| No. | Cultivar | Type of Origin | Mother/Pod Parent | x Pollen Parent | Source | Background Information |
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1
| 'Audra's Expectations' | TC Sport | 'Great Expectations' | - | Wilson, Audra | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Northern Lights' |
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2
| 'Beach Boy' | Sport | 'Dream Weaver' | - | Heemskerk, Gerardus | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Dream Weaver', 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Great Expectations' |
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3
| 'Buffalo Bill' | Sport | 'Great Expectations' | - | Zubrik, Dana & Zubrik, Milan | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' |
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4
| 'China Gold' | Hybrid | 'Great Expectations' | Unknown | Goodenough, Rick | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' |
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5
| 'Collector's Dream' | Sport | 'Dream Queen' | - | Janssen, Bill | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Dream Queen', 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' |
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6
| 'Dr Topper Hagerman' | Hybrid | 'Great Expectations' | 'Sagae' | Kwick, Charles | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', Hosta fluctuans, 'Great Expectations', 'Sagae', 'Sieboldiana' |
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7
| 'Dream Queen' | TC Sport | 'Great Expectations' | - | Van den Top, Jan & The American Hosta Society | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Dream Weaver', 'Thunderbolt' |
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8
| 'Dream Weaver' | Sport | 'Great Expectations' | - | Ruetenik, Bonnie & Walek, Kevin & The American Hosta Society | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Dream Queen', 'Thuderbolt' |
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9
| 'Fantastic Fulfillment' | Sport | 'Great Expectations' | - | Summers, Alex | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' |
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10
| 'Foxfire X-Philes' | Sport | 'Great Expectations' | - | Schulte, Steve & Silvers, Bill | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.NAME) 'X Philes' |
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11
| 'Golden Great Expectations' | TC Sport | 'Great Expectations' | - | Zilis, Mark | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.NAME) 'American Great Expectations', 'Great Expectations', 'Great Expectations Blue' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Golden Flame' |
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12
| 'Great American Expectations' | Sport | 'Great Expectations' | - | Elslager, Ed & Wade, Van | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'J.D.'s Luck' |
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13
| 'Great Arrival' | TC Sport | 'Great Expectations' | - | Zilis, Mark | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Paradise Expectations' ++(REVERSED FORM OF) 'Great Expectations' |
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14
| 'Great Expectations' | Sport | 'Elegans' | - | Bond, John & Aden, Paul | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Sieboldiana', 'Tokudama' ++(SIMILAR.NAME) 'American Great Expectations', 'Golden Great Expectations', 'Great Expectations Blue' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Borwick Beauty', 'Northern Lights', 'Summer Joy', 'Thuderbolt' |
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15
| 'Great Surprise' | Sport | 'Great Expectations' | - | Unknown | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' |
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16
| 'Great White Way' | Hybrid | 'Supreme Expectations' | Unknown | Elslager, Ed | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana', 'Supreme Expectations' |
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17
| 'Ice King' | Sport | 'Dream Queen' | - | Kwick, Charles | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Dream Queen', 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' |
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18
| 'Ice Queen' | Hybrid | 'Dream Queen' | 'Ice Age Trail' | Kwick, Charles | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Big Daddy', 'Dream Queen', 'Elegans', 'Fortunei', 'Great Expectations', 'Ice Age Trail', 'Robust Giant', 'Sieboldiana' |
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19
| 'Impressive Reject' | Hybrid | 'Dream Queen' | Unknown | Kwick, Charles | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Dream Queen', 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' |
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20
| 'J.D.'s Luck' | Sport | 'Great Expectations' | - | Orlando, John | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Dream Weaver', 'Great American Expectations' |
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21
| 'Lady Gloria' | Hybrid | 'Sea Gulf Stream' | 'Dream Queen' | Kwick, Charles | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Dream Queen', 'Elegans', 'Golden Nugget', 'Great Expectations', 'Sea Gold Star', 'Sieboldiana', 'Wagon Wheels' |
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22
| 'Lady Rosemary' | Hybrid | 'Great Expectations' | 'Sagae' | Kwick, Charles | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', Hosta fluctuans, 'Great Expectations', 'Sagae', 'Sieboldiana' |
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23
| 'Legacy of Corydon' | Hybrid | 'Great Expectations' | 'Sagae' | Kwick, Charles | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', Hosta fluctuans, 'Great Expectations', 'Sagae', 'Sieboldiana' |
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24
| 'Lord Manywrinkles' | Hybrid | 'Dream Queen' | 'Dream Queen' | Kwick, Charles | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Dream Queen', 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' |
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25
| 'Mike Shadrack' | Hybrid | 'Great Expectations' | 'Rock and Roll' | Kuk, Bob | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Rock and Roll', 'Sieboldiana' ++(TYPE) 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Great Arrival' |
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26
| 'Mutley's Rest' | Sport | 'Great Expectations' | - | Orlando, John | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' |
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27
| 'Ninkasi' | Sport | 'Ice Queen' | - | Kwick, Charles | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Dream Queen', 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Ice Age Trail', 'Ice Queen', 'Robusta', 'Sieboldiana' |
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28
| 'Noble Eagle' | Hybrid | 'William Lachman' | Unknown | Elslager, Ed | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Beatrice', 'Elegans', 'Frances Williams, 'Sieboldiana', Hosta sieboldii, 'William Lachman' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Great Expectations' |
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29
| 'Northern Lights' | Sport | 'Elegans' | - | Walters Gardens | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Sieboldiana', 'Tokudama' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Aurdras Expectations', 'Eskimo Pie', 'Great Expectations', 'Northern Mist', 'Northern Mystery' |
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30
| 'Paradise Expectations' | Sport | 'Great Expectations' | - | Fransen, Marco | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Great Arrival' |
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31
| 'Particle Accelerator' | Hybrid | 'Great Expectations' | Unknown | Timm, Phil | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Northern Mist' ++(INFO.SOURCE: Hosta Library) |
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32
| 'Paul's Blue Wonder' | Hybrid | 'Great Expectations' | 'Sagae' | Kwick, Charles | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', Hosta fluctuans, 'Great Expectations', 'Sagae', 'Sieboldiana' |
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33
| 'Richmond Blue' | TC Sport | 'Great Expectations' | - | Zumbar, Wm & Walek, Kevin & The American Hosta Society | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Great Expectations Blue', 'Helen Doriot' |
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34
| 'Simply Sharon' | Hybrid | 'Dorothy Benedict' | Unknown | Benedict, Dr Ralph (Herb) & Kuk, Bob | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Dorothy Benedict', 'Elegans', 'Frances Williams', 'Sieboldiana' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Great Expectations' |
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35
| 'Simply Sharon Sport' | Sport | 'Simply Sharon' | - | Kuk, Bob | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Dorothy Benedict', 'Elegans', 'Frances Williams', 'Sieboldiana', 'Simply Sharon' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Great Expectations' |
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36
| 'Southern Lights' | Sport | 'Richmond Blue' | - | Gilligan, Madelon | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Richmond Blue', 'Sieboldiana' |
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37
| 'Summer Joy' | Sport | 'Blue Moon' | - | Klehm, Roy | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Blue Moon', 'Elegans', Hosta longipes, Hosta longipes lancea, 'Sieboldiana', 'Tardiflora' ++(SIMILAR.HOSTAS) 'Great Expectations' |
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38
| 'Supreme Expectations' | Sport | 'Great Expectations' | - | Elslager, Ed | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' |
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39
| 'Tidal Pool' | Hybrid | 'Great Expectations' | Unknown | Dye, Kay | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' |
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40
| 'Unexpected Company' | Hybrid | 'Great Expectations' | Unknown | Herold, Glenn | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' |
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41
| 'Willow' | Nat-Sport | 'Great Arrival' | | Milbradt, Marc | (GENETIC BACKGROUND) 'Elegans', 'Great Arrival', 'Great Expectations', 'Sieboldiana' |
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