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 New
hostas come about as the result of asexual changes
in the genetics of a plant called sports or through
sexual reproduction (seeds) involving human
manipulation (hyrbridizing) or through the random help of
bees in the garden. Either way, the resulting plants
share the DNA and physical traits of the parent
plants which can be of interest to hostaphiles.
Listed below are
plants that have been cited in one or more source as
being a relative of at least one other hosta. This
could be a seed or pollen parent (or grandparent) of
a hybrid or a sibling from the same cross
pollination. It could be the mother plant of a sport
whether found in the garden or from the tissue
culture lab.
Also included may be
certain "like or type" plants. For instance, many hostas are said to be
Tardiana-like or a
H. 'Sieboldiana'-type although their precise
genetic background is not known.
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