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There are currently over 13,700 named hostas in our database of which about 7,038 are actually registered with The American Hosta Society. As with any large collection of plants, there are some that have withstood the test of time and others have faded into quiet obscurity.

Listed below are some of the All-Time Classic Hostas as defined by Mr PGC himself. Of course, selection for this list is based on thorough research and long-term experience in the world of Hostadom. The highly scientific criteria used in the cultivar selection process provided that chosen cultivars must meet one or more of the following:

1. It has been around for a "long time".
2. It is a darn nice plant to have in your garden.
3. A hosta that most enthusiasts know or should know.
4. Used to create other great hostas by sport or seed.

5. It was interesting & unique when first introduced.
6. We have a picture of it.
7. Mr PGC thinks it belongs...after all it is his list.

No.	Cultivar	Plant Size	Leaf Color	Variegation	Var Color	Origin	Flower Color	Season	Source	Registered
1	'Abba Dabba Do'	Large	Dark-Green	Marginal	Greenish White	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Avent, Tony	.1998
2	'Abiqua Drinking Gourd'	Large	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Near-White	June into July	Walden West Nursery	.1989
3	'All That Jazz'	Large	Dark-Green	Marginal	White	Hybrid	Pure-White	July into August	Petryszyn, Olga	.2006
4	'Allan P. McConnell'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July into August	McConnell, Allan & Seaver, Mildred	.1980
5	'Allegan Fog'	Medium	Med-Green	Streaked	Speckles	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Herrema, Ken & Ruh, Peter	.2000
6	'Ani Machi'	Medium	Med-Green	Medial	Greenish White	Unknown	Light-Purple	August to September	Ruh, Peter & Ruh, Jean	.2002 .2018
7	'Anna Karenina'	-	-	-	-	Hybrid	-	-	Moore, Jeff	--NR--
8	'Antioch'	Large	Med-Green	Marginal	Creamy White	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Tompkins, Cynthia & Hofer, Paul & Ruh, Peter	.1979
9	'Aphrodite'	Large	Med-Green	-	-	Sport	Pure-White	August to October	Maekawa, Dr Fumio & Schmid, W. George & Walek, Kevin & The American Hosta Society	.2009
10	'Aspen Gold'	Large	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Near-White	June into July	Grapes, Vivian	.1986
11	'August Moon'	Large	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Langfelder, Richard & Ruh, Peter	.1996
12	'Aureomarginata', H. montana	Large	Med-Green	Marginal	Yellow	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July	Maekawa, Dr Fumio & The American Hosta Society	.1987
13	'Aurora Borealis'	Large	Blue/Green	Marginal	Yellow	Sport	Near-White	June into July	Rudolph, Thelma & Walters Gardens	.1986
14	'Baby Bunting'	Small	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Deep-Purple	June into July	Savory, Robert	.1982
15	'Beatrice Breeder'	Medium	Dark-Green	Streaked	White	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Zumbar, Wm & Walek, Kevin & The American Hosta Society	.2009
16	'Big Daddy'	Large	Blue/Green	-	-	Sport	Pure-White	June into July	Shaw, Florence	.1978
17	'Big John'	Giant	Med-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Near-White	June into July	Owens, Clarence	.1986
18	'Birchwood Elegance'	Giant	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pure-White	June into July	Shaw, Florence	.1986
19	'Blonde Elf'	Small	Yellow	-	-	Sport	Light-Purple	July	Aden, Paul & Zilis, Mark	.2010
20	'Blue Angel'	Giant	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pure-White	-	Shaw, Florence	.1986
21	'Blue Cadet'	Small	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Shaw, Florence	.1974
22	'Blue Mammoth'	Giant	Blue/Green	-	-	Unknown	Near-White	June into July	Aden, Paul & Ruh, Peter & Ruh, Jean	.2010
23	'Blue Mouse Ears'	Miniature	Blue/Green	-	-	TC Sport	Pale-Lavender	-	Deckert, Emile & Deckert, Jane	.2000
24	'Bold Edger'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	-	Vaughn, Kevin	.1983
25	'Brave Attempt'	Medium	Blue/Green	Streaked	Yellow	Sport	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Silvers, Bill	.2007
26	'Breeder's Choice'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Vaughn, Kevin	.1987
27	'Brim Cup'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	Creamy White	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Aden, Paul	.1986
28	'Brother Ronald'	Medium	Blue/Green	-	-	Unknown	Pure-White	July into August	Smith, Eric & British Hosta and Hemerocallis Society	.1988
29	'Brother Stefan'	Large	Yellow	Marginal	Greenish White	Hybrid	Pure-White	June into July	Petryszyn, Olga	.1998
30	'Cascades'	Medium	Blue/Green	Medial	White	Hybrid	Pure-White	July	Lachman, Wm & Lachman, Eleanor	.1993
31	'Cathedral Windows'	Giant	Blue/Green	Medial	Yellow	TC Sport	Pale-Lavender	August	Hansen, Hans & Shady Oaks Nursery	.2005
32	'Chartreuse Wiggles'	Small	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Light-Purple	August	Aden, Paul	.1976
33	'Cherry Berry'	Medium	Blue/Green	Marginal	White	Hybrid	Light-Purple	July into August	Lachman, Wm & Lachman, Eleanor	.1991
34	'Chinese Sunrise'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	Greenish White	Sport	Pale-Lavender	August to September	Schaeffer, Robert & Ruh, Peter	.1992
35	'Choko Nishiki'	Medium	Med-Green	-	-	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July	The American Hosta Society & Zilis, Mark	.2009 .2012 .2013
36	'Choo Choo Train'	Large	Yellow	-	-	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July	Avent, Tony	.1999
37	'Christmas Tree'	Large	Dark-Green	Marginal	White	Hybrid	Med-Lavender	June into July	Vaughn, Kevin & Seaver, Mildred	.1982
38	'City Lights'	Large	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Near-White	June into July	Aden, Paul	.1978
39	'Color Glory' (Aden)	Large	Blue/Green	Medial	Yellow	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	-	Aden, Paul	.1980
40	'Crispula'	Large	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July	Maekawa, Dr Fumio	.2001
41	'Curly Fries'	Medium	Light-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Deep-Purple	August	Solberg, Robert	.2008
42	'Decorata'	Medium	Dark-Green	Marginal	White	Unknown	Deep-Purple	July into August	Bailey, Liberty Hyde & The American Hosta Society	.2002 .2018
43	'Designer Genes'	Medium	Light-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Light-Purple	July	Wrede, Arthur	.2005
44	'Dick Ward'	Large	Yellow	Marginal	Blue-Green	Sport	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Hatfield, Handy	.1991
45	'Don Stevens'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Unknown	Light-Purple	August	Seaver, Mildred	.2004
46	'Donahue Piecrust'	Large	Med-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pure-White	June into July	Donahue, Thomas & Ruh, Peter	.1999
47	'Dorothy Benedict'	Medium	Med-Green	Streaked	Yellow	Hybrid	Near-White	June into July	Benedict, Dr Ralph (Herb)	.1983
48	'Dorset Blue'	Small	Blue/Green	-	-	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	August	Smith, Eric & Aden, Paul	.1977
49	'Dream Weaver'	Medium	Blue/Green	Medial	White	Sport	Pure-White	June	Ruetenik, Bonnie & Walek, Kevin & The American Hosta Society	.1996
50	'Earth Angel'	Giant	Blue/Green	Marginal	Creamy White	Sport	Near-White	June into July	Hansen, Hans	.2002
51	'El Nino'	Medium	Blue/Green	Marginal	White	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Warmerdam, Piet	.2003
52	'Elata'	Giant	Dark-Green	-	-	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Hylander, Nils & The American Hosta Society	.2002
53	'Elatior'	Giant	Blue/Green	-	-	Sport	Near-White	July into August	Maekawa, Dr Fumio & Ruh, Peter	.2002
54	'Elegans'	Giant	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Arends, George & The American Hosta Society	.1987
55	'Ellerbroek'	Large	Med-Green	Marginal	Yellow	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Hylander, Nils & Ellerbroek, Paul & Ruh, Peter	.1996
56	'Empress Wu'	Giant	Dark-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Skaggs, Virginia & Skaggs, Brian	.2008
57	'Fascination'	Medium	Med-Green	Streaked	Creamy White	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	-	Shaw, Florence & Ruh, Peter	.1978
58	'Feather Boa'	Small	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Light-Purple	July	O'Harra, Russ	.1991
59	'Fire and Ice'	Medium	Med-Green	Medial	White	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Hansen, Hans	.1999
60	'First Frost'	Miniature	Blue/Green	Marginal	Creamy White	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Scolnik, Patricia & Solberg, Robert	.2002
61	'Flamboyant'	Medium	Yellow	Streaked	-	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	-	Tompkins, Chet & Aden, Paul	.1978
62	'Fortunei'	Large	Med-Green	-	-	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Unknown	--NR--
63	'Fragrant Bouquet'	Large	Med-Green	Marginal	Yellow	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Vaughn, Kevin & The American Hosta Society	.1982
64	'Francee'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Klopping, Minnie & The American Hosta Society	.1986
65	'Frances Williams'	Large	Blue/Green	Marginal	Yellow	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Williams, Frances & Williams, Connie	.1986
66	'Fried Green Tomatoes'	Large	Dark-Green	-	-	TC Sport	Pale-Lavender	August to October	Solberg, Robert	.1995
67	'Frosted Jade'	Giant	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Hybrid	Pure-White	-	Maroushek, Lillian	.1978
68	'Geisha'	Small	Med-Green	Marginal	Greenish White	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	-	Vaughn, Kevin	--NR--
69	'Ginko Craig'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Nat-Sport	Light-Purple	August to October	Craig, Jack & Summers, Alex	.1986
70	'Gold Drop'	Medium	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Pure-White	-	Anderson, Kenneth	.1977
71	'Gold Edger'	Medium	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Aden, Paul	.1978
72	'Gold Regal'	Giant	Yellow	-	-	Unknown	Med-Lavender	July	Unknown & Aden, Paul	.1974
73	'Gold Standard'	Large	Med-Green	Marginal	Yellow	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Banyai, Pauline	.1976
74	'Golden Tiara'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	Green	Sport	Deep-Purple	July into August	Savory, Robert	.1977
75	'Great Expectations'	Medium	Blue/Green	Medial	Yellow	Sport	Pure-White	June into July	Bond, John & Aden, Paul	.1988
76	'Green Angel'	Giant	Med-Green	-	-	TC Sport	Near-White	June	Klehm, Roy	.1990
77	'Green Fountain'	Large	Med-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	August to October	Aden, Paul	.1979
78	'Guacamole'	Large	Light-Green	-	-	Sport	Pale-Lavender	August to October	Solberg, Robert	.1994
79	'Guardian Angel'	Large	Blue/Green	Medial	White	Sport	Near-White	June into July	Thompson, Rick & Thompson, Criss	.1995
80	'Hadspen Heron'	Medium	Blue/Green	-	-	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Smith, Eric & Aden, Paul	.1976
81	'Halcyon'	Medium	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Smith, Eric & The American Hosta Society	.1988
82	'Honeybells'	Large	Med-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	August to October	Cumming, Alex & The American Hosta Society	.1986
83	Hosta montana macrophylla	Giant	Dark-Green	-	-	Sport	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Unknown	--NR--
84	Hosta plantaginea	Large	Med-Green	-	-	Species	Pure-White	August to October	Species from China	--NR--
85	'Inniswood'	Medium	Yellow	Marginal	Green	Sport	Pale-Lavender	June	Innis Metro Gardens	.1993
86	'Invincible'	Medium	Med-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	August	Aden, Paul	.1986
87	'Janet'	Medium	Light-Green	Marginal	Green	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	O'Harra, Russ	.1981
88	'June'	Medium	Yellow	Marginal	Blue Green	TC Sport	Pale-Lavender	August	NEO Plants Ltd.	.1991
89	'Just So'	Small	Yellow	Marginal	Green	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Aden, Paul	.1986
90	'Kabitan'	Small	Yellow	Marginal	Green	Sport	Light-Purple	August	Maekawa, Dr Fumio	.1987
91	'Krossa Regal'	Giant	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Krossa, Gus & Summers, Alex	.1980
92	'Lakeside Paisley Print'	Small	Dark-Green	Medial	White	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July	Chastain, Mary	.2006
93	'Lancifolia'	Medium	Med-Green	-	-	Unknown	Med-Lavender	August to October	Unknown	--NR--
94	'Lemon Lime'	Medium	Light-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Deep-Purple	July	Savory, Robert	.1977
95	'Liberty'	Large	Blue/Green	Marginal	Yellow	TC Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Machen, John	.2000
96	'Love Pat'	Large	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	-	Shaw, Florence & Aden, Paul	.1978
97	'Minuteman'	Large	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Sport	Med-Lavender	July into August	Machen, John	.1994
98	'Neat Splash'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Hybrid	Light-Purple	July into August	Aden, Paul	.1978
99	'Neat Splash Rim'	Medium	Blue/Green	Marginal	Yellow	Sport	Light-Purple	July into August	The American Hosta Society	.1986
100	'Niagara Falls'	Giant	Med-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July	Brincka, Wm & Petryszyn, 0lga	.1991
101	'On Stage'	-	-	-	-	Duplicate	-	-	Duplicate Name	.1986
102	'Orange Marmalade'	Large	Med-Green	Medial	White	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Solberg, Robert	.2002
103	'Pandora's Box'	Miniature	Dark-Green	Medial	White	TC Sport	Light-Purple	July	Hansen, Hans & Shady Oaks Nursery	.1996
104	'Paradigm'	Medium	Blue/Green	Medial	Yellow	Sport	Near-White	June into July	Walden West Nursery	.1999
105	'Patriot'	Large	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Sport	Med-Lavender	July into August	Machen, John	.1991
106	'Paul's Glory'	Large	Yellow	Marginal	Blue-Green	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Hofer, Paul & Hofer, Linda & Ruh, Peter	.1987
107	'Pearl Lake'	Medium	Blue/Green	-	-	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July	Stone, David & Payne, Frank	.1982
108	'Piedmont Gold'	Large	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Near-White	June into July	Stone, David & Payne, Henry	.1982
109	'Praying Hands'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	Yellow	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	-	Williams, Gerald	.1996
110	'Queen Josephine'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	Yellow	Sport	Pale-Lavender	-	Kuk, Bob	.1991
111	'Rainforest Sunrise'	Medium	Yellow	Marginal	Green	TC Sport	Near-White	July	Anderson, Jim	.2003
112	'Regal Splendor'	Large	Blue/Green	Marginal	Creamy White	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Walters Gardens	.1987
113	'Royal Standard'	Large	Med-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pure-White	August to October	Grullemans, John J. & Wayside Gardens	.1986
114	'Ryan's Big One'	Giant	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Near-White	June into July	Englerth, Lawrence & Ryan (Unknown)	.1982
115	'Sagae'	Giant	Yellow	Marginal	Creamy White	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Watanabe, Kenji & Hagiwara, Eigon	.1987
116	'Saishu Jima'	Small	Med-Green	-	-	Unknown	Deep-Purple	August	Unknown & Ruh, Peter	.2002 .2018
117	'Sea Lotus Leaf'	Large	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July	Seaver, Mildred	.1985
118	'Sea Prize'	Large	Med-Green	Streaked	Yellow	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July	Seaver, Mildred & Walek, Kevin & The American Hosta Society	.2009
119	'Shade Fanfare'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	Creamy White	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July	Aden, Paul	.1986
120	'Sharp Dressed Man'	Medium	Med-Green	Medial	White	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July	Solberg, Robert	.2005
121	'Shining Tot'	Miniature	Med-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Light-Purple	August	Aden, Paul	.1982
122	'So Sweet'	Large	Med-Green	Marginal	Creamy White	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	August	Vaughn, Kevin & Aden, Paul	.1986
123	'Spilt Milk'	Large	Blue/Green	Streaked	Speckles	Unknown	Near-White	June into July	Seaver, Mildred	.1999
124	'Stained Glass'	Large	Yellow	Medial	Green	TC Sport	Pale-Lavender	August	Hansen, Hans & Shady Oaks Nursery	.1999
125	'Stiletto'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Hybrid	Light-Purple	August	Aden, Paul	.1987
126	'Striptease'	Large	Dark-Green	Medial	White	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Thompson, Rick & Thompson, Criss	.1991
127	'Subcrocea'	Medium	Light-Green	-	-	Unknown	Light-Purple	August	The American Hosta Society	.1987
128	'Sum and Substance'	Giant	Light-Green	-	-	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Shaw, Florence & Aden, Paul	.1980
129	'Sun Power'	Large	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July	Aden, Paul	.1986
130	'Tiny Tears'	Miniature	Med-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	-	Savory, Robert	.1977
131	'Tokudama'	Medium	Blue/Green	-	-	Unknown	Near-White	June into July	Unknown	--NR--
132	'Tokudama Aureonebulosa'	Medium	Blue/Green	Streaked	Yellow	Sport	Pure-White	-	Unknown & The American Hosta Society	.1987
133	'Tokudama Flavocircinalis'	Medium	Blue/Green	Marginal	Creamy White	Nat-Sport	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Maekawa, Dr Fumio	.1987
134	'Undulata'	Medium	Med-Green	Medial	White	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July	Bailey, Liberty Hyde & The American Hosta Society	.2001
135	'Undulata Univittata'	Medium	Med-Green	Medial	White	Sport	-	-	Hylander, Nils & The American Hosta Society	.1987
136	'Victory'	Large	Med-Green	Marginal	Creamy White	TC Sport	Near-White	July into August	Zilis, Mark	.2003
137	'Whirlwind'	Medium	Med-Green	Medial	Creamy White	Sport	Med-Lavender	July into August	Kulpa, John	.1989
138	'Wide Brim'	Medium	Blue/Green	Marginal	Creamy White	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Aden, Paul	.1979
139	'World Cup'	Large	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Beilstein, Doug & Zilis, Mark	.2006
140	'Yellow River'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	Yellow	Unknown	Near-White	July	Smith, Eric & Ruh, Peter	.1993 .1995
141	'Zounds'	Large	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	-	Shaw, Florence & Aden, Paul	.1978 .2012