No. Originator/Registrant Cultivars State/Country - - - - - - - - - - - - - About the Originator - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Abrams, Deb 1 New York   2 Aden, Paul 267 New York Editor of The Hosta Book, Paul (1925-2010) was noted for introducing hundreds of new hostas developed by himself or by others from his nursery, Garden of Aden in New York. He was the orginator of the "Abba" series. Twelve 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. 3 Bailey, Liberty Hyde 6 New York Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858-1954) was born in South Haven, Michigan and started his career at Michigan Agriculture College (now Michigan State University) and later became a noted professor at Cornell University in New York. 4 Balletta, Patricia 1 New York Pat Balletta (1931-2011) was a member of the American Hemerocallis Society, Long Island Daylily Society, Bay Shore Garden Club and of the American Federated Garden Clubs. 5 Brandt-Sorheim, Peter 6 New York B.Peter Brandt-Sørheim was one of the originators of the Western New York Hosta Society in 1996. He is the creator of the "Genesee" series. 6 Burlingame, Nancy 1 New York   7 Chamberlain, Steve 89 New York Neuroscientist at Syracuse University. Created the "Academy" series of hostas and uses references to the works of author J.R.R. Tokien in naming many of his hostas. 8 Chamberlain, Steve (2) 0 New York   9 Dalton, Jim 19 New York   10 Dalton, Meg 19 New York   11 Donsky, George 8 New York George Donsky (1945-2010) was very active in the Western New York Hosta Society and was an AHS Judge. 12 Eminence Meadows 1 New York Eminence Meadows is a small perennial farm in the northern Catskill Mountains. 13 Epstein, Harold 4 New York Harold Epstein (1903-1997) was a founder and former President of the Hortus Club of New York. Harold was also President of the American Rock Garden Society, the Greater New York Orchid Society and the Northeast Region of the American Rhododendron Society. 14 Foster, Eugene 3 New York Eugene S. Foster was primarily a reknowned daylily hybridizer from New York. 15 Francis, Carl 1 New York   16 Goffery, James 3 New York   17 Hajnosz, Carole 1 New York   18 Hewes, S. 1 New York   19 Jennings, Dave 5 New York Glenville Gardens in New York 20 Koza, Carole 2 New York   21 Lydell, Ransom 127 New York Owner of Cooks Nursery and Eagle Bay Gardens since 1981 and has been on the Board of the American Hosta Growers Association. He introduced the "Eagle Bay" series. 22 Malloy, Alex 337 New York An antiquarian and Hosta Master Judge, Alex (1938-2019) had a personal collection of over 3,000 hostas. 23 Malloy, Tony 1 New York   24 McElwee, Molly 2 New York   25 Murray, Jerry 1 New York   26 Orlando, John 9 New York   27 Rabinau, Herman 1 New York Herman Rabinau of Baldwin (Long Island), New York was mentioned by Alex Summers in an article in The Hosta Journal (1985 No. 16) as being the source of “Most, if not all, of the H. tokudam (now 'Tokudama') plants in the United States." 28 Rassmussen, George 5 New York George Rasmussen is a daylily and hosta hybridizer from Long Island, New York. 29 Schmidt, Jon 2 New York   30 Seneca Hill Perennials 1 New York   31 Serafin, Viktoria 27 New York Viktoria Serafin is the owner of Glenbrook Farm in New York which was established in 1997. She originated the "Glen" series of hostas. 32 Shadrack, Kathy Guest 1 New York   33 Shadrack, Mike 6 New York Mike Shadrack is a retired member of the London Metropolitan Police who now resides in Buffalo, New York. He has co-authored the Timber Press Pocket Guide to Hostas (2007) with Diana Grenfell and The Book of Little Hostas: 200 Small, Very Small and Mini Varieties (2010) with his wife, Kathy Guest Shadrak. 34 Smead, John J. 2 New York Quest Creek in New York 35 Springarn, Eleanor 2 New York   36 Starr, R. 2 New York   37 Stevens, Don 1 New York   38 Stone, W. 1 New York   39 Sully, Marcia 4 New York Marcia Sully is a retired teacher who is a member of the Western New York Hosta Society. She is on the Great Lakes Region Four board of directors and works on the annual Hosta College in Piqua, Ohio. Marcia is also one of the editors of the Online Journal of The American Hosta Society. 40 Terpening, Kent 34 New York Kent Terpening from New York has been hybridizing hostas since the 1990s and is a member of the Fraternal Order of Seedy Fellows hosta hybridizing group. One of the 28 Hosta of the Year winners through 2023 has been from this originator. 41 Tobey, Marion 1 New York   42 Tylinski, Stan 10 New York Stan Tylinski of New York is a member of the Tri-State Hosta Society. 43 Weissenberger, Henry 13 New York
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