 Hostas come in a wide range of sizes and as you go through our listing you will see a letter in parenthesis after the name which denotes the height of the plant…the ledger below will help to convert this to inches.
** denotes new for 2008 |
| Garden Party [L] (Solberg/Zilis) Sport of H. ‘Golden Sculpture’ and will become a nice clump…large upright mound of rounded gold leaves are framed in a bright green margin. Pebbled leaves are somewhat cupped and topped with lavender flowers |
 George Smith [M] (Smith) A sport of H. sieboldiana ‘Elegans’…leaves have a bright yellow-gold center surrounded by a wide blue-green margin and grow into a beautiful clump about 15-18” tall. Near white flowers midseason. |
 Ginsu Knife[M] (Solberg) Great combination of characteristics makes this one really stand out…forms an upright fountain-shape clump of heavily rippled and serrated creamy margined leaves. The irregular margin frames a medium green center and the arching leaves undulate and twist. Top the clump with white fragrant flowers and you have a wonderful specimen that will create lots of interest |
newly available in 2008 from Ron Livingston… **Glorious [S] (Livingston) Another great name that fits on this wonderful hybrid from H. ‘Raspberry Sorbet’… a small graceful plant that is fast growing and has thick, smooth, bright shiny undulating leaves which turn a brilliant yellow in the sun. While the buds and bracts match the leaves in color, the base of the buds and the length of the scapes are vibrant red and create a stunning contrast. After sporting lavender flowers the seed pods end up purplish-red also |
 Goldbrook Glimmer[M] (Bond) A unique sport of H. 'Halcyon' from Sandra Bond of Great Britain...blue leaves have a barely visible chartreuse-green center that becomes more visible as the season progresses. The glaucous bloom covers the whole leaf surface creating a mystical vision topped with lavender flowers |
| Goldbrook Grebe [M] (Bond) A cross between H. pycnophylla and H. longipes and named for its red petioles...the slightly ruffled green leaves have whitish backs and are held upright so the red petioles show well. Topped with lavender flowers |
 **Golden MeadowsPPAF [M] (Holland) New sport from H. sieboldiana ‘Elegans’ with an interesting color combination…leaves are light green with dark green margins and medium green streaks between the two colors. White flowers in summer and similar growth habit to its parent except it does not grow as tall |
| Gosan Leather Strap [S] (Schmid) Elongated shiny dark green leaves have great substance and rapidly make a nice clump. The leaves are somewhat wavy and the petioles are "strap-like". Lavender flowers top the clump in early fall and works nicely in the front of the border or the rock garden |
| Grand Canyon [L] (Petryszyn/Brincka) An upright vase-shaped hosta with chartreuse-green leaves that have good substance and a ruffled leaf margin. Cross between H. ‘Sum & Substance and H. montana var. macrophylla |
| Grand Marquee [M] (Laviana/Malloy) Blue-green leaves have an irregular pattern and a narrow golden center that turns creamy-white by the end of the season. Said to be a sport with Tokudama roots but looks very close to H. ‘Touch of Class’ early in the season. Some cupping and topped with near-white flowers in late spring |
 Grand SlamM] (Benedict/Gowan) Thick, glossy, heart-shaped dark green leaves are held on red petioles and topped with lavender flowers in early fall. Been around for many years but has always been expensive and hard to find |
 Gray Cole[L] (Kuk) A large clump of corrugated and cupped blue leaves with gray overtones and good substance |
WOW! stunning new introduction from Jan van den Top... **Great Escape PPAF[M] (Van den Top) We are very excited to be introducing this plant in the US...Jan brings forth a sport of H. ‘Halcyon’ with a very wide white border. Vigorous grower with all the same attributes as its parent--good substance, holds up throughout the season and is topped with lavender flowers. This plant will truly standout in any garden! |
 Great Expectations[L] (Aden) A real prize when mature...grows slowly and requires a warm sunny spot. Leaves have extremely wide blue-green margins enveloping a yellow-cream center and topped with white flowers |
| Great Lakes Gold [L] (D&J Ward) A nice large gold with beautiful leaves that show good veination and a really nice pie-crusted margin. Substance is good and clump will be topped with pale lavender flowers. Vigorous grower |
 Green with Envy[S] (Chrystal/Bond) Bright greenish-gold leaves surrounded by a dark green border…vigorous grower and topped with purple flowers midsummer. |
 Grey Ghost[M/L] (Solberg) Bob Solberg brings us this exciting and unique new sport of H. 'Blue Angel'...in the spring the leaves emerge creamy-white with very little color, then turn a bright butter-yellow and eventually blue in about six weeks. H. 'Grey Ghost' is NOT the all-white form of H. 'Guardian Angel' as it holds the unique color longer. Makes a giant mound of large pointed leaves and is topped with near-white flowers in June. Excellent grower |
 Guacamole[L] (Solberg) This outstanding plant does best if planted in a sunnier location…forms a large open mound of gold leaves with dark green margins by the end of the season (in cooler climates it often doesn’t show good variegation until late May). Topped with very large fragrant near-white flowers areas |
| Guardian Angel [M/L] (Thompson) The variegated sport of H. ‘Blue Angel’…a white-centered leaf early in the spring grows progressively greener and ends with a medium green center and blue border. In time this plant will be a huge clump of blue foliage and topped with white flowers. In cooler climates the distinct variegation holds well into the season |
| Gunsmoke [L] (Herold) Wonderful introduction from Roy Herold that is a cross between H. ‘Sagae’ and H. ‘Blue Piecrust’… shiny metallic blue leaves are nicely rounded and have an impressive rippled margin. This vigorous grower can become a huge clump and will be topped with lavender flowers in early summer |
always limited availability... **Gunther’s Prize[L] (Solberg/Stark) Large, thick and shiny golden leaves are streaked and splashed on this highly sought after sport of H. ‘Sum and Substance’. We are offering 2nd and 3rd year tissue-cultured plants and will not ship them until they are in leaf...we will select the best plants possible as there is great variability in the crop. Although this is our first year to catalog this plant, we have been selling it for several years and found it to be a vigorous grower. It does take some work by leaf selection to create a uniform plant |