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CULTIVAR/
COST |
DESCRIPTION |
LEAF
SIZE |
PLANT SIZE |
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Lacy Belle
(Lachman 1992)
currently unavailable
$6.00
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Med.; triangular blue-green
leaves with a wide creamy white margin. Forms an attractive clump. |
7x4 |
37x16 |
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Lady Isobel Barnet
(Grenfell 1996)
currently unavailable
$16.00 |
Lg.; a 'Sum and Substance' sport , slug resistant, thick
glossy green leaves and with a cream to yellow margin. Grows much faster
and larger than 'Sum-n-Substance.' |
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Lakeport Blue
(Tompkins 1984)
$12.00
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Lg.; large dark blue clump of puckered, round
leaves. Rapid growing making a dramatic specimen plant. |
16x12
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63x27
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Lakeside Blue Jeans
(Chastain 1995)
$15.00
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Lg.; rounded blue leaves with
good substance and puckered. Near white flowers in June. |
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Lakeside Premier (Chastain 1994)
$10.00 |
Med.; medium to large mound of dark green heart shaped
leaves with a wide creamy margin. Near white flowers in June. Great color. |
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Lakeside Rhapsody
(Chastain 1995)
$12.00
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Med.-lg.; beautiful blue-green leaves with a
creamy-white margin. Good substance and excellent color. Lavender flowers
in June. |
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Lakeside
Shore Master
(Chastain 1998)
$16.00
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Med.; thick blue-green leaves with an ivory,
rapidly turning light green to rich yellow center, some streaks jetting
toward the center. Intensely seersuckered. Site this rapid increaser in
good light to moderate shade. |
10x8.5
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30x14
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Laura and Darrell
(Hatfield/Ward 1997)
currently unavailable
$20.00
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Lg.; bright gold margins are 5/8" wide,
medium to dark green center; heavily corrugated, thick substance. |
11x9
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60x24 |
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Leading Lady
(Wilkins 1995)
$16.00 |
Lg.; large mound of dark olive green leaves with striking yellow
margins early, changing to creamy white. A superb specimen hosta. Light lavender
flowers in July. Striking. |
14x10
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40x23 |
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Lemon Lime
(Savory 1988)
$5.00 |
Sm.; neat little clump with narrow wavy lime leaves;
prefers morning sun to hold color. Repeat bloomer with an abundance of
lavender flowers. American Hosta Society 2010
Benedict Garden Performance Award of Merit. |
5x1 |
12x10 |
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Leola Fraim
(Lachman 1986)
currently unavailable
$7.00 |
Med.-lg.; heart-shaped medium green with a wide, white margin;
cupped and puckered at maturity. |
9x7 |
32x18 |
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Liberty
(Machen 2000)
$17.00
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Lg.; a sport of 'Sagae', dark green
leaves with wide
jetting, 2-3/8" yellow margins which fade to creamy white. The leaves
are of much heavier substance providing greater slug resistance. Site in
light to moderate shade. |
12.5x9
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40x28
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Linda Sue
(Wade 1999)
$20.00
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Lg.; blue-green center with a wide gold
margin; heavily corrugated with very thick substance. Near white flowers. |
13x10
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50x20
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Little
Treasure
(J. van den Top/Van Eechaute
2008)
$12.00
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Mini.; small, pointed leaves with good
substance have blue-green margins and a creamy white center. |
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10x6 |
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Lollapalooza
(Elslager 1998)
currently unavailable
$22.00 |
Lg.; dark green center with a 1/4" wide,
bright yellow to creamy white margin. Good substance. |
11x9 |
33x18 |
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Love Pat
(Aden 1978)
$13.00 |
Med.; Intense blue, cupped, crinkled - the best in its class! Winner of the AHS Midwest Blue Award, 1988. |
6x6 |
24x20 |
Photo courtesy of Carol Brashear |
Luna Moth
(B. Meyer NR)
$17.00
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Med.; grows quickly to form a symmetrical
clump of dark green, heart shaped leaves of thick substance. Wide, light
green margins brighten to yellow in the summer. |
6x5
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36x15
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Lunar Orbit
(Lydell 1991)
$12.00 |
Med.; gold leaves edged with a dramatic wide, green
margin. Sport of 'August Moon' with the same good growth habit and form.
Lavender flowers. An attention getter! |
7x5
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50x18
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Mama Mia
(Benedict)
currently unavailable
$9.00 |
Med.; wavy dark green with wide margins of gold gradually
fading to pale cream. Pale lavender flowers. Vigorous. |
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20x18
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Manhattan
(Brinka/Petryszyn
1994)
currently unavailable
$18.00 |
Lg.; large mound of medium
green, heart shaped leaves that are intensely puckered with rippled
margins. The ultimate in crinkled, rippled green leaves! Attractive purple
scapes early in the season. |
11x8
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36x14
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Maraschino Cherry
(Zilis/ Solberg 1999)
$7.00 |
Sm.-med.; fast growing sport of 'Cherry
Berry'. Long lance shaped
green leaves with beautiful long purplish red bloom scapes and red petioles;
lavender flowers mid July. |
7x3 |
36x16 |
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Margin of Error
(Kuk 1995)
$6.00 |
Med.; dark green leaves with a crisp creamy white
margin; glaucous on both surfaces. Light lavender flowers. |
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Marilyn Monroe
(Hawes/Ruh 2005)
NEW for 2012!
$18.00 |
Med.; heavily rippled medium green with smooth
texture and intense white underside. Good substance and reddish petioles.
Nice ruffled leaves. Purples flowers. |
8x6.5
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37x17
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Maui Buttercups
(Vaughn 1991)
currently unavailable
$14.00 |
Sm.; thick chartreuse to
bright yellow leaves; intensely seersuckered and puckered toward the tip.
A superb yellow for every garden. |
5x4
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14x10
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Metallic Sheen
(Zilis 1999)
$12.00
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Lg.; open mound of metallic gray-green foliage
with a smooth texture and good substance. |
14x10 |
60x28 |
Photo courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc. |
Mighty Mouse
(Walters Gardens 2006)
$15.00
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Mini.; mouse ear shaped leaves emerge
blue-green with creamy yellow edge. By summer, the leaves turn grey-green
with a creamy white edge. Incredible substance for a miniature! |
2.5x2.5
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11x6.5
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Miki
(Ruh/Zumbar 1991)
$15.00
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Lg.; dense mound, somewhat unruly, gold
foliage; deeply
veined with thick substance. |
12x8.5 |
50x22 |
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Mildred Seaver (Vaughn 1981)
currently unavailable
$9.00 |
Lg.; 1/2" to 3/4"
wide yellow margin in spring changing to creamy white by mid-summer,
medium to dark green center. Slight waviness & corrugation. |
10x7.5 |
62x27 |
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Minuteman
(Machen, Jr. 1994)
currently unavailable
$10.00
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Med.; rich dark green center surrounded by a
crisp creamy white margin. Similar to 'Patriot' except it has a
darker green color. |
7x5 |
30x12 |
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Mojito
(Zilis/Vanous NR)
currently unavailable
$15.00
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Lg.; fast growing, shiny and smooth emerald
green leaf with thick substance. Fragrant, pale lavender flowers in
August. |
12x8 |
52x24 |
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H. montana
(species)
$7.00
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Lg.; one of the most common hosta species with
glossy green elongated heart shaped
leaves; near white trumpet shaped flowers. Excellent background plant. |
10x7 |
36x24 |
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montana 'Aureomarginata'
(AHS 1987)
$13.00 |
Lg.; an outstanding specimen plant with large glossy green
leaves with wide irregular margins of yellow. Shade to 3/4 sun. A CLASSIC. |
15x8.5 |
65x27 |
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Moonlight
(Banyai 1977)
currently unavailable
$8.00 |
Med-lg.; beautiful lime-gold
with a white edge. This sport of 'Gold Standard' with its bright
color really stands out in shaded areas. |
9.5x5.5 |
50x20 |
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Moonlight Sonata
(Johnson 2004)
$13.00
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Lg.; elegant bluish green foliage becoming
shiny green in midsummer. Cupped and wavy leaves with good substance.
Very pale bluish white fragrant flowers. Slug resistant. |
12x11
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68x22
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Neat and Tidy
(Simpers 1980)
$9.00
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Lg.; large mound of very unruly dark green
foliage. The irregularly blue-green leaves are cupped with some puckering.
Near white flowers. |
9.25x8
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49x19 |
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Neat Splash
(Aden 1978)
$10.00 |
Med.; slightly shiny, heavily streaked throughout with sections of
creamy-white, green and greenish white mottling; occasional white
margins. Must divide every 3 to 4 years to maintain streaking. Popular for
breeding. |
7x2.75
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36x16 |
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Neat Splash Rim
(AHS 1986)
$5.00
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Med.; the stable form of 'Neat Splash' in which the variegation has migrated to the margins. Green with a
yellow border. |
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24x12
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Niagara Falls
(Brinka-Petryszyn 1991)
$14.00
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Lg.; dark green, thick substance, deeply
impressed veins with small rippled edges. Pie-crust edges are not present
on young plants. American Hosta Society 2010
Benedict Garden Performance Award of Merit. |
15x9
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30x20
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Night before Christmas
(Machen 1994)
$12.00 |
Med.; a much larger, more vigorous mutation of 'White Christmas'. Dark green
2" margins and a snowy white center.
The best growing white centered hosta. |
9x7
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63x25
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H. nigrescens
(species)
$12.00
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Lg.; large, vase shaped mound of
cupped, blue-gray foliage changing to dark green by midsummer. Very tall
scapes. |
12x9.5
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66x30
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Northern Exposure
(Walters Gardens 1997)
$15.00 |
Lg.; huge, corrugated leaves are blue-green with 2" wide yellow-green
margins that lighten to white. Good substance. |
13x10
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70x27 |
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