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CULTIVAR/
COST |
DESCRIPTION |
LEAF SIZE |
PLANT SIZE |
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Sagae
(Watanabe 1996)
$14.00 |
Lg.; semi-upright mound of creamy yellow margined foliage. A premier
large sized hosta! |
13x10.25 |
70x31 |
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Saint Elmo's Fire
(Solberg 1995)
$14.00
|
Med.; heart shaped leaves that emerge in the
spring are sharp acid yellow with a pure white edge. Leaves fade to green as
the season progresses with flushes of new light yellow growth. |
7x4
|
45x18
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Salute
(Benedict 1995)
currently
unavailable
$9.00 |
Med.; narrow, pointed leaves form a semi-upright vase-shaped
plant. A nice blue with its
smooth margin, heavy substance and moderately wavy plant habit. |
8x4.25
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20x15
|
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Satisfaction
(Wasitis/Bridgewood Gardens 2000)
currently unavailable
$15.00 |
Lg.; large, deep green leaves of good
substance with a dramatic wide, wavy gold margin up to 2". A sport
of 'Piedmont Gold'. Near white flowers sit just above the foliage. |
9x7
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49x27
|
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Savannah
(Suggs/Zilis 1999)
$8.00 |
Lg.; medium green with wide creamy-white
margins. Combines fragrant flowers and variegated foliage. Fast
multiplier. |
11x7.5 |
60x25 |
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Sea Dream
(Seaver 1984)
currently
unavailable
$8.00 |
Med.-lg.; very desirable heavy substance bright gold with ivory border; flat, spreading habit. Leaves emerge green in spring and turn
gold with an ivory border. |
9x6.5
|
49x24 |
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Sea Lotus Leaf
(Seaver 1985)
currently
unavailable
$14.00 |
Med.-Lg.; mound of cupped, slug resistant,
blue-green foliage. The nearly rotund shape, cupped foliage resembles a
lotus leaf. |
10x9 |
60x25 |
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Sea Yellow Sunrise
(Seaver 1985)
$5.00 |
Med.; stable yellow form of H. 'Sea Sunrise'.
A yellow, ovate, flat leaf. |
5x4 |
18x12 |
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Second Wind
(Kulpa 1991)
$10.00 |
Med.; thick, leathery dark green, widely oval leaves. Widely dimpled when
mature. A nice green. |
6.5x4.5 |
22x11 |
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September Sun
(Solberg 1985)
$8.00
|
Med.-lg.; 1/2" to 1" wide green
margin, medium to bright gold center; color intensifies during the season
and with bright light. This will grow in full sun. |
9.5x7.5 |
52x22 |
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Shade Fanfare
(Aden 1986)
$6.00 |
Med.-lg.; heart shaped; light green with wide cream
border. Rapid grower and pest resistant. |
7x5.5 |
24x18 |
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sieboldiana
'Elegans'
(Ahrends + 1987)
$7.00 |
Lg.; large puckered blue-gray rounded leaves; flowers near white. Huge,
striking leaves when established. A CLASSIC. |
16x12 |
40x30 |
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Silver Threads and Golden
Needles
(J. Anderson NR)
$18.00 |
Mini.; compact, miniature hosta
with gold leaves splotched with green flecks and streaks. A sport of 'Cheating
Heart'. |
|
12x6 |

Photo courtesy of
Walters Gardens, Inc. |
Sleeping Beauty
(Walters Gardens 1997)
NEW
for 2010!
$15.00 |
Med.; Pointed, frosty blue-green leaves with
a cream margin. Thick, slug resistant foliage. Superb growing sport of 'Halcyon'. |
|
20x15 |
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Slick Willie
(Hadrava 1996)
$12.00
|
Med.; impressive mound of shiny,
very dark green foliage. One of the very darkest greens developed to this
point. |
8x6.5 |
50x20 |
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Smooth Sailing
(Elslager 2002)
currently
unavailable
$25.00 |
Lg.; large mound of deeply veined, slightly
wavy, gold centered, green margined foliage. |
13x7
|
45x24 |
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Snow Cap
(Aden 1980)
currently
unavailable
$10.00 |
Lg.; cordate, rugose, powdered blue-green leaves with a
wide creamy white border. A real beauty. Shade to 1/4 sun. |
7.5x6.25
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36X24 |
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Snow White
(Arnett 1983)
currently
unavailable
$7.00 |
Sm.-Med.; undulata type with much more white in the center.
Small green edge and very white center. Bright and striking especially in
the spring as plant emerges. Later in the season leaves tend to green up
in too much sun. |
4x2.5 |
20x14 |
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Snowden
(Smith 1988)
currently
unavailable
$12.00 |
Lg.-giant; very large, narrowly heart shaped, glaucous
gray to
blue-green leaves. Slow to establish but eventually makes a magnificent,
stately, arching specimen. Light to full shade. |
14x10
|
52x32 |
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So Sweet
(Aden 1986)
$7.00
|
Med.; glossy green leaves with wide yellow turning creamy-white margins; large
very fragrant flowers. Pest resistant and long lasting attractive foliage
into late fall. Shade to 90% sun. |
7x4.5 |
20x14 |
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Soft Shoulders
(Avent 1995)
$8.00
|
Sm.-med.; dark green pointed
leaves with a clean creamy-white margin. The shiny leaves have good
substance. Lavender flowers. |
8.5x4 |
24x10 |
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Something Blue
(Simpers/Ruh 1991)
$7.00 |
Med.; cordate, frosted, rugose blue-green leaves. |
9x8 |
50x22 |
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Spartan Glory
(J. Wilkins/ Wilkins 2000)
$20.00 |
Lg.; a large, semi upright mound of broad,
heavily corrugated shiny dark green leaves with a creamy yellow margin. Impressive
plant. |
14x10 |
55x22 |
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Spilt Milk
(Seaver 1999)
$15.00
|
Lg.; white streaks &
splashes spill over green heart shaped leaves. The misted, streaked leaves
look just like splashed milk on the foliage. Heavy substance. A
beauty! |
10.5x8 |
52x24 |
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Spinach Patch
(Vaughn)
$14.00 |
Lg.; heavily corrugated, unruly,
twisted, dark spinach green foliage. Resembles spinach. |
11.5x9 |
50x22 |
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Spring Fling
(Herold 2000)
currently unavailable
$16.00 |
Lg.; medium green leaf with a heavily
rippled creamy yellow to white 1/4" to 1/2" wide margin. White
margin accentuated by the attractive rippling. |
11.5x8 |
49x17 |
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Squash Casserole
(Avent 1995)
$12.00
|
Lg.; gold, heavily veined oval
leaves with lightly rippled edges. Light purple flowers. Nice form &
color. Ideal in southern gardens (even in sun) if plenty of moisture is
available. This is one of Ron's five favorites. |
11x6.5 |
47x20 |
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St. Paul
(Goad NR)
currently
unavailable
$17.00 |
Med.-lg.; thick, heart shaped
bright gold leaves with an extra wide blue-green margin. A stunning sport
of 'Paul's Glory'. |
|
40x20 |
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Stained Glass
(Hansen/Shady Oaks Nur. 1999)
$15.00
|
Lg.; shiny brilliant gold
centered foliage with a 1" to 2" wide green margin. The bright
color lasts all season. Fragrant and sun tolerant. 2006 Hosta of the
year. Award of Merit winner. This is one of Ron's five favorites. |
9x7 |
45x20 |
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Stepping Out
(Vaughn)
currently
unavailable
$22.00 |
Med.; striking bluish green
center and gold margin. Very slug resistant with thick substance. |
7x5 |
36x16 |
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Stetson
(Walters Gardens
1997)
currently
unavailable
$8.00 |
Med.; dark green centered leaves
surrounded by a strong yellow edge. Extremely wavy leaves that fold toward
the center. Sport of 'wide brim'. |
7.5x6.5 |
25x16 |
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Stilleto
(Aden 1987)
$6.00 |
Mini.-sm.; narrow,
heavily rippled, white margined green foliage. Margin changes from yellow
to creamy white. Very dense, low mound habit and fast growth rate make
this one of the best edgers. |
5.5x1.5 |
32x12 |
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Striptease
(Thompson 1991)
$15.00 |
Med.; narrow gold center and a wide rich green margin with
a narrow to flecked white line between the two colors. 1997 Nancy Minks
Award winner. Award of Merit winner. |
8x6 |
50x20 |
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Sugar and Cream
(Zilis 1984)
$6.00 |
Lg.; tall, cascading, impressive clump; soft, wavy green
leaves with cream borders. Specimen. |
12x6 |
36x24 |
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Sum and Substance
(Aden 1980)
$12.00 |
Giant; chartreuse to gold (varies with
light), glossy,
tough textured leaves that forms a massive plant. Pest resistant and lots of
lavender flowers. A large hosta award winner. A CLASSIC. |
16x14 |
70x31 |
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Sum Cup-o-Joe
(Elslager 2000)
currently unavailable
$20.00 |
Lg.; chartreuse center with a thin white
margin; white sometimes streaks to the center. Leaves have thick
substance. Very unusual sport of 'Sum and Substance'. |
12x8 |
49x22 |
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Sum It Up
(Zilis 1999)
currently unavailable
$17.00 |
Giant; 'Sum and Substance'
sport with a narrow 1/4" gold margin and green center. |
16x12 |
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Sum of All
(Zilis 2003)
$16.00
|
Giant; green center surrounded by
1/2" to 1" wide gold margin. With maturity the gold margin can
go up to 3" wide. |
16x12 |
80x32 |
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Summer Breeze
(Zilis/Diesen 1999)
currently unavailable
$15.00
|
Med.-lg.; very wide gold margins surround a
rich green center. |
8.5x6.5 |
50x22 |
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Summer Fragrance (Vaughn 1983)
$8.00 |
Lg.; leaves large, oval, satiny above, shiny beneath, mid green with an
irregular cream to white margin with some gray streaking back towards the
center. Fragrant, bell-shaped lavender-purple flowers. Happy in more sun
than most hostas. |
8x4 |
40x20 |
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Sun Power
(Aden 1986)
$9.00 |
Lg.; twisted gold leaves that color early and hold color;
vigorous. One of the first yellow leaf hosta, and still one of the
best. A mature plant, with its intense color and size, jumps out at you. |
12x7.25 |
70x28 |
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Sundance
(Walters Gardens 1984)
$6.00 |
Med.-lg.; gray-green,
irregularly margined cream-yellow turning ivory white; dimpled to
seersuckered with slightly rippled edges. Does well in 85% sun. |
9x5 |
36x22 |
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Sunny Disposition
(Nyikos 2001)
currently
unavailable
$15.00
|
Med.; clump of heart shaped gold leaves that
brighten in the sun. A sun tolerant gold 'Ventricosa' with nice purple
flowers. Good for mass plantings in bright light. |
5.5x3.5
|
24x10 |
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Sweet Home Chicago
(Zilis/Northern IL HS/Ruh 2002)
$10.00
|
Med.; chartreuse to yellow, widely &
irregularly margined mid-green with the colors intensifying as the season
progresses. Vigorous, a rapid increaser and easy to grow. |
6.5x5
|
45x18
|
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Sweet Innocence
(Hansen NR)
$18.00
|
Med.-lg.; large, broadly ovate, light apple
green leaves are of good substance with a very wide creamy white border.
Except in the hottest climates, full sun all day to produce the best leaf
color. Large, fragrant, near white flowers. |
8x6
|
24x12
|
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Sweet Jill
(Benedict 1986)
currently unavailable
$15.00
|
Med.; ovate, flat, white center, green margin
with the green streaking to the center. Fragrant lavender flowers. |
6x3.5
|
15x12
|
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Sweet Sunshine
(Solberg 1997)
$14.00 |
Sm.-med.; cupped, rounded, heavily puckered gold leaves.
Resembles a gold 'Tokudama' but is more heat tolerant and a faster
grower. White fragrant flowers in early July. |
4.75x4.5
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24x14
|
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Sweetie
(Aden 1988)
currently
unavailable
$10.00
|
Med.; fast growing mound of pale green to gold
centered leaves with a white margin. Fragrant lavender flowers in August. A brightly
colored plant for a shady area. |
9.25x6
|
50x20
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