No. | Originator/Registrant | Cultivars | State/Country | - - - - - - - - - - - - - About the Originator - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
1
| 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. |
2
| Bentley Gardens | 1 | Georgia | Owned by Georgia hybridizer, Ed Thaubald. |
3
| Desmedt, Rik | 8 | Georgia | |
4
| Harris, Robert | 2 | Georgia | |
5
| Hill's Nursery and Greenhouse | 1 | Georgia | |
6
| Housworth, Jere | 19 | Georgia | Jere Housworth of Holiday Seeds in Stone Mountain, Georgia is listed as originator of
17 hosta cultivars in 1986 in The Genus Hosta by W. George Schmid (1991). |
7
| Jones, Samuel, Jr. | 6 | Georgia | Dr Samuel B. Jones Jr. (1933-2016) was a botany professor at the University of
Georgia. He and his wife, Carleen opened Picadilly Farm Nursery and Gardens in the early
1980 A new species discovered in the 1980s, H. jonesii is named for him. |
8
| Lockwood, Mikky | 2 | Georgia | |
9
| Lunsford, Ernest Jr. | 2 | Georgia | |
10
| Malaguerra, Mark | 1 | Georgia | |
11
| Martin, Bud | 4 | Georgia | |
12
| McDonell, Harold | 17 | Georgia | Harold McDonell of Georgia has served as the Vice President of Judging
and Exhibitions for The American Hosta Society. He is a charter member of the Georgia
Hosta Society and has served as its President. |
13
| Moore, Betty | 1 | Georgia | |
14
| Moore, Ernest | 2 | Georgia | |
15
| Schmid, W. George | 28 | Georgia | W. George Schmid (1930-2020) was a universally recognized expert on hosta species. In 1991, he authored the definitive book,
The Genus HOSTA. |
16
| Silvers, Bill | 37 | Georgia | Bill Silvers is the owner of Silbers Elbert Nursery in Georgia. |
17
| Smith, Scott | 2 | Georgia | |
18
| Stephens, Ray | 18 | Georgia | Ray Stephens (1927-2005) was a co-founder of The Georgia Hosta Society along with
W. George Schmid. |
19
| Thaubald, Ed | 9 | Georgia | Ed Thaubald owns Bentley Gardens in Georgia. |
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