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No.Cultivar NameType of OriginPod or Sport Parentx Pollen ParentSource- - Hostas in the Genetic Background - -
1 'Affair to Remember'HybridComplex Cross'Empress Wu'Hansen, Hans(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Aden No. 381', 'Beatrice', 'Big John', 'Cherry Berry', 'Elegans', 'Empress Wu', 'Flamboyant', 'Frances Williams', 'Gold Cadet', 'Gold Cup', 'Gold Regal', 'Golden Prayers', 'Golden Torch', 'Golden Waffles', 'Ledi Lantis', 'Mira', 'Mississippi Delta', 'Sea Gold', 'Sieboldiana', Hosta sieboldii, 'Tokudama', 'Tokudama Aureonebulosa'
2 'Amos'Unknown - -Petryszyn, Olga(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
3 'Auntie Anne'Hybrid'High Noon''Big John'Balitewicz, Bob(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'High Noon', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Old Faithful'
4 'Bayside Regal'Hybrid'Abiqua Drinking Gourd''Empress Wu'Hicks, Gerry(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd', 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana', 'Tokudama'
5 'Big Bubba'Hybrid'Amos'UnknownHanna, Clarence(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Amos', 'Big John', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
6 'Big John's Gold'Sport'Big John' -Unknown(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
7 'Big Red'Hybrid'One Man's Treasure''Sutter's Mill'Wols, Dan(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'High Noon', Hosta longipes, Hosta longipes hypoglauca', 'Mira', 'One Man's Treasure', 'Sieboldiana', 'Sutter's Mill'
8 'Blue Dino'Sport'Dino' -Jentsch, Klaus(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Dino', 'Mira', Hosta montana, Hosta montana macrophylla, 'Sieboldiana', 'T Rex' ++(SIMILAR.NAME) 'Dino'
9 'Blue Moonlight Cup'Hybrid'Abiqua Drinking Gourd''Empress Wu'Hicks, Gerry(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd', 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana', 'Tokudama'
10 'Blue Wu'Hybrid'Skylight''Empress Wu'King, Jim(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Dorothy Benedict', 'Elegans', 'Empress Wu', 'Frances Williams', 'Mira', Hosta montana, Hosta montana macrophylla, 'Sieboldiana', 'Skylight'
11 'Bluetonium'Hybrid'Big John'UnknownBalitewicz, Bob(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
12 'California Gold Rush'Sport'Sutter's Mill' -Zilis, Mark(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'High Noon', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana', 'Sutter's Mill' ++(REVERSED.FORM) 'Sacramento'
13 'Chief White Cloud'HybridHosta pycnophyllaComplex CrossStegeman, Bev & Stegeman, Dave & Wade, Van(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'High Noon', 'Mira', Hosta pycnophylla, 'Sieboldiana'
14 'Dark Side of Paradise'Sport'Lost in Paradise' -Fransen, Marco & Fransen, Joyce(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Lost in Paradise', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana', 'Wunderbar' (Fransen) (SIMILAR.NAME) 'Dark Side of the Moon'
15 'Dino'Sport'T Rex' -Van Eechaute, Danny(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Mira', Hosta montana, Hosta montana macrophylla, 'Sieboldiana', 'T Rex'
16 'Dreamliner'Sport'Empress Wu' -Van Eechaute, Danny(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
17 'Drop-dead Gorgeous'Hybrid'Niagara Falls''Empress Wu'Hansen, Hans(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Fortunei', 'Fortunei Gigantea', 'Green Piecrust', 'Mira', Hosta montana, Hosta montana macrophylla, 'Niagara Falls', 'Sea Drift', 'Sieboldiana'
18 'Emerald City'Hybrid'Big John'Hosta montana macrophyllaWard, Dr Dick & Ward, Jane(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Mira', Hosta montana, Hosta montana macrophylla, 'Sieboldiana'
19 'Emperor's New Clothes'Nat-Sport'Empress Wu'Hansen, Hans(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
20 'Empress Wu'Hybrid'Big John''Big John'Skaggs, Virginia & Skaggs, Brian(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Biggie', 'Stonewall'
21 'Feathervane'Hybrid'Hyuga Urajiro''Empress Wu'Groothuis, Mike(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Hyuga Urajiro', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
22 'Fiftieth Anniversary'HybridComplex CrossUnknownGraves, Butch(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Christmas Tree Gala', 'Big John', 'Elatior', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
23 'Gabriel's Horn'Nat-Sport'Gabriel's Wing' -Rawson, Don(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Gabriel's Wing', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Empress Wu'
24 'Gabriel's Wing'Sport'Empress Wu' -Rawson, Don(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
25 'Giantland Golden Goddess'Hybrid'Empress Wu'UnknownMiller, Jeff(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
26 'Giantland Yellow Dome'Hybrid'Big John'UnknownMiller, Jeff(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
27 'Godzilla'Hybrid'Big John'Hosta montana macrophyllaWard, Dr Dick & Ward, Jane(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Mira', Hosta montana, Hosta montana macrophylla, 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Big John'
28 'Gold Pants'Hybrid'Brutus''Empress Wu'Beilstein, Doug & Beilstein, Mardy(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Brutus', 'Empress Wu', 'Fortunei', 'Fortunei Gigantea', 'Green Piecrust', 'Mira', 'Sea Drift', 'Sieboldiana', Hosta venusta,
29 'Holar Great Wall'Hybrid'Empress Wu''Mikawa-no-yuki'Van Keer, Ronny(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mikawa-no-yuki', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana', Hosta kikutii, Hosta longipes
30 'Holar Ice Empress'Hybrid'Empress Wu''Mr Blue'Van Keer, Ronny(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Mr Blue', 'Sieboldiana', 'Riptide', Hosta pycnophylla
31 'Holy Toledo'Hybrid'Christmas Tree Gala''Big John'Graves, Butch(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Beatrice', 'Big John', 'Christmas Tree', 'Christmas Tree Gala', 'Elegans', 'Frances Williams', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana', Hosta sieboldii
32 'Homecoming Queen'Hybrid'High Noon''Big John'Balitewicz, Bob(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'High Noon', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
33 'Indiana Bob'Hybrid'Amos''Sutter's Mill'Balitewicz, Bob(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Amos', 'Big John', 'High Noon', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
34 'Justice for All'Hybrid'Justice''Big John'Balitewicz, Bob(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Elatior', 'Justice', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
35 'Justin Tyme'Hybrid'Empress Wu'UnknownHicks, Gerry(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
36 'Kingsize'Sport'Empress Wu' -Van Eechaute, Danny(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
37 'Kingsize Shadow'Nat-Sport'Kingsize'Van den Top, Jan(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Kingsize', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
38 'Krugerrand'Hybrid'High Noon''Big John'Balitewicz, Bob(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'High Noon', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Golden Sculpture'
39 'Ladysmith'Hybrid'Krugerrand''Green Dragonet'Balitewicz, Bob(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Green Dragonet', 'High Noon', 'Krugerrand', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
40 'Lost in Paradise'Sport'Wundebar' (Fransen) -Fransen, Marco & Fransen, Joyce(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana', 'Wundebar' (Fransen)
41 'Michigander'SportComplex Cross -Struhar, Bill(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Sutter's Mill', 'Big John', 'High Noon', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
42 'Missy Marie'Hybrid'Krugerrand''Queen of the Seas'Husemann, Jim(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Krugerrand', 'Mira', 'Queen of the Seas', 'Sieboldiana'
43 'Mouseketeer'HybridComplex CrossComplex CrossHansen, Hans 1950 1960(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Aden No. 359', 'Big John', 'Blue Cadet', 'Blue Mouse Ears', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana', 'Tokudama' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Blue Mouse Ears'
44 'Over Yu Wu'Hybrid'Empress Wu'Hosta plantagineaDaughenbaugh, Walt(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', Hosta plantaginea, 'Sieboldiana'
45 'Pandymonium'Hybrid'Big John'UnknownBalitewicz, Bob(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.NAME) 'Pandemonium'
46 'Pebble Creek Grey Roses'HybridComplex CrossUnknownKovalcsik, Joanna(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Fortunei', 'Fortunei Gigantea', 'Green Piecrust', 'Big John', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
47 'Princess Leia'Nat-SportComplex CrossBalitewicz, Bob(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big Dude', 'Big John', 'Elatior', 'High Noon', 'Krugerrand', 'Mira', Hosta montana, Hosta montana macrophylla, 'Sieboldiana'
48 'Princess WuWu'Hybrid'Empress Wu'UnknownPort, Linda(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
49 'Royal Empress'Sport'Empress Wu' -Rawson, Don(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Wu Hoo', 'Wu La La', 'Wundebar'
50 'Sacramento'Sport'Sutter's Mill' -Zilis, Mark(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'High Noon', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana', 'Sutter's Mill' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'California Gold Rush'
51 'Sound of Music'HybridComplex Cross'Empress Wu'Hansen, Hans(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Aden No. 353', 'Aden No. 355', 'Big John', 'Blue Velvet', 'Blue Vision', 'Empress Wu', 'Love Pat', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana', 'Tokudama'
52 'Super Ego'Sport'Empress Wu' -Skaggs, Virginia & Skaggs, Brian(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
53 'Surfboard'HybridComplex CrossComplex CrossGraves, Butch(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Beatrice', 'Big John', 'Christmas Tree', 'Christmas Tree Gala', 'Dorothy Benedict', 'Elatior', 'Elegans', 'Frances Williams', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana', Hosta sieboldii
54 'Sutter's Mill'Hybrid'High Noon''Big John'Balitewicz, Bob & The American Hosta Society(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'High Noon', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
55 'T Rex'HybridHosta montana macrophylla'Big John'Ward, Dr Dick & Ward, Jane(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Mira', Hosta montana, Hosta montana macrophylla, 'Sieboldiana' ++(DUPLICATE/INCORRECT.NAME) 'Tom Rex'
56 'Terms of Endearment'Hybrid'Elegans' sport'Empress Wu'Hansen, Hans(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Elegans', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana', 'Tokudama' ++(TYPE) 'Elegans'
57 'Trendsetter'Hybrid'Niagara Falls''Empress Wu'Hansen, Hans(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Fortunei', 'Fortunei Gigantea', 'Green Piecrust', 'Mira', Hosta montana, Hosta montana macrophylla, 'Niagara Falls', 'Sea Drift', 'Sieboldiana'
58 'Troubled Waters'Hybrid'Big John'UnknownBalitewicz, Bob(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
59 'Valley's Big Bang'Hybrid'Amos'UnknownSkaggs, Virginia & Skaggs, Brian & Linneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Amos', 'Big John', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
60 'Valley's Big Chill'Hybrid'Amos'UnknownLinneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Amos', 'Big John', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
61 'Valley's Big Freeze'Hybrid'Empress Wu'UnknownLinneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
62 'Valley's Blue Flush'Hybrid'Queen of the Seas''T Rex'Linneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Mira', Hosta montana, Hosta montana macrophylla, 'Queen of the Seas', 'Sieboldiana'
63 'Valley's Bronze Statuary'Hybrid'Valley's Big Freeze'UnknownLinneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana', 'Valley's Big Freeze'
64 'Valley's Courtisane'HybridHosta pycnophylla'Valley's Big Freeze'Linneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', Hosta pycnophylla, 'Sieboldiana'
65 'Valley's Fantastic Boys'Hybrid'Valley's Rodeo''Valley's Big Freeze'Linneman, Jeroen & Skaggs, Brian & Skaggs, Virginia(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Green Fountain', Green Wedge (Aden)', Hosta longipes, 'Marilyn Monroe', 'Mira', Hosta nigrescens, 'Sieboldiana', 'Ringtail', Hosta rupifraga, 'Urajiro Hachijo', 'Valley's Big Freeze', 'Valley's Rodeo'
66 'Valley's Grand Folks'Hybrid'Valley's Streaked Goose''Empress Wu'Linneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Mira', 'Elegans', 'Empress Wu', 'Sieboldiana', 'Valley's Streaked Goose'
67 'Valley's Green Hero'Hybrid'Empress Wu'UnknownLinneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
68 'Valley's Haka'Hybrid'Valley's Streaked Goose''Empress Wu'Linneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Mira', 'Elegans', 'Empress Wu', 'Sieboldiana', 'Valley's Streaked Goose'
69 'Valley's Heartbreak Hotel'Hybrid'Valley's Streaked Goose''Empress Wu'Linneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Mira', 'Elegans', 'Empress Wu', 'Sieboldiana', 'Valley's Streaked Goose'
70 'Valley's Himitsu'HybridHosta pycnophylla'Empress Wu'Linneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', Hosta pycnophylla, 'Sieboldiana'
71 'Valley's Ice Giant'Hybrid'Neptune''Big John'Linneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Dorset Blue', 'Elegans', 'Halcyon', Hosta hypoleuca, Hosta longipes, Hosta longipes lancea, 'Maekawa', 'Mira', 'Neptune', 'Sieboldiana, 'Salute', 'Tardiflora'
72 'Valley's Katafreeze'Hybrid'Katana''Valley's Big Freeze'Linneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Katana', Hosta kikutii, Hosta longipes, 'Mikawa-no-yuki, 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
73 'Valley's Magnum'Hybrid'Empress Wu'UnknownLinneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
74 'Valley's Midnight Joker'HybridComplex Cross'Glacier Cascade'Linneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Glacier Cascade', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana', 'Valley's Big Freeze', 'Valley's Royal Affair'
75 'Valley's Salty Crocodile'Hybrid'Empress Wu'UnknownLinneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
76 'Valley's Super Tuesday'Hybrid'Valley's Streaked Goose''Empress Wu'Linneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Mira', 'Elegans', 'Empress Wu', 'Sieboldiana', 'Valley's Streaked Goose'
77 'Valley's Undressed Wu'Hybrid'Empress Wu'UnknownLinneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
78 'Valley's Walhalla'Hybrid'Valley's Streaked Goose''Empress Wu'Linneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Mira', 'Elegans', 'Empress Wu', 'Sieboldiana', 'Valley's Streaked Goose'
79 'Valley's Whale Rider'Hybrid'Neptune''Big John'Linneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Dorset Blue', 'Elegans', 'Halcyon', Hosta hypoleuca, Hosta longipes, Hosta longipes lancea, 'Maekawa', 'Mira', 'Neptune', 'Sieboldiana, 'Salute', 'Tardiflora'
80 'Valley's Wild Romance'Hybrid'Empress Wu'UnknownLinneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'
81 'Valley's Yellow Bird'HybridUnknown'Valley's Big Freeze'Linneman, Jeroen(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana', 'Valley's Big Freeze'
82 'When I Dream' (Hansen)Hybrid'Empress Wu' (sport)'Queen of the Seas'Hansen, Hans(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SAME.NAME) 'When I Dream' (Rawson)
83 'Wicked Brain Freeze'HybridComplex Cross'Sutter's Mill'Kuenster, Rod(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'High Noon', 'Mira', 'Pretty One', 'Sieboldiana', 'Sutter's Mill', 'T Rex'
84 'Wu Hoo'Sport'Empress Wu' -Smith, Scott & Malaguerra, Mark(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Royal Empress', 'Wu La La', 'Wundebar'
85 'Wu La La'TC Sport'Empress Wu' -Hansen, Hans(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Royal Empress', 'Wu Hoo', 'Wundebar'
86 'Wu-La-La'TC Sport'Empress Wu' -Walters Gardens(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Royal Empress', 'Wu Hoo', 'Wundebar'
87 'Wundebar' (Fransen)Sport'Empress Wu' -Fransen, Marco & Fransen, Joyce(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SAME.NAME) 'Wundebar' (Harrison)
88 'Wundergold'Sport'Wundebar' (Fransen) -Fransen, Marco & Fransen, Joyce(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Empress Wu', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana', 'Wundebar' (Fransen)
89 'Xanadu Amora'Hybrid'Xanadu Xanthippe'UnknownSkaggs, Virginia & Skaggs, Brian(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana', 'Xanadu Xanthippe' ++(INFO.SOURCE: Hosta Library)
90 'Xanadu Xanthippe'Hybrid'Big John'UnknownSkaggs, Virginia & Skaggs, Brian(GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big John', 'Mira', 'Sieboldiana'


 

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