spread 55cm. (1 3/4'). This Hosta has large white flowers with a gardenia-like fragrance in mid summer. Not only are the flowers attractive but the foliage is a standout! The leaves are bright apple green in colour, smooth in texture, and highlighted with a broad creamy white edge. An added bonus is its great vigour. (Aden 1982)

Hosta 'Golden Medallion'

Height 35cm. (1') Spread 50cm. (1 1/2'). This is a sport of Hosta tokudama 'Aureonebulosa'. The foliage is heavily textured and puckered, round and cup shaped, and is an incredible yellow with copper highlights. This Hosta is very distinctive and highly recommended.

Hosta 'Great Expectations'

Height 55cm. (1 3/4') Spread 75cm. (2 1/2'). This hosta is on the front cover of Paul Aden's Hosta book. The leaves have a wide sea green edge surrounding the golden yellow center of this natural Hosta sieboldiana 'Elegans' sport. Great masses of white flowers bloom in the summer. (Bond/Aden 1988)

Hosta 'Green Piecrust'

Height 70cm. (2 1/4') Spread 1.2M. (4'). This Hosta has olive green leaves with a beautiful wavy edge that does look like a piecrust edge. It can be used as a groundcover but the effect of the distinctive leaf edge on this plant would be lost. The violet flowers are produced in late spring. (Williams l986)

Hosta hypoleuca

Height 35cm. (1') Spread 65cm. (2'). This slow growing Hosta is unique. The leaves are a pale frosty green with a white reverse. The smooth leaves have strong veins and have a tendency to cascade. This Hosta is excellent with larger ferns or for an Oriental style garden.

Hosta 'Krossa Regal'

Height 80cm. (2 1/2') Spread 80cm. (2 1/2'). This Hosta has a unique vase shape formed with the heavy, leather-like, frosty, pewter-green leaves. Soft orchid flowers are on spikes reaching 1.8M (6') in mid-summer.

1974 AHS Eunice Fisher Award winner

Hosta 'Love Pat'

Height 50cm. (1 3/4') Spread 60cm. (2'). This Hosta has exquisite round, frosty blue leaves which are quilted and puckered making if very eye catching. It is truly an original. It needs shade and rich humusy soil to show its' best qualities. (Aden 1978) AGM, 1988 AHS Midwest Blue award winner.

Hosta montana 'Aureo-marginata'

Height 60cm. (2') Spread 75cm. (2 1/2'). The leaves have a deep glossy forest green center with an irregular gold edge, the gold overlaps the green creating an interesting intermediate colouring. The foliage is long and spade-shaped with a prominent point. This is one of the first Hostas to emerge in the spring.

Hosta 'Moon Glow'

Height 50cm. (1 1/2') Spread 75cm. (2 1/2'). The round leaves are slightly cupped and are luminescent yellow trimmed with a fine white edge. The combination makes this medium sized Hosta glow in the dark. (Anderson 1977)

Hosta 'On Stage'

Height 30cm. (1') Spread 60cm. (2'). A classy, showstopper with a bright sunny yellow center and grass green edge. This Hosta would add pizzazz to any garden, ideally suited for the small garden or container. A montana mutation. (Aden 1986)

Hosta 'Patriot'

Height 60cm. (2') Spread 70cm. (2 1/4'). The long awarded and much prized Hosta 'Patriot'. A sport of Hosta 'Francee' which in itself is already a very valuable groundcover Hosta. 'Patriot' has bolder clear white border variegation with some green marbling. Stands out in any garden.

Hosta 'Royal Standard'

Height 60cm. (2') Spread 1 M. (4'). The leaves are a lustrous shamrock-green. The pure white flowers are highly scented as Hosta plantaginea is one of its parents. It is an extremely durable plant being able to tolerate sun and withstand drought better than most Hostas. It is an exceptional all round landscape Hosta. (Wayside) AGM

Hosta 'Sea Lotus Leaf'

Height 60cm. (2') Spread 90cm. (3'). The complete roundness of the leaves do look like lotus leaves. Chalky blue-green with puckering and a slight upturned edge make it stand out.

Hosta 'Sugar N' Cream'

Height 60cm. (2') Spread 60 cm. (2'). This Savory Shield Award winner has pale green spade shaped leaves with a cream edge. Beautiful fragrant milky white flowers are produced in late summer. It is a great sport of Hosta 'Honeybells' (Zillis)

Hosta 'Summer Fragrance'

Height 60cm. (2') Spread lM. (4'). This Hosta has fine white margins with a lime green center over which the fragrant pale lavender flowers float in late summer. Use this Hosta as a larger groundcover or specimen for bright colouring and scented flowers.

Hosta plantaginea

Height 60cm. (2') Spread 90cm. (3'). This Hosta is grown mainly for its exceptionally large, pure white flowers that are highly fragrant. The gardenia-like fragrance combined with the shiny smooth textured soft green ovate leaves brings to mind the tropics.

Hosta tokudama 'Buckshaw Blue'

Height 40cm. (1 1/2') Spread 45cm. (1 1/2'). This is a beautiful blue tokudama, bluer than the species. It has round, cupped, intensely corrugated blue-green durable foliage. The near white flowers are produced in late spring.

Hosta tokudama 'Flavo Circinalis'

Height 30cm. (1') Spread 50cm. (1 3/4'). This Hosta is a dwarf Hosta 'Francis Williams'. It has beautiful round, quilted, blue leaves with a neat gold edge. Very smart looking.