I was slow in getting interested in hostas. Like so many other people, I thought, "they all look alike". Now I know better.
     A few years ago, a friend  invited me to her house to see small hostas that she had just purchased. I was not impressed with those tiny plants. She gave me a few with individual tags. That did it! I was soon ordering $75 hostas as if they were bubble gum. I started ordering bare root plants and going to nurseries to look for those we did not have. We shared and divided our varieties. This was a great backup in case one of ours died. Then we discovered liners. Liners are plants from tissue culture and are much cheaper than full-grown plants. Although small at first, in two or three years they will make a fine plant.
      This year I found a wonderful person to trade plants with. This has been fun and increased my total. One has to be careful in finding the right person with whom to trade plants, but when you find that person, you have a gold mine.
      I find that hostas are not as sturdy or hardy as irises and daylilies. I lost 53 last winter. I am not mulching them any more as I know voles ate many of the baby plants. My sister has eight cats that have done a great job this summer in catching these little critters.
     I use Treflan in and around my beds to prevent weeds. I have grown bonsai hostas in tiny pots for two years. I have wintered some potted hostas in unheated sheds, others on a carport and some left sitting out in pots under trees. I have seen no difference in their survival.

Abba Dabba Do 
Abby
Abiqua Blue Crinkles
Abiqua Delight   
Abiqua Drinking Gourd 
Abiqua Elephant Ears**
Abiqua Moonbeam 
Abiqua Paradigm
Abiqua Recluse
Abiqua Trumpet   
Afternoon Delight**
Allen P. McConnell 
Alvatine Taylor   
Amanuma 
Amber Maiden**
American Dream 
Amethyst  Gem'
Antioch 
Aoki   
Aphrodite   
Aqua Velva
Archangel 
Aristocrat     
Aspen Gold
August Moon 
Aurea Nebulosa
Aurora Borealis 
Austin Dickerson 
Aztec Treasure 
Baby Bunting 
Banana Muffins
Banyai's Dancing Girl 
Beatrice 
Bengee**
Betchers Blue
Betsy King
Big Daddy   
Big Mama   
Bill Brinka
Birchwood Parky's Gold 
Birchwood Ruffled Queen   
Black Beauty
Black Hills
Blond Elf   
Blue Angel 
Blue Arrow
Blue Bayou**
Blue Belle
Blue Betty Lou**
Blue Blazes** 
Blue Blush     
Blue Cadet
Blue Danube
Blue Diamond
Blue Dimples
Blue Ice
Blue Jay
Blue Madonna
Blue Mammoth
Blue Mystery
Blue Ripples
Blue Rock
Blue Seer
Blue Shadows
Blue Skies
Blue Sophistication
Blue Tips
Blue Umbrellas
Blue Veil
Blue Vision   
Blue Wedgewood
Bold Edger
Bold Ruffles**
BorwickBeauty**
Brave Amherst
Bressingham Blue     
Brigham Blue   
Bright Glow
Bright Lights
Brim Cup   
Brother Ronald   
Bubba
Buckshaw Blue**   
Bunckoko**
Butter Rim
Camelot   
Candy Hearts
Carnival 
Carol
Carousel
Carrie Ann
Cassandra
Celebration
Chartreuse Wiggles
Cheating Hearts
Cherry  Berry   
Chinese Sunrise
Chirifu (mont) **
Christmas  Tree
Citation   
City Lights
Clausa 
Coquette   
Craig's Temptation
Crepe Suzette 
Crested Surf
Crown Jewel
Crown Prince
Crowned Imperial
Crusader
Dark Star   
Daughter of Ledi Lantis
Daybreak
Decorata 
Devon Blue
Dew Drop
Diamond Tiara
Diane Gray Dalton**
Donohue Piecrust
Dorset Blue
Dorthy
Drummer Boy
Dust Devil
El Captain 
Elata Hylande Type II**
Elatior (nigrescens)
Elephant Burger
Elizabeth**
Ellerbrook
Elvis Lives
Emerald  Edger
Emerald Scepter   
Emerald Tiara 
Emily Dickerson
Eric Smith
Erromena**   
Estrellita **

Excaliber     
Excitation
Fair  Maiden 
Fan Dance   
Feather Boa
Fire & Ice 
Fisher Cream Edge
Flower Power
Fond Hope
Fool's Gold
Formal Attire
Fortunei  Albo-picta** 
Fortunei Aureomargenata
Fortunei Hyacinthina
Fragrant Blue 
Fragrant Bouquet
Francee
Frances Williams
Fresh
Fried Bananas
Fried Green Tomatoes
Fringe Benefit
Frosted Jade   
Funkia Plantain Lily**
Gaiety   
Garden Treasure
Gay Blade
Geisha
Gigantea (Fort.)
Ginko Craig 
Glory
Gold Crown
Gold Drop
Gold Edger
Gold Regal
Gold Regal,  Sport (Golden Meadows)
Gold Standard
Golden Anniversary
Golden Bullion
Golden Circles**
Golden Empress
Golden Fascination**   <
Golden Plum
Golden Prayers
Golden Scepter
Golden Sculpture
Golden Sunbrust
Golden Tiara
Golden Waffles
Golden Years**
Goliath
Good as Gold
Grand Master
Grand Tiara   
Great American Expectations
Great Expectations
Green Acres
Green Fountain
Green Gold
Green Piecrust
Green Polar Moon 
Green Smash
Green Velveteen** 
Ground  Master 
Ground Sulphur
Guacamole 
Guardian Angel
Gum Drop
Hadspen  Blue
Hadspen Hawk
Hadspen Heron
Handspun Samphire
Haku Chu Han
Halcyon
Happiness
Happy Hearts
Harvest Glow**
Heart's Content
Heartache
Heartsong
Helen Field Fisher
Helenioides Albo-Picta 
Hime Soule
Hirao Majesty
Honeysong
HoneyBells
Hoosier Harmony   
Hoosier Homecoming
Hub City 
Hydon Sunset
Immense
Imperial Moth
Innisglow** 
Innisjade
Innswood
Invincible 
Iron Gate Bouquet** 
Iron Gate Delight 
Iron Gate Glamour
Iron Gate Supreme** 
Island Charm**
Jade Beauty
Jade Lancer
Jade Moon
Jade Tiara
Jambeliah
Janet
Jester
Jingle Bells
Julia Morss
Julia
June
Kabitan
Kathryn Lewis   
Kikutii
Kikutii Kifukurin Hyuga
Kikutii Yakusimensis
Kingfisher**
King James
King Tut
Kiwi Gold Rush
Kiwi Treasure Trove
Knockout   
Komodo Dragon
Koreana Variegated
Krossa Board Band
Krossa Regal
Kryptonite

Lacy Belle
Lady Isobel Barnett
Lake Erie**
Lakeside Black Satin
Lakeside Cha Cha
Lakeside Kaleidoscope
Lakeside Lollipop
Lakeside Neat Petite
Lakeside Ninita
Lakeside Roy-El
Lancifolia Thunbergina
Landscapers Green
Leather Sheen
Lemon Delight
Lemon Drop
Lemon Lime
Leola Fraim ;
Limey Lisa
Little Aurora
Little Blue
Little Dart
Little Doll
Little Razor**
Little Sunspot   
Little White Lines
Little Wonder
Louisa
Love Pat
Loyalist
Lucy Vitols
Lunar Eclipse** 
Lunar Orbit   
Mama Mia
Marilyn** 
Maruba Iwa
Maruschino Cherry
Mary Marie Ann   
Masquerade Venusta Variegated
Maya**
Mediovariegata
Metallic Sheen
Midas Touch
Midwest Magic
Mikado
Mikawa No-Yoki
Mildred Seaver
Minuta**
Minuteman
Mira (Sieb)**
Mister Big
Moerheim
Montana Aureomarginata
Montana Elata
Montana Mountain Snow
Montana Mountain Sunrise** 
Montana
Moon Glow
Moon River 
Moon Shadow
Moonlight Sonata
Moonlight
Morning Light
Moscow Blue**
Mountain Snow
Munchkin
Muriel Seaver Brown
Nakai
Nakaiana**   
Nakaimo
Neat & Tidy
Neat Splash
Neat Splash Rim
Night Before Christmas
Nigrescens**
Northern Exposure**
Obscura   
Olive Baily Langdon
On Stage   
On The Edge
Osprey
Ototo San
Outhouse Delight
Pacific Blue Edger
Paintbrush
Pandora's Box 
Paradign
Patriot
Paul Revere**
Paul's Glory
Pearl Lake
Peede Elfin Bells
Peedee Gold Flash**
Peedee Laughing River
Permanent Wave
Perry's  True Blue<
Piedmont Gold
Pilgrim
Pineapple
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Pizzazz 
Plantaginea Ming Treasure
Plantaginea
Platinum Tiara
Polar Moon**
Polished Jade
Pooh Bear
Popo   
Potomac Pride
Puck
Purple Dwarf
Purple Lady Finger**
Queen Josephine
Queen of Islip 
Radiant Edger
Rascel 
Raspberry Sorbet   
Rectifolia Chionea 
Rectifolia Nakai
Red Neck Heaven
Regal Splender
Resonance
Rising Sun
Robert Frost 
Rock Happy
Rosedale Tractor Seat
Royal Standard
Royal Super**
Royal Tiara

Ruffles
Rugosa**
Rupifraga
Ryan's Big One
S. Northern Halo
Sagae  (fluctuans Variegated)
Saint Elmo's Fire
Saishu Jima
Salute**   
Samual Blue**
Samurai
Savannah Emerald 
Savannah
Scooter
Sea Angel-SoldOut
Sea Bunny**
Sea Dream
Sea Ebony
Sea Lotus Leaf
Sea Nautilus**
Sea Octopus
Sea Penidot**
Sea Sapphire
Sea Thunder
Second Wind
See Saw
Sentinels
September Sun
Serendipity
Shade Fanfare
Shade Master
Sharmon 
Shimmering Silk**
Shiny Penny
Shoegun
Showboat
Sieboldiana
Sieboldiana Elegans
Sieboldiana Mira
Silver Crown
Silver Lance ;
Snow Crust
Snow Mound**
Snowbound
So Sweet
Something Different
Southern Comfort
Spacious Skies 
Sparkling Burgundy
Sport of Francee
Spritzer
Starboard Light
Stetson 
Stiletto
Striptease   
Sugar and Cream
Sultana   
Sum & Substance
Summer Breeze**
Summer Fragrance
Summer Music Reversed**
Summer Music
Sun Power
Sunlight Sister
Sunny Delight**
Sunshine Glory
Super Nova
Sweet Bo Peep
Sweet Home Chicago
Sweet Marjorie
Sweet Standard
Sweet Susan 
Sweetie
Takahashii Gosan
Tall Boy
Tambourine
Taradiva Striata**
Tattoo
Temple Bells**
Tenryu
The Bottom Line
Tijuana Brass
Tiny Tears 
Tokudama Aureo-Marginata
Tokudama Aureo-Nebutose
Tokudama Ogon Hime
Torchlight
Trail's End
Tranquility
True Blue
True Love
Tu Tu
Twinkles
Twist of Lime
Undulata Albomarginata
Undulata Univittata
Undulata Variegata     
Valentine Lace
Van Wade   
Vanilla Cream
Ventricosa Aureo-Marginata
ventricosa Aureomaculata
Ventricosa
Venus
Venusta  Mini
Venustan
Verna Jean 
Veronica Lake
Viette's Yellow Edge
Warwick Edge
Wheaton Blue
Whirling Dervish
Whirlwind
White Christmas
Wide Brim
Winfield Blue
Witches Brew-SoldOut
Wogon   
Wolverine
Yakusheine Maue
Yellow Boa
Yellow River
Yellow Splash
Yellow Splash Rim
Yellow Waves
Yingeri   
Zager's White Edge 
Zounds


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