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Hosta 'Dance With Me' (Hansen/Shady Oaks) LARGE (16" high by 40" wide.) Hans Hansenbrings us another wonderful sport from H. 'Summer Music': this one is the reverse of H. 'Last Dance' and has wonderful yellow heart-shaped leaves framed with a wide dark green margin. Great substance and a vigorous growth rate on a clump topped with lavender flowers. Slug resistant and sun tolerant. $20.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Dancing Queen' (K. Terpening, 2005) LARGE (24" high by 40" wide.) We are thrilled to be able to offer this exceptionally unique large, yellow hosta from Kent Terpening. Unlike other yellow hostas which emerge or turn chartreuse, ‘Dancing Queen’ emerges bright yellow and remains yellow all season long. The large leaves have a prominent pie crust edge, adding even more pizzazz to this colorful hosta. In mid to late summer, the foliage lightens to soft yellow and the clump is topped with pale lavender flowers. This one is a must-have! $20.00	Photo courtesy of Kathie Sisson
Hosta 'Dancing Stars' LARGE (24" high by 40" wide.) An improvement over ‘Dancing in the Rain’. ‘Dancing Stars’ has all the great qualities of its parent, including a crisp white center (emerges cream) and sharply contrasting blue-green margins. However, you’ll appreciate that this new introduction is a stronger grower with wider margins and foliage of much thicker substance. The attractive foliage forms a large mound topped with light lavender flowers on white scapes in midsummer. $20.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Dark Shadows' (H. Hansen, 2004) LARGE (20" high by 40" wide.) 'Dark Shadows' features thick heart-shaped leaves with a gently ruffled edge. In early spring the emerging blue leaves have an uneven chartreuse-yellow margin which changes to green by early summer. Pale lavender flowers top the large clump in early summer. Slug resistant. $18.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Dawn's Early Light' NEW 2013 LARGE (O. Petryszyn, 1998) 19" high by 47" wide. A brilliant lemon-yellow heart-shaped leaves are wonderfully ruffled and corrugated. In early summer light lavender flowers top the mound of foliage as the leaves darken to chartreuse-green. For intense dramatic spring color this hosta can not be beat! $20.00	Photo courtesy of Dan Wols
Hosta 'Deane's Dream' (Solberg 2000) (‘Blue Arrow’ X ‘Sea Fire’) MEDIUM (14" high by 36" wide.) Medium upright mound of pointed blue leaves that are a unique aqua or green turquoise in color, with bright purple petioles up to the leaf blade; lavender flowers in July. Named for Bob Deane who loved blue hostas. $18.00	For photo click on www.hostalibrary.org Photos of Hosta 'Deane's Dream'
Hosta 'Deep Blue Sea' NEW 2013 GIANT (C. Seaver, 1994) 21" high by 60" wide. One nurseryman wrote this hosta was "one of the most outstanding blues we grow ... to see it is to want it." It is unique with its very round corrugated blue leaves. Near white flowers top the clump in midsummer. $20.00	Photo Q&Z Nursery Photo courtesy of Jeff White
Hosta 'Deep Space Nine' NEW 2013 LARGE 20” high by 42” wide. Leaf Detail: GoldMargin 8 1/2” long by 7” wide; medium to dark green center surrounded by a ½” to 1” yellow margin; wavy; thick substance. Flowering: pale lavender flowers open on two to three-foot scapes from mid-July into August. Comments: reversed sport of ‘Captain Kirk’ developed at Q&Z Nursery. $20.00	Photo Q&Z Nursery
Hosta 'Deja Blu' LARGE (19" high by 45" wide.) A sport of 'Blue Boy'. Blue-green leaves with a cream lightning bolt that dances between the center of the leaf and the yellow margin. Light lavender flowers are produced on 18-20" scapes in early to midsummer. $18.00	Photo Walters Gardens
Hosta 'Delona's Smile' NEW 2013 MEDIUM Sometimes you never know how things will turn out. This hosta was hybridized to be very yellow, have heavy substance, be sun tolerant, and be large. Well, three out of four ain't bad. Named for the late Delona Shockey. It is bright and cheery like Delona. $22.00	Photo Green Hill Hostas
Hosta 'Designer Genes' MEDIUM (15" high by 30" wide.) ‘Designer Genes’ is incredibly striking in the spring as the brilliant yellow leaves emerge from contrasting deep wine red shoots. It quickly grows to form a medium sized mound of bright yellow leaves with showy bright red petioles. Compared to other yellow hostas, this variety holds its coloring longer. Later in the season, the foliage mellows to more of a chartreuse green color. Tall, red scapes carry the purple flowers in late summer. $18.00	Photo Budd Gardens Photo courtesy of Jeff White
Hosta 'Devil's Advocate' LARGE (36" high by 48" wide.) This big and beautiful sport of the classic ‘Blue Angel’ forms a giant, upright mound of blue-green leaves with green margins in spring. The variegation becomes showier as the season progresses, as the margins brighten to light apple green. Like its parent, this plant has large, heart-shaped leaves of heavy substance. It is a fast grower and reliable performer in the landscape. White flowers top the clump in midsummer. $20.00	Photo Walters Gardens
Hosta 'Diana Remembered' MEDIUM (15" high by 32" wide.) Fragrant near white flowers. Good substance, blue-green widely and irregularly margined creamy white with transitional celadon streaking, widely spaced veins, satiny, dimpled; edge slightly rippled, folded, heart shaped. Site in sun for most of the day. Sport of 'Seventh Heaven'. Sometimes produces streaked sports. Sun tolerant. $20.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Dick Ward' (Harfield 91) LARGE (24" high by 50" wide.) Thick with a bluish waxy coating, chartreuse-yellow turning golden yellow, irregularly margined dark green, corrugated, edge wavy, cupped, heart shaped. Site in morning sun, slug resistant. A great dense mound of variegated foliage. A sport of `Zounds'. Slug resistant. $18.00	Photo Budd Gardens Photo courtesy of Jeff White
Hosta 'Dorset Blueblood' NEW 2013 SMALL 9" high by 22" wide. Leaf Detail: Blue 6" long by 4" wide; blue-green foliage; thick-substanced. Flowering: very pale lavender flowers in July on 18” scapes. Comments: sport of 'Dorset Clown'; slug resistance foliage. $20.00	No Photo Available
Hosta 'Dorset Clown' DWARF (8” high by 16” wide.) Leaf Detail: Streaked 6” long by 4 1/2” wide; heavily streaked yellow to creamy white on a deep blue-green base; corrugated; thick substance. Flowering: very pale lavender flowers in July on 18” scapes. Comments: well-known, but hardly grown Herb Benedict cultivar descended from ‘Dorset Blue’; great in the garden and as a breeding plant. $40.00	Photo Q&Z Nursery
Hosta 'Dragon's Eye' LARGE (24" high by 48" wide.) (W. Lefever, Solberg 2008) - 'Riptide' seedling. This large hosta has frosty, undulating gray-green leaves with tall purple petioles, very waxy white leaf backs. Lavender flowers appear on waxy purple scapes in August. Good in the garden or as part of your breeding program, as it sets seed. $20.00	Photo Green Hill Hostas
Hosta 'Dragon of the Seas' NEW 2013 LARGE 18" high by 40" wide. Leaf Detail: Gold margin 9" long by 6" wide; blue-green centered, gold-margined foliage; good substance. Flowering: flowers produced on 37" scapes in July. Comments: a hybrid of 'Sea Prize' X 'Komodo Dragon' by Doug Beilstein, selected by Mark Zilis in 2005; first introduced at the 2011 Midwest Regional Hosta Convention in Madison, Wisconsin. $20.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Dream Queen' (van den Top) GIANT (32" high by 70" wide.) White flowers. Large nearly round, corrugated, blue-green leaves, creamy white feathery shaped center. A sport of 'Great Expectations'. Slug resistant. $18.00	Photo Millette Photomedia
Hosta 'Dream Weaver' (Ruetenik/Walek 96) GIANT (32" high by 70" wide.) Thick, chartreuse turning ivory-white, very widely margined dark blue-green with streaks jetting towards the midrib, corrugated; edge slightly rippled, slightly cupped, heart shaped. Lower light levels will produce a more pleasing leaf colour. Needs dividing to keep the striking leaf pattern. 'Dream Weaver' came to us from Kevin Walek and B. Ruetenik in 1996. It is a sport of 'Great Expectations' and the leaf differs dramatically in that the blue-green border is much wider than that of its progenitor. Slug resistant and near white flowers. $20.00	Photos Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Duke of Cornwall' GIANT (24" high by 58" wide.) Leaf Detail: Gold margin 12 1/2" long by 8" wide; blue-green in the center; 1" to 2" wide gold margin; good substance. Flowering: near-white flowers are produced on 40" scapes from late June into late July. Comments: sport of 'Blue Angel' found by Barry Sligh of Taunton Gardens in New Zealand. $22.00	Photo Q&Z Nursery
Hosta 'Earth Angel' (Hansen/Shady Oaks) GIANT (26" high by 60" wide.) From the beloved classic 'Blue Angel' comes 'Earth Angel', a wonderful variegated form. Large heart-shaped blue-green leaves have a wide creamy-white border. Pale lavender flowers top the clump in early summer. Destined to be a show stopper when used as a specimen in the shady landscape. 2009 American Hosta Growers Hosta of the Year! $18.00	Photos courtesy of Rick Goodenough
Hosta 'El Nino' (Netherlands) MEDIUM (15" high by 39" wide.) Not many hostas feature pure white margins on blue leaves, makes a clean and fresh look. This highly sought after new introduction is an amazing sport of the popular blue Hosta 'Halcyon', but with a wide white border added for extra effect. Each 3' wide clump is truly scrumptious! In midsummer, the clumps are topped with 2' spikes of blue-lavender flowers.Sun tolerant. $18.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Elbridge Gerry' MEDIUM (18” high by 39” wide.) Leaf Detail: Gold margin 9” long by 7” wide; green center with a 1-2” wide, gold margin; thick substance. Flowering: pale purple flowers open on 24” scapes in July. Comments: attractive, wide, gold margins; sport of a Doug Beilstein seedling of ‘Galaxy’ X (‘Fantastic’ X ‘Elatior’); named for the much-revered 5th Vice-President of the United States. $20.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Elegans' s. (AHS 87) GIANT (30" high by 60" wide.) White flowers. Leaf blade 14" by 10". Very thick, huge, sumptuous, waxy blue coating, silvery blue leaves, which are strongly cupped and deeply puckered. Good light to light shade all day. Feed in early spring. Slug resistant. Sun tolerant. $20.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Elivs Lives' LARGE (18" high by 40" wide.) Leaf Detail: 9 1/4" long by 5" wide; bluish green color; narrow; rippled margins; long, twisted tip. Flowering: Pale purple flowers open in mid-July on 26" scapes. Comments: Unusual and distinctive Tony Avent introduction; the long, wavy leaves are carried in a semi-upright manner; always recognizable; 'Peter Pan' x 'Green Fountain'. $18.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Emerald Charger' NEW 2013 LARGE 20” high by 45” wide. Leaf Detail: GoldCenter 9” long by 7” wide; gold center with a 2” wide, bright green margin; wavy. Flowering: fragrant, pale lavender flowers open on 2-3 foot scapes in August. Comments: tissue culture sport of ‘Stained Glass’ found at Q&Z Nursery several years ago; distinct appearance. $20.00	Photo Q&Z Nursery
Hosta 'Emerald Ruff Cut' LARGE (20” high by 40” wide.) Leaf detail: 8” long by 5” wide; gold center with a rippled, ½” wide, dark green margin. Flowering: pale lavender flowers in July on 28” scapes. Comments: formerly sold as ‘Emerald Island’, but a striking plant by any name; sharply contrasting gold-green variegation; great in small groups or as a specimen. Slug resistant. $20.00	Photo courtesy of Sebright Gardens
Hosta 'Empress Wu' GIANT (39" high by 66" wide.) Huge dark green, deeply veined leaves of good substance can measure more than 1½ feet wide and long. Strongly upright habit, forming a very tall and wide clump. Pale reddish violet flowers appear just above the foliage in early to midsummer. An outstanding focal point and topic of conversation in your shade garden! Registered by Skaggs. Largest leaves of any hosta. $20.00	Photo Walters Gardens
Hosta 'Enterprise' (Zilis) MEDIUM (12" high by 24" wide.) Leaf detail: 8" long by 6 1/2" wide; creamy white center with a green margin; better than average substance. Flowering: lavender flowers in July. Sport of 'Captain Kirk' becomes an attractive mound of white-centered foliage $18.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Eskimo Pie' (Walters) MEDIUM (22" high by 30" wide.) Near white flowers. Sport from H. 'Northern Exposure', puckered leaves have pale yellow centers, streaked with chartreuse to the center, and surrounded by blue-green margins. As the season progresses the centers fade to cream and the streaking turns apple-green. Topped with white flowers. Slug resistant. $18.00	Photo Budd Gardens Photos of Hosta 'Eskimo Pie'
Hosta 'Fat Cat' (Ward) LARGE (22" high by 52" wide.) A new attractive giant, gold leaved Hosta that is sure to please! Leaf size is about 15" long x 15" wide. Requires morning sun! It was the top leaf in the Columbus Central Ohio Hosta Society leaf show in 2004. Near white flowers. Acts like a brighter, smaller version of 'Sum and Substance' with more heavily corrugated. Sun tolerant. $20.00	Photo Q&Z Nursery
Hosta 'Final Summation' (Solberg 2008) (Sport of ‘Sum and Substance’) GIANT (20" high by 70" wide) This is one of the best dark green-edged sport of ‘Sum and Substance’. It was selected for its wide green margins, superior rich colors and slightly cupped, very round, giant leaves. $22.00	Photo Green Hill Nursery
Hosta 'Fingerprint' LARGE 24” high by 48” wide. Leaf Detail: 9” long by 7” wide; changes from greenish in the center with a gold edge to gold in the center with a light green margin; dark green line (watermark) between the margin and center; good substance. Flowering: pale lavender flowers from mid-July into early August on three-foot scapes. Comments: sport of ‘Paul’s Glory’ developed at Q&Z Nursery (2009 AHS registration); offers a changing variegation pattern and a distinctive watermark plus all the good growth habits and flowering traits of its mother plant. $25.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Fire and Ice' (Hansen/Shady Oaks NR) MEDIUM (15" high by 22" wide.) Thick, smooth, white, widely and irregularly margined dark green splashed several shades of green jetting towards the midrib; moderately folded to lightly twisted and curved. Flower scapes are white, as are the seedpods. Sun tolerant. Slug resistant. $18.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Fire Island' (W. Brincka 98) MEDIUM (18" high by 30" wide.) Moderate substance, bright, pale acid-yellow turning chartreuse, shiny; intensely corrugated; edges distinctly rippled. Petiole is intensely bright red and extends into the base of the leaf. One of the only yellow leaved hostas with red dotting on the leaf blade. Its parentage is H. longipes hypoglauca x H. 'Crested Surf' Sun tolerant. $20.00	Photo courtesy of Jeff White
Hosta 'Fireworks' (Walters Gardens) DWARF (6" high by 18" wide.) Narrow, stiff, upright, lanceolate, foliage. Deep green margins with wild celadon streaking into the creamy white center. Miniaturized sport of 'Loyalist'. Slug resistant. Sun tolerant. $18.00	Photo Walters Gardens
Hosta 'First Frost' (P. Scolnik) MEDIUM (14" high by 36" wide.) Foliage changes from blue centered with gold margin to dark green with creamy margin; celadon streaking into the midrib. Sport of 'Halcyon'. This hosta looks great until autumns first frost hence the name. Sun tolerant. Slug resistant. $18.00	Photo courtesy of Ted White
Hosta 'Flapjack' NEW 2013 LARGE 18" high by 43" wide. Leaf Detail: White margin 11” long by 8” wide; medium green center with a rippled, ¼” to ½” wide, white margin; moderately corrugated at maturity; ovate-shaped leaf blade. Comments: rippled, white margins; Bill & Eleanor Lachman hybrid combining the best traits of ‘Christmas Tree’ with ‘Donahue Piecrust’; rarely seen and unusual. $20.00	Photo Q&Z Nursery
Hosta 'Fluted Fountain' NEW 2013 LARGE 22" high by 46" wide. (D. Dean, 1999) A beautiful tall vase-shaped hosta. Flowing-like broad medium green leaves have deeply impressed veins, tight ruffles and sharp twisted tip. Flower scapes are strong and show off beautiful white flowers that are accented by bracts with rose-red centers. Flowers bloom in early to mid summer. $20.00	Photo Shady Oaks Nursery For more photos click on www.hostalibrary.org
Hosta 'Fragrant Blue' LARGE (20" high by 48" wide.) Thick, smooth powdery blue leaves. Fragrant, lavender flowers. 'Fragrant Blue' is one of the bluest hostas and something of a breakthrough in breeding. It combines the fragrance of plantagenia with the blue color of sieboldiana. Paul Aden registered it in 1988 and lists its parentage as two numbered seedlings. $18.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Fragrant Bouquet' (Aden 82) LARGE (22" high by 48" wide.) Fragrant white flowers. Chartreuse to apple green, widely margined yellow to creamy-white, satiny, some dimpling, conspicuously veined; edge widely undulate, convex, heart shaped. Site in light shade to full sun, to produce the best leaf colours and the most prolific display of flowers. 1998 AHG Hosta of the year. Sun tolerant. $18.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Fragrant Dream' (Marco Fransen) LARGE (24" high by 50" wide.) This new introduction from Holland's Marco Fransen is another wonderful sport from the popular Hosta 'Fragrant Bouquet'. H. 'Fragrant Dream' forms a large 4' wide clump of dark green foliage edged with a wide creamy yellow border. In midsummer, the older foliage changes to a creamy white border and the clumps are topped with 2' tall spikes of large near-white very fragrant flowers....superb! Sun tolerant. $18.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Fragrant Queen' LARGE (22" high by 48" wide.) We have been quite impressed with this new introduction in the ‘Fragrant Bouquet’ line. Its elongated heart-shaped leaves display wider, creamy to pure white margins, a darker green center, and are of better substance. In comparison to ‘Sweet Innocence’, it has a darker green center and a faster growth rate. It holds up well all season long and exhibits some sun tolerance. Large, fragrant, flashy near-white to light lavender flowers are produced above the foliage in late summer. $18.00	Photo Walters Gardens
Hosta 'Francee' (Klopping 86) LARGE (21" high by 50" wide.) Rich dark green, crisply and narrowly margined white with some transitional celadon streaks, dimpled when mature; edge almost flat, heart shaped. Will tolerate morning sun and more but leaf colour will fade to pale olive-green. A classic hosta. Sun tolerant. $18.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Frances Williams' (William 86) GIANT (26" high by 63" wide.) Near white flowers. Leaf blade 12" by 11". Thick, waxy blue covering, blue-green widely and irregularly margined yellow turning creamy beige, corrugated, strongly veined; edge almost flat, cupped, heart shaped and folded. Slug resistant. $18.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Fried Green Tomatoes' GIANT (26" high by 60" wide.) Large green leaves that darken as the summer goes along. Fragrant, lavender flowers, sun tolerant.The all green sport of H. 'Guacamole', frosty-green leaves that become shiny later in the season. This one has great substance and can tolerate a good amount of sun. Following the lead of its parents and siblings it will be topped by large near-white fragrant flowers late in the season. $18.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Frost Giant' (W. Lefever, Solberg 2008) (‘Galaxy’ seedling) GIANT (28" high by 75" wide.) Big blue-green, sturdy, leaves that have a bright yellow margin that becomes cream in late summer make this a very stately hosta. Straight scapes produce near white flowers in June. A nice addition for that big hole in the back of the bed. $22.00	Photo Green Hill Nursery Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Frosted Dimples' (D. Dean 99) MEDIUM (12" high by 32" wide.) Near white flowers. Elongated heart-shaped, blue leaves are edged with a crisp, creamy border. Thick leaves have a 'pebbled' surface, and hold their blue colouration well. This is an intense blue and has a irregular gold edge to off set the rich blue. The edge becomes a strong creamy yellow rather than white as the season progresses. The mound has a very 'flat presentation' rising only 12" fit for the front of a border and grows to 32" diameter. Another attention getter during the AHS 2000 tours in Minneapolis. Selected in part for the way it holds its blue color into the late fall Slug resistant. $18.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Frosted Mouse Ears' DWARF (7” high by 18” wide.) Leaf detail: 2 1/2” long by 2 1/4” wide; blue-green to dark green in the center with a wide, creamy white margin (yellow early); thick substance. Flowering: dense clusters of purple flowers in July on 12” scapes. Tissue culture sport out of ‘Royal Mouse Ears’ developed at QZ nursery. High level of distinction, making it a premier dwarf-sized plant for the shaded garden; Perfect companion hostas include 'Blue Mouse Ears', 'Holy Mouse Ears' and 'Green Mouse Ears'. Slug resistant. $20.00	Photo Budd Gardens Photo courtesy of Ted White
Hosta 'Frosty Morn' MEDIUM (16” high by 38” wide.) Leaf Detail: 9” long by 7” wide; deep gold; wavy, cupped, and corrugated; good substance. Flowering: near-white flowers from mid-July into August on scapes 24” high or more. Comments: bright gold color; white flowers; good substance; seedling of H. rupifraga from top hybridizers Bill & Eleanor Lachman. $20.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Frozen Margarita' NEW 2013 LARGE (R. Solberg) 28" high by 49" wide. Apple green to medium gold centre with a narrow white margin; slightly corrugated; fragrant lavender flowers. $18.00	For photo click on www.hostalibrary.org Photos of Hosta 'Frozen Margarita'
Hosta 'Fuzzy Dice' MEDIUM (14" high by 30" wide.) Leaf Detail: Blue rich, blue-green foliage; good substance. Flowering: pale lavender flowers on 20" scapes from mid-July into August. Comments: sport of Ed Elslager's 'Blue Suede Shoes'; represents the color of blue that Ed attempted to breed into his many introductions. $20.00	Photo Q&Z Nursery
Hosta 'George M. Dallas' NEW 2013 LARGE 20” high by 40” wide. Leaf Detail: Gold margin 8 1/2” long by 5 1/2” wide; ½” wide gold margin surrounds a dark green center; distinct tip; good substance. Flowering: lavender flowers from mid-July into early August. Comments: sharply contrasting variegation; good substance'; sport of a Doug Beilstein hybrid of ‘Gold Crown’ STREAKED X ‘Green Sheen’; named for the 11th U. S. Vice-President. $20.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'George Smith' NEW 2013 LARGE (G. Smith) 22" high by 40" wide. Large mound of gold centred, blue-green margined foliage. $20.00	For photo click on www.hostalibrary.org Photos of Hosta 'George Smith'
Hosta 'Gentle Giant' GIANT (42” high by 65” wide.) Upright habit. Leaf Detail: Blue 13” long by 12” wide; blue-green; corrugated, cupped, and twisted; good substance. Flowering: lavender flowers from mid-June into July on four-foot scapes. Comments: giant size; upright habit; blue-green color; unruly; selected seedling of ‘Frances Williams’ from Paul Black; the next great large blue-leaved hosta. $20.00	Photo Q&Z Nursery
Hosta 'Gila River' NEW 2013 DWARF 8” high by 18” wide. Leaf Detail: Gold center 6” long by 1 3/4” wide; gold center with a creamy white, heavily rippled margin; narrow blade shape. Flowering: pale purple flowers in July. Comments: a selected seedling from Alex Malloy, South Salem, NY; named for a river in the southwestern U.S.; entered in the 2008 “First Look” seedling and sport competition. $18.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Ginsu Knife' (Solberg 2002) (Irongate Supreme X Green Fountain) MEDIUM (18" high by 28" wide.) Imagine a wide, irregularly cream-colored margined hosta with serrate margins and white fragrant flowers in August. The leaves that fountain from the very upright clump have large undulations and some twisting. Unique in color and habit, it is great in a container or in the garden. $20.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Glory Hallelujah' (Hans Hansen, 2007) LARGE (20" high by 52" wide.) 'Glory Hallelujah', a reverse variegated sport of the classic 'Paul's Glory'. Broadly heart-shaped leaves are dark blue-green and are margined by a nice yellow edge. Pale lavender flowers open midsummer on proportionate flower scapes. A good grower that has darker, more pronounced variegation than the comparison variety 'Peter Ruh'. $20.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Gold Standard' (Banyai 76) LARGE (22" high by 60" wide.) So named for its warm golden yellow leaf center trimmed by deep green on the edges. Performs best in shade with little sun, and moderate to high watering. The funnel shaped lavender flower will appear throughout July and August. This is one of the best and most popular of all the Hosta. Sun tolerant. Slug resistant. $20.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Gold Vision' NEW 2013 LARGE 20” high by 42” wide. Leaf Detail: Gold 7 1/2” long by 5 3/4” wide; medium to bright gold; good substance. Flowering: pale lavender flowers open on 30” scapes in July. Comments: Mark Zilis' 2000 hybrid of ‘Gold Regal’ X ‘Blue Vision’ selected for its bright foliage color and good growth rate; 2009 AHS registration. $20.00	No Photo Available
Hosta 'Golden Meadows' LARGE (20" high by 43" wide.) 3 color leaf variegation with golden centers, dark-green margins and random pale green streaks. Leaves are often twisted, adding extra character to the plants. Has excellent tolerance to sun, and needs sunlight to bring out the gold leaf colours. Slug resistant and sun tolerant. $20.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Golden Needles' NEW 2013 MINI (4" high by 10" wide) (Walters Gardens) This new miniature sized hosta is an improved sport of ‘Silver Threads and Golden Needles’. Compared to its parent, this selection forms a more compact clump of yellow leaves with green streaks that are spread over the whole leaf rather than being concentrated just in the center. It has very thick leaves for a miniature hosta which means it will have better slug resistance too. In midsummer, lavender, bell-shaped flowers appear on yellow scapes. $18.00	Photo Walters Gardens
Hosta 'Goober' SMALL 10" high by 24" wide; dense habit. Leaf Detail: 4" long by 3" wide; dark green; deeply puckered; unruly. Flowering: purple flowers open on 16" scapes from mid-July into August. Comments: tissue culture sport of Hosta 'Peanut' developed by Q & Z Nursery; good growth rate; good edging plant and great in combination with its mother plant. $17.00	Photo Q&Z Nursery
Hosta 'Goodness Gracious' LARGE (20" high by 55" wide.) If you like our Designer Hosta™ ‘Satisfaction’, you will love this new sport with much showier, wider margins. ‘Goodness Gracious’ PPAF has all of the great qualities of its parent, including large, heart-shaped leaves of good substance and a wide spreading habit. However, its deeply veined leaves are dark green with very wide, yellow margins. Light lavender flowers sit just above the foliage in early to midsummer. This stunning large hosta makes a fabulous specimen or focal point in the shade garden. $20.00	Photo Walters Gardens
Hosta 'Gosan Leather Strap' (Schmid) DWARF (7" high by 17" wide.) Shiny, smooth, long narrow green leaves with wide "strap-like" petioles. Has a very unusual leaf form. $17.00	For photo click on www.hostalibrary.org Photos of Hosta 'Gosan Leather Strap'
Hosta 'Grand Canyon' (O. Petryszyn/B. Brincka, 95) GIANT (28" high by 60" wide.) Long chartreuse-green leaves turning to gold; heavy substance; ruffled margin; heavily veined; upright vase shape. Near white flowers and sun tolerant. Grand Canyon has a new and exciting sculptured form. The glossy rounded leaves are held upright, and whirled into a trumpet at the base, displaying their white velvet backs. Deeply rippled with heavy veining. $18.00	For photo click on www.hostalibrary.org Photos of Hosta 'Grand Canyon'
Hosta 'Grand Prize' MEDIUM (12" high by 24" wide.) A sport of the popular 'Grand Tiara'; considered by many to be the best in the 'Tiara Series'. Green leaves have very wide, vivid gold margins that brighten to cream in summer. Dark purple flowers appear on 24 inch scapes in midsummer. $20.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Grand Slam'NEW 2013 LARGE (R. Benedict and H. Gowan) 16" high by 43" wide. Shiny, rippled, dark green foliage; good substance; thick underside bloom; purple-red dots cover petiole; medium to dark purple flowers. $18.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Gray Cole' NEW 2013 GIANT (Kuk's Forest) 29" high by 77" wide. Very large mound of heavily corrugated blue foliage; leaves 15" long by 13" wide; leaf very broadly oblong-ovate; thick substance; slug resistant; near white flowers. $18.00	For photo click on www.hostalibrary.org Photos of Hosta 'Gray Cole'
Hosta 'Great Arrival' (Zilis) GIANT (26" high by 50" wide.) A reverse sport of H. 'Great Expectations' with gold margins and blue-green center with a margin that is bright gold in spring , turning creamy white by mid-summer; heavily corrugated; broadly ovate; thick substance. Leaves 13" long by 10" wide. Slug resistant and near white flowers. $20.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Great Escape' MEDIUM (14" high by 36" wide.) Leaf Detail: 7" long by 5" wide; blue-green center; wide, white margin. Flowering: pale bluish lavender flowers from late July into mid-August on 26-30" scapes. Comments: ‘Great Escape’ differs from other ‘Halycon’ sports by its wide white margin that appears as the foliage emerges in spring. It is also notable for the vivid contrast between the white margin and the blue-green center. ‘Great Escape’ was developed by Jan van den Top of the Netherlands, who registered it with the American Hosta Society in 2006. $20.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Great Expectations' (Bond/Aden 88) LARGE (29" high by 58" wide.) Near white flowers. Beautiful large round puckered leaves with wide, irregular streaking margins of blue and light green (up to seven different colours); leaf centers begin gold and changing to cream. Needs morning sun or very open shade to grow properly. Sun tolerant. Slug resistant. $18.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Green Acres' GIANT (35" high by 78" wide.) Giant hosta, smooth, bright medium-green leaves. Deeply veined with a ripple edge. This plant will have huge dimensions at maturity. Pointed bright medium-green leaves, becomes a very large plant at maturity. Large, smooth, bright green leaves. Very pleasing. Eunice Fisher Award winner. Lavender flowers. Slug resistant. $18.00	For photo click on www.hostalibrary.org Photos of Hosta 'Green Acres'
Hosta 'Guacamole' (Solberg 94) LARGE (24" high by 54" wide.) Large fragrant near-white flowers. Leaf blade 11" by 8". Good substance, chartreuse turning old-gold, irregularly margined dark green with chartreuse streaks jetting toward the midrib, glossy, prominently veined; edge almost flat, slightly convex, heart shaped. Site in morning sun and more. Hosta of the year 2002. Sun tolerant. White, fragrant flowers. $20.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Guardian Angel' (Thompson) GIANT (28" high by 58" wide.) Near white flowers. Leaf blade 16" by 10". Thick, emerging greenish white turning light blue-green and finally mid-green, widely and irregularly margined dark blue-green, with streaks jetting toward the midrib, dimpled, prominently veined; edge conspicuously rippled with a twisted tip, folded, heart shaped. Striking sport of 'Blue Angel'. Slug resistant. $20.00	Photo Budd Gardens
Hosta 'Gypsy Rose' NEW 2013 MEDIUM (J. Anderson) 16" high by 30" wide. Yellow centre with a sharply contrasting dark green margin plus a whitish line between the margin and centre; good substance; lavender flowers. $18.00	Photo Budd Gardens

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