Hostas Varieties A to Z

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Hosta x 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd'. The leaves of the specimen in my garden really do collect pools of water, and supposedly this cultivar was so-named because the breeder,Charles Purtymun, saw a dog lap water from one of the leaves of this plant.
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I have Hosta x 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd' in my garden and love its texture and blue-green color. The word, Abiqua, which has been used for 24 other registered hosta cultivars, comes from Abiqua Creek, which flows through the central Cascades mountains in Oregon. Abiqua is possibly from a Kalapuyan word for "hazelnut". Kalapuyan is a small extinct Native American language family that was spoken in the Willamette Valley of Western Oregon.
 

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There are many varieties of hostas available, each with its unique characteristics and features. Here are some of the most popular hosta varieties listed alphabetically from A to Z:

A) Abiqua Drinking Gourd - A medium-sized hosta with round, cupped leaves that hold water like a drinking gourd.
B) Blue Angel - A large hosta with thick blue leaves that can grow up to 30 inches wide.
C) Cracker Crumbs - A small hosta with narrow, bright yellow leaves that form a dense clump.
D) Dancing Queen - A medium-sized hosta with bright yellow leaves and wide, wavy margins.
E) Emerald Tiara - A small hosta with green leaves and cream-colored margins that turn yellow in the summer.
F) Frances Williams - A large hosta with blue-green leaves and irregular yellow margins.
G) Great Expectations - A large hosta with blue-green leaves and wide, irregular cream-colored margins.
H) Halcyon - A medium-sized hosta with thick, powdery blue-green leaves.
I) Invincible - A small hosta with dark green leaves and white margins that turn yellow in the summer.
J) June - A medium-sized hosta with blue-green leaves and a gold center that fades to creamy white.
K) Krossa Regal - A large hosta with narrow, blue-green leaves that arch gracefully.
L) Liberty - A large hosta with thick, blue-green leaves and wide, white margins.
M) Minuteman - A medium-sized hosta with dark green leaves and wide, white margins.
N) Niagara Falls - A small hosta with narrow, cascading leaves that resemble a waterfall.
O) Orange Marmalade - A medium-sized hosta with bright orange-yellow leaves and a wavy margin.
P) Patriot - A medium-sized hosta with dark green leaves and wide, white margins.
Q) Queen of the Seas - A large hosta with blue-green leaves and wide, irregular white margins.
R) Royal Standard - A large hosta with green leaves and fragrant white flowers.
S) Sum and Substance - A large hosta with thick, chartreuse leaves that can grow up to 3 feet wide.
T) Tokudama Flavocircinalis - A medium-sized hosta with blue-green leaves and a yellow margin.
U) Undulata Albomarginata - A medium-sized hosta with green leaves and white margins.
V) Victory - A medium-sized hosta with thick, blue-green leaves and wide, white margins.
W) Whirlwind - A medium-sized hosta with green leaves and white margins that twist and turn.
X) Xanadu - A small hosta with green leaves and cream-colored margins.
Y) Yellow River - A small hosta with narrow, yellow leaves and a green margin.
Z) Zounds - A medium-sized hosta with green leaves and wide, cream-colored margins.
 
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