 Although the U.S. leads the way in introduction of
new hosta cultivars, we have 277 originators from 21
other countries included in
The Hosta Helper
Database. They represent about 26% of the
originators in our collection. There are 28
originators with an unknown state or country which
represents the remaining 3%.
England has the most originators of this group with
64
people having introduced at least one cultivar.
Close behind is the native land of most Hosta
species, Japan, with 51 originators.
Interest in hostas has been expanding and in recent
years new plants have come from countries such as
Australia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Northern
Ireland, Sweden and even South Africa.
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About
370 (37%) of the originators in our database have
introduced only one cultivar. On the other end of the
scale, 31 originators are associated with 5,690
cultivars. Of course, this does not represent that
number of different hostas since some of these
people have originated or registered many plants on behalf
of or jointly
with other people. It still represents a huge percentage
of named hosta cultivars and an impressive influence on
the world of hostas by this small group of people.
