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Hosta
'Zounds'

This heavily corrugated, large size (22 inches high by 50 inches wide) mound hosta was originated by Florence Shaw of Massachusetts and registered by Paul Aden of New York in 1978. It was re-registered in 2012 to show that Shaw was the actual originator.

It is a hybrid of H. 'Golden Waffles' × H. 'Golden Prayers'. It has a bright color and the thick texture tends to resist slug damage. 'Zounds' is NOT susceptible to spring desiccation burn like some similar hostas. Very pale lavender flowers bloom from late June into July followed by viable seeds.

The New Encyclopedia of Hostas by Diana Grenfell (2009) states: "Site in good light or filtered to light shade, where it glows like a beacon when surrounded by dark green-leaved plants...A classic hosta."

 

An article by Warren I. Pollock in The Hosta Journal (1995 Vol. 26 No. 2) states that, "H. 'Dick Ward' is a handsome new cultivar, a sport of gold-leaved 'Zounds' with a wide green border. It was introduced and registered by Handy Hatfield...named for the well-known hosta collector, Dr. Richard Ward of Columbus, Ohio...H. 'Dick Ward'...currently selling for $150 for nice-sized divisions."

Warren I. Pollock in The Hosta Journal  (2014 Vol. 45 No. 1) states that, "The American Hosta Society Cultivar Origination Commission…concluded that Kevin C. Vaughn and the late Florence Shaw should be credited for some of Aden’s registrations…Eight of Paul Aden ’s crème de la crème registrations are credited to Kevin Vaughn as originator and 16 to Florence Shaw…Among them are H. ‘Fragrant Bouquet’ (K. Vaughn – 1982), ‘So Sweet’ (K. Vaughn –1986), ‘Zounds’ (F. Shaw – 1978), ‘Love Pat’ (F. Shaw – 1978), ‘Sum and Substance’ (F. Shaw – 1980) and ‘Blue Angel’ (F. Shaw – 1986)."

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1990 #25
1991 #38
       











 
 

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