| No. | Originator/Registrant | Cultivars | State/Country | - - - - - - - - - - - - - About the Originator - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
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| Fransen, Joyce | 79 | Netherlands | Owner, with her husband Marco, of the Fransen Hosta Nursery. Creator of the "Paradise" series of cultivars. |
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2
| Smith, Eric | 77 | England | Noted for creating the Tardiana group of hostas, Eric (1917-1986) was awarded an Honorary Lifetime Membership in the AHS in 1982. |
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3
| Asch, Stuart | 75 | Michigan | Retired teacher who was introduced to hostas by hosta pioneer Pauline Banyai in the early 1980s. |
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4
| Beilstein, Mardy | 75 | Ohio | Wife of Doug Beilstein and co-registrant of many hostas. |
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5
| Mirka, Vladimir | 72 | Czech Republic | He is originator of the "Bohemia" series of hostas. |
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6
| Kuk, Bob | 71 | Ohio | Owner o f Kuk's Forest Nursery, Bob (1947-2012) was awarded the Eunice Fishcer Distinguished Hybridizer Merit Award in 2011. |
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7
| Tompkins, Chet | 71 | Oregon | As owner of Morningside Nurseries in Sioux City, IA and Fleur De Lis Gardens in Oregon, Chet (1912-2001) hybridized hostas and iris. |
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8
| Minks, Eldren | 69 | Minnesota | Eldrin (1924-2003), owner of Fairway Enterprises in Minnesota, was the second president of The American Hosta Society. He was awarded the Alex J. Summers Distinguished Merit Award in 1989. |
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9
| Meyer, Bill | 67 | New Jersey | Bill Meyer, originally from New Jersey, now lives in Connecticut. He and
Carol Brashear were the originators of the First Look competition for new hosta cultivars. |
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10
| Schulz, Ed | 67 | Iowa | |
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| Sligh, Barry | 67 | New Zealand | Barry (1947-2019) was instrumental in introducing hostas to New Zealand at his Taunton Gardens nursery. He introduced the "Kiwi" series. |
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12
| Gilligan, Madelon | 66 | New Zealand | Madelon Gilligan (1933-2021) was the owner of Keel Gardens in Kaiapoi,
New Zealand from 1971 to 2003. |
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13
| Ziarek, Ken | 66 | Wisconsin | Ken is a member of the South East Wisconsin Hosta Society and is noted for collecting rare hostas and originator's stock (OS) plants |
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14
| Savory, Robert | 65 | Minnesota | Owner of Savory Gardens nursery, Bob (1917-1997) was awarded the Alex J. Summers Distinguished Merit Award in 1994 and Eunice Fishcer Distinguished Hybridizer Merit Award in 1990. |
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15
| Anderson, Jim | 63 | Georgia | Dr James (Jim) Anderson is a retired Professor of Crop Science and Botany and was
owner of Winterbury Farms Nursery in Georgia which specialized in tissue culture propagation until it
closed in 2007. |
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16
| Balitewicz, Bob | 63 | Indiana | Bob Balitewicz (1936-2014) known as "Indiana Bob" was introduced
to the hobby by fellow Hoosier, Bill Brincka. |
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17
| Freeman, Franc | 61 | Iowa | Franc is in the Quad-City Sports Hall of
Fame for his success as head wrestling coach at Bettendorf High School (Iowa) from the 1960s
into the 1980s. |
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| Vaughn, Kevin | 61 | Massachusetts Mississippi | As a teenager, Dr Vaughn was friends with hosta pioneers Florence Shaw and Mildred Seaver. he was awarded the Alex J. Summers Distinguished Merit Award in 1999 and Eunice Fishcer Distinguished Hybridizer Merit Award in 2012. |
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