| Hosta Name |
Size |
|
Price |
| ‘Hacksaw’
| 10” ht x 18” w
| Jumbo
| $16.00 |
 A truly unique collector’s hosta, this gay blade boasts
very long, tapered, intensely rippled and serrated light green foliage and a
vigorous growth habit. With light lavender flowers, it can take a fair amount
of sun and will be a cutting edge focal point to your hosta collection! VERY,
VERY limited! |
| ‘Hadspen Blue’
| 18” ht x 43” w
| #1
| $8.00 |
 One
of the bluest and best; resembles ‘Elegans’ but smaller, bluer, and faster
growing. Whitish flowers in July-August. |
 ‘Hanky Panky’
| 13” ht x 30” w
| #1
| $20.00 |
 A sport of ‘Striptease’, this is definitely a Contrary
“gotta-have!” In the spring it emerges dark green with pale lime margins and
a white thread that separates the two. In the summer it changes to white
edged with a pale green overlay. A vigorous grower (love mine in the display
bed!) with lavender flowers. |
| ‘Happy Hearts’
| 15” ht x 28” w
| #1
| $8.00 |
| A rather cheerful fellow with
heart shaped bluish-green foliage—it forms a dense mound and has pinkish
flowers. |
| ‘Hart’s Tongue’
| 9” ht x 12” w
| Jumbo
| $15.00 |
| This rather rare creature starts chartreuse and morphs to
limey green later in the season. Lavender flowers, limited numbers! |
| ‘Heart and Soul’
| 10” ht x 18” w
| #1
| $14.00 |
| A sport of ‘Vanilla Cream’
with yellow heart shaped foliage that has a green edge. It is the reverse of
‘Ice Cream’ and is rapidly becoming a Contrary favorite! See photo at top of hostas page! |
| ‘Heart Broken’
| 8” ht x 18” w
| Jumbo Sq.
| $14.00 |
| (I really seem to be on a
theme here, don’t I!) This little heartbreaker has yellow heart shaped
foliage changing to light green mid-summer. Really needs to be placed near
‘Cheatin’ Heart’ and ‘Illicit Affair’, don’t ya think! |
| ‘Heat Wave’
| 12”h x 16” w
| #1
| $15.00 |
 This sport of ‘Bright Lights’ has thick chartreuse foliage with blue margins in spring, evolving to a bright golden center.
Near white flowers; can take a fair amount of sun. |
 ‘Herbal Tea’ |
18”ht x 24”w |
#1 |
$19.00 |
 This sport of ‘My Cup of Tea’ has bright gold, cupped
foliage and red scapes—good growth rate and pale lavender flowers too! Very
limited! |
| ‘Hi Ho Silver’
| 8” ht x 16” w
| Jumbo Sq.
| $12.00 |
 This is a very striking plant,
with lance-shaped wavy foliage that is dark green with pure white margins.
Vivid purple flowers in summer…limited quantities! |
| ‘Hidden Cove’
| 6” ht x 12” w
| Jumbo Sq.
| $14.00 |
 This new dwarf has arrow-shaped leaves that are
butterscotch, edged with dark green margins and lavender flowers in summer. A
little treasure for your fairy garden! |
| ‘Hideout’ |
mini
|
4 ½” pot
|
$16.00
|
 This ‘Hidden Cove’ sport (which I love!), this cutie has
curly, white centered foliage with dark green margins. A great grower and
adorable for your fairy garden! |
| ‘High Society’
| 8” ht x 18” w
| #1
| $15.00 |
 A sport of ‘June’ with blue
margins and a warm yellow center that changes to white. Great substance and
pale lavender flowers…she’s as lovely as her sister! |
| ‘Hippodrome’
| 18” ht x 38” w
| #1
| $17.00 |
| This one out of ‘Christmas Tree’ x ‘Halcyon’ has round
dark bluish green leaves that are edged in creamy white. The margins are
ruffled and the leaves are deeply veined; white flowers too! Fabulous beast! |
| ‘Holly’s Dazzler’
| 15” ht x 25” w
| #1
| $12.00 |
| VERY glossy, heart-shaped
pointed leaves…the foliage is sparkly! Fragrant purple flowers in summer. |
| ‘Hollywood Lights’ |
23” ht x 26” w |
#1 |
$17.00 |
 This one’s a sport of ‘On Stage’ with arching,
heavily-substanced foliage of dark green with a bright yellow flare that
streaks towards the center. Show stopping! |
| ‘Holy Mouse Ears’ |
6” ht x 15” w |
Jumbo |
$19.00 |
 Yep, that’s what you’ll say when you meet this cutie! Same
substance as her cousins, but with yellow to creamy white centers and blue-green
margins. Again, not ready ‘til late summer, but I’m sure will squeak outa
here fast! |
| ‘Hope’
| 5” ht x 12” w
| Jumbo Sq.
| $15.00 |
 Another little cutie for your fairy garden, this one’s
a sport of ‘baby bunting’ with golden edges. |
| ‘Hush Puppy’
| mini
| 4 ½” pot
| $16.00 |
| The awesome growth rate of this sport of Venusta make this
little guy a real performer! He features bitsy heart shaped leaves that are
grey-green with creamy white margins and dark purple flowers…a darlin’ y’all! |
| ‘Hydon Sunset’ |
mini |
Jumbo |
$9.00 |
| This is a golden mini with great veination and outstanding
purple flowers that have deep purple buds. Cute! |
| ‘Hyuga Urajiro’
| 8” ht x 15” w
| Jumbo Sq.
| $17.00 |
 A nice new import from Japan with frosty blue spear
shaped leaves with yellow streaks. The underside of the leaves have a silver
sheen! Near white flowers are displayed almost horizontally…a gem! |
| ‘Ice Age Trail’ |
16” ht x 36” w |
jumbo |
$22.00 |
 This streaked sport of ‘Big Daddy’ is jaw-dropping! It has
streaks of gold thru blue-green foliage which changes to dark green with
white streaks in summer. Near white flowers; a slow grower and won’t be ready
until late summer! |
| ‘Ice Cream’
| 9” ht x 18” w
| Jumbo Sq.
| $12.00 |
| This cute dwarf is a sport of
‘Vanilla Cream’ with rounded deep green leaves with a light green margin and
pale lavender flower. See pictures at Hosta Library! |
| ‘Illicit Affair’
| 3” ht x 10” w
| Jumbo Sq.
| $12.00 |
| A little temptress with a
light edge and purple flowers. |
| ‘Imp’
| 5” ht x 12” w
| Jumbo Sq.
| $15.00 |
 A mini that’s a cross between
‘Yellow Splash’, ‘tibae’ and Shining Tot’ with elongated heart shaped dark
green leaves with crisp creamy margins; leaves are slightly rippled. Pale
purple flowers. |
| ‘Inaho’ |
13” ht x 29” w |
#1 |
$12.00 |
| This Hosta is also known as ‘Kisuji’, and is an
eye-catching streaked and mottled plant of yellow and green bright foliage.
It has a thin substance and may be more prone to slug damage, but is well
worth protecting (try “Escargo” from Garden’s Alive) as it is a real looker!
Medium to deep purple flowers. |
| ‘Incoming’ |
21” ht x 52” w |
#1 |
$22.00 |
| This is “da-bomb” with elliptical shaped smooth and deeply
veined dark green shiny foliage and lavender flowers. Distinctive and a great
foil for bright hostas! |
| ‘Independence’
| 22” ht x 30” w
| #1
| $13.00 |
 A great NEW reverse sport of ‘Revolution’ with dark
green leaves with creamy-white margins that are SPECKLED with green! Lavender
flowers in summer and great slug resistance. |
| ‘Inspire Greatness’ |
26” ht x 40” w |
#1 |
$22.00 |
| This stable form of ‘Brave Attempt’ has broadly ovate,
almost heart-shaped foliage that is blue-green with creamy white edges and great
substance. Pale lavender flowers too! |
| ‘Invincible’
| 18” ht x 30” w
| #1
| $8.00 |
 I really like this hosta classic as it always catches
my eye with its VERY glossy, wavy-edged leaves and FRAGRANT white flowers. |
| ‘Irish Luck’ |
18”ht x 24”w |
#1 |
$40.00 |
 A VERY new seedling from ‘Invincible’ (one of my personal
FAVES!) with VERY shiny (on top and underneath) VERY dark green foliage that
is rippled and piecrusted; has an impressive vase-shaped growth habit and
fragrant lavender flowers too! Great substance…also VERY limited! |
| ‘Ivory Coast’
| 20” ht x 6” w
| #1
| $16.00 |
 This smaller sport of ‘Sagae’ has grey-green leaves with
yellow margins, maturing to ivory margins with blue-green centers. Lavender
flowers top this distinctive beauty! |
| ‘Janet’ |
17” ht x 38” w |
#1 |
$10.00 |
| Like a smaller version of ‘Gold Standard’, she has
chartreuse to gold foliage with a thin deep green margin. Great growth rate and
very perky in the garden, with pale lavender striped flowers. |
| ‘Jaws’ |
10”ht x 14”w? |
jumbo |
$22.00 |
 This one was aptly named as it has VERY serrated and
stiff deep green undulating foliage that looks like it will bite! Very dense
and VERY different…collectors only! |
| ‘Jaz’
| 12” ht x 30” w
| #1
| $18.00 |
 A hybrid of ‘Sum &
Substance’ x ‘yingeri’ that looks like it’s made of gold plastic! Slow
grower, it’s very shiny with a thick substance and near white flowers…unique! A Contary Mary Top 10 pick! |
| ‘Jewel of the Nile’
| 18” ht x 30” w
| #1
| $13.00 |
 Unusual
wedge-shaped foliage that is blue-green with a yellow edge makes this a great
addition to your hosta collection. It has lavender flowers in summer. |
| ‘Jimmy Crack Corn’
| 24” ht x 30” w
| #1
| $13.00 |
| Although not a new Hosta, I am
so impressed with the one in our display garden that I thought everyone
needed a chance to get one of their own!! It is a seedling of ‘Piedmont Gold’
with very impressive shiny gold leaves that have deep veins and piecrust
edges and forms a large bright distinctive clump. |
| ‘Journey’s End’
| 24” ht x 72” w
| #1
| $17.00 |
 A magnificent sport of ‘Choo
Choo Train’ with huge heart shaped ruffled leaves that are yellow gold with several
shades of green where the wide dark green margin merges into the gold center.
Site this one in morning sun for best coloration. Pale lavender flowers. |
| ‘Jubilee’ |
18”ht x 34”w |
#1 |
$17.00 |
 A brightly variegated hosta with dark green leaf centers
and yellow margins. A great grower with lavender flowers. |
| ‘June’
| 12” ht x 30” w
| #1
| $11.00 |
 Creamy centered foliage changing to chartreuse, blue
margins. A real standout in the garden. Needs morning sun for best
coloration. |
| ‘June Fever’ |
15”ht x 26”w |
#1 |
$16.00 |
 Now we all know how fantastic ‘June’ is, and this
offspring is no exception! It is a nearly all yellow sport with narrow
bluish green margins; stays very bright if grown in morning sun. Has the
fabulous texture and substance from its parent and pale bluish-lavender
flowers. |
| ‘Just So’
| 4” ht x 12” w
| Jumbo Sq.
| $12.00 |
| Another darling mini (just so
cute!) with a golden center and dark edge…rare! |
| ‘Katie Q’
| 18” ht x 45” w
| #1
| $16.00 |
 A sport of ‘Marilyn’ with a
good growth rate, she has vivid coloration with bluish center early, changing
to dark green, and gold edges. Pale lavender flowers. |
| ‘Katsuragawa Beni’ |
12” ht x 15” w |
#1 |
$15.00 |
 This Hosta from Japan has narrow, shiny, deep green foliage
with very unique red petioles that merge into the foliage and fleck into the
leaves. Deep lavender flowers; a real collector’s hosta! |
| ‘Key Lime Pie’
| 23” ht x 48” w
| #1
| $16.00 |
| A sport of ‘Squash Casserole’
that produces heavily ruffled medium green leaves with wide yellow edges. It
leaves are held horizontally so it forms a flat mounded clump and is a great
grower. Pale lavender flowers. |
| ‘Key West’ |
28” ht x 36” w |
#1 |
$17.00 |
 What torture it is to write about a Hosta evoking a tropic
paradise in the dead of winter with 7” of snow on the ground! (Just remember
this in August!) Anyway, this Hosta is aptly named for it has intense bright
yellow heart shaped foliage with pronounced veining; bright shade or morning
sun is best for intense coloration. All you Jimmy Buffet fans/Contrary Mary
Plantheads NEED this one! |
| ‘Kinbotan’
| 5” ht x 10” w
| Jumbo Sq.
| $18.00 |
| This mini’s name translates
from Japanese as “gold button”,so you know what it’s as cute as!! It has tiny
green leaves that are edged with a narrow gold margin…growth habit is like
‘Venusta’. Tiny purple flowers adorn it in summer. |
| ‘King of Spades’ |
16” ht x 30” w |
#1 |
$16.00 |
 I’m betting that this ‘Neat Splash’ x ‘Blue Moon’ cross
will win a place in your garden! He has spade-shaped medium blue foliage with
LOTS of puckering and lavender flowers…a winner! |
| ‘Kiwi Full Monty’
| 22”h x 35” w
| #1
| $18.00 |
 A new sport of ‘Striptease’
(one of my very faves!) with blue-green leaf margins and a leaf center with
chartreuse to yellow and a narrow white line meandering between the center
and margin. A must for your risqué collection….I think it will put on as good
of a show as its parent does! |
| ‘Kiwi Golden Thimble’
| 5” ht x 10” w
| Jumbo Sq.
| $16.00 |
| Another mini, this one’s pure
gold! |
| ‘Komodo Dragon’
| 28” ht x 72” w
| #1
| $14.00 |
| This monster produces a huge
mound of piecrust-edged heart-shaped grey-green leaves that are of fantastic
substance! Near white flowers. |
| ‘Korean Snow’
| 12” ht x 30” w
| #1
| $14.00 |
 Wow, this is one unusual new hosta! Spectacular, misted
young foliage that changes to a shiny medium green with smooth texture, and
spidery, bright purple flowers in August-September—a gotta have! A Contary Mary Top 10 pick! |
| ‘Krossa Regal’
| 33” ht x 70” w
| #1
| $7.00 |
| A classic that is a must to
anchor your hosta collection! It forms an unmistakable vase-shaped mound of
leathery frosty blue foliage and lavender flowers. |
| ‘Lady Godiva’
| 18” ht x 40” w
| #1
| $13.00 |
| A NEW hosta that is a reverse
sport of ‘Striptease’, she has leaves with a medium green center and white
margins. Plant next to ‘Striptease (the 2005 Hosta of the Year!) for an
ooh-la-la effect!! |
| ‘Lady Isobel Barnett’
| 28” ht x 80” w
| #1
| $15.00 |
 A ‘Sum &
Substance’ mutation, she may be destined to surpass her parent’s immense
size—lovely large green shiny leaves with narrow gold margins, lavender
flowers—A MUST. A Contary Mary Top 10 pick! |
| ‘Lakeside Beach Captain’
| 15” ht x 24” w
| #1
| $18.00 |
 This sport of ‘Lakeside Shore Master’ has heavily
substanced, rounded leaves that are blue green with very narrow chartreuse
leaf centers. Great grower, near white flowers, a real standout! |
| ‘Lakeside Butterball’
| 18” ht x 40” w
| #1
| $20.00 |
| This rare hosta has heavily corrugated, golden foliage
that is almost round. White flowers top this cheerful plant! |
| ‘Lakeside Cha Cha’ |
22” ht x 36” w |
#1 |
$12.00 |
| This one’ll make ya dance for joy with lime-green foliage
that changes to glowing yellow, and creamy white margins. Heavy substance,
vase-shaped mound, and orchid color flowers too! |
| ‘Lakeside Coal Miner’
| 15” ht x 28” w
| #1
| $13.00 |
| This newish hosta has very
dark, shiny, undulating leaves that can be up to 10” long….very eye-catching!
Dark purple flowers in July. |
| ‘Lakeside Cupcake’
| 5” ht x 16” w
| Jumbo Sq.
| $16.00 |
 This one has cute cupped
rounded leaves that have a very dark wide green margin and near white
centers…great substance and a good growth rate! Near White flowers. |
| ‘Lakeside
Dimpled Darling’
| 7” ht x 10” w
| Jumbo
| $18.00 |
| This little smiley hosta has bright green foliage and
clear white borders and (you guessed it) very dimply texture to its foliage! |
| ‘Lakeside Dividing Line’ |
16”ht x 24”w |
#1 |
$24.00 |
 If you want a standout, distinctive, white-centered
hostas, look no more for here she is! Her narrow white center line contrasts
beautifully with the dark green shiny margins—would look absolutely fabulous
with ‘Blue Ivory’, ‘Hi Ho Silver’, or ‘Tropical Storm’ for contrast! VERY
VERY limited! |
| ‘Lakeside Elfin Fire’
| 5” ht x 12” w
| Jumbo Sq.
| $16.00 |
 This NEW little mini is a real cutie with slender
leaves that are white centered SPECKLED with green and have thin green
margins…ANOTHER gotta-have especially for you fairy garden! |
| ‘Lakeside Hula Hoop’
| 9” ht x 22” w
| #1
| $18.00 |
| This newbie has bright green,
gleaming, lance-shaped foliage with heavily ruffled yellow edges and lavender
flowers. |
| ‘Lakeside Iron Man’
| 18” ht x 40” w
| #1
| $18.00 |
 A distinctive new hosta that
has very shiny dark green smooth-textured foliage with rippled margins and
great substance. Pale lavender flowers. |
| ‘Lakeside Kaleidoscope’
| 16” ht x 40” w
| #1
| $12.00 |
 A good grower
from Mary Chastain, this has leaves that have creamy-white margins that often
produce grey-green streaks into the medium green center and near white
flowers July into August. |
| ‘Lakeside Lollipop’
| 20” ht x 48” w
| #1 |
$12.00 |
| Shiny, dark green foliage,
heavily corrugated, VERY eye-catching; white flowers July. See pictures at Hosta Library! |
| ‘Lakeside Looking Glass’
| 12” ht x 28” w
| #1
| $15.00 |
 A new Mary
Chastain intro from a yingeri seedling—wide, flat, rippled medium-sized mound
of shiny green leaves and lavender flowers in August/September. |
| ‘Lakeside
Meadow Ice’
| 10” ht x 24” w
| Jumbo
| $20.00 |
 This distinctive hosta features very shiny dark green
foliage with white margins and pale lavender flowers. Very leathery and
polished looking! |
| ‘Lakeside Ninita’ |
mini |
jumbo |
$10.00 |
 This little girl is the stable form of ‘Lakeside Knick
Knack’ with lime green foliage bordered in white; she has an open, rippley
habit and near white flowers. What a doll! |
| ‘Lakeside Old Smokey’ |
15”ht x 38”w |
#1 |
$19.00 |
| This one has smokey-blue foliage with great substance and
lavender flowers. Another limited edition! |
| ‘Lakeside Premier’
| 22” ht x 40” w
| #1
| $15.00 |
 Another great hosta from the
‘Lakeside’ series, this one has dark green heart shaped leaves with white
margins and near white flowers. |
| ‘Lakeside Sassy Sally’ |
16”ht x 34”w |
#1 |
$28.00 |
| This RARE lass is a seedling of ‘Lakeside San Kao’ and is
BRIGHT gold, wavy and with great substance. VERY, VERY,VERY limited and will
not be ready until late summer! |
| ‘Lakeside Storm Watch’ |
7” ht x 15” w |
Jumbo |
$35.00 |
 This is from originator’s stock, and has extremely unique
shiny dark green, wavy “fingers” of foliage reaching upward…can spot this
baby from WAY across the garden! A true collector’s hostas and VERY, VERY
limited! Get her before she passes you by! Very pale lavender flowers too. |
| ‘Lakeside Slick Chick’ |
6”ht x 12”w |
Jumbo |
$28.00 |
 This wee chickadee has VERY shiny dark green foliage that
has a tiny band of gold along the edge—great growth rate and a real looker!
Again, limited and not ready until late summer! |
| ‘Lakeside Tee Ki’ |
8”ht x 16”w |
Jumbo |
$28.00 |
| This little wonder has a very unusual variegation
pattern—gold centered and light buttery margins on wavy foliage that forms
an upright mound. Hate to say it again but VERY limited and ready late
summer! |
| ‘Lakeside Tycoon’ |
16”ht x 30”w |
#1 |
$18.00 |
 A sport of ‘Lakeside Shore Master’ with nearly round blue
corrugated foliage…very handsome and distinguished! |
| ‘Lakeside Wizzit’ |
Mini |
4 ½” pot |
$28.00 |
| A wee widdle wovely wonder with teeny white centered
foliage that has green freckles (talk about a Contrary Mary plant!); has
adorable purple flowers too! Again, VERY limited and ready late summer!!! |
| ‘Last Dance’
| 12” ht x 26” w
| #1
| $15.00 |
| This sport of ‘Summer Music’
has a dark green center with streaky yellow margins and lavender flowers.
Fantastic and limited! |
| ‘Let Me Entertain You’ |
16”ht x 28”w |
#1 |
$12.00 |
| This sport of ‘Gypsy Rose’ has very dark green foliage
and forms an attractive mound—great as a foil for bright guys like ‘Key
West’, ‘Lettuce Salad’, ‘Madam’, and ‘Hollywood Lights’…try it, you’ll like
it! |
| ‘Lettuce Salad’ |
20” ht X 40” w |
#1 |
$18.00 |
 This scrumptious sport of ‘Summer Breeze’ has
flipity-flopity unruly bright green corrugated foliage like a patch of lettuce
just waiting to be harvested! Has the great substance and texture of its mom,
good grower, and looks just yummy in your hosta patch! Very pale lavender
flowers. |
| ‘Lily Pad’
| 12” ht x 18” w
| #1
| $11.00 |
| I love this hosta as it is a
real standout with dark green, almost glassy foliage…great as a foil or just
as a really different kind of hosta! Very Limited. |
| ‘Limey Lisa’
| 12” ht x 26” w
| #1
| $8.00 |
 This small groundcover hosta
has unusual spoon-shaped foliage & forms a wide-spreading, low, flat
mound. Lavender flowers July. |
| ‘Little Black
Scape’
| 10” ht x 12” w
| Jumbo
| $12.00 |
| This one’s a real winner with multi-interesting features!
It has glowing, apple-green to chartreuse foliage and AWESOME black scapes
that really stand out above the foliage! |
| ‘Little Bo Peep’
| 5” ht x 10” w
| Jumbo Sq.
| $12.00 |
| A great dwarf that is dark
green with creamy margins and lavender flowers. We have a nice one in the
display bed! |
| ‘Little Devil’ |
mini |
4 ½” pot |
$13.00 |
| This little imp is a sport of ‘Venusta’ and has long
green fingers with white margins—perfect for your fairy garden collection!
Not ready until late summer. |
| ‘Little Doll’
| 15” ht x 30” w
| |
$12.00 |
| NEW AND RARE - One of my new
favorites, it caught my eye immediately in a display garden; she has rounded
yellow margined leaves, rounded growth habit, lavender flowers in July.
ADORABLE! See pictures at Hosta Library! |
| ‘Little Red
Rooster’
| 5” ht x 10” w
| Jumbo
| $14.00 |
  This little chick is a cross between ‘Wiggle Worms’ and
‘Red Sox’ and has very wavy and shiny medium green foliage and red scapes and
petioles. It needs some sun for the petioles to redden (and can take quite a
bit of sun too!). Lavender flowers. |
| ‘Little Stiffy’ |
mini |
4 ½” pot |
$14.00 |
 This bold baby has shiny yellow stiffly-held foliage that
looks waxy and pokey—DEFINITELY one that stands out in your mini collection!
Another limited treasure! |
| ‘Little Sunspot’
| 5” ht x 12” w
| Jumbo Sq.
| $10.00 |
 A sport of ‘Little Aurora’
with lightly cupped foliage that is medium gold with a green margin. White
flowers with purple stripes. Although this is an older variety, it is a MUST
for the hosta collector! |
| ‘Little White Lines’
| 7” ht x 15” w
| Jumbo Sq.
| $7.00 |
| A sport of ‘Venusta’ with
white margins and purple flowers. |
| ‘Lizard Lick’ |
10” ht x 18” w |
Jumbo |
$17.00 |
 This bizarre creature forms an unruly, spiky mound of long
narrow deep green foliage with narrow margins, and has lavender flowers in
summer. A very distinctive seedling from ‘Pineapple Poll’! |
| ‘Lollapalooza’ |
18”ht x 33”w |
#1 |
$20.00 |
 This festive looking Hosta has nearly round shiny foliage
that has dark green centers and bright yellow margins that change to white
in mid-summer! Near white flowers and another rare creature! |
| ‘London Fog’ |
12” ht x 30” w |
#1 |
$22.00 |
| This sport of ‘Allegan Fog’ is completely misted, with
apple-green foliage that has white freckles and speckles! Good substance and
a somewhat slow grower when young, I’m SURE you’ll say Blimey, I need it!
Pale lavender flowers. |
| ‘Lonesome Dove’ |
15” ht x 28” w |
#1 |
$17.00 |
 This sport of ‘Blue Moon’ features the heavily substanced,
highly textured foliage of its parent, but is blue-green with a creamy white
center. Nice! |
| ‘Lothar the Giant’ |
24” ht x 50” w |
#1 |
$20.00 |
 This big boy has deep dark green foliage with immense
texture and substance…a monster of a specimen plant! Great slug resistance
and near white flowers too! |
| ‘Love Pat’
| 20” ht x 45” w
| #1
| $12.00 |
 A CLASSIC- Thick, blue, quilted leaves with pale
lavender flowers; this is an excellent specimen plant. |
| ‘Lullaby’
| 10” ht x 25” w
| #1
| $17.00 |
| A seedling of ‘Spritzer’ with
luminescent yellow foliage in spring and rippled margins…great texture! Pale
lavender flowers. |
| ‘Madam’
| ?12” ht x 18” w
| #1
| $18.00 |
 This seductive hosta has foliage that is spade-shaped and
emerges chartreuse, then brightens to a glowing yellow (needs some sun). Deep
red scapes snake out from under the foliage, causing this to be a standout
plant in any collection. Fertile pods are also a deep red! |
| ‘Magic Fire’
| 21” ht x 40” w
| #1
| $17.00 |
 This sport of ‘Sagae’ has thick, very heavily substanced
deep green foliage with wide yellow borders that streak toward the leaf
center. The leaves are folded and somewhat twisted and very distinctive…VERY
limited (get it before it disappears!) |
| ‘Majesty’
| 16” ht x 35” w
| #1
| $13.00 |
| This regal hosta is a sport of ‘Sagae’ and has dark green
foliage with creamy yellow margins—very bright and eye-catching! Pale
lavender flowers. |
| ‘Majordomo’ |
17”ht x 48”w |
#1 |
$22.00 |
 This fella has wedge-shaped foliage of great substance
that is “steely blue” until late summer when it morphs to deep dark shiny
green. Lovely near white flowers also! |
| ‘Malabar’ |
12”ht x 30”w |
#1 |
$22.00 |
 This good grower has medium green centered foliage with
white margins. |
| ‘Mango Tango’ |
18” ht x 30” w |
#1 |
$22.00 |
 This sport of ‘Dance With Me’ has rounded, shimmery leaves
that are mango yellow in the center and have wide, apple-green edges. Almost
puckery in the center, it’s been called the reverse of ‘Stitch in Time’ and
would look awesome next to each other (hint, hint!) Good grower, lavender
flowers, and EXTREMELY limited! |
| ‘Manhattan’
| 14” ht x 36” w
| #1
| $17.00 |
| This is one great hosta with
movement and style! VERY heavily corrugated and puckered in an apple green,
with almost rose colored flowers….magnificent! |
| ‘Marilyn’ |
15” ht x 36” w |
#1 |
$8.00 |
 This cross between ‘Gold Drop’ x ‘Green Piecrust’ forms a bright
yellow, open mound of foliage with beautiful piecrusted edges—she has the
great attributes of both parents! Pale lavender flowers. |
| ‘Marilyn Monroe’ |
14” ht x 20” w |
#1 |
$15.00 |
 This superstar has thick, gray-green foliage with white
backs; edges are piecrusted (think of Marilyn’s famous ruffley skirt!) Red
petioles and lavender flowers complete the picture! |
| ‘Marrekech’ |
9” ht x 15” w |
Jumbo |
$19.00 |
 This exotic beauty from Ken Terpening has lance-shaped
bright yellow foliage with deeply pie crusted, wavy edges (a trademark of the
breeder). Morning sun or very bright shade for best color…another VERY unique
feature is its PINK flower scapes and PINK buds opening to very light
lavender flowers…a collector’s dream! |
| ‘Maruba Iwa’
| 10” ht x 15” w
| #1
| $14.00 |
| This selection of longpipes var. latifolia has very shiny,
wavy, dark green round leaves with white backs and purple petioles and a
pinkish cast to its flowers. Very different and sure to evoke comments…also
very limited! |
| ‘Masquerade’
| 7”h x 12” w
| Jumbo Sq.
| $9.00 |
| This is a dwarf with
white-centered leaves and two-toned green margins. Very different! See
pictures at Hosta Library! |
| ‘Maui Buttercups’
| 10” ht x 18” w
| #1
| $15.00 |
 A real looker with heavily cupped,
puckered, round yellow leaves—very slug resistant and glows in the shade! |
| ‘May’
| 7” ht x 22” w
| #1
| $10.00 |
 The all gold form of ‘June’
with the same thick substance. Brighter light (morning sun) draws out a
richer coloration! Pale lavender flowers with stripes. |
| ‘Maya Tritone’
| 10” ht x 15” w
| #1
| $18.00 |
  This is one bizarre creature! No, it’s not from ph
imbalance or a virus…it almost looks like it has watermelon stripes with
creamy veins on chartreuse to yellow smooth foliage and red speckling on its
petioles….very much a “gotta have”, and of course in short supply—it’s a
stop-in-your-tracks kinda hosta! |
| ‘Merry-go-round’ |
31”ht x 65”w |
#1 |
$24.00 |
 This VERY LARGE Hosta forms an upright mound of shiny
dark green slightly wavy foliage—has great substance and deep veins which
make it the perfect foil for ones like ‘Maya Tritone’, ‘Sun Power’, ‘The
Shining’ and ‘Strawberry Banana Smoothie’! |
| ‘Midwest Magic’
| 22” ht x 40” w
| #1
| $11.00 |
| A great grower with golden
centers and dark green margins, white flowers in July. |
| ‘Mighty Mite’ |
7”ht x 18”w |
jumbo |
$18.00 |
 This VERY distinctive collector’s Hosta has wavy and
twisted dark green glossy foliage that looks plastic…AWESOME! Has speckled
dark red scapes and flowers that are striped and speckled lavender. A good
grower and does well with morning sun. |
| ‘Mighty Mouse’ |
6”ht x 12”w |
jumbo |
$18.00 |
 This sport of (who else?!) ‘Blue Mouse Ears has
blue-green foliage with creamy yellow edges that turn creamy white in
summer. An absolutely ADORABLE creature for your mini/small collection! |
| ‘Midnight at the Oasis’ |
16” ht x 28” w |
#1 |
$18.00 |
 This ‘Pathfinder’ sport starts out like its parent with thick,
heavily substanced foliage that have a white center with a dark green border.
As the weather gets warmer, it morphs into a flecked white center with swirls
of dark streaking. Distinctive, and practically guaranteed not to attract
camels! |
| ‘Midnight Ride’ |
20” ht x 40” w |
#1 |
$11.00 |
| This sport of ‘Paul Revere’ has glossy, intense, deep
green foliage and lavender flowers. A great growth rate, and looks absolutely
fab with ‘Pathfinder’, ‘Peppermint Ice’, or a bright gold like ‘Key West’! |
| ‘Miki’
| 22” ht x 40” w
| #1
| $16.00 |
| This was a 2005 AHS convention plant and has medium gold,
deeply veined leaves, a mounding habit, and lavender flowers. Caused a
sensation then, and hasn’t stopped! |
| ‘Miss Ruby’
| 9” ht x 15” w
| Jumbo
| $17.00 |
| Another unique new hosta that has wedge-shaped apple green
veined smooth foliage and dark red petioles with the red reaching up into the
leaf blade. An award winner in the “First Look” competition…she’s a real
looker! |
| ‘Miss Susie’ |
12” ht x 20” w |
Jumbo |
$18.00 |
| This stunner has brilliant yellow, wedge shaped foliage
held aloft on crimson red petioles—a real knockout! Purple flowers. |
| ‘Mississippi Delta’
| 32” ht x 60” w
| #1
| $17.00 |
| HUGE blue leaves are displayed
horizontally…makes a stunning focal point! White flowers. |
| ‘Mister Watson’
| 7” ht x 15” w
| Jumbo Sq.
| $15.00 |
| A bright sport of ‘King Tut’
with intensely golden foliage and green margins. Near white flowers. |
| ‘Mohegan’ |
18”ht x 30”w |
#1 |
$22.00 |
 This unusual Hosta has nearly round intensely blue thick
foliage with unbelievable substance—forms an unruly distinctive mound. Has
white flowers and is in very limited supply! |
| ‘Moon River’
| 11” ht x 22” w
| #1
| $8.00 |
| Now that the song is in your
head, buy the hosta! It forms a nice mound of blue foliage with white
edges…nice! Violet flowers. |
| ‘Moonlight
Sonata’
| 22” ht x 50” w
| #1
| $12.00 |
| This hosta from ‘Invincible’ x ‘Northern Halo’ has bluish
cupped foliage that becomes shiny green in summer and gorgeous fragrant white
flowers…you’ll be singin’ for sure! |
| ‘Mount Tom’
| 19” ht x 40” w
| #1
| $15.00 |
| An Eleanor Lachman intro with
intensely blue leaves that have a wide creamy white margin…outstanding
specimen plant! Pale lavender flowers. |
| ‘Mourning Dove’
| 18” ht x 40” w
| #1
| $18.00 |
 A hosta with great texture,
this brand new cross of ‘Mikawa-no-yuki’ streaked x ‘Blue Jay’ has blue-grey
leaves with silvery white backs and creamy yellow margins. Pale lavender
flowers. |
| ‘Mouse Trap’ |
mini |
4 ½” pot |
$19.00 |
 This newbie from ‘Blue Mouse Ears’ is smaller than her
parent and has bright white foliage with green speckles and blue green margins.
Can you say AWWWWW! Not adoptable until late summer! |
| ‘Munchkin’
| 9” ht x 15” w
| Jumbo Sq.
| $5.00 |
| A cute little all green form
of ‘Masquerade’ that’s a great growers and has good sun-tolerance. Great dark
purple flowers! |
| ‘My Child Insook’
| 28” ht x 40” w
| #1
| $21.00 |
 A sport of ‘Outrageous’ that
holds the record for the highest price paid for any Hosta —$4100.00! (see
what a great deal you get at Contrary Mary’s!) She has very thick and shiny
ivory white leaves with dark green edges and streaks of chartreuse jutting
towards the midrib and light lavender flowers…a doll! |
| ‘My Marianne’
| 13” ht x 25” w
| #1
| $15.00 |
| A good grower with green
center and dark edges. Lavender flowers. |
| ‘Nancy’
| 13” ht x 24” w
| #1
| $15.00 |
 A small hosta with lotsa
moxie!! She’s got very waxy, heavily substanced heart shaped leaves that are
slightly cupped and are brilliant gold, especially in the spring. Lavender
flowers. |
| ‘Neptune’
| 22” ht x 40” w
| #1
| $18.00 |
 This new ‘Salute’ cross has wedge-shaped blue-green
foliage that are rippled and cascade downward. Lavender flowers on arching
stems compliment this stunning sensational specimen! May not be available
until later in summer. |
| ‘New Wave’
| 13” ht x 35” w
| #1
| $10.00 |
| One of my favorite hostas, it
has a very unusual appearance; olive-green leaves that are wide and flat in
appearance and flat petioles—a great front of the border hosta that will
generate many comments! See pictures at Hosta Library! |
| ‘Niagara Falls’
| 20”h x 40” w
| #1
| $12.00 |
 This
specimen hosta has heart-shaped spinach-green leaves with deep veins and pie
crust edging that intensifies with age. Award winner and impressive! |
| ‘Night Before Christmas’
| 25” ht x 60” w
| #1
| $12.00 |
 A MUST for
every collector, this stunner has white centered foliage, an excellent growth
rate, and forms an impressive specimen. More vigorous than its parent ‘White
Christmas.’ |
| ‘Nightlife’
| 18” ht x 40” w
| #1
| $15.00 |
 A great new cross between
‘Invincible’ and ‘Elegans’ with thick-substanced bluish to dark green glossy
foliage and fragrant pale-purple flowers. |
| ‘Northern Exposure’ (Sieboldiana)
| 27” ht x 70” w
| #1
| $14.00 |
 A sport of ‘Elegans’, white margins sharply contrast
the blue-green center. Very impressive! |
| ‘Northern Halo ’
| 27” ht x 74” w
| #1
| $13.00 |
 A Sieboldiana that is a sport of ‘Elegans’, it has
white leaf margins that contrast sharply with the blue-green center; it is
heavily corrugated and slug resistant, and makes a huge impact as a specimen! |
| ‘Norwalk Chartreuse’
| 15” ht x 28” w
| #1
| $12.00 |
| A very puckered, shiny, lime
colored hosta with purple flowers. Very showy! |
| ‘Obsession’
| 12” ht x 18” w
| #1
| $14.00 |
| A striking hosta with shiny
foliage that has dark green margins streaking into its lighter green center.
Worthy of its name, it has lavender flowers! |
| ‘Okazaki Special’
| 16” ht x 28” w
| #1
| $10.00 |
| Pointed grayish-green leaves
have a glaucous underside…forms a somewhat upright clump. Lavender flowers. |
| ‘Old Glory’
| 14” ht x 24” w
| #1
| $15.00 |
 A sport of ‘Glory’ with heart shaped leaves that have yellow center and irregular,
streaky 1” wide dark green margins. Very prominent veins and a rippled edge make this a must have!
Light lavender flowers. |
| ‘Olympic Sunrise’ |
18” ht x 30” w |
#1 |
$14.00 |
 This winner has elongated foliage that is smooth and thick
and starts out with a yellow center with a blue-green border. As the season
progresses the center turns parchment color and the edge a deep green. Vivid
contrast! Lavender flowers. |
| ‘One Man’s Treasure’
| 11” ht x 30” w
| #1
| $16.00 |
 A h. Lonpipes seedling with
the reddest petioles of all hosta cultivars and smooth, shiny, very
slug-resistant foliage, purple flowers on red scapes in fall. This one is
eye-catching! |
| ‘Oze’ |
mini |
4½” pot |
$19.00 |
| This rare plant from Japan has cupped medium green foliage
with creamy yellow to white margins…exquisite! A runner and great breeding plant;
flowers are pure white and often semi-double. May not be ready until late
summer. |
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