| No. | Cultivar | Years Ranked | Average Rank | Poll Type | Size | Leaf Color | Variegation | Var Color | Source | Registration |
|
1
| 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd' | 10 | 18.6 | Total | Large | Blue/Green | | | Walden West Nursery | .1989 |
|
2
| 'Alvatine Taylor' | 01 | 36.0 | Total | Large | Blue/Green | Marginal | Yellow | Minks, Eldren | .1990 |
|
3
| 'Atlantis' | 01 | 19.0 | Total | Large | Blue/Green | Marginal | Yellow | Hansen, Hans & Avent, Tony | .2004 |
|
4
| 'Baby Bunting' | 06 | 02.5 | Small | Small | Blue/Green | | | Savory, Robert | .1982 |
|
5
| 'Big Daddy' | 01 | 34.0 | Total | Large | Blue/Green | | | Shaw, Florence | .1978 |
|
6
| 'Blue Angel' | 30 | 10.2 | Total | Giant | Blue/Green | | | Shaw, Florence | .1986 |
|
7
| 'Blue Boy' | 01 | 17.0 | Total | Large | Blue/Green | | | Stone, David & The American Hosta Society | .1986 |
|
8
| 'Blue Moon' | 01 | 47.0 | Total | Miniature | Blue/Green | | | Smith, Eric & Aden, Paul | .1976 |
|
9
| 'Blue Mouse Ears' | 13 | 01.5 | Small Both | Miniature | Blue/Green | | | Deckert, Emile & Deckert, Jane | .2000 |
|
10
| 'Blue Wedgwood' | 02 | 37.0 | Total | Medium | Blue/Green | | | Smith, Eric & British Hosta and Hemerocallis Society | .1988 |
|
11
| 'Cathedral Windows' | 02 | 18.5 | Total | Giant | Blue/Green | Medial | Yellow | Hansen, Hans & Shady Oaks Nursery | .2005 |
|
12
| 'Color Glory' (Aden) | 01 | 43.0 | Total | Large | Blue/Green | Medial | Yellow | Aden, Paul | .1980 |
|
13
| 'Country Mouse' | 02 | 06.5 | Small | Small | Blue/Green | Marginal | White | Hansen, Hans | .2007 |
|
14
| 'Earth Angel' | 06 | 13.0 | Total | Giant | Blue/Green | Marginal | Creamy White | Hansen, Hans | .2002 |
|
15
| 'El Nino' | 06 | 20.5 | Total | Medium | Blue/Green | Marginal | White | Warmerdam, Piet | .2003 |
|
16
| 'Elegans' | 16 | 16.2 | Total | Giant | Blue/Green | | | Arends, George & The American Hosta Society | .1987 |
|
17
| 'First Frost' | 12 | 10.3 | Total | Miniature | Blue/Green | Marginal | Creamy White | Scolnik, Patricia & Solberg, Robert | .2002 |
|
18
| 'Frances Williams' | 16 | 09.9 | Total | Large | Blue/Green | Marginal | Yellow | Williams, Frances & Williams, Connie | .1986 |
|
19
| 'Frosted Mouse Ears' | 11 | 04.7 | Small | Small | Blue/Green | Streaked | Yellow | Zilis, Mark | .2006 |
|
20
| 'Goodness Gracious' | 03 | 07.7 | Total | Large | Blue/Green | Marginal | Yellow | Lichacz, Susan & Walters Gardens | .2009 |
|
21
| 'Great Expectations' | 28 | 10.8 | Total | Medium | Blue/Green | Medial | Yellow | Bond, John & Aden, Paul | .1988 |
|
22
| 'Guardian Angel' | 18 | 14.8 | Total | Large | Blue/Green | Medial | White | Thompson, Rick & Thompson, Criss | .1995 |
|
23
| 'Hadspen Blue' | 02 | 25.0 | Total | Large | Blue/Green | | | Smith, Eric & Aden, Paul | .1976 |
|
24
| 'Halcyon' | 30 | 13.4 | Total | Medium | Blue/Green | | | Smith, Eric & The American Hosta Society | .1988 |
|
25
| Hosta nigrescens | 01 | 37.0 | Total | Giant | Blue/Green | | | Species from Japan | --NR-- |
|
26
| 'Journey's End' | 01 | 09.0 | Total | Large | Blue/Green | Medial | Yellow | Hansen, Hans & Shady Oaks Nursery | .2004 |
|
27
| 'Kiwi Full Monty' | 01 | 20.0 | Total | Medium | Blue/Green | Medial | White | Sligh, Barry | .2000 |
|
28
| 'Krossa Regal' | 27 | 09.5 | Total | Giant | Blue/Green | | | Krossa, Gus & Summers, Alex | .1980 |
|
29
| 'Liberty' | 16 | 05.1 | Total | Large | Blue/Green | Marginal | Yellow | Machen, John | .2000 |
|
30
| 'Love Pat' | 21 | 13.8 | Total | Large | Blue/Green | | | Shaw, Florence & Aden, Paul | .1978 |
|
31
| 'Mighty Mouse' | 01 | 05.0 | Small | Small | Blue/Green | Marginal | Yellow | Walters Gardens | .2006 |
|
32
| 'Minnie Klopping' | 01 | 23.0 | Total | Medium | Blue/Green | | | Arett, Anne & Klopping, Minnie | .1975 |
|
33
| 'Mira' | 01 | 14.0 | Total | Giant | Blue/Green | | | Maekawa, Dr Fumio & The American Hosta Society | .2002 .2018 |
|
34
| 'Neptune' | 02 | 19.0 | Total | Large | Blue/Green | | | Hansen, Hans | .2006 |
|
35
| 'Northern Halo' (Walters) | 04 | 24.8 | Total | Large | Blue/Green | Marginal | Yellow | Walters Gardens | .1984 |
|
36
| 'Northern Lights' | 01 | 38.0 | Total | Medium | Blue/Green | Medial | Creamy White | Walters Gardens | .1984 |
|
37
| 'Paradigm' | 19 | 09.3 | Total | Medium | Blue/Green | Medial | Yellow | Walden West Nursery | .1999 |
|
38
| 'Pearl Lake' | 01 | 24.0 | Total | Medium | Blue/Green | | | Stone, David & Payne, Frank | .1982 |
|
39
| 'Regal Splendor' | 22 | 16.0 | Total | Large | Blue/Green | Marginal | Creamy White | Walters Gardens | .1987 |
|
40
| 'Spilt Milk' | 07 | 21.8 | Total | Large | Blue/Green | Streaked | Speckles | Seaver, Mildred | .1999 |
|
41
| 'Tokudama' | 02 | 17.5 | Total | Medium | Blue/Green | | | Unknown | --NR-- |
|
42
| 'Tokudama Aureonebulosa' | 12 | 11.8 | Total | Medium | Blue/Green | Streaked | Yellow | Unknown & The American Hosta Society | .1987 |
|
43
| 'Tokudama Flavocircinalis' | 07 | 18.3 | Total | Medium | Blue/Green | Marginal | Creamy White | Maekawa, Dr Fumio | .1987 |
|
44
| 'Touch of Class' | 02 | 25.0 | Total | Medium | Blue/Green | Medial | Yellow | Hansen, Hans & Shady Oaks Nursery | .1999 |
|
45
| 'Wide Brim' | 03 | 20.3 | Total | Medium | Blue/Green | Marginal | Creamy White | Aden, Paul | .1979 |
|
46
| 'Aureomarginata', H. ventricosa | 08 | 08.8 | Total | Large | Dark-Green | Marginal | White | Hensen, Karel & Bloom, Alan & The American Hosta Society | .1986 |
|
47
| 'Black Hills' | 02 | 38.0 | Total | Large | Dark-Green | | | Savory, Robert | .1983 |
|
48
| 'Blue Umbrellas' | 02 | 28.0 | Total | Giant | Dark-Green | | | Shaw, Florence & Aden, Paul | .1978 .2012 |
|
49
| 'Christmas Tree' | 04 | 25.0 | Total | Large | Dark-Green | Marginal | White | Vaughn, Kevin & Seaver, Mildred | .1982 |
|
50
| 'Church Mouse' | 01 | 05.0 | Small | Small | Dark-Green | | | Walters Gardens | .2012 |
|
51
| 'Dixie Chickadee' | 01 | 08.0 | Small | Miniature | Dark-Green | Streaked | White | Avent, Tony | .2007 |
|
52
| 'Empress Wu' | 03 | 15.0 | Total | Giant | Dark-Green | | | Skaggs, Virginia & Skaggs, Brian | .2008 |
|
53
| Hosta ventricosa | 01 | 42.0 | Total | Large | Dark-Green | | | Species from China | --NR-- |
|
54
| 'Lakeside Paisley Print' | 07 | 08.1 | Total | Small | Dark-Green | Medial | White | Chastain, Mary | .2006 |
|
55
| 'Mini Skirt' | 05 | 02.0 | Small | Small | Dark-Green | Marginal | White | Martinez, Maria & Walters Gardens | .2013 |
|
56
| 'Pandora's Box' | 22 | 01.8 | Small Both | Miniature | Dark-Green | Medial | White | Hansen, Hans & Shady Oaks Nursery | .1996 |
|
57
| 'Pixie Vamp' | 02 | 09.0 | Small | Small | Dark-Green | Marginal | White | Ward, Dr Dick & Ward, Jane | .1996 |
|
58
| 'Rainbow's End' | 05 | 10.6 | Total | Small | Dark-Green | Medial | Yellow | Hansen, Hans & Shady Oaks Nursery | .2005 |
|
59
| 'Striptease' | 19 | 11.6 | Total | Large | Dark-Green | Medial | White | Thompson, Rick & Thompson, Criss | .1991 |
|
60
| 'Choko Nishiki' | 19 | 21.0 | Total | Medium | Light-Green | Marginal | Green | The American Hosta Society & Zilis, Mark | .2009 .2012 .2013 |
|
61
| 'Curly Fries' | 05 | 06.8 | Small Both | Medium | Light-Green | | | Solberg, Robert | .2008 |
|
62
| 'Fortunei Albopicta' | 01 | 20.0 | Total | Large | Light-Green | Medial | Yellow | Hylander, Nils & The American Hosta Society | .1987 |
|
63
| 'Guacamole' | 18 | 08.9 | Total | Large | Light-Green | | | Solberg, Robert | .1994 |
|
64
| 'Janet' | 04 | 23.8 | Total | Medium | Light-Green | Marginal | Green | O'Harra, Russ | .1981 |
|
65
| 'Lemon Lime' | 07 | 04.3 | Small Both | Medium | Light-Green | | | Savory, Robert | .1977 |
|
66
| 'Louisa' | 01 | 07.0 | Total | Small | Light-Green | Marginal | White | Williams, Frances & Williams, Connie | .1986 |
|
67
| 'Sum and Substance' | 33 | 04.0 | Total | Giant | Light-Green | | | Shaw, Florence & Aden, Paul | .1980 |
|
68
| 'Winter Snow' | 01 | 15.0 | Total | Giant | Light-Green | Marginal | White | Anderson, Jim | .2003 |
|
69
| 'Allan P. McConnell' | 01 | 41.0 | Total | Medium | Med-Green | Marginal | White | McConnell, Allan & Seaver, Mildred | .1980 |
|
70
| 'Antioch' | 05 | 18.2 | Total | Large | Med-Green | Marginal | Creamy White | Tompkins, Cynthia & Hofer, Paul & Ruh, Peter | .1979 |
|
71
| 'Aureomarginata', H. montana | 32 | 08.4 | Total | Large | Med-Green | Marginal | Yellow | Maekawa, Dr Fumio & The American Hosta Society | .1987 |
|
72
| 'Brim Cup' | 01 | 36.0 | Total | Medium | Med-Green | Marginal | Creamy White | Aden, Paul | .1986 |
|
73
| 'Cameo' | 11 | 04.0 | Small | Miniature | Med-Green | Marginal | Creamy White | Hansen, Hans | .2002 |
|
74
| 'Cat and Mouse' (Hansen) | 02 | 08.0 | Small | Miniature | Med-Green | Medial | Creamy White | Hansen, Hans & Shady Oaks Nursery | .2007 |
|
75
| 'Cherish' | 03 | 07.6 | Small | Small | Med-Green | Medial | White | Hansen, Hans | .2002 |
|
76
| 'Cookie Crumbs' | 04 | 08.8 | Small | Miniature | Med-Green | Marginal | White | Zilis, Mark | .2002 |
|
77
| 'Crispula' | 03 | 08.0 | Total | Large | Med-Green | Marginal | White | Maekawa, Dr Fumio | .2001 |
|
78
| 'Daisy Doolittle' | 01 | 10.0 | Small | Small | Med-Green | Marginal | Yellow | Goodwin, Randy | .2003 |
|
79
| 'Donahue Piecrust' | 01 | 39.0 | Total | Large | Med-Green | | | Donahue, Thomas & Ruh, Peter | .1999 |
|
80
| 'Dorothy Benedict' | 01 | 26.0 | Total | Medium | Med-Green | Streaked | Yellow | Benedict, Dr Ralph (Herb) | .1983 |
|
81
| 'Fire and Ice' | 01 | 23.0 | Total | Medium | Med-Green | Medial | White | Hansen, Hans | .1999 |
|
82
| 'Fortunei Aureomarginata' | 01 | 19.0 | Total | Large | Med-Green | Marginal | Creamy White | Hylander, Nils | .1987 |
|
83
| 'Fortunei Gigantea' | 01 | 18.0 | Total | Giant | Med-Green | | | Bailey, Liberty Hyde & The American Hosta Society | .1987 |
|
84
| 'Fragrant Bouquet' | 13 | 16.6 | Total | Large | Med-Green | Marginal | Yellow | Vaughn, Kevin & The American Hosta Society | .1982 |
|
85
| 'Francee' | 11 | 16.7 | Total | Medium | Med-Green | Marginal | White | Klopping, Minnie & The American Hosta Society | .1986 |
|
86
| 'Gay Feather' | 01 | 23.0 | Total | Small | Med-Green | Medial | Yellow | Benedict, Dr Ralph (Herb) | .1983 |
|
87
| 'Ginko Craig' | 01 | 22.0 | Total | Medium | Med-Green | Marginal | White | Craig, Jack & Summers, Alex | .1986 |
|
88
| 'Gold Standard' | 20 | 06.8 | Total | Large | Med-Green | Marginal | Yellow | Banyai, Pauline | .1976 |
|
89
| 'Golden Tiara' | 10 | 09.2 | Total | Medium | Med-Green | Marginal | Green | Savory, Robert | .1977 |
|
90
| 'Honeybells' | 01 | 13.0 | Total | Large | Med-Green | | | Cumming, Alex & The American Hosta Society | .1986 |
|
91
| Hosta plantaginea | 07 | 19.1 | Total | Large | Med-Green | | | Species from China | --NR-- |
|
92
| Hosta venusta | 10 | 07.0 | Small Both | Miniature | Med-Green | | | Species from Korea | --NR-- |
|
93
| 'Invincible' | 01 | 48.0 | Total | Medium | Med-Green | | | Aden, Paul | .1986 |
|
94
| 'Iron Gate Glamour' | 01 | 50.0 | Total | Large | Med-Green | Marginal | White | Sellers, Van | .1981 |
|
95
| 'Lancifolia' | 01 | 22.0 | Total | Medium | Med-Green | | | Unknown | --NR-- |
|
96
| 'Little Wonder' | 02 | 09.5 | Small | Small | Med-Green | Marginal | Yellow | Lachman, Wm & Lachman, Eleanor | .1989 |
|
97
| 'Medusa' | 01 | 05.0 | Small | Miniature | Med-Green | Medial | Yellow | Herold, Roy | .1993 |
|
98
| 'Niagara Falls' | 13 | 14.0 | Total | Giant | Med-Green | | | Brincka, Wm & Petryszyn, 0lga | .1991 |
|
99
| 'Night before Christmas' | 01 | 19.0 | Total | Large | Med-Green | Medial | White | Machen, John | .1994 |
|
100
| 'Orange Marmalade' | 06 | 13.5 | Total | Large | Med-Green | Medial | White | Solberg, Robert | .2002 |
|
101
| 'Patriot' | 15 | 12.0 | Total | Large | Med-Green | Marginal | White | Machen, John | .1991 |
|
102
| 'Popo' | 08 | 06.3 | Small | Small | Med-Green | | | O'Harra, Russ & Riehl, Frank | .1993 |
|
103
| 'Praying Hands' | 08 | 15.8 | Total | Medium | Med-Green | Marginal | Yellow | Williams, Gerald | .1996 |
|
104
| 'Ripple Effect' | 01 | 20.0 | Total | Small | Med-Green | Medial | White | Walters Gardens & Bergeron, Amy | .2008 |
|
105
| 'Royal Standard' | 03 | 25.0 | Total | Large | Med-Green | | | Grullemans, John J. & Wayside Gardens | .1986 |
|
106
| 'Ruffles' | 01 | 24.0 | Total | Medium | Med-Green | | | Lehman, Dick & The American Hosta Society | .1986 |
|
107
| 'Shade Fanfare' | 07 | 16.6 | Total | Medium | Med-Green | Marginal | Creamy White | Aden, Paul | .1986 |
|
108
| 'So Sweet' | 01 | 25.0 | Total | Large | Med-Green | Marginal | Creamy White | Vaughn, Kevin & Aden, Paul | .1986 |
|
109
| 'Stiletto' | 01 | 04.0 | Small | Medium | Med-Green | Marginal | White | Aden, Paul | .1987 |
|
110
| 'Sugar and Cream' | 02 | 28.5 | Total | Large | Med-Green | Marginal | Creamy White | Zilis, Mark | .1984 |
|
111
| 'Summer Music' | 02 | 24.5 | Total | Medium | Med-Green | Medial | White | Klehm, Roy | .1998 |
|
112
| 'Sweet Susan' | 01 | 25.0 | Total | Large | Med-Green | | | Williams, Frances & Williams, Connie | .1986 |
|
113
| 'Tiny Tears' | 11 | 05.6 | Small | Miniature | Med-Green | | | Savory, Robert | .1977 |
|
114
| 'Victory' | 09 | 08.9 | Total | Large | Med-Green | Marginal | Creamy White | Zilis, Mark | .2003 |
|
115
| 'Wheee!' | 03 | 12.7 | Total | Medium | Med-Green | Marginal | Yellow | Meyer, Bill | --NR-- |
|
116
| 'Whirlwind' | 16 | 17.9 | Total | Medium | Med-Green | Medial | Creamy White | Kulpa, John | .1989 |
|
117
| 'White Christmas' | 01 | 40.0 | Total | Medium | Med-Green | Medial | White | Palmer & Krossa, Gus & Ruh, Peter | .1999 |
|
118
| 'Aspen Gold' | 03 | 33.7 | Total | Large | Yellow | | | Grapes, Vivian | .1986 |
|
119
| 'August Moon' | 08 | 17.3 | Total | Large | Yellow | | | Langfelder, Richard & Ruh, Peter | .1996 |
|
120
| 'Aureomaculata', H. ventricosa | 01 | 15.0 | Total | Medium | Yellow | Marginal | Dark Green | The American Hosta Society | .1987 |
|
121
| 'Autumn Frost' | 04 | 13.0 | Total | Large | Yellow | Medial | Green | Lichacz, Susan & Walters Gardens | .2009 |
|
122
| 'Brother Stefan' | 06 | 19.3 | Total | Large | Yellow | Marginal | Greenish White | Petryszyn, Olga | .1998 |
|
123
| 'Chartreuse Wiggles' | 01 | 07.0 | Small | Small | Yellow | | | Aden, Paul | .1976 |
|
124
| 'Cracker Crumbs' | 11 | 05.4 | Small | Miniature | Yellow | Marginal | Green | Solberg, Robert | .2002 |
|
125
| 'Dancing Queen' | 02 | 16.5 | Total | Large | Yellow | | | Terpening, Kent | .2005 |
|
126
| 'Dragon Tails' | 06 | 04.3 | Small | Small | Yellow | | | Zumbar, Wm & Walek, Kevin & The American Hosta Society | .2009 |
|
127
| 'Feather Boa' | 04 | 08.8 | Small | Small | Yellow | | | O'Harra, Russ | .1991 |
|
128
| 'Flamboyant' | 01 | 19.0 | Total | Medium | Yellow | Streaked | Unknown | Tompkins, Chet & Aden, Paul | .1978 |
|
129
| 'Golden Prayers' | 01 | 41.0 | Total | Medium | Yellow | | | Aden, Paul | .1976 |
|
130
| 'Golden Scepter' | 02 | 36.0 | Total | Medium | Yellow | | | Savory, Robert | .1983 |
|
131
| 'Golden Sculpture' | 01 | 45.0 | Total | Giant | Yellow | | | Anderson, Kenneth | .1982 |
|
132
| 'Green Eyes' | 04 | 07.5 | Small | Miniature | Yellow | Marginal | Green | Benedict, Dr Ralph (Herb) | .1990 |
|
133
| 'Inniswood' | 08 | 20.3 | Total | Medium | Yellow | Marginal | Green | Innis Metro Gardens | .1993 |
|
134
| 'June' | 23 | 01.7 | Total | Medium | Yellow | Marginal | Blue-Green | NEO Plants Ltd. | .1991 |
|
135
| 'Kabitan' | 07 | 18.9 | Total | Small | Yellow | Marginal | Green | Maekawa, Dr Fumio | .1987 |
|
136
| 'Key West' | 03 | 15.3 | Total | Giant | Yellow | | | Petryszyn, Olga | .1999 |
|
137
| 'Little Aurora' | 01 | 44.0 | Total | Medium | Yellow | | | Aden, Paul | .1978 |
|
138
| 'Little Sunspot' | 01 | 02.0 | Small | Medium | Yellow | Marginal | Green | Briggs Nursery-WA | .1996 |
|
139
| 'Midas Touch' | 01 | 51.0 | Total | Large | Yellow | | | Aden, Paul | .1978 |
|
140
| 'Moon Glow' | 01 | 20.0 | Total | Medium | Yellow | Marginal | White | Anderson, Kenneth | .1977 |
|
141
| 'Old Glory' | 01 | 19.0 | Total | Large | Yellow | Marginal | Blue-Green | Hansen, Hans & Shady Oaks Nursery | .1999 |
|
142
| 'Paul's Glory' | 20 | 08.9 | Total | Large | Yellow | Marginal | Blue-Green | Hofer, Paul & Hofer, Linda & Ruh, Peter | .1987 |
|
143
| 'Piedmont Gold' | 05 | 19.4 | Total | Large | Yellow | | | Stone, David & Payne, Henry | .1982 |
|
144
| 'Rainforest Sunrise' | 02 | 21.5 | Total | Medium | Yellow | Marginal | Green | Anderson, Jim | .2003 |
|
145
| 'Sagae' | 33 | 02.8 | Total | Giant | Yellow | Marginal | Creamy White | Watanabe, Kenji & Hagiwara, Eigon | .1987 |
|
146
| 'Shiny Penny' | 01 | 10.0 | Small | Miniature | Yellow | | | Solberg, Robert | .1997 |
|
147
| 'Stained Glass' | 08 | 14.5 | Total | Large | Yellow | Medial | Green | Hansen, Hans & Shady Oaks Nursery | .1999 |
|
148
| 'Sun Power' | 22 | 14.7 | Total | Large | Yellow | | | Aden, Paul | .1986 |
|
149
| 'Twist of Lime' | 06 | 08.0 | Small | Small | Yellow | Marginal | Greenish White | Solberg, Robert | .1991 |
|
150
| 'Vanilla Cream' | 03 | 08.7 | Total | Small | Yellow | | | Aden, Paul | .1986 |
|
151
| 'Zounds' | 02 | 31.5 | Total | Large | Yellow | | | Shaw, Florence & Aden, Paul | .1978 .2012 |
|