No. | Originator/Registrant | Cultivars | State/Country | - - - - - - - - - - - - - About the Originator - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
1
| Abe, Hiroshi | 2 | Japan | He is a noted plant explorer and plantsman in his native Japan. Mr. Abe is the author of a book whose English title would be Enjoyment of the Cultivation of Variegated Hostas. |
2
| Asami, Hisatoyo | 1 | Japan | |
3
| Craig, Jack | 2 | Japan | James “Jack” Craig introduced the classic cultivar H. ‘Ginko Craig’ which he purchased in
Japan in the 1970s. It is named for his wife, Ginko but the name is often misspelled since people
assume it is named for the maidenhair tree, Ginkgo biloba. |
4
| Fujita, Dr Noboru | 5 | Japan | Dr Noboru Fujita is a Japanese botanist/ecologist from Kyoto University who is credited
with naming several wild species and varieties of Hosta. |
5
| Fukano | 1 | Japan | |
6
| Fukatsu, Shinya | 12 | Japan | Shinya Fukatsu is a professional painter and illustrator from Japan and is a
member of the Japan Hosta Society. He has
published articles in The British Hosta and Hemerocallis Society Journal. |
7
| Gonokami, Ken-ichi | 6 | Japan | Introduced the "Gonokami" series of hostas. |
8
| Hagi, Mr | 1 | Japan | |
9
| Hagiwara, Eigon | 1 | Japan | |
10
| Higaki | 1 | Japan | |
11
| Hirao, Shuichi | 12 | Japan | Dr. Shuichi Hirao ( ? -1988) was a plant scientist/horticulturist from Japan who was an
early experimenter with the use of colchicine as a treatment in an attempt to create tetraploid hosas. He introduced the "Hirao" series. |
12
| Hirose, Yoshimichi | 7 | Japan | Yoshimichi Hirose has been called the “Japanese variegated plant guru” by
fellow guru Tony Avent of Plant Delights Nursery. |
13
| Hisashi | 1 | Japan | |
14
| Honda | 2 | Japan | |
15
| Horinaka | 2 | Japan | |
16
| Ichie, Toyokazu | 2 | Japan | |
17
| Imperial Botanic Garden Tokyo | 1 | Japan | |
18
| Kajigawa | 1 | Japan | |
19
| Kato, Kiyoshi | 2 | Japan | |
20
| Katsuya, Koshi | 1 | Japan | |
21
| Kitahara | 1 | Japan | |
22
| Kosasa | 4 | Japan | |
23
| Kumagae, Toshikuni | 1 | Japan | |
24
| Kurasawa, Tsuneo | 1 | Japan | |
25
| Kuroishi Wildflower Farm | 1 | Japan | |
26
| Maekawa, Dr Fumio | 19 | Japan | Dr Fumio Maekawa (1908-1984) was a PhD student at Imperial University
in Tokyo, Japan from 1935 to 1940. During his studies, he produced what was then the
main reference for the early classification of members of the genus, Hosta. Five of his hosta introductions have been included in The American Hosta Society Popularity Polls out of only 151 plants that have appeared at least once in the polls. |
27
| Masoka, Hiroshi | 1 | Japan | |
28
| Matsubayashi, Nagao | 1 | Japan | |
29
| Miazawa, Dr. | 1 | Japan | |
30
| Muroi, Takashi | 1 | Japan | |
31
| Muroya, Kimio | 4 | Japan | |
32
| Nakayama, Toyozo | 5 | Japan | Toyozo Nakayama of Tenjin Yama Bunen Nursery in Japan was a plant explorer . From what we have been able to determine, he was instrumental in introducing several hostas into the U.S. by sending
plants or seeds to certain people. |
33
| Nigishi | 1 | Japan | |
34
| Onoda | 3 | Japan | |
35
| Oofuna Botanical Garden | 1 | Japan | |
36
| Sakata | 1 | Japan | |
37
| Sakurai, Masaru | 1 | Japan | |
38
| Sataka, Toshihiko | 2 | Japan | |
39
| Sekini | 2 | Japan | |
40
| Shimizu, Toshirou | 5 | Japan | |
41
| Sugita, Hajime | 49 | Japan | Hajime Sugita is a retired music teacher in Japan. His avocation is that of
plant explorer especially searching out species hostas in his native islands. He and Peter Ruh originated a series of hostas named for U.S. Presidents. |
42
| Suzuki, Kichigoro | 4 | Japan | Kichigoro Suzuki is a plant collector and hybridizer from Japan. In 1957, he published
a book titled, Insectivorous Plants. |
43
| Takashima | 2 | Japan | |
44
| Takayanagi, Nagaori | 1 | Japan | |
45
| Tanaka, Katsuyoshi | 9 | Japan | |
46
| Umezawa, Senkichi | 2 | Japan | |
47
| Watanabe, Kazuyuki | 2 | Japan | |
48
| Watanabe, Kenji | 45 | Japan | Kenji Watanabe operates the Gotemba Nursery in Gotemba City, Japan. One of the 28 Hosta of the Year winners through 2023 has been from this originator. |
49
| Watanabe, Yoshifumi | 1 | Japan | |
50
| Yamamoto | 1 | Japan | |
51
| Yoke | 1 | Japan | |
52
| Yoshie, S. | 1 | Japan | |
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