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| Ankney, Barry | Illinois | 1 | 1 | Barry, a retired school phsycologist, is co-owner of White Oak Nursery in Illinois. He has served as the President of the Central Illinois Hosta Society (CIHS) and Vice-President of the Midwest Regional Hosta Society (MRHSBarry is the Editor of the Online Hosta Journal for The American Hosta Society. |
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| Baltenberger, Urs | Oregon | 4 | 1 | |
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| Beikman, Stan | Michigan | 2 | 1 | Stan Beikmann is a Professor Emeritus of Horticulture and Landscape Design from Andrews University in Michigan. |
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| Broshar, Chris | Unknown | 1 | 1 | |
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| Caldwell, Diane | Unknown | 2 | 1 | |
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| Dobson, Janet | Ohio | 1 | 1 | |
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| Dominiak, Andrzej | Poland | 17 | 14 | |
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| Entemann, Manfred | Germany | 8 | 8 | Landscaper, photographer and traveller from Berlin, Germany. |
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| Herman, Robert | Connecticut | 2 | 1 | |
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| Hunsperger, Ron | Canada | 3 | 2 | |
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| Jensen, Karsten | Denmark | 198 | 162 | |
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| Kilapwijk, Pieter & Waita | Canada | 11 | 6 | |
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| Kovalcsik, Joanna | Michigan | 176 | 51 | Introducer of the "Pebble Creek" series of hostas. |
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| Kurasz, Mark | Wisconsin | 4 | 1 | Mark is the originator of 1 hosta in our database. |
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| Linneman, Jeroen | Netherlands | 391 | 212 | Eunice Fisher Distinguished Hybridizer Merit Award winner in 2019, Jeroen is a past president of the Dutch Hosta Society. Originator of the very large "Valley's" series of hostas. |
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| Livingston, Ron | Michigan | 183 | 113 | Retired science teacher and co-creater of the Fraternal Order of Seedy Fellows hybridizing group. He has introduced several hosta series including "Atomic", "Tremont", "Pre" and "Chartreuse". |
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| Marsh, Raegan | Unknown | 1 | 1 | |
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| Meyer, Gerry | Minnesota | 2 | 1 | Gerry and Jean Meyer own Turkey Run Hosta and are active members of the Shades of Green Hosta Society of Southeast Minnesota. |
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| Mirka, Vladimir | Czech Republic | 12 | 8 | He is originator of the "Bohemia" series of hostas. |
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| Mitchell, Cindy | Canada | 9 | 6 | |
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| Pederson, Matt | Minnesota | 9 | 4 | Operates Duluth Hostas website. |
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| Ragus, Gerhard | Germany | 6 | 1 | Gerhard and Renate Ragus are hosta enthusiasts who live near Bremen, Germany. In addition to hybridizing hostas, Gerhardt has written two books about hostas. |
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| Rawson, Don | Michigan | 74 | 34 | Don Rawson was the Co-chair of the 2021 National Convention of The American Hosta Society in Kalamzoo, MI. He was one of the founders of the Western Michigan Hosta Society and Co-chairs the AHS Nomenclature Committee. Don is the creator of the Hosta Lists website and he also started The Hosta Helper website before turning it over to Ralph Heiden in 1998. |
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| Roehrdanz, Rich | N. Dakota | 9 | 6 | |
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| Ruff, Marilyn | Michigan | 1 | 1 | |
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| Schmidt, Dave | Ohio | 1 | 1 | |
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| Schulz, Ed | Iowa | 1 | 1 | Originator of the "Ohh!" series of hostas. |
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| Seckinger, Rainer | Germany | 991 | 523 | Operates the Hosta Friend or Hostafreund website at www.hostafreund.de. |
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| Simonsen, Bente | Sweden | 2 | 1 | |
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| Smith, Scott | Georgia | 3 | 1 | |
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| Struhar, Bill | Michigan | 18 | 6 | Originator of 6 cultivars. |
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| Szymoniak, Maria | Poland | 20 | 7 | |
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| Van Keer, Ronny | Belgium | 134 | 41 | All of his cultivars begin with "Holar" which is an ancient name for a city in the Flemish part of Belgium. |
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| Veenstra, Gerrie | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | Originator of the "Botters" series of hostas. |
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| Ward, Dick & Jane | Ohio | 784 | 446 | Dick (1933-2021) was a Medical Doctor and winner of Eunice Fishcer Distinguished Hybridizer Merit Award in 2010. |
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| Werner, Alfred | Germany | 6 | 6 | |
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| Zubrik, Dana | Slovakia | 4 | 3 | Dana and Milan Zubrik own Záhradníctvo Hosta nursery in Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia. They are the originators of the "Buffalo" series. |
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