PGC Classics - HostaHelper from PlantsGalore.Com

There are currently over 13,700 named hostas in our database of which about 7,038 are actually registered with The American Hosta Society. As with any large collection of plants, there are some that have withstood the test of time and others have faded into quiet obscurity.

Listed below are some of the All-Time Classic Hostas as defined by Mr PGC himself. Of course, selection for this list is based on thorough research and long-term experience in the world of Hostadom. The highly scientific criteria used in the cultivar selection process provided that chosen cultivars must meet one or more of the following:

1. It has been around for a "long time".
2. It is a darn nice plant to have in your garden.
3. A hosta that most enthusiasts know or should know.
4. Used to create other great hostas by sport or seed.

5. It was interesting & unique when first introduced.
6. We have a picture of it.
7. Mr PGC thinks it belongs...after all it is his list.

Cultivar	Plant Size	Leaf Color	Variegation	Var Color	Origin	Flower Color	Season	Source	Registered
'Abba Dabba Do'	Large	Dark-Green	Marginal	Greenish White	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Avent, Tony	.1998
'Abiqua Drinking Gourd'	Large	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Near-White	June into July	Purtymun, Charles	.1989
'All That Jazz'	Large	Dark-Green	Marginal	White	Hybrid	Pure-White	July into August	Petryszyn, Olga	.2006
'Allan P. McConnell'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July into August	McConnell, Allan & Seaver, Mildred	.1980
'Allegan Fog'	Medium	Med-Green	Medial	Speckles	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Herrema, Ken & Ruh, Peter	.2000
'Ani Machi'	Medium	Med-Green	Medial	Greenish White	Unknown	Light-Purple	August to September	Ruh, Peter & Ruh, Jean	.2002 .2018
'Anna Karenina'	-	-	-	-	Hybrid	-	-	Moore, Jeff	--NR--
'Antioch'	Large	Med-Green	Marginal	Creamy White	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Tompkins, Cynthia & Hofer, Paul & Ruh, Peter	.1979
'Aphrodite'	Large	Med-Green	-	-	Sport	Pure-White	August to October	Maekawa, Dr Fumio & Schmid, W. George & Walek, Kevin	.2009
'Aspen Gold'	Large	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Near-White	June into July	Grapes, Vivian	.1986
'August Moon'	Large	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Langfelder, Richard & Ruh, Peter	.1996
'Aureomarginata', H. montana	Large	Med-Green	Marginal	Yellow	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July	Maekawa, Dr Fumio & The American Hosta Society	.1986
'Aurora Borealis'	Large	Blue/Green	Marginal	Yellow	Sport	Near-White	June into July	Rudolph, Thelma & Walters Gardens	.1986
'Baby Bunting'	Small	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Deep-Purple	June into July	Savory, Robert	.1982
'Beatrice Breeder'	Medium	Dark-Green	Streaked	White	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Zumbar, Wm & Walek, Kevin	.2009
'Big Daddy'	Large	Blue/Green	-	-	Sport	Pure-White	June into July	Shaw, Florence	.1978
'Big John'	Giant	Med-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Near-White	June into July	Owens, Clarence	.1986
'Birchwood Elegance'	Giant	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pure-White	June into July	Shaw, Florence	.1986
'Blonde Elf'	Small	Yellow	-	-	Sport	Light-Purple	July	Aden, Paul & Zilis, Mark	.2010
'Blue Angel'	Giant	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pure-White	-	Shaw, Florence	.1986
'Blue Cadet'	Small	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Shaw, Florence	.1974
'Blue Mammoth'	Giant	Blue/Green	-	-	Unknown	Near-White	June into July	Aden, Paul & Ruh, Peter & Ruh, Jean	.2010
'Blue Mouse Ears'	Miniature	Blue/Green	-	-	TC Sport	Pale-Lavender	-	Deckert, Emile & Deckert, Jane	.2000
'Bold Edger'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	-	Vaughn, Kevin	.1983
'Brave Attempt'	Medium	Blue/Green	Streaked	Yellow	Sport	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Silvers, Bill	.2007
'Breeder's Choice'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Vaughn, Kevin	.1987
'Brim Cup'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	Creamy White	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Aden, Paul	.1986
'Brother Ronald'	Medium	Blue/Green	-	-	Unknown	Pure-White	July into August	Smith, Eric & British Hosta and Hemerocallis Society	.1988
'Brother Stefan'	Large	Yellow	Marginal	Greenish White	Hybrid	Pure-White	June into July	Petryszyn, Olga	.1998
'Cascades'	Medium	Blue/Green	Medial	White	Hybrid	Pure-White	July	Lachman, Wm & Lachman, Eleanor	.1993
'Cathedral Windows'	Giant	Blue/Green	Medial	Yellow	TC Sport	Pale-Lavender	August	Hansen, Hans & Shady Oaks Nursery	.2005
'Chartreuse Wiggles'	Small	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Light-Purple	August	Aden, Paul	.1976
'Cherry Berry'	Medium	Blue/Green	Marginal	White	Hybrid	Light-Purple	July into August	Lachman, Wm & Lachman, Eleanor	.1991
'Chinese Sunrise'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	Greenish White	Sport	Pale-Lavender	August to September	Schaeffer, Robert & Ruh, Peter	.1992
'Choko Nishiki'	Medium	Med-Green	-	-	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July	Asami, Hisatoyo & The American Hosta Society & Zilis, Mark	.2012
'Choo Choo Train'	Large	Yellow	-	-	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July	Avent, Tony	.1999
'Christmas Tree'	Large	Dark-Green	Marginal	White	Hybrid	Med-Lavender	June into July	Vaughn, Kevin & Seaver, Mildred	.1982
'City Lights'	Large	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Near-White	June into July	Aden, Paul	.1978
'Color Glory'	Large	Blue/Green	Medial	Yellow	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	-	Aden, Paul	.1980
'Crispula'	Large	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July	Maekawa, Dr Fumio	.2001
'Curly Fries'	Medium	Light-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Deep-Purple	August	Solberg, Robert	.2008
'Decorata'	Medium	Dark-Green	Marginal	White	Unknown	Deep-Purple	July into August	Bailey, Liberty Hyde & The American Hosta Society	.2001
'Designer Genes'	Medium	Light-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Light-Purple	July	Wrede, Arthur	.2005
'Dick Ward'	Large	Yellow	Marginal	Blue-Green	Sport	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Hatfield, Handy	.1991
'Don Stevens'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Unknown	Light-Purple	August	Seaver, Mildred	.2005
'Donahue Piecrust'	Large	Med-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pure-White	June into July	Donahue, Thomas & Ruh, Peter	.1999
'Dorothy Benedict'	Medium	Med-Green	Streaked	Yellow	Hybrid	Near-White	June into July	Benedict, Dr Ralph (Herb)	.1983
'Dorset Blue'	Small	Blue/Green	-	-	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	August	Smith, Eric & Aden, Paul	.1977
'Dream Weaver'	Medium	Blue/Green	Medial	White	Sport	Pure-White	June	Ruetenik, Bonnie & Walek, Kevin	.1996
'Earth Angel'	Giant	Blue/Green	Marginal	Creamy White	Sport	Near-White	June into July	Hansen, Hans	.2002
'El Nino'	Medium	Blue/Green	Marginal	White	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Warmerdam, Piet	.2003
'Elata'	Giant	Dark-Green	-	-	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Hylander, Nils & The American Hosta Society	.2002
'Elatior'	Giant	Blue/Green	-	-	Sport	Near-White	July into August	Maekawa, Dr Fumio & Ruh, Peter	.2002
'Elegans'	Giant	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Arends, George & The American Hosta Society	.1987
'Ellerbroek'	Large	Med-Green	Marginal	Yellow	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Hylander, Nils & Ellerbroek, Paul & Ruh, Peter	.1996
'Empress Wu'	Giant	Dark-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Skaggs, Virginia & Skaggs, Brian	.2008
'Fascination'	Medium	Med-Green	Streaked	Creamy White	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	-	Shaw, Florence & Ruh, Peter	.1978
'Feather Boa'	Small	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Light-Purple	July	O'Harra, Russ	.1991
'Fire and Ice'	Medium	Med-Green	Medial	White	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Hansen, Hans	.1999
'First Frost'	Miniature	Blue/Green	Marginal	Creamy White	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Scolnik, Patricia & Solberg, Robert	.2002
'Flamboyant'	Medium	Yellow	Streaked	-	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	-	Tompkins, Chet & Aden, Paul	.1978
'Fortunei'	Large	Med-Green	-	-	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Unknown	--NR--
'Fragrant Bouquet'	Large	Med-Green	Marginal	Yellow	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Vaughn, Kevin & The American Hosta Society	.1982
'Francee'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Klopping, Minnie & The American Hosta Society	.1986
'Frances Williams'	Large	Blue/Green	Marginal	Yellow	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Williams, Frances & Williams, Connie	.1986
'Fried Green Tomatoes'	Large	Dark-Green	-	-	TC Sport	Pale-Lavender	August to October	Solberg, Robert	.1995
'Frosted Jade'	Giant	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Hybrid	Pure-White	-	Maroushek, Lillian	.1978
'Geisha'	Small	Med-Green	Marginal	Greenish White	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	-	Vaughn, Kevin	--NR--
'Ginko Craig'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Unknown	Light-Purple	August to October	Craig, Jack & Summers, Alex	.1986
'Gold Drop'	Medium	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Pure-White	-	Anderson, Kenneth	.1977
'Gold Edger'	Medium	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Aden, Paul	.1978
'Gold Regal'	Giant	Yellow	-	-	Unknown	Med-Lavender	July	Unknown & Aden, Paul	.1974
'Gold Standard'	Large	Med-Green	Marginal	Yellow	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Banyai, Pauline	.1976
'Golden Tiara'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	Green	Sport	Deep-Purple	July into August	Savory, Robert	.1977
'Great Expectations'	Medium	Blue/Green	Medial	Yellow	Sport	Pure-White	June into July	Bond, John & Aden, Paul	.1988
'Green Angel'	Giant	Med-Green	-	-	TC Sport	Near-White	June	Klehm, Roy	.1990
'Green Fountain'	Large	Med-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	August to October	Aden, Paul	.1979
'Guacamole'	Large	Light-Green	-	-	Sport	Pale-Lavender	August to October	Solberg, Robert	.1994
'Guardian Angel'	Large	Blue/Green	Medial	White	Sport	Near-White	June into July	Thompson, Rick & Thompson, Criss	.1995
'Hadspen Heron'	Medium	Blue/Green	-	-	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Smith, Eric & Aden, Paul	.1976
'Halcyon'	Small	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Smith, Eric & The American Hosta Society	.1988
'Honeybells'	Large	Med-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	August to October	Cumming, Alex & The American Hosta Society	.1986
Hosta montana macrophylla	Giant	Dark-Green	-	-	Sport	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Japan	--NR--
Hosta plantaginea	Large	Med-Green	-	-	Species	Pure-White	August to October	Species from China	--NR--
'Inniswood'	Medium	Yellow	Marginal	Green	Sport	Pale-Lavender	June	Innis Metro Gardens	.1993
'Invincible'	Medium	Med-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	August	Aden, Paul	.1986
'Janet'	Medium	Light-Green	Marginal	Green	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	O'Harra, Russ	.1981
'June'	Medium	Yellow	Marginal	Blue Green	TC Sport	Pale-Lavender	August	NEO Plants Ltd.	.1991
'Just So'	Small	Yellow	Marginal	Green	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Aden, Paul	.1986
'Kabitan'	Small	Yellow	Marginal	Green	Sport	Light-Purple	August	Maekawa, Dr Fumio	.1987
'Krossa Regal'	Giant	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Krossa, Gus & Summers, Alex	.1980
'Lakeside Paisley Print'	Small	Dark-Green	Medial	White	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July	Chastain, Mary	.2006
'Lancifolia'	Medium	Med-Green	-	-	Unknown	Med-Lavender	August to October	Unknown	--NR--
'Lemon Lime'	Medium	Light-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Deep-Purple	July	Savory, Robert	.1977
'Liberty'	Large	Blue/Green	Marginal	Yellow	TC Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Machen, John	.2000
'Love Pat'	Large	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	-	Shaw, Florence & Aden, Paul	.1978
'Minuteman'	Large	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Sport	Med-Lavender	July into August	Machen, John	.1995
'Neat Splash'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Hybrid	Light-Purple	July into August	Aden, Paul	.1978
'Neat Splash Rim'	Medium	Blue/Green	Marginal	Yellow	Sport	Light-Purple	July into August	The American Hosta Society	.1986
'Niagara Falls'	Giant	Med-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July	Brincka, Wm & Petryszyn, 0lga	.1991
'On Stage'	-	-	-	-	Duplicate	-	-	Duplicate Name	--NR--
'Orange Marmalade'	Large	Med-Green	Medial	White	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Solberg, Robert	.2002
'Pandora's Box'	Miniature	Dark-Green	Medial	White	Sport	Light-Purple	July	Hansen, Hans & Shady Oaks Nursery	.1996
'Paradigm'	Medium	Blue/Green	Medial	Yellow	Sport	Near-White	June into July	Purtymun, Charles	.2007
'Patriot'	Large	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Sport	Med-Lavender	July into August	Machen, John	.1994
'Paul's Glory'	Large	Yellow	Marginal	Blue-Green	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Hofer, Paul & Hofer, Linda & Ruh, Peter	.1987
'Pearl Lake'	Medium	Blue/Green	-	-	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July	Stone, David & Payne, Frank	.1982
'Piedmont Gold'	Large	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Near-White	June into July	Stone, David & Payne, Henry	.1982
'Praying Hands'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	Yellow	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	-	Williams, Gerald	.1996
'Queen Josephine'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	Yellow	Sport	Pale-Lavender	-	Kuk, Bob	.1993
'Rainforest Sunrise'	Medium	Yellow	Marginal	Green	TC Sport	Near-White	July	Anderson, Jim	.2003
'Regal Splendor'	Large	Blue/Green	Marginal	Creamy White	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Walters Gardens	.1987
'Royal Standard'	Large	Med-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pure-White	August to October	Grullemans, John J. & Wayside Gardens	.1986
'Ryan's Big One'	Giant	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Near-White	June into July	Englerth, Lawrence & Ryan (Unknown)	.1982
'Sagae'	Giant	Yellow	Marginal	Creamy White	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Watanabe, Kenji & Hagiwara, Eigon	.1987
'Saishu Jima'	Small	Med-Green	-	-	Unknown	Deep-Purple	August	Unknown & Ruh, Peter	.2002 .2018
'Sea Lotus Leaf'	Large	Blue/Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July	Seaver, Mildred	.1985
'Sea Prize'	Large	Med-Green	Streaked	Yellow	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July	Seaver, Mildred & Walek, Kevin	.2009
'Shade Fanfare'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	Creamy White	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July	Aden, Paul	.1986
'Sharp Dressed Man'	Medium	Med-Green	Medial	White	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July	Solberg, Robert	.2005
'Shining Tot'	Miniature	Med-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Light-Purple	August	Aden, Paul	.1982
'So Sweet'	Large	Med-Green	Marginal	Creamy White	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	August	Vaughn, Kevin & Aden, Paul	.1986
'Spilt Milk'	Large	Blue/Green	Streaked	Speckles	Unknown	Near-White	June into July	Seaver, Mildred	.1999
'Stained Glass'	Large	Yellow	Medial	Green	TC Sport	Pale-Lavender	August	Hansen, Hans & Shady Oaks Nursery	.1999
'Stiletto'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	White	Hybrid	Light-Purple	August	Aden, Paul	.1987
'Striptease'	Large	Dark-Green	Medial	White	Sport	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Thompson, Rick & Thompson, Criss	.1991
'Subcrocea'	Medium	Light-Green	-	-	Unknown	Light-Purple	August	The American Hosta Society	.1987
'Sum and Substance'	Giant	Light-Green	-	-	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Shaw, Florence & Aden, Paul	.1980
'Sun Power'	Large	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July	Aden, Paul	.1986
'Tiny Tears'	Miniature	Med-Green	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	-	Savory, Robert	.1977
'Tokudama'	Medium	Blue/Green	-	-	Unknown	Near-White	June into July	Unknown	--NR--
'Tokudama Aureonebulosa'	Medium	Blue/Green	Streaked	Yellow	Sport	Pure-White	-	Unknown & The American Hosta Society	.1987
'Tokudama Flavocircinalis'	Medium	Blue/Green	Marginal	Creamy White	Nat-Sport	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Maekawa, Dr Fumio	.1987
'Undulata'	Medium	Med-Green	Medial	White	Unknown	Pale-Lavender	July	Bailey, Liberty Hyde & The American Hosta Society	.2001
'Undulata Univittata'	Medium	Med-Green	Medial	White	Sport	-	-	Hylander, Nils & The American Hosta Society	.1987
'Victory'	Large	Med-Green	Marginal	Creamy White	TC Sport	Near-White	July into August	Zilis, Mark	.2003
'Whirlwind'	Medium	Med-Green	Medial	Creamy White	Sport	Med-Lavender	July into August	Kulpa, John	.1989
'Wide Brim'	Medium	Blue/Green	Marginal	Creamy White	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	July into August	Aden, Paul	.1979
'World Cup'	Large	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	June into July	Beilstein, Doug & Zilis, Mark	.2006
'Yellow River'	Medium	Med-Green	Marginal	Yellow	Unknown	Near-White	July	Smith, Eric & Ruh, Peter	.1993
'Zounds'	Large	Yellow	-	-	Hybrid	Pale-Lavender	-	Shaw, Florence & Aden, Paul	.1978