The numbers of new and different hostas have exploded
over recent decades.
Aden (1988) stated that in 1988,
"...at least 600 host cultivars have been formally
registered."
According
to Mark Zilis,
hybridizer,
author of
two books on hostas and owner of
Q & Z Nursery in Rochelle, Illinois at
the 2010 American Hosta Society convention in
Minneapolis, Minnesota "...there
are now over 8,000 identified types of hostas and around
5,000 hosta cultivars registered
with the American Hosta Society."
There are many, many hosta cultivars that differ in only
one minor trait from one another making it difficult to
differentiate.
Over the years, Mr PGC
has taken slides (or captured digital images) of
many hostas in an attempt to begin to make some sense of
the whole mess.
Presented here are pictures of
several hundred
species or cultivars to help you in making a choice on what to add
to your garden. Included is information on the plant and
the name of the person who either originated or registered the
cultivar.
We will continue to add pictures as we wander around
the hosta gardens of the world.
We have also pulled out a hundred or
so of the "Classic Hostas" in the opinion of Mr PGC. For
more on these, click the icon.
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We have included pictures and descriptions of
2164 species and cultivars we have found in public and private
gardens.
You can find our listing in the
Hosta Cultivar Section
of this website. |
