HOSTA

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‘Cameo’

(H. Hansen/Shady Oaks Nursery 02) Mini-sized.  H. 'Cameo' is the last in the series of variegated miniature hostas derived from 'Baby Bunting'. ‘Cameo’ is the reverse variegation pattern of 'Pandora's Box'. It has tiny round green leaves edged with a creamy-white margin. Tiny lavender flowers top the clump in early summer. Looks great in a trough or rock garden, in the shaded woodland garden.

$15.00

Photo Courtesy of Shady Oaks Nursery

‘Candy Dish’

(Summers, Wrede) Medium-sized Good substance, shiny, dark green color and lots of ruffles on a broad leaf held by purple petioles creates a stunning display. Heavy substance.  If you love piecrust edges, you’ll love this treat!

$20.00

‘Captain Kirk’

(Brill 99) Medium-sized, 18” high x 36”’ wide, sport of 'Gold Standard' has wide gold centre that turns ivory with dark green margins.  Nice contrast in colours.  Heavier substance than parent.  Lavender flowers in midsummer.  This hosta holds it colour all summer. 

Outstanding specimen!

$16.00

Photo Courtesy of Shady Oaks

‘Carriage Wheels’

(Summers NR) Medium-sized, 16” high x 20” wide, gold centred, round leaves have an irregular solid blue-green margin.  Unusual colour pattern and heavy substance.

An excellent addition to your garden!

$15.00

‘Cascades’

(W. & E. Lachman 93) Medium-sized.  This spectacular hosta forms an upright mound with the end of each leaf cascading downward. Pure white flowers top white flower stems providing perfect harmony to the landscape display. Site this hosta as a specimen plant in the landscape or in the foreground of the hosta bed where its many fine attributes may be appreciated. 

$16.00

Photo Courtesy of Shady Oaks Nursery

‘Cat and Mouse’

(H. Hansen/Shady Oaks Nursery, Reg. Pending) Mini.  The thick leaves of this medio-variegated sport of 'Blue Mouse Ears' have a chartreuse interior circled by an uneven blue-green margin. Lighter shades of green appear where the two colors overlap. Small lavender flowers top the clump on perfectly proportioned scapes in midsummer. For borders, troughs, or rock gardens in light shade.

$20.00

Photo Courtesy of Shady Oaks Nursery

‘Cat's Eye’

(Terra Nova, NR) Mini The cute leaves of this Japanese hybrid are a creamy-white edged by a green margin. This Hosta venusta hybrid is perfect for the rock garden or combining into a trough garden. Tiny lavender flowers top the clump in early summer.

$15.00

Photo Courtesy of Shady Oaks Nursery

‘Cathedral Windows’

(Hansen) Large-sized, Sport of H. ‘Stained Glass’.  Vigorous grower with heart-shaped leaves that have a radiant golden centre between the very wide dark green border. Bright filtered light will give the best coloration.  Large, fragrant near-white flowers will top the clump in late summer.  Add this stunning hosta to your collection!

$21.00

Photo Courtesy of Shady Oaks Nursery

‘Cerveza’

(Zilis) Medium-sized. 20” high x 45” wide.  This sport of H. ‘Avocado’ is amber gold with a thick substance and fragrant flowers.  Pale lavender flowers.  Rapid growth rate. 

$21.00

Photo Courtesy of Q&Z

‘Chain Lightning’

(Ward 99) Medium-sized. 16” high by 30” wide. Leaves are 8” long by 5” wide; dark green-margined with a creamy white centre, good substance. Lavender flowers in July. Excellent contrast between the leaf margin and centre.  Wonderful white-centred cultivar from Dick & Jane Ward.

$22.00

'Charlotte's Web'

NEW

(Doug Belstein/Mark Zilis/M. Vanous 2009) Small-sized.  Streaked sport of H. 'Chi-Town Classic'.  A small streaked breader.

$55.00

 Photo Courtesy of Q&Z

‘Cheatin Heart’

(W.Zumbar,1995) Mini-sized.  This cute hosta forms a small mound of gold heart-shaped leaves.  We have this in a rock garden and it looks great.  Lavender flowers top the clump in summer.

$12.00

Photo Courtesy of Shady Oaks Nursery

‘Cherish’

(H. Hansen/Shady Oaks Nursery, 2002) Mini-sized. 4” high x 8” wide.  A sport from 'Baby Bunting'.  Makes a miniature clump of round, blue-green leaves with an attractive, creamy-yellow centre surrounded by a wide, blue-green border.  Lavender blooms.  Looks great in a rock garden or border.  Cherish it! 

$14.00

Photo Courtesy of Shady Oaks Nursery

‘Cherry Berry’

(Lachman 91) Medium-sized, 12” high x 22” wide, beautiful white centred hosta with a green margin.  Lance shaped leaves.  Light purple flowers in late July on red flower scapes that reach 32" in height.  Seed pods turn red. 

Wonderful addition to your garden!

$15.00

‘Cherry Tart’

(A. Scheer, NR) Small-sized. Prominent ‘lipstick red’ leaf petioles, emerges bright chartreuse and brightens even more to a glowing yellow.  Wedge shaped leaves.  Lavender flowers midsummer.  Viable seed.

$18.00

Courtesty of Shady Oaks/A Scheer

'Cherry Tomato'

(Walters Gardens) Mini.  This is the tetraploid form of H. ‘Cherry Berry’ that stays small, grows well and has good substance. Long lance-shaped leaves have a creamy white centre surrounded by dark green borders and are topped with dark lavender flowers in July. Great addition to your mini collection.

$22.00

Photo courtesy of Walters Gardens

‘Chesapeake Bay’

(O. Petryszyn, 04) Large-sized. New blue hosta from Olga.  Large clump of “oyster-shaped” blue leaves that are topped with near-white flowers in midsummer.

$16.00

Photo Courtesy of Shady Oaks Nursery

'Childhood Fantasy'

(Livingston) Medium-sized. Long, pointed thick blue leaves have a twisted tip and a fantastic wavy margin.   Stunning clump with a sense of motion as leaves reach up and out!

$30.00

Photo courtesy of Naylor Creek 

'China Girl'

(Scheer) Medium-sized.   Another new introduction from Alttara Scheer. This is a cross of H.’ Maya Kingsnake’ and H. ‘Funny Cide’ from Ron Livingston.   Shiny green leaves on deep red petioles.   Semi vase-shape clump. 

Limited numbers for 2011

$30.00

Photo courtesy of Naylor Creek

'Choo Choo Train'

(T. Sears, 1999) Large-sized. 2’ high x 6’ wide. 'Choo Choo Train' features thick gold leaves that are wonderfully ruffled and in time will form a majestic clump. Near white flowers are produced in summer.

An awesome specimen plant!

$18.00

Photo Courtesy of Shady Oaks Nursery

‘Christmas Cookies’

(Zilis) Medium-sized.  14” high x 30” wide.  White centre with dark green margin.  Sport of ‘Night before Christmas’.  Good substance with medium growth rate.

$16.00

'Cinnamon Sticks'

(R Herold NR) Medium-sized.   Upright hosta with round, glaucous, green leaves with white backs, heavily substance, and stay green well into fall.  Lavender flowers in September.  Cinnamon red petioles.   Used for breeding red petioles.  Only a few this year.

$14.00

'Citratini'

NEW

(Zilis) Small-size.  8" high x 20" wide.   Leaves are 3 ½” long x 2 ½” wide; foliage emerges bright gold, changing to shiny green by late summer; slightly wavy and have good substance.   Pale purple flowers in August.  Check out the other members of the 'Tini' series.

$15.00

‘Clifford’s Forest Fire’

(Clifford)  Medium-sized, sport of H. 'Sagae’, blue-green leaves have very wide jetting yellow margins turning to cream later in summer.  Lavender flowers.

$14.00

‘Clifford’s Stingray’

(Clifford) Medium-sized.  Thick leaves have a wide dark green border surrounding an irregular white centre that resembles a feather. Attractive plant and somewhat different from other white centred hostas on the market. Lavender flowers.

$24.00

‘Climax’

(L.G.Jones, 00) Large-sized.  26" high x 40" wide. upright hosta with thick, corrugated. dark green leaves, edged by a very wide, bright gold border.  Broadly ovate with arching at the tip of the leaves.

$16.00

‘Clovelly’

(Terpening) Medium-sized.   Beautiful green leaves with extraordinary piecrust edges.  One of the best ruffled edges yet!  The leaves have wonderful substance and are held horizontally creating an open and airy clump.  From afar, you can identify this hosta!  Pale lavender flowers.  Winner of the Mildred Seaver Award at First Look 05.

$20.00

‘Coconut Custard’

(Solberg 2007) Small-sized. 6” high X 14” wide.   This little yellow hosta has heart-shaped leaves that are frosted with lots of white wax in spring, making it rich and creamy. Top that off with bright purple petioles that extend up into the leaf. Well proportioned, frosted yellow scapes in July-August with pretty orchid-coloured flowers.

$20.00

'Cold Heart'

NEW

(Scheer) …of FOoSF fame!   Medium-sized. Emerging like frosted lime popsicles, Hosta 'Cold Heart' has rippled and serrated edges on heart shaped leaves with snow white backs. In shade, it maintains it's frosted lime color and in sun the frost will melt and these hearts will glow with renewed passion. Sounds intriguing! 

$25.00

‘Color Festival’

 (Van Eechaute) Medium-sized.  This wonderful sport from H. ’Enterprise’ really stands out.  It has a striking yellow line between the white centre and the dark green border.  This new introduction from Danny Van Eechaute is an outstanding tri-coloured hosta. Lavender flowers are held on creamy white scapes. 

It truly is a COLOR FESTIVAL!!!

$25.00

Photo courtesy Danny Van Eeuchaute

‘Color Glory’

(Aden, 80) Large-sized, 26” high x 50” wide, thick, corrugated, chartreuse centre with wide, irregular blue-green margins.  Some streaking.  Does well in light sun.

$15.00

‘Confused Angel’

(Van Eechaute) Medium to Large-sized.  Large heart-shaped leaves with irregular yellow streaks that turn to a creamy-white. One of the nicest streaked sports of H. 'Blue Angel'.

$65.00

Photo courtesy Danny van Eeuchaute

‘Cookie Crumbs'

(Solberg, Zilis 2002) Mini.  5" high X 10" wide.  Clean white-margined mini This very flat mound of green heart-shaped leaves has a surprisingly wide white margin. Purple flowers in June.  Sport of 'Tiny Tears'.

$15.00

'Copa Cabana'

(Terpening) Small-sized. An exciting plant from Kent Terpening called 'Copa Cabana', features small rounded leaves of glowing gold and was liked well enough by the AHS Judges at First Look to receive a Best of Section ribbon in the Seedling Category. This open-pollinated seedling of 'Confetti Cup' is also very sun-resistant.

$20.00

‘Corn Belt’

(Jim Anderson, NR) Large-sized, 24” high x 40” wide - Spectacular sport of H. ‘Jimmy Cracked Corn’ with an emerald green edge. This is from Winterberry Farms in Georgia.  WOW - this is a must have!!

Back in stock for 2012

$15.00

‘Country Mouse'

(Hansen) Mini. 3" high x 8" wide. Sport of H. 'Bill Dress's Blue'.   This adorable miniature hosta has perfect heart-shaped blue leaves with nice, clean white margins. Try it in a favorite container!  Lavender flowers in June- July.  A really cute mini that is not from the H. Blue Mouse Ears family.

$16.00

‘Cracker Crumbs'

(R. Solberg, 2002) Mini. This fast growing sport of 'Shiny Penny' features wavy chartreuse-yellow leaves edged with a narrow green margin. Tiny lavender flowers top the 12-inch wide clump in midsummer. A nice addition to the popular group of miniature hostas.

$14.00

Photo courtesy of Ann Frederking

'Cranberry Wine'

NEW

(Sisson) Small-medium sized. H. ‘Cranberry Wine’ is a seedling from ‘Cinnamon Sticks’ x ‘Tequila Sunrise’ that has bright yellow leaves that become chartreuse. Pointed leaves are shiny, very wavy and have wonderful substance. The petioles become cranberry-coloured as the season progresses. Purple flowers appear late in the season on top of dark cranberry scapes.

Kathy Sisson is a new hybridizer and is producing some great work! We will be carrying more of her plants in the future.

$35.00

Photo courtesty of Kathie Sisson

'Crumb Cake'

(Solberg 2008)  Small-sized. 4" high X 12" wide.  This rapidly growing hosta makes a very tight flat mound of honey-gold round leaves with mahogany petioles that are shiny, wonderfully wavy, and have very good substance. Its mahogany scapes have pretty lavender flowers in July.  Try this in a trough garden!  

$22.00

Photo courtesy of Bob Solberg

'Curly Fries'

(Solberg 2008) 'Pineapple Upsidedown Cake'seedling) - Small.(5" X 16" Just look at the photo. I will add that the agave-looking leaves are stiff as a board and you can see that our award winning 'Curly Fries' is the most unique hosta to be introduced in some time. Best grown in half a day of sun, its highly ruffled narrow leaves emerge yellow and then fade to near white. The scape is deep purple, topped with lavender flowers. It makes a great container plant or grows very well in the garden.

$28.00

Photo courtesy of Bob Solberg

‘Curtain Call’

(Jim Wilkins 1998) Medium-sized.   Sport of H. 'Wolverine'; Blue-green, long pointed, lance-shaped leaves. Fast-growing mound of arching leaves.  Pale lavender flowers.

$14.00