This large group of hosta cultivars was developed by
Mary Chastain
at her Lakeside Acres Nursery
in Tennessee. With over 180 different cultivars, this is the largest
named series of hostas. She introduce here first two cultivars, H.
'Lakeside Accolade' and H. 'Lakeside Symphony' in 1988. A major goal
of her breeding program is to develop heat tolerant hostas for the
Southern U.S.
The Lakeside cultivars Mr PGC has
been able to photograph so far include: