We have information on over 13,700 hosta names in our database. Some of these are duplicate names and for others, we have only the name and no other information. Data on size, bloom time, origins, leaf color, etc. are included for over 8,600 unique cultivars and species.

The following are percentages for several categories and data numbers for others in the Hosta Helper database: (Note that these statistics may or may not be representative of ALL hostas.)

* The percentage of hosta cultivars that originated from sports is divided into 26% "Garden" sports and 6% "Tissue Culture" (TC) sports. In reality, the percentage of TC sports is much, much greater. However, the registration process does not require that TC sports be differentiated from garden sports. Most catalogs and websites usually just list these plants as a "sport". Unless we know for certain that it is a TC sport, we list it as a "Garden Sport".