| No. | Originator/Registrant | Cultivars | State/Country | - - - - - - - - - - - - - About the Originator - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
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| Artley, A. | 1 | North Carolina | |
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2
| Avent, Tony | 114 | North Carolina | Owner of Plant Delights Nursery, Tony is a well known plant explorer and creator of the Juniper Level Botanical Gardens in North Carolina. Winner of Eunice Fischer Distinguished Hybridizer Merit Award in 2015. |
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3
| Benfield, Jeff | 1 | North Carolina | |
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4
| Byrd, I. | 1 | North Carolina | |
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5
| Carpenter, Kate | 5 | North Carolina | |
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6
| Crowder, Allen | 1 | North Carolina | Hawksridge Farms in Hickory, North Carolina |
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7
| Eason, S. | 1 | North Carolina | |
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8
| Farmer, Ann | 1 | North Carolina | |
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9
| Franks, Richard | 2 | North Carolina | |
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10
| Isaacs, Charles | 5 | North Carolina | Charles Isaacs owns Moongate Farm in North Carolina. |
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11
| Jernigan, Bettie | 3 | North Carolina | Jernigan Gardens in North Carolina |
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12
| Jones, Leonard | 17 | North Carolina | |
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13
| Laible, Philip | 1 | North Carolina | |
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14
| Lefever, Wyatt | 5 | North Carolina | |
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15
| Markland, Sandie | 3 | North Carolina | |
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16
| Niche Gardens | 1 | North Carolina | |
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17
| Powell, Loleta | 21 | North Carolina | Loleta Powell (1921-2016) was the owner of Powell’s Iris Haven nursery in
North Carolina until 2014. |
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18
| Ray, Graham | 1 | North Carolina | |
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19
| Santa Lucia, Vic | 4 | North Carolina | Vic Santa Lucia was President of The American Hosta Society from 1989 to 1992. A retired school teacher from New York, he moved to North Carolina in the early 1990s and formed a partnership with Van Sellers in Iron Gate Gardens. |
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20
| Scolnik, Patricia | 8 | North Carolina | Patricia Scolnik is owner of Breeze Hill Plant Lab in North Carolina. One of the 28 Hosta of the Year winners through 2023 has been from this originator. |
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21
| Sellers, Van | 10 | North Carolina | Van Sellers and Vic Santa Lucia own Iron Gate Gardens in North Carolina. They originated the "Iron Gate" series of hostas. |
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22
| Solberg, Robert | 158 | North Carolina | Owner of Green Hill Farm nursery and co-founder of The American Hosta Growers Association. Awarded Alex J. Summers Distinguished Merit Award and Eunice Fishcer Distinguished Hybridizer Merit Award. Six 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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23
| Taylor, J.C. | 1 | North Carolina | |
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24
| Tucker, Jeff - NC | 1 | North Carolina | |
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25
| Watson, Steve | 1 | North Carolina | Lily's Garden in Tennessee |
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