| No. | Originator/Registrant | Cultivars | State/Country | - - - - - - - - - - - - - About the Originator - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
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1
| Amberg, Mary | 1 | Massachusetts | |
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2
| Beal, R. | 1 | Massachusetts | |
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3
| Bemis, Royall | 8 | Massachusetts | Royall Wilson Bemis (1911-1993) owned Blackthorne Gardens in Massachussetts. |
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4
| Bennett, Gerry | 2 | Massachusetts | |
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5
| Briggs Nursery-MA | 2 | Massachusetts | Multiple generation business in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. |
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6
| Brodeur, Ernie | 2 | Massachusetts | Ernest J. “Ernie” Brodeur (1927-2003) worked at Fairmount Garden in Lowell Massachusetts for nationally known iris, daylily and hosta hybridizer, Elizabeth Nesmith. |
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7
| Donahue, Thomas | 4 | Massachusetts | |
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8
| Doughty, Chuck | 5 | Massachusetts | Owner of Cochato Nursery in Massachusetts and creator of the "Cochato" series of hostas. |
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9
| Fraim, Leola | 1 | Massachusetts | Sarah Leola Fraim (1893-1984) owner of Brookwood Gardens in Massachusetts was
a noted hybridizer of tall bearded iris. |
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10
| Goodenough, Rick | 129 | Massachusetts | Active in the New England Hosta Society and has written several articles for The Hosta Journal. He has a series of hostas named for various features and locations along the shoreline of Massachusetts. |
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11
| Gray and Cole Nursery | 1 | Massachusetts | Gray & Cole was a nursery in Ward Hill, Massachusetts. According to The Genus Hosta
by W. George Schmid, they carried a range of hostas in their 1942 catalog. |
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12
| Hamblin, Steven | 1 | Massachusetts | |
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13
| Harrison, Dr Jamison | 5 | Massachusetts | Dr Jamison Harrison (1903-1966) was a friend of hosta pioneers Florence Shaw, Frances Williams and others. |
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14
| Haskell, Allen | 2 | Massachusetts | |
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15
| Hatt, Robert | 6 | Massachusetts | |
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16
| Herold, Roy | 31 | Massachusetts | He is a member of The New England Hosta Society. |
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17
| Johnson, Robert | 1 | Massachusetts | |
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18
| Lachman, Eleanor | 87 | Massachusetts | Eleanor (1915-2004) was a horticulture graduate of the University of Massachusetts. She and her husband, William, were awarded the Alex J. Summers Distinguished Merit Award in 2009. |
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19
| Lachman, Wm | 86 | Massachusetts | William (1912-1998) was a horticulture graduate of Penn State. He and his wife, Eleanor, were awarded the Alex J. Summers Distinguished Merit Award in 2009. |
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20
| Lehtola, Paula | 2 | Massachusetts | Paula Lehtola from Massachusetts is the Vice President Awards and
Honors for The American Hosta Society. She is a past President of the New England
Hoa Society. |
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21
| McConnell, Allan P. | 1 | Massachusetts | Allan P. McConnell (1907-1997) from Massachusetts started his namesake plant from seed obtained from his friend and noted hostaphile, Mildred Sever. |
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22
| Nesmith, Elizabeth | 9 | Massachusetts | Elizabeth Noble Nesmith (? - 1972) was a member of the New England
Hosta Society and owned Fairmount Gardens in Lowell, Massachusetts. |
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23
| Nixon, Bill | 1 | Massachusetts | |
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24
| Parks, David | 5 | Massachusetts | |
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25
| Phillips, Leonard | 1 | Massachusetts | |
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26
| Rouillier, Denis | 12 | Massachusetts | Denis Rouillier is the owner of Design-Scapes in Massachusetts. |
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27
| Seaver, Mildred | 123 | Massachusetts | A pioneer in the world of hostas, Mildred (1913-2011) was known as the "Queen of Hostas". She was awarded Alex J. Summers Distinguished Merit Award in 1988 and Eunice Fishcer Distinguished Hybridizer Merit Award in 2006. Mildred introduced the "Sea" series of hostas. |
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28
| Shaw, Florence | 27 | Massachusetts | Florence M. Shaw (1906-1975) from Weston, Massachusetts was one of the earliest and most influential hosta hybridizers. One of her most known cultivars is H. ‘Sum and Substance’. She also introduced the "Birchwood" and "Parky's" series of hostas. Six of her hosta introductions have been included in The American Hosta Society Popularity Polls out of only 151 plants that have appeared at least once in the polls. One of the 28 Hosta of the Year winners through 2023 has been from this originator. |
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29
| Shaw, Florence (2) | 0 | Massachusetts | |
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30
| Sturtevant, Grace | 1 | Massachusetts | |
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31
| Tucker, Jeffrey - MA | 1 | Massachusetts | |
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32
| Vaughn, Kevin | 61 | Massachusetts Mississippi | As a teenager, Dr Vaughn was friends with hosta pioneers Florence Shaw and Mildred Seaver in Massachusetts. He was awarded the Alex J. Summers Distinguished Merit Award in 1999 and Eunice Fishcer Distinguished Hybridizer Merit Award in 2012. Three of his hosta introductions have been included in The American Hosta Society Popularity Polls out of only 151 plants that have appeared at least once in the polls. Two of the 28 Hosta of the Year winners through 2023 have been from this originator. |
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33
| Williams, Connie | 9 | Massachusetts | Dr Constance “Connie” Williams (1908-1998) who had a PhD in economics
was the daughter of hosta pioneer, Frances Williams. She was a past president of The New England Hosta Society. |
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34
| Williams, Frances | 30 | Massachusetts | Frances Ropes Williams (1882-1969) was one of the “Pioneers” of the
hosta world. A Landscape Architecturer graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, she was a renowned plantswoman. |
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35
| Xavier-Sakr, Suzzane | 6 | Massachusetts | |
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