Sport of H. Aoki from A. Malloy, 2001.  Leaves are very thick, twisted and wavy.  The point where the green color meets the white, the green is very drawn in.  The green spots in the white section are very dark and bold. This is a high maintenance hosta.  It will send up solid green shoots and wide green leaves with only a small amount of white. These shoots must be removed to keep the unique nature of this hosta. Lavender flowers in late July.

This new medium sized hosta from Don Rawson has the classic look of rich, deep green leaves, thick substance and alligator skin-like corrugation all aligned in perfect rows.  Light lavender flowers provide the perfect contrast to the neat mound of foliage. 

H. Cinnamon Sticks seedling from Arthur Wrede, 2005.  Leaves are a glossy apple green color. with very prominant veins.  Petioles are red with the red color bleeding about half way up the leaf centre veins. The light green shiny color accentuates the red nicely. Dark purple flowers really stand out on red scapes in late summer. 

This hosta is a streaked form of H. Winter Snow from Winterberry Farms / Jim Anderson, 2003. H. Winter Snow is a white edged sport of H. Sum and Substance.  Leaves are very large, 13 inches wide by 18 inches long.  Base color is a greenish yellow like Sum and Substance, with yellow and white streaks throughout.  As with many streaked hostas, it is unstable and will send up many solid yellow leaves as well as stable colored leaves with yellow centres and a white edge as in H. Winter Snow. The stable shoots must be removed to keep them from taking over the streaky form of the hosta. As a result the plant rarely will reach the size of H. Winter Snow or H. Sum and Substance. A high maintenance collector hosta for sure but beautiful.

This hosta has reset the bar again since Hosta First Blush came onto the market a few years ago. Bloodline is a hybrid of a Tequila Sunrise seedling x First Blush. It has a deep burgundy red color across the entire leaf, almost looking brown. This color shows up as soon as the hosta comes up in spring and lasts most of the summer if given lots of sun. It blooms late in the summer with slightly fertile light purple flowers. It does bloom a few weeks earlier than First Blush so it could be used as a breeding plant. Fast growth rate. After reading up on the red pigment anthocyanin in this hosta I found it very interesting that it is used as cold weather protection and protection against sun damage. It is the same red pigment found in sedum and creeping charlie when they emerge. The amount of red may vary from year to year depending on the weather, your location and the location of the hosta. 

This hosta is from a complex cross involving Hosta Rock Concert, H. Beer Belly Blues and H. Abiqua Drinking Gourd from Rod Kuenster.  The blue-green leaves have a streaky creamy margin. The margins are rippled, and there are grey streaks that go from the margin into the centre of the leaf.  Cupped and ruffled rounded leaves that are nicely displayed so that their white backs are clearly visible. 

This mini hosta is a sport of H. Shiny Penny from Bob Solberg, 2002.  It has bright shiny gold slightly rippled leaves with a bright shiny green margin. The gold is vivid in the spring time, changing to more chartreuse in the summer then slightly darker in late summer.  Makes a very tight round clump. Dark lavender flowers in late summer. 

This is a stable sport out of Hosta Emperor's New Clothes. Hosta Emperor's New Clothes is an unstable sport out of Hosta Empress Wu. Emperor's New Clothes comes up mostly white with blue and green splashes and speckles, turning mostly green by late summer.  Emperor's New Clothes is difficult to reproduce with many stabilizing out to a form with a two tone green very slightly speckled margin and white centres. This stable form has now been named and reproduced more reliably as  Hosta Frog in My Throat.  Leaves are 6 inches wide, 9 inches long, 13-14 vein pairs, ovate, moderately wavy, and deeply twisted and folded overall. Registered by Hans Hansen of Walters Gardens Inc in 2024.

Streaked sport of Abiqua Drinking Gourd. Registered by us, Kevin and Olga Elchuk, 2012.  Intensely cupped blue corrugated leaves with green and yellow streaking. Near white flowers in July. Seeds fertile with many streaked seedlings resulting. Does send up solid blue divisions so you must cull them to keep the rest of the plant streaky.  High maintenance hosta but great for hybridizing as it is highly fertile. We have many beautiful seedlings from Great Balls of Fire such as a recently registered one called Grand Duchess which has Great Balls of Fire as the pod parent (mother) and Empress Wu as the pollen parent (father).

New white margined sport of Hosta World Cup from Mark Zilis. Slightly smaller than its parent.  If Hat Trick follows its parent World Cup (which is a seedling of Komodo Dragon x Super Bowl) then this plant should grow to be a very upright mound of cupped, thick substanced, heavily corrugated pale light green foliage turning bright brassy gold. Very pale purple flowers on 24 inch scapes in June to early July. Our World Cup takes alot of sun so we will see how this new sport does. 

[(Liberty Bell x Urajiro Hachijo ) x Ebony Spires ) x H. Astral Bliss] From hybridizing guru Don Dean comes another gem that illuminates the shade garden.  Blue-green leaves contrast nicely with serrated yellow margins. Leaf margin is white by late summer. In the second year, the extreme corrugation will appear. The color and leaf characteristics on this hosta make it stand out among many other hostas in the garden. Lavender flowers in late summer.

(H. Color Fantasy x H. Alabama Gold ) x H. Venetian Blue from Doug Beilstein 2013.  Lance shaped blue leaves with creamy streaks throughout.  Lavender flowers in August-September.  Info says it has fertile seeds and gives streaky seedlings. It does have numerous solid blue divisions that come up so you need to remove them to keep the streaky section of the hosta going.  The solid blue divisions are named Fake Lightning and they make nice hostas too. We have not done any hybridizing with this plant but I'm sure it would add a different shape to seedlings with the long lance shaped leaves. 

A cross of Hosta Potomac Pride x H. Neat Splash Rim from B & D Stegeman, 2004. One of their best crosses and highly sought after in the recent years. The thick, dark green leaves are cupped, corrugated, very upright, and are so shiny they look like they have been oiled. Even the purple flowers look beautiful above the shiny foliage.

Sport of Funky Monkey from Naylor Creek / M & J Fransen.  Very unique, this hosta has very thick, plastic like green leaves and wide gold margins that are often misted with green.  Leaves are held upright on red petioles and the leaves curl under themselves.  Long arching leaves are nicely rippled and glisten when the sun hits them.  Margins turn parchment color in late summer if given alot of sun. A very stand out hosta.  Lavender flowers in late July.  

This is a Hosta Allegan Fog seedling from Gary Myers, 2018.  This miniature has white flecks and streaks on the light green leaves resembling early morning fog.  The pointed leaves are also folded and slightly wavy making this an adorable tight mound for your miniature hosta garden. 

Gorgeous sport of Hosta Mango Salsa from Bob Solberg, 2022. The thick, dark green margins are slightly wavy with bright yellow centres.  Rich red petioles extend into the base of the leaf making a truly colorful clump that will bring enhanced flavour to any corner of your garden. Bright purple flowers are held upright on tall deep red petioles in mid July.

Parent of Hosta Holar Purple Flash.  Very beautiful and unique hosta from Bill Janssen 2004. Leaves are blue with purple petioles but the purple extends up into the centre of the leaf in the veins creating a "purple haze' look.  The purple in the leaves does fade in the summer although here in Ontario with a considerable amount of sun being given to the hostas in our gardens the purple has persisted part way into summer. Some years the purple is more predominant then other years depending on if spring is dryer and sunnier or cloudier and wetter.

Registered in 1999 by Russ O'Harra / Russ O'Harra Hosta Society.  Forms a small clump of green heart shaped, heavily puckered leaves. Lavender flowers in late June into July.  

Medium sized mound of thick, bright very heavily corrugated foliage. Leaves are round and almost pebble like. A great gold hosta from Jerry Hadrava, 1999. Near white flowers in late June into July. 

This cultivar of unidentified parentage is a non-registered hosta from Jerry Hadrava of Iowa. It has dark green elongated foliage with yellow and light green streaked variegation. Have seen formed seed pods and the odd streaky seedlings below.

Leaves creamy white margined with a green centre, average substance, shiny underneath. Fairly tall mound.  The plant itself is not all that exiting but the lavender flowers on 36 inch scapes are highly fragrant. Flowers in August. I walk past this plant every chance I get just to smell the flowers when it is in bloom.

Another new, unique and beautiful creation from Bob Solberg with purple pigments in the petioles that extend all the way up throughout the veins of the leaf. This is a second generation seedling from Red October. [(49 seedling x H. Red October ) x 48/49 seedling]. Blue-green leaves with a saturated purple base and purple up through the veins. This is not a blushing hosta, it is quoted as having the purple staying all season. Lavender flowers late in the season, late September into October.

(Hosta Empress Wu x Hosta Powder Blue) from Clarence Hanna, 2023.  Great new giant hosta with corrugated smokey blue foliage.  The lightly cupped and heavily corrugated leaves are very blue in spring turning more green later in the summer as the powdery wax coating wears off.  Leaves are held upright on stiff petioles. This will be a statement hosta in your garden once it matures.  Pale lavender flowers in early summer. 

This is one of our own introductions, (Kevin and Olga Elchuk)  a seedling of Curly Fries from 2015.  As a young plant the long narrow leaves are heavily rippled much like its parent Curly Fries.  As the plant matures, the leaves widen out with not as many ripples. The leaf color starts out a nice blue-green color in spring  but changes to green later in the season.  Petioles are a nice reddish purple which is why we named this hosta Twizzler, just like the licorice candy we used to enjoy as kids. Flowers are lavender on tall 28 inch purple scapes. Seeds are viable. 

Hosta When I Dream is an exiting medio-variegated  hybrid of (a streaked sport of H. Empress Wu x Queen of the Seas)  from Hans Hansen of Walters Gardens Inc., 2020.  Large creamy white centred leaves have very wide rippled blue-green margins. Chartreuse jetting separates centre and margin colors.  Although not as large as the pod parent Empress Wu, When I Dream still reaches an impressive landscape size and will be a head turning performer in the garden. White flowers appear on 27-34 inch scapes over the mounded habit in early to midsummer.