The Main Plant entry for Hostas (Hosta)

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General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 8b
Flower Time:	Summer
Underground structures:	Rhizome
Propagation: Other methods:	Division

Common names

Hosta

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Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Date: 2021-06-17

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Location: My Gardens
Date: June 20, 2015
Seedling From Sum And Substance: Very Large Plant!

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Location: North West New Jersey
Date: 2023-05-10
Sold as Siberian Tiger.

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Location: springfield MO
Date: 2014-06-23

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Date: 2018-09-10
The bloom from start to finish.

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-06-15

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Location: Table porch in pot
Date: 2009-06-02

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Location: The Natural State (Arkansas)
Date: 2020-05-07

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Location: Willow Valley Communities Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2020-05-07

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Location: Chapin, SC
Date: June 2015
Taken at Bruce Smith's Carolina Daylilies.

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Location: Indianapolis
Date: October twenty eighth 2023
Gosta

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Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-06-20
Another seed-grown big-leaf variety; I believe it came to me as s

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Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2015-06-25
example of slug damage

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Location: my garden zone 7A Cape Cod, MA
Date: 2017-06-20

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Location: Temple, Texas
Date: 2023-03-23
Generic NOID hosta to replace the the two 'Guacamole' that died i

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Location: Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022) [Jeboba's Wonderful Garden Full Of Chipmunkies]
Date: 2022-05-05

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Location: King George, VA
Date: 2021-04-14

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Location: Benedict Hosta Hillside, Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, Michigan
Date: 2020-10-28
Hostas are an underappreciated source of fall color in the garden

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Location: Local garden in Russellville
Date: June 25 2022
Shady section of hostas

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Location: Temple, Texas
Date: 2021-04-09
Pair of these in two tall planters flanking my front door.

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Location: springfield MO
Date: 2014-06-22

Uploaded by Frillylily

Date: 2010-06-08
In my brother-in-law's garden, B.C. Canada

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Location: Indiana Zone 5
Date: 2012-05-08
Hosta collection in garden setting

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Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-11-02

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Location: The Natural State (Arkansas)
Date: 2020-04-17
Marmalade on Toast

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Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2018-07-17

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Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2021-06-18

Uploaded by DebbieC

Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-07-26
Hosta (Hosta 'Fragrant Queen') shown

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Location: Southern Pines, NC (Boyd House garden)
Date: June 10, 2022
Hostas #55 nn; LHB p.206, 33-13, "Commemorates N.T. Host, 1761-18

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Location: Hocking Hills, OH
Date: 7-28-2003

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Location: Wisconsin zone 5a
Date: 2019-06-29
Colored Hulk purchased 2019

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-08-26

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Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-05-18

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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-07-09

Uploaded by chelle

Date: 2007-06-11
Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission

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Location: Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-08

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Uploaded by Paul2032

Location: western Oregon
Date: 2015-12-20

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Uploaded by dirtpig

Location: Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022) [Jeboba's Wonderful Garden Full Of Chipmunkies]
Date: 2022-05-05
Please ID

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Location: Fairfax, VA | September 2022
Date: 2022-09-10

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Uploaded by Seedfork

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Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2013-08-05

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Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Date: Spring (March 2021)

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Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2009-06-29

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Location: Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina | June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-12

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Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-06-23

Uploaded by Paul2032

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Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-05-23
Hostas

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Location: King George, VA
Date: 2021-08-12

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Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2015-06-19

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Location: Cascade of Time Garden, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-01

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Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2021-07-08

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Location: Orangeburg, SC
Date: 2014-04-23
Hosta, variegated NOID

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Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2019-06-15
grow beautifully in pots

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Location: Shade Garden Pittsford NY
Date: 2011-06-20

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-06-14

Uploaded by jmorth

Uploaded by Hamwild

Location: Wild patch found in state park in Hocking Hills, OH.
Date: 7-28-2003

Uploaded by purpleinopp

Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2014-06-23

Uploaded by Joy

Location: Fairfax, VA | July, 2022
Date: 2022-07-22

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8b
Date: 2012-05-30

Uploaded by Joy

Uploaded by Samlav

Location: Wisconsin zone 5a
Date: 2019-06-29
Warwick Petite

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Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2017-05-26
photo credit: Robert Duval

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Location: Meadowlark Botanical Garden, Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-01
cute dwarf

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Uploaded by virginiarose

Location: Illinois, US
Date: 2011-05-24
Hosta NOID

Uploaded by molanic

Location: central Illinois
Date: 2018-11-06

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: my hosta bed
Date: 4-2014
early spring color

Uploaded by chickhill

Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-06-23
Hostas

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Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-05-29
Hostas

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Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna
photo credit: Anna reg

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Location: Jasper, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-04

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 4-21-16

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Location: central Illinois
Date: September 2009

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2009-07-12

Uploaded by Joy

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Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2014-06-21

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-05-24

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Uploaded by Paul2032

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Location: Orangeburg, SC
Date: 2014-04-23
Hosta, NOID

Uploaded by Deebie

Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-06-20
One of our large-leaved, corrugated hostas - all are grown from s

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Location: Botanical Garden Cologne (Germany)
Date: 2017-08-19

Uploaded by RuuddeBlock

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Location: East Tennessee
Date: 2014-05-27

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Uploaded by sedumzz

Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2019-06-16
and more pots!

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Uploaded by Hamwild

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Location: Virginia
Date: 2011
Purchased as 'Island Charm'

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Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2016-05-19

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-05-31

Uploaded by jmorth

Uploaded by Paul2032

Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: May 27, 2013
Nice NOID hosta I received as a gift.

Uploaded by robertduval14

Location: York, PA 17402
Date: 08/2016
I wish I knew what the type of hosta this is. it's huge.

Uploaded by doctorpartlow

Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2010-08-01

Uploaded by chelle

Location: Coastal San Diego County
Date: 2018-03-31

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Uploaded by gingin

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Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-10-21
Hosta Seed Pods and Seeds

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Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-07-09

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Location: Pleasant Gtove, Utah
Date: 2011-06-23

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Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2007-06-01

Uploaded by bonitin

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Uploaded by Paul2032

Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2009-05-29

Uploaded by bonitin

Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2015-03-02
This Hosta is suppose to be able to grow in full sunlight

Uploaded by Seedfork

Uploaded by bwv998

Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-06-23
Hosta and Aruncus

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Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2015-06-24
SunHosta

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Uploaded by Paul2032

Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2015-06-21

Uploaded by Seedfork

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Uploaded by tarev

Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-10-26

Uploaded by jmorth

photo credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma

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Uploaded by duane456

Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-08-12

Uploaded by jmorth

Photo Courtesy of Daylilies by the Pond. Used with Permission.

Uploaded by Joy

Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-08-24

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Uploaded by Joy

Uploaded by Paul2032

Uploaded by virginiarose

Location: my garden, Zone 7A, NC
Date: 2011-05-30

Uploaded by sandnsea2

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Uploaded by plantladylin

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Date: 2018-06-09

Uploaded by carlysuko

Uploaded by Calif_Sue

Uploaded by Paul2032

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 8-12-11

Uploaded by jmorth

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Comments:

Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on May 20, 2013 1:15 PM concerning plant:

"Hostas are widely cultivated, being particularly useful in the garden as shade-tolerant plants whose striking foliage provides a focal point. Though Hosta plantaginea originates in China, most of the species that provide the modern plants were introduced from Japan to Europe by Philipp Franz von Siebold in the mid-19th century. Newer species have been discovered on the Korean peninsula as well. Hybridization within and among species and cultivars has produced numerous cultivars, with over 3,000 registered and named varieties, and perhaps as many more that are not yet registered with the American Hosta Society. Cultivars with golden- or white-variegated leaves are especially prized. Popular cultivars include 'Francee' (green leaves with white edges), 'Gold Standard' (yellow leaves with green edges, discovered by Pauline Banyai) 'Undulata' (green leaves with white centers), 'June' (blue-green leaves with creamy centers), and 'Sum and Substance' (a huge plant with chartreuse-yellow leaves). Newer, fragrant cultivars such as 'Guacamole' are also popular."

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Discussion Threads about this plant

Thread Title	Last Reply	Replies
Hosta Elegans? by gardener2005	Oct 21, 2011 2:35 PM	5
Hosta by gardengus	Nov 1, 2011 2:03 PM	2
Picture is of a different plant by ViolaAnn	May 4, 2014 4:33 PM	9
SunHosta by Seedfork	Mar 3, 2015 8:19 AM	2
Regal Gold...???? by Paul2032	Jun 20, 2015 5:25 PM	3
Whirlwind??????? by Paul2032	Jun 24, 2015 12:03 PM	6
Correct id? by robertduval14	May 15, 2016 5:36 PM	0
Not H.Satisfaction by virginiarose	Sep 19, 2020 2:02 PM	1
Not Hosta 'Antioch' by NJBob	Nov 18, 2020 1:04 PM	2
Hosta 'August Moon' ?? by virginiarose	May 18, 2023 9:33 AM	4
id by Hamwild	Mar 6, 2023 5:12 AM	10
ID in question by PieterK	Aug 25, 2024 6:23 PM	1

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