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| 'American Choo Choo'
NEW 2012 LARGE
22” high by 56” wide. Leaf Detail: 14” long by 10”
wide; green-centered with a heavily rippled, 3” wide, gold
margin; good substance. Flowering: very pale lavender flowers open on
34” scapes from late June into mid-July. Comments: sport of ‘Choo
Choo Train’ developed by Van Wade; rippling of margins
accentuated by gold coloration. $20.00 |
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| 'Aomori Gold Star'
NEW 2012 MEDIUM
16" high by 33" wide; upright mound. Leaf Detail: 7”
long by 3 ½” wide; gold-centered with a dark green margin.
Flowering: medium purple flowers bloom in August on 24-40”
scapes. Comments: this gold-centered, green-margined sport of Hosta
rectifolia was discovered in the wild in the Aomori Prefecture of
northern Japan by Mr. Kimio Muroya of Hirosaki, Japan; distinct
upright growth habit. $17.00 |
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| 'Avocado'
NEW 2012 LARGE 24" high by
50" wide. Leaf Detail: 10" long by 8" wide; medium gold
center; 2" wide, green margin. Flowering: fragrant, pale lavender
flowers in August on three-foot scapes. Comments: sport of
'Guacamole'; much wider green margin (2") than 'Guacamole' (5/8").
$17.00 |
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| 'Blue Chiffon'
NEW 2012 LARGE
20” high by 48” wide. Leaf Detail: Blue 12” long by 8”
wide; slightly wavy; thick-substanced. Flowering: flowers open from
late June into July. Comments: rare cultivar introduced many years ago
by the late Pauline Banyai of Madison Heights, Michigan. $20.00 |
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| 'Blue Regal' NEW
2012 LARGE 17” high by 42”
wide. Leaf Detail: Blue 10” long by 7” wide; color changes
from deep blue-green to a shiny, bright green during the growing
season; unruly; moderate corrugation; good substance. Flowering:
near-white flowers from late June into mid-July on 34” scapes.
Comments: ever-changing, brawny mound of unruly, heavily corrugated
foliage; striking both as a blue-leaved plant in spring and after
becoming a shiny, bright green in midsummer; Mark Zilis ‘Gold
Regal’ X ‘Blue Vision’ hybrid that combines the best
traits of its parents; 2009 AHS registration. $17.00 |
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| 'Blueberry
Waffles' NEW 2012
GIANT (30" high by 68" wide)
This is the one you have all been waiting for!!! Maybe it is the huge
almost perfectly round leaves, or their deep blue color, the color of
blueberries, with all the perfect puckering, or maybe just the
impressive mound of foliage that makes it the perfect specimen, or
probably all three, but this is a spectacular hosta that you can't get
out of your mind. It flowers with its H. sieboldiana kin in June. It's
destined to be one of the hottest hostas of the year. $30.00 |
 Photo Green Hill Hostas |
| 'Broad Band'
NEW 2012
LARGE (23" high by 46" wide.)
This showy large hosta forms a wide clump of attractive heart-shaped
leaves with creamy yellow to creamy white margins that jet into the
dark green center. The extra wide, showy margins are what set this
hosta apart from the others. Near white flowers are produced in mid to
late summer. $20.00 |
 Photo Ron Livingston |
| 'Bubbatini'
NEW 2012 SMALL
10” high by 25” wide; dense habit. Leaf Detail: Blue 4 1/2”
long by 2 1/2” wide; wavy; good substance. Flowering: pale purple
flowers produced on 10-20” scapes in August. Comments: selected
seedling out of a cross between a sport of ‘Blue Dimples’ X ‘Shining
Tot’; developed at Q&Z Nursery. $17.00 |
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| 'Cathedral Windows'
NEW 2012 MEDIUM
(19" high by 34" wide)
Improving on his award winning hybrid ‘Stained Glass’, this
new selection from Hans Hansen is a large, tetraploid conversion. Like
a brighter version of ‘Holy Mole’, ‘Cathedral Windows’
quickly forms a large clump of rounded, bright gold leaves with very
wide, dark green margins. As the leaves mature, they become
dome-shaped. Large, fragrant, near-white flowers are produced well
above the foliage in late summer. $20.00 |
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| 'Champagne Toast'
NEW 2012 MEDIUM
(16” tall by 38” wide.) Leaf has a white
center 9” long by 6” wide; foliage begins the season
yellow-centered with bluish green margins, but changes to
white-centered with a green margin by mid-July. Flowering: pale
lavender flowers in July on scapes that well top the mound of foliage.
Comments: Out of the same variegated seedling that produced ‘American
Gothic’ (white-margined leaves) and ‘Interstate 71’
(blue foliage) comes this center-variegated beauty. 'Champagne Toast’
is a stabilized sport of a Doug Beilstein hybrid of ‘Color
Fantasy’ X ‘Sea Drift’ developed by Q & Z Nursery.
$20.00 |
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| 'Chesapeake Bay'
NEW 2012 LARGE
(24” high by 56” wide.) Vase-shaped habit. Leaf Detail: Blue
11” long by 8” wide; deep blue-green; deeply cupped; heavily
corrugated; thick substance. Flowering: near-white flowers in July on
30” scapes. Comments: large, vase-shaped mound size; rich
blue-green foliage; cupping; corrugation; an Olga Petrysyzn hybrid
involving ‘Maui Rains’, ‘Blue Arrow’ and ‘Blue
Betty Lou’; destined to become a classic. $17.00 |
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| 'Cotton Candy' NEW
2012 MEDIUM 14” high by 32”
wide. Leaf Detail: Misted 6” long
by 4” wide; heavily misted green and white, especially on new
growth and early in the growing season; changes to bright green by
August. Flowering: lavender flowers open on 18” scapes in July;
fertile. Comments: ‘Pathfinder’ sport developed at Q&Z
Nursery that exhibits beautifully misted foliage; registered with the
AHS in 2009; one of their best introductions. $20.00 |
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| 'Curve Ball'
NEW 2012 MEDIUM
14” high by 40” wide; dense habit. Leaf Detail: Gold 7”
long by 5 3/4” wide; bright gold color; heavily corrugated; good
substance. Flowering: near-white flowers open on 24” scapes from
late June into July. Comments: you won’t strike out with this
bright gold, corrugated hosta; a Dick and Jane Ward seedling of ‘Tokudama
Flavocircinalis’; 2009 AHS registration. $20.00 |
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| 'Cuyahoga' NEW
2012 LARGE (20" high by 41"
wide.) Leaf Detail: Leaves 10" long by 8 1/2" wide;
blue-green with a gold margin, changing to dark green with a creamy
white margin; good substance. Flowering: lavender flowers in July on
32" scapes. Comments: hybrid of 'Dorothy Benedict' X 'Swoosh' out
of the breeding program of Doug Beilstein of Mansfield, Ohio, selected
by Mark Zilis in 2005. $20.00 |
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| 'Dancing Stars'
NEW 2012 LARGE
(24" high by 40" wide.) An improvement over ‘Dancing in
the Rain’. ‘Dancing Stars’ has all the great qualities
of its parent, including a crisp white center (emerges cream) and
sharply contrasting blue-green margins. However, you’ll
appreciate that this new introduction is a stronger grower with wider
margins and foliage of much thicker substance. The attractive foliage
forms a large mound topped with light lavender flowers on white scapes
in midsummer. $20.00 |
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| 'Designer Genes'
NEW 2012 MEDIUM (15" high by
30" wide.) ‘Designer Genes’ is incredibly striking in
the spring as the brilliant yellow leaves emerge from contrasting deep
wine red shoots. It quickly grows to form a medium sized mound of
bright yellow leaves with showy bright red petioles. Compared to other
yellow hostas, this variety holds its coloring longer. Later in the
season, the foliage mellows to more of a chartreuse green color. Tall,
red scapes carry the purple flowers in late summer. $17.00 |
 Photo Carol Brashear |
| 'Dragon's Eye'
NEW 2012 LARGE
(24" high by 48" wide.) (W. Lefever, Solberg 2008) -
'Riptide' seedling. This large hosta has frosty, undulating gray-green
leaves with tall purple petioles, very waxy white leaf backs. Lavender
flowers appear on waxy purple scapes in August. Good in the garden or
as part of your breeding program, as it sets seed. $17.00 |
 Photo Green Hill Hostas |
| 'Elivs Lives'
NEW 2012 LARGE
(18" high by 40" wide.) Leaf Detail: 9 1/4" long by 5"
wide; bluish green color; narrow; rippled margins; long, twisted tip.
Flowering: Pale purple flowers open in mid-July on 26" scapes.
Comments: Unusual and distinctive Tony Avent introduction; the long,
wavy leaves are carried in a semi-upright manner; always recognizable;
'Peter Pan' x 'Green Fountain'. $17.00 |
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Millette Photomedia |
| 'Fingerprint'
NEW 2012 LARGE 24” high by
48” wide. Leaf Detail: 9” long by 7” wide; changes from
greenish in the center with a gold edge to gold in the center with a
light green margin; dark green line (watermark) between the margin and
center; good substance. Flowering: pale lavender flowers from mid-July
into early August on three-foot scapes. Comments: sport of ‘Paul’s
Glory’ developed at Q&Z Nursery (2009 AHS registration);
offers a changing variegation pattern and a distinctive watermark plus
all the good growth habits and flowering traits of its mother plant.
$25.00 |
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| 'Frosty Morn'
NEW 2012 MEDIUM
(16” high by 38” wide.) Leaf Detail: 9” long by 7”
wide; deep gold; wavy, cupped, and corrugated; good substance.
Flowering: near-white flowers from mid-July into August on scapes 24”
high or more. Comments: bright gold color; white flowers; good
substance; seedling of H. rupifraga from top hybridizers Bill &
Eleanor Lachman. $20.00 |
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| 'Fuzzy Dice'
NEW 2012 MEDIUM
(14" high by 30" wide.) Leaf Detail: Blue rich, blue-green
foliage; good substance. Flowering: pale lavender flowers on 20"
scapes from mid-July into August. Comments: sport of Ed Elslager's
'Blue Suede Shoes'; represents the color of blue that Ed attempted to
breed into his many introductions. $20.00 |
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| 'Goober' NEW
2012SMALL 10" high by 24"
wide; dense habit. Leaf Detail: 4" long by 3" wide; dark
green; deeply puckered; unruly. Flowering: purple flowers open on 16"
scapes from mid-July into August. Comments: tissue culture sport of
Hosta 'Peanut' developed by Q & Z Nursery; good growth rate; good
edging plant and great in combination with its mother plant. $17.00 |
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| 'Great Escape'
NEW 2012 MEDIUM
(14" high by 36" wide.) Leaf Detail: 7" long by
5" wide; blue-green center; wide, white margin. Flowering: pale
bluish lavender flowers from late July into mid-August on 26-30"
scapes. Comments: ‘Great Escape’ differs from other ‘Halycon’
sports by its wide white margin that appears as the foliage emerges in
spring. It is also notable for the vivid contrast between the white
margin and the blue-green center. ‘Great Escape’ was
developed by Jan van den Top of the Netherlands, who registered it
with the American Hosta Society in 2006. $20.00 |
For photo click on www.hostalibrary.org |
| 'Happy Valley'
NEW 2012 LARGE
(18” high by 49” wide.) Leaf Detail: 9” long by 5”
wide; dark green in the center with a ¼” wide margin that
changes from creamy yellow to white; moderately wavy; ovate-shaped
blade. Flowering: pale purple flowers from late August into September
on 24” scapes. Comments: attractive variegation; vigorous grower;
Bill & Eleanor Lachman hybrid (Hosta hypoleuca pollen parent) from
the 1990s that is still rare in collections and nurseries; possibly
the best white-edged hosta you’ve never grown. $17.00 |
For photo click on www.hostalibrary.org |
| 'Heat Wave'
NEW 2012 MEDIUM
(12" high by 30" wide.) A sport of 'Bright Lights' with
wider margins and a stronger growth rate. In spring, the leaves are
chartreuse with wide, blue margins. In summer, the leaf center
brightens to gold and the margins deepen to blue-green. When mature,
the thick foliage exhibits some puckering. Near-white flowers are
produced on 16 inch scapes in early to midsummer. $17.00 |
 Photo Marco Fransen |
| 'Hudson Bay'
NEW 2012 MEDIUM (24" high by
30" wide.) An improvement over its parent, ‘Eskimo Pie’,
this new sport is a much showier, larger specimen and a stronger
grower overall. The wider, brighter blue margin and apple green
jetting contrast nicely with the creamy white center all season long.
The leaves are of heavy substance, exhibiting good slug resistance in
the landscape. This plant forms a large mound of attractive foliage
topped with near-white flowers on white scapes in early summer. $20.00 |
 Photo Carol Brashear |
| 'Itty Bitty'
NEW 2012 DWARF
5” high by 13” wide Leaf Detail: 2 1/4 ” long by 1 7/8”
wide; ½” wide, dark green margin surrounds the white center
that develops green speckles as the season progresses; incredibly
thick substance. Flowering: pale purple flowers produced on 10”
scapes early to mid July. Comments: exciting, white-centered tissue
culture sport of ‘Green Mouse Ears’ developed at Q&Z
Nursery; excellent for trough gardens and containers. $17.00 |
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| 'Itty Gold'
NEW 2012 DWARF 8” high by 19”
wide Leaf Detail: 3” long by 2 1/2” wide; medium gold,
brightest in spring; cupped; corrugated. Flowering: lavender flowers
open on 20” scapes in July. Comments: tissue culture sport of ‘Shade
Parade’ developed at Q&Z Nursery; becomes a low, dense mound
of roundish, bright gold foliage at maturity. $17.00 |
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| 'Irish Luck'NEW
2012 MEDIUM (18" high by 36"
wide.) Even beginners won’t need luck to grow this vigorous
beauty! What makes it so distinct is the incredibly shiny finish on
the leaves, like a glossy lacquer painted on each leaf. They are very
dark green with pie crust rippled margins, deep veining, and good
substance. This hosta grows quickly to form an upright vase-shaped
clump in the landscape. Due to its H. plantaginea parentage, it
exhibits some sun tolerance and produces sweetly fragrant, lavender
flowers well above the foliage in late summer. $17.00 |
 Photo Naylor Creek |
| 'Jabulani' NEW
2012 MEDIUM 18” high by 40”
wide. Leaf Detail: 9” long by 7” wide; gold-centered with a ½”
wide, green margin; corrugated; thick substance. Flowering: near-white
flowers bloom from June 25 to July 16 on 30” scapes. Comments: :
tissue culture sport of ‘Rich Uncle’ developed at Q&Z
Nursery; forms a medium-large mound of roundish gold-centered foliage;
name means “rejoice” in the Zulu language. $20.00 |
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| 'Justine' NEW
2012 SMALL 12” high by 30”
wide (est.) Leaf Detail: 6” long by 4 ½” wide (est.);
bright gold in the center with a narrow, dark green margin; very thick
substance. Flowering: pale lavender flowers from late July into early
August. Comments: tetraploid sport of ‘June Fever’ from Jan
van den Top of the Netherlands; thick, gold-centered foliage. $17.00 |
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| 'Lakeside Hazy Morn'
NEW 2012 MEDIUM (16" high by
36" wide.) Leaf Detail: 7” long by 5 ½” wide;
blue-green in the center with a white margin. Flowering: pale lavender
flowers in July on 30” scapes. Comments: outstanding contrast
between leaf margin and center; Mary Chastain seedling of ‘Lakeside
Roy El’. $20.00 |
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| 'Lakeside Jazzy Jane'
NEW 2012 MEDIUM
17” high by 38” wide. Leaf Detail: 9” long by 7”
wide; green-centered with a ¼” to ½” wide, white
margin. Flowering: near-white flowers in July on 30” scapes.
Comments: good contrast between leaf margin and center; Mary Chastain
seedling selection out of ‘Lakeside Roy El’; improves on ‘Christmas
Tree’ by its shinier green leaf center and more striking
variegation. $17.00 |
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| 'Lakeside Keepsake'
NEW 2012 MEDIUM
13” high by 28” wide. Leaf Detail: 8” long by 7”
wide; dark green in the center with a 1 ¼” wide, creamy
white margin; blade very broadly ovate-shaped; moderate corrugation;
thick substance. Flowering: pale lavender flowers in July. Comments:
wide, creamy white margins sharply contrast the dark green center;
Mary Chastain seedling selection out of ‘Lakeside Roy El’.
$17.00 |
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| 'Lakeside Pebbles'NEW
2012 MEDIUM (12” high by 38”
wide.) Leaf Detail: 10” long by 7” wide; shiny, dark green;
heavily corrugated; thick substance. Flowering: near-white flowers, 2
1/4” long, from late June into July on 27” scapes. Comments:
corrugation; dark green foliage color; whitish flowers; aptly named
Mary Chastain introduction. $20.00 |
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| 'Lakeside Slick Chick' NEW
2012 DWARF 7” high by 20”
wide. Leaf Detail: 4” long by 2 ½” wide; very shiny
dark green center with a yellow margin. Flowering: lavender flowers in
July. Comments: small mound size; yellow-edged variegation; for the
front of the border or the trough; Mary Chastain hybrid involving ‘Lakeside
Dot Com’ and a seedling. $17.00 |
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| 'Lemon Ice' NEW
2012 MEDIUM (Solberg 2011) - (H.
clausa normalis F2 seedling) X 'Strawberry Banana Smoothie') (12"
high by 26" wide.) This is the beginning of the next generation
of red and yellow hostas. It is the largest of this very excellent and
varied group of seedlings and has bright yellow leaves with bright red
petioles and scapes. It keeps its yellow color very well and will be
better in the shade garden as too much light will bleach it white. It
is the one that Mark Zilis selected to produce for his nursery. Nice
purple flowers on red scapes in July. $20.00 |
 Photo Green Hill Hostas |
| 'Lemontini' NEW
2012 DWARF (7” high by 18”
wide.) Dense habit. Leaf Detail: 3 3/4” long by 2 ½”
wide; bright yellow color (emerges chartreuse); slightly shiny; smooth
texture; wavy; average substance. Flowering: medium purple flowers
open on 10-16” scapes. Comments: compact, small-sized mound of
bright gold foliage; Mark Zilis hybrid of a gold sport of ‘Blue
Dimples’ X ‘Shining Tot’ (2009 AHS registration).
$17.00 |
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| 'Lionheart' (Mark Zilis)
NEW 2012 MEDIUM
(14" high by 30" wide.) Leaf Detail: 8” long by 6”
wide; 1-2” wide, blue-green margin; pure white center; thick
substance. Flowering: near-white flowers. Comments: vivid contrast
between blue-green margin and white center; sport of Jim Schwarz’s
‘Robin Hood’; good vigor for a thick-leaved, white-centered
hosta. $20.00 |
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| 'London Fog'
NEW 2012 MEDIUM
(12" high by 30" wide.) Leaf Detail: Misted 6” long by
3” wide; white with green speckling; average substance.
Flowering: pale lavender flowers in July on 10-20” scapes.
Comments: tissue culture sport out of ‘Allegan Fog’
developed at Q&Z nursery; foliage completely misted, i.e., lacking
the green margin of its mother plant; interesting and unusual. $20.00 |
 Photo Q&Z Nursery |
| 'Majesty'NEW
2012 LARGE (15" high by 48"
wide.) A sport of 'Sagae' only shorter and with wider margins. $17.00 |
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| 'Mood Indigo'
NEW 2012 LARGE
(21” high by 48” wide.) Leaf Detail: 9” long by
9” wide; rich blue; heavily corrugated; unruly; thick substance.
Flowering: near-white flowers produced in dense clusters on 27”
scapes. Comments: rare Dick & Jane Ward seedling of ‘Tokudama
Flavocircinalis’ known for its unruly, heavily corrugated, deep
blue foliage. $20.00 |
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| 'Night Shift' NEW
2012 LARGE 22” high by 50”
wide; low and spreading Leaf Detail: 11” long by 8” wide;
bright gold center, ¼” to ½” wide, dark green
margin; wavy; good substance. Flowering: lavender flowers produced at
the ends of three-foot long scapes that droop horizontally. Comments:
the one that many hostaphiles have been waiting for; Dennis Savory
sport of ‘Daybreak’ registered in 1991, but not available
until now; leaf margin fairly narrow, but still offers an attractive
contrast to the bright gold center. $20.00 |
 Photo Q&Z Nursery |
| 'Nutty Professor' NEW
2012 LARGE (Mary Ann Metz) -
(Sport of 'Maekawa') -(16" high by 44" wide.) This sport of
the "white-backed" hosta, H. hypoleuca, produces a few very
large arching leaves from each division that are light green with a
wide, white undulating margin. Place this hosta by itself above a rock
or two, so that it can show off its beautiful variegation and its
waxy, white leaf backs. Light lavender flowers in August on low
arching scapes. Very different. $25.00 |
 Photo Green Hill Hostas |
| 'Oshima Silk'
NEW 2012 SMALL 12” high by
25” wide. Leaf Detail: 7” long by 4 1/2” wide; medium
green center with a ¼” wide, heavily rippled, white margin;
white underside. Flowering: pale purple flowers in August. Comments:
seedling of Hosta pycnophylla developed by Mr. Noro of Iwakuni City,
Japan; named for the small island in the Inland Sea where H.
pycnophylla is native. $20.00 |
 Photo Q&Z Nursery |
| 'Powder Keg'
NEW 2012 LARGE
STREAKED 22” high by 45” wide
Leaf Detail: Streaked 10” long by 8” wide; blue-green with
many white streaks and mottled areas; corrugated; thick substance,
Flowering: near-white flowers from mid-June into July on two-foot
scapes; fertile. Comments: tissue culture sport of the ‘Powder
Blue’ found at Q&Z Nursery; incredible blend of white streaks
and mottled areas on a deep blue-green background; a breakthrough
plant. $30.00 |
 Photo Q&Z Nursery |
| 'Pretty Peggy'
NEW 2012 LARGE
(17” high by 44” wide.) Leaf Detail: 8 3/4” long by 7”
wide; gold; heavily corrugated; wavy; thick substance. Flowering:
near-white flowers produced on 20-30” scapes. Comments: Dick and
Jane Ward hybrid of ‘White Vision’ X H. montana macrophylla;
outstanding bright gold color. $20.00 |
 Photo Q&Z Nursery |
| 'Pure Heart'
NEW 2012 DWARF (4" high by 8"
wide.) This cute variegated sport displays the reverse variegation
pattern of ‘Mighty Mouse’, bearing rounded leaves with blue
green margins and a creamy yellow to creamy white center. Like its
parent, the leaves are of heavy substance. This showy miniature hosta
is perfectly suited to troughs or the edge of the border. Lavender
flowers are produced on perfectly proportional scapes in midsummer.
$17.00 |
 Photo Walters Gardens |
| 'Purple Heart'
NEW 2012 SMALL (15" high by
30" wide.) Glossy lime to green leaves spotlighted with red
purple in the leaf base. One of the most neat and uniform habits of
any Hosta. The short petioles are almost black. A compact, densely
clumping habit. Good slug resistance. $17.00 |
 Photo Terra Nova Nursery |
| 'Rainbow's End'
NEW 2012 SMALL
(11" high by 21" wide.) This unique hosta exhibits
incredibly variegated, shiny foliage. The bright yellow leaves of good
substance have dark green margins that jet into the center, and the
center brightens to creamy white in summer. It forms a medium sized
mound of attractive foliage in the landscape. In late summer, showy
red scapes carry the dark lavender, tubular flowers. Breeder: Hans
Hansen Parentage: Sport of 'Obsession'. $17.00 |
 Photo Walters Gardens |
| 'Rare Breed' NEW
2012 MEDIUM (20" high by 30"
wide.) Rare tri-color leaves make this large hosta incredibly unique
and showy. The colors change a bit with the seasons, starting off with
a creamy white center and green margins. Where the center and margin
meet, a beautiful shade of army green appears and the center brightens
to crisp white. The leaves become slightly cupped when they are
mature. Forms a semi-upright clump of foliage topped with pale
lavender flowers in mid to late summer. Intro Year: 2011 Breeder:
Livingston. $17.00 |
 Photo Ron Livingston |
| 'Raspberry Sundae'
NEW 2012 SMALL
(9' high by 21" wide.) Lovely compact Hosta with beautifully
variegated leaves and striking deep burgundy petioles, leaf bases, and
flower stalks. Terra Nova® worked on this one for many years
perfecting the combination of variegation and introducing the red
pigmentation to the foliage. Flower color is deep lavender purple in
August. $17.00 |
 Photo Terra Nova Nursery |
| 'Rocket's Red Glare'
NEW 2012 MEDIUM
(12" high by 30" wide.) A hosta collector’s delight!
Prominent red petioles with red pigment flowing about one third of the
way up the midrib on both sides of the leaves are what make this hosta
so desirable. The shiny, green leaves of good substance also have
attractive wavy margins. In late summer, horizontally arched, deep red
scapes carry the lavender striped flowers. Intro Year: 2011 Breeder:
Stegman. $17.00 |
 Photo Bev Stegman |
| 'Saint Elmo's Fire'
NEW 2012 LARGE
(16" high by 45" wide.) Leaf Detail: 8” long by
6” wide; color changes from gold-centered with a white margin to
green-centered with a white margin (1/4” wide); blade
ovate-shaped, moderately corrugated (at maturity), and slightly wavy.
Flowering: pale lavender flowers open on three-foot scapes. fComments:
mutation of ‘Sea Fire’ introduced by Bob Solberg in 1995
that offers interest the whole growing season; multi-colored effect
created through a combination of season color changes, new growth, and
variegation. $20.00 |
For photo click on www.hostalibrary.org |
| 'Sara's Gold'
NEW 2012 LARGE
(22" high by 40" wide.) All gold sport of 'Sara's
Sensation'. $17.00 |
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| 'Secret Ambition'
NEW 2012 MEDIUM
(18" high by 33" wide.) An improvement by the hybridizer
over his earlier introduction called ‘Secret Love’, this new
cultivar has heavier leaf substance and a wider leaf margin. Each
blue-green leaf is bordered by a yellow margin in spring,
transitioning to creamy white in summer. Near-white flowers above the
clump in mid to late summer. Breeder: van den Top Parentage:
Tetraploid conversion of 'Secret Love'. $17.00 |
 Photo Walters Gardens |
| 'Singing the Blues'
NEW 2012 LARGE
(Beilstein 2007) - ('Trail's End' seedling) (25" high by 50"
wide.) An upright very blue seedling from 'Trails End', this sturdy
hosta has leaves that are boat-shaped with a distinctive "pinch"
at the base. It has heavily puckered leaves in regular rows and
lavender flowers in June. It makes a statement in the background or
foreground. $25.00 |
 Photo Green Hill Hostas |
| 'Skywalker'
NEW 2012 GIANT
(24” high by 60” wide.) Leaf Detail: 12” long by 10”
wide; rich, blue foliage color; excellent substance. Flowering:
Near-white flowers open on 24” scapes. Comments: ‘Skywalker’
originated as a tissue culture sport of ‘Star Wars’ at Q &
Z Nursery, offering rich, blue foliage color, a good growth rate, and
excellent substance. $17.00 |
 Photo Q&Z Nursery |
| 'Sparkler' NEW
2012 DWARF (6" high by 10"
wide.) This new sport of Hosta 'Fireworks' PP16062 makes a showy
specimen in troughs or other small containers. It forms a miniature
sized clump of slender leaves with very narrow, creamy white to white
centers and dark green margins that jet into the center. The showy
variegation offers terrific contrast. The leaves are of heavy
substance, increasing their slug resistance. Light lavender flowers
are produced in mid to late summer. Intro Year: 2011 Breeder: Walters
Gardens, Inc. Introducer: Walters Gardens, Inc. Parentage: Sport of
'Fireworks'. $17.00 |
 Photo Walters Gardens |
| 'Spring Shower'
NEW 2012 LARGE
(Solberg 2007) - (H. sieboldiana X 'One Man's Treasure' F2 seedling)
(20" high by 40" wide.) A welcoming sight in a special place
in the garden, this light blue "Longiana" has classic
heart-shaped leaves with strong venation and most resembles a "Tardiana".
It has light lavender flowers in July. Try it next to 'Camelot'.
$17.00 |
 Photo Green Hill Hostas |
| 'Sumsational'
NEW 2012 LARGE
(26” high by 50” wide.) Leaf Detail: 14” long by 11”
wide; 1” wide, dark green margin surrounds the center which
changes from chartreuse to medium gold, especially in bright light;
thick substance. Flowering: pale lavender flowers produced on hanging,
40-48” scapes. Comments: green-edged sport out of ‘Sum and
Substance’ found at Q&Z Nursery many years ago. $25.00 |
 Photo Q&Z Nursery |
| 'Surfer Girl'
NEW 2012 DWARF
(6" high by 12" wide.) This darling miniature hosta was
named for its pronounced, heavily wavy margins reminiscent of the
ocean waves. Each pointed, dark green leaf measures only 2” long
x 1” wide, but since the plant is stoloniferous like H. venusta,
it fills in to form a nice little patch. Pale purple, tubular flowers
rise well above the foliage in midsummer. Use this hosta as a small
scale groundcover or in containers. Breeder: Wasitis. $17.00 |
 Photo Walters Gardens |
| 'Sweet Sunshine'
NEW 2012 MEDIUM
(Solberg 1997) - ('Sweet Susan' X 'Tokudama Aureonebulosa') (16"
high by 36" wide.) Still a hybridizing breakthrough, this
yellow-gold hosta has round leaves that are cupped and puckered like a
'Tokudama' but also has near white fragrant flowers in June and July.
The best thing of all, however, is that it grows very well. $20.00 |
 Photo Green Hill Hostas |
| 'The Queen'
NEW 2012 MEDIUM
(16” high by 31” wide.) Leaf Detail: 8” long by
6” wide; gold to creamy white in the center with a bluish green
margin; slightly rippled; moderately corrugated. Flowering: lavender
flowers in July. Comments: attractive variegation; medium-sized mound;
sport of ‘Sir Richard’ from Jim Schwarz of Dubuque, Iowa;
great for container planting or the garden. $25.00 |
 Photo Q&Z Nursery |
| 'Valley's Glacier'
NEW 2012 MEDIUM
(14" high by 30" wide.) New sport of 'First Frost',
heart-shaped blue leaves with a very wide yellow edge changing to
creamy-white margin later in the season. $17.00 |
For photo click on www.hostalibrary.org |
| 'Wheee!' NEW
2012 MEDIUM (18" high by 30"
wide.) Extremely ruffled, cream colored margins extend from the tip of
each green leaf all the way down the petiole to the crown. The leaves
of this medium sized hosta are of excellent substance, making them
slug resistant in the landscape. Light lavender flowers appear atop
purple scapes in midsummer. Intro Year: 2011 Breeder: B. Meyer. $17.00 |
 Photo Carol Brashear |
| 'Woodland Elf'
NEW 2012 DWARF
(D. Dean 2005) - ('Little Wonder' X 'Popo') (2" high by 10"
wide.) This cute, bright white-margined true mini has light green
heart-shaped leaves and a very low habit that makes it the perfect
trough plant. It has lavender flowers in June and a good growth rate.
$17.00 |
 Photo Green Hill Hostas |