| No. | Originator/Registrant | Cultivars | State/Country | - - - - - - - - - - - - - About the Originator - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
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| A and D Nursery | 1 | Washington | The nursery in Snohomish, Washington specializes in peonies and tree peonies. |
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2
| Abe, Hiroshi | 2 | Japan | He is a noted plant explorer and plantsman in his native Japan. Mr. Abe is the author of a book whos English title would be Enjoyment of the Cultivation of Variegated Hostas. |
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3
| Abrams, Deb | 1 | New York | |
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4
| Adams, Dan | 1 | Illinois | |
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5
| Adams, Joy | 4 | Iowa | |
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6
| Addison, Carlon | 2 | Ohio | |
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7
| Aden, Paul | 267 | New York | Editor of The Hosta Book, Paul (1925-2010) was noted for introducing hundreds of new hostas developed by himself or by others from his nursery, Garden of Aden in New York. |
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8
| Ahlburg, Marlene | 8 | Germany | Marlene Ahlburg is a well known plant hybridizer from Röttgesbüttel,
German |
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9
| Ahrens, Thomas | 2 | Germany | |
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10
| Aiello, D. | 1 | Rhode Island | |
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11
| Alamillo, Andres | 1 | California | |
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12
| Amberg, Mary | 1 | Massachusetts | |
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13
| Anderson, Chuck | 4 | New Hampshire | Chuck and Sue Anderson are the owner/operators of
Mason Hollow Nursery in New Hampshire. |
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14
| 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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15
| Anderson, K. | 1 | Indiana | |
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16
| Anderson, Kenneth | 26 | Minnesota | Ken (1938 -2009) was one of the early hybridizers of hostas from his
Country Line Nursery in Farwell, Minnesota. He was co-founder of the Minnesota Hosta
Society and served as Treasurer of The American Hosta Society from 1980 to 1985. |
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17
| Anderson, Luke | 1 | Minnesota | |
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18
| Anderson, Marlys | 4 | Iowa | Marlys (1950-2014) was a past President of the Russ O’Harra Hosta Society and served as
Advertising Director for The American Hosta Society. |
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19
| Anderson, Sue | 4 | New Hampshire | Sue Anderson is co-owner/operator of
Mason Hollow Nursery in New Hampshi. She has written articles for
The Hosta Journ. |
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20
| Ankney, Barry | 5 | Illinois | Barry, a retired school phsycologist, is co-owner of White Oak Nursery
in Illinois. He has served as the President of the Central Illinois Hosta Society (CIHS) and Vice-President
of the Midwest Regional Hosta Society (MRHS). Barris the
Editor of the Online Hosta Journal for The American Hosta Society. |
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21
| Applegate, Charles | 2 | Ohio | |
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22
| Archibald, Jim | 1 | England | From 1967 to 1975, Jim ( died 2010) and hosta pioneer, Eric Smith jointly ran The Plantsmen nursery in Dorset, England. |
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23
| Arends, Georg | 5 | Germany | Ahrends (1863-1952) was a German nursery owner and horticulturist
traineat the Botanical Garden of Breslau. In about 1905, he is credited with the development of one of the most famous
hostas, H. ‘Elegans. |
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24
| Arett, Anne | 14 | Minnesota | Anne Arett (1902-2003) from Moscow, Minnesota was one of the early
hosta pioneers. |
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25
| Armstrong, Maxine | 10 | Nebraska | Maxine (1914-1989) was active in hostas during the 1970s from her garden
iNebraska. Her cultivar H. 'Rough Waters' was one of the first three hostas to be registered with
The American Hosta Society. |
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26
| Arnold, Beth | 4 | Illinois | |
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27
| Arrowhead Nursery | 1 | Michigan | This is a specialty plant nursery near Fowlerville, Michigan. |
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28
| Artley, A. | 1 | North Carolina | |
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29
| Asami, Hisatoyo | 1 | Japan | |
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30
| Asch, Stuart | 75 | Michigan | Retired teacher who was introduced to hostas by hosta pioneer Pauline Banyai in the early 1980s. |
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31
| Aukema, Bate | 22 | Netherlands | Bate Aukema from Southeast Friesland in the Netherlands has been a hosta enthusiast
since the lat1990s and is a member of the Dutch Hosta Society. |
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32
| Avent, Tony | 114 | North Carolina | Owner of Plant Delights Nursery, well known plant explorer and creator of the Juniper Level Botanical Gardens in North Carolina. Winner of Eunice Fischer Distinguished Hybridizer Merit Award in 2015. |
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33
| Axmear, Bob | 15 | Iowa | Bob Axmear (1951-2017) and Carol Brashear created the Hosta Library website in 1999. |
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| The American Hosta Society | 335 | Unknown | The American Hosta Society has periodically registered "significant" cultivars on behalf of others. The AHS has not actually originated any hostas. |
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