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  • RHS AGM

    RHS AGM

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    Hosta 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd'. Medium - Large (90 x 50 cm). A fabulous blue Hosta with puckered heavy textured leaves, round in outline and distinctly cupped. Great topped with the white flowers. Just wait for it to rain ! H. 'Tokudama' x H. sieboldiana (Walden West  1989)
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    Hosta 'Domaine de Courson'. Large. height 100-120cm. A very large Hosta with satiney, dark-green, rounded leaves with a distinctive blue cast.  The habit is rather open. Sport of Hosta 'Sum and Substance' or possibly of its sport Hosta 'Lady Isobel Barnett'.
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  • Hosta 'Frances Williams'     
    RHS AGM

    RHS AGM

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    Hosta 'Frances Williams'. Giant. A very fine large Hosta. The large cupped and corrugated leaves are variegated with a sea green base and broad creamy yellow margin. A moist shady site will see the full potential. Plant in light to moderate shade both to preserve the wonderful colouring and to stop the edges scorching. Can be slow to establish. 1986 winner of the Alex J. Summers Distinguished Merit Hosta Award. Sport of H. ' Elegans'
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    Large. For sun or shade. Large fragrant flowers. Sport of H.'Guacamole'. B.Solberg. Another excellent offspring in the Fragrant Bouquet line. The leaves are of an even colouring, beginning the year a bright yellow and slowly fading to a fresh yellow-green. Prominent veining and a graceful shape make this a very nice Hosta. Excellent flower quality is just a bonus.
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    Hosta 'Gold Standard'. Large. 50 x 90cm. A real summer star develops from a modest spring green hosta with dark green margins. In summer the centres brighten to pure gold and then chartreuse. A medium to large grower creating a mound of overlapping leaves with slightly cupping. Sport of H. fortunei 'Hyacintha Variegata'. Bright light to moderate shade. Has sported more fine varieties than any other Hosta.  1997 winner of the Alex J. Summers Distinguished Merit Hosta Award.
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  • RHS AGM

    RHS AGM

    Potsize - 1L

    Medium-Large. H.plantaginea x H.sieboldii. A.Cummings & AHS 1986. We've found this variety to be very tough in the garden, and relatively resistant to slugs despite its soft appearance. The leaves are a simple elegant apple green, long and tapered in shape. As you would expect from a plantaginea cross, the flowers are large and fragrant (with perhaps just a whiff of aniseed?), lilac in bud, opening white. It is very tolerant of sun which is said to bring out the fragrance but deteriorates the foliage colour.
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    Very Large. H.montana f. macrophylla seedling. D.Heims. One of those varieties that is slow to establish, but well worth the wait. The leaves are twice as long as wide, tapering to a narrow tip with very prominent parallel veins and a rippled edge. A lovely elegant graceful green leaf variety for a moist position in light shade.
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    Hosta 'Kiwi Full Monty'. Large. 50 x 50 cm. A Hosta with very distinctive colouration. The leaves are overall a good blue green with a central region that ages golden yellow from a blue green This region is edged in an irregular bright white line. A Hosta with an open growth form which needs siting in good light. Sport of H.'Striptease'
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    Hosta 'Krossa Regal'. Giant. 90 x 90cm. A large impressive plant which will grow into a large vase shaped mound, very suitable for specimen planting. Glaucous grey-green leaves with undulating margins become large and deeply corrugated. Tall stems of lily-like flowers sway gracefully above the foliage. A slug resistant variety for dappled shade. H. 'Nigrescens' hybrid.  2001 winner of the Alex J. Summers Distinguished Merit Hosta Award.
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    Hosta 'Northern Halo'. Large. An imposing large Hosta with deeply crinkled blue leaves and a generous cream margin. Best grown in a moist site with light shade where the leaves can grow to their best potential. Leaves can display a drawstring effect whereby the edge is contracted. Medium to slow growth. 90 x 90 cm. A sport of Hosta sieboldiana 'Elegans'
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  • Hosta 'Olive Bailey Langdon'  

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    Hosta 'Olive Bailey Langdon'. Large-Very Large. 120 x 80cm. A very fine large Hosta. The large cupped and corrugated leaves are variegated with a sea green base and broad creamy yellow margin. A moist shady site will see the full potential. Similar to H.'Frances Williams' but will not scorch.
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    Large. Possibly a H.nigrescens hybrid. Ullrich Fischer. Quite similar in many ways to H.'Krossa Regal', differing in that the leaves are maybe a little narrower on longer petioles and slightly darker in colour. In spring they are very thin and snake-like in the way that they unfurl from narrow pointy buds. A fine cultivar if a little slow.
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    Large. H.yingeri x H.'Blue Umbrellas'. T.Avent 1995. A big bold Hosta with well rounded, well puckered leaves. Quickly makes a large, if not shapely mound of tough leathery textured leaves that are noted for their deep blue green colouring. Vigorous grower. Surprisingly small and delicate pink flowers for such a butch Hosta.
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    Large. Upright grower. A sport of H.'Gold Regal'. B.Solberg. Leaves have a very nice shape with a gently undulating margin. The colouring is a pale yellow, fading more creamy in sun with a margin that is a very muted green, sometimes fading entirely. Seer suckering towards the petiole and veins retain some blue-green colouring. Forms a tight crown of leaves.
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  • American Hosta Growers Association Hosta of the Year

    Hosta of the Year 2003

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    Hosta 'Regal Splendor'. Giant. 90 x 100cm. A large impressive plant suitable for specimen planting. Glaucous grey-green leaves with a narrow cream edge become large and deeply corrugated. Tall stems of lily-like flowers sway gracefully above foliage. Sport of H. 'Krossa Regal' with which it shares many features.
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    Large. Heart shaped puckered leaves with a wavy margin. A seedling of H.'Wagon Wheels'. M.Seaver. A very attractive variety with its variation in leaf colour as they mature at different rates. Each one starts off chartreuse, turning a bright yellow as they age, all the time with a cream to white margin. They are quite heavily seersuckered with each pucker being accentuated by the green shading it retains.
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    Medium-Large. (fortunei) Sport of H.'Fortunei'. T.Donahue & AHS 1986. Leaves start the season with a broad central section that is striped with cream. The colouration fades by mid Summer to a mixture of two tones of green.
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    Hosta 'Snow Cap'. Large. 50 x 100cm. A large impressive Hosta with a very round leaf, downturned at the edges. The colouring is an irregular creamy gold edge around a dark blue green centre. Can be slow to increase. H.'Wide Brim' x H 'Royal Rainbow'
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    Medium-Large. H.'Green Fountain' hybrid. P.Aden 1986. A lovely form creating a gently arching fountain of foliage which is best appreciated when grown in a pot. The leaves are long and narrow with an undulating edge. They begin the season quite yellow, fading into the season to a green yellow centre and darker edges, all overlaid with an excellent shine. Early in the season reminiscent of June Fever in colouring. Flowers pinkish on a very leafy scape
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  • American Hosta Growers Association Hosta of the Year

    Hosta of the Year 2004

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    Hosta 'Sum and Substance'. Giant. 90 x 150cm. Very large, puckered, golden chartreuse yellow leaves, getting bigger and better as the plant ages. Flowers are pure white in tight heads. Plant in sun to achieve the best leaf colouration. In ideal conditions this can be one of the largest of hostas. Its origin is unknown but Hosta 'Elatior' and Hosta hypoleuca are probably in the gene pool. 'Sum and substance is possibly a triploid variety.
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    Hosta 'Super Sagae'. Giant. 75 x 170cmcm. Slow growing, but ultimately a very impressive Hosta. Upright growth with large wavy edged blue green leaves, narrowly margined yellow. Its very stately habit makes this a particularly distinctive variety. An improved sport of H.'Sagae' which itself was an Americam Hosta Growers Association Hosta of the Year in 2000
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    Hosta 'Wide Brim'. Large. 50 x 75cm. A Large sized Hosta with broad exceptionally well variegated leaves. Each leaf is margined with a variable width cream band. This variety needs to be grown in adequate light to maintain its good colouring. Makes a striking specimen when grown in a tub. The leaves have a shape particularly well favoured by flower arrangers. Hosta 'Bold One' x Hosta 'Bold Ribbons'
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    Hosta 'Winter Snow'. Very Large. 150 x 90 cm. Forms a large open mound of thick distinctively glossy leaves that looks like they've been oiled . The leaves are chartreuse green with a narrow irregular yellow margin. Good growth rate once established. Plant in morning sun with plenty of moisutre at the root. sport of Sum and Substance. Can be slow to get established
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    Medium - Large. A sport from Hosta undulata var. undulata introduced by the AHS in 1987. A vigorous Hosta which will quickly make a dense mound to 36" wide and 18" high. The thin textured leaves can make it susceptible to slug damage, but it is still a good doer, a cracking Hosta for light to moderate shade. The long, heart shaped leaves have an attractive irregular bright ivory margin with extra green streaking. The edges are slightly rippled. Tall and airy flower spikes.
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