No. | Originator/Registrant | Cultivars | State/Country | - - - - - - - - - - - - - About the Originator - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
1
| Ahlburg, Marlene | 8 | Germany | Marlene Ahlburg is a well known plant hybridizer from Röttgesbüttel, Germany. |
2
| Ahrens, Thomas | 2 | Germany | |
3
| Arends, Georg | 5 | Germany | Ahrends (1863-1952) was a German nursery owner and horticulturist trained at the Botanical Garden of Breslau. In about 1905, he is credited with the development of one of the most famous
hostas, H. ‘Elegans. |
4
| Becherer, Josef | 10 | Germany | Josef (1923-2013) was a hosta hybridizer from Dillingen, Germany. Several
of his introductions include the word “Dilli’. |
5
| Beuchert, Marianne | 3 | Germany | Marianne Beuchert (1924-2007) was a florist, gardener and writer from
Frankfurt, Germany. She was active with the Palmengarten in her home town. |
6
| Braun-Nauerz, Gaby | 6 | Germany | Gaby Braun-Nauerz is the owner of Blattgrün Gärtnerei in Germany. |
7
| Brinkmann, Christina | 26 | Germany | German hybridizer whose hosta names all begin with Chris'. |
8
| Camehl, Friedrich | 1 | Germany | |
9
| Desgranges, K. | 1 | Germany | |
10
| Engler, Adolf | 2 | Germany | German botanist Adolf Engler (1844–1930) |
11
| Entemann, Manfred | 13 | Germany | Landscaper, photographer and traveller from Berlin, Germany. |
12
| Eschenbach, Volker | 16 | Germany | Volker is the owner of Planwerk Hostagärtnerei am Chiemsee.
His introductions all begin with the
word “Chiemesee” which is the name of a nearby lake in Germany. |
13
| Fischer, Dr Ullrich | 12 | Germany | Dr Ullrich Fischer has a doctorate in organic chemistry who is an avid hosta
and mountain ash (Sorbus) hybridizer in his native Germany. |
14
| Foerster, Karl | 1 | Germany | Karl Foerster (1874-1970) from Germany was a well-known author of
gardening books and articles. |
15
| Jentsch, Klaus | 50 | Germany | Owner of Staudengärtnerei Jentsch nursery in
Dresden, Germany. |
16
| Kaye, Reginald | 1 | Germany | Reginald Kaye (1903-c.1996) was an English nurseryman who specialized in ferns at his
Waitham Nurseries in Lancashire. |
17
| Kirschenlohr, Andreas | 4 | Germany | Andreas Kirschenlohr is the owner of Staudengärtnerei Kirschenlohr nursery
in Speyer, Germany. He is originator of the "Palatina" series. |
18
| Klose, Heinz | 59 | Germany | Heinz Klose (1926-1991) was the owner/operator of Staudengärtnerei Klose in Lohfelden, Germany. He introduced the “German Tardiana” series. |
19
| Knopnadel, Uwe | 1 | Germany | |
20
| Kohlein, Fritz | 27 | Germany | Fritz Köhlein who was born in Germany in 1924 was a chemist with a great interest in plants. His many awards include an honorary doctorate from the University of Bayreuth and the German Horticultural Society Book Prize in 1990. |
21
| Kress, Christian | 1 | Germany | |
22
| Lambrichts, Johann | 1 | Germany | |
23
| Linnenschmidt, Martin | 1 | Germany | Martin Linnenschmidt is from the North Rhine-Westphalia region of
Germany. |
24
| Lokies, Martin | 6 | Germany | |
25
| Maindok, Hans-Hennig | 5 | Germany | Hans-Henning Maindock is the owner of Creative Gartenplanung in Germany. |
26
| Mussel, Hermann | 3 | Germany | Hermann Mȕssel (1926-2010) was the Tech Director of the Sichtungsgarten Weihenstephan (Sightseeing Garden) in Germany until his retirement in 1991. |
27
| Pagels, Ernst | 1 | Germany | |
28
| Radzicki, Franz | 1 | Germany | |
29
| Ragus, Gerhard | 13 | Germany | Gerhard and Renate Ragus are hosta enthusiasts who live near
Bremen, Germany. In addition to hybridizing hostas, Gerhardt has written two
books about hostas |
30
| Ragus, Renate | 13 | Germany | Gerhard and Renate Ragus are hosta enthusiasts who live near Bremen, Germany. |
31
| Rollich, Bernhard | 1 | Germany | |
32
| Schimana, Walter | 3 | Germany | Walter Schimana owned a perennial nursery and landscaping company in
Deiningen, Germany. |
33
| Scholz, Johannes | 1 | Germany | |
34
| Schuster, Eberhard | 1 | Germany | |
35
| Simon, Dr Hans | 7 | Germany | Dr Hans Simon (1926-2016) was owner/operator of Gärtnerei Simon in
Marktheidenfeld, Germany. |
36
| Strauch, L. | 1 | Germany | |
37
| Wehrhahn, Heinrich | 1 | Germany | |
38
| Werner, Klaus | 2 | Germany | |
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