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Hosta Descriptions and Leaves - C
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Cadillac
Cadillac
Small
Leaves: 6" x 4½", almost round, slightly cupped and puckered, gold with wide
green margins
Flowers: ivory
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£8.00
(limited availability)
calypso Calypso
Small
Leaves: lance-shaped, 9" x 1½", gold centres with green margins
Flowers: lavender in June/July
Parentage: hybrid x White Christmas
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£6.00
Camelot

Camelot (Tardiana)
Medium
Leaves: 7” x 5”
Flowers: lavender
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£8.00 (limited availability)

Cameo
Cameo
Dwarf
Leaves: 2¼” x 2”
Flowers: deep purple

Parentage: sport of Baby Bunting
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Camouflage
Camouflage
Giant
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: sport of Fortunei Hyacinthina
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Canadian Blue
Canadian Blue
Medium
Leaves: intense blue
Flowers:
pale lavender flowers
Parentage:
selection of Halcyon
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£5.00
Candlewax
Candle Wax
Small
Leaves: 6" x 4"
Flowers: lavender
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candy hearts
Candy Hearts
Medium
Leaves: 6" x 5"
Flowers: bell-shaped, almost white in July
Parentage: Nakaiana hybrid
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£4.00
capitata capitata
Medium
Leaves: 7" x 4¼"
Flowers:
deep purple with a white throat
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captain kirk
Captain Kirk
Medium
Leaves: 8" x 7", pale gold with 3" wide dark green margins
Flowers: pale lavender in mid-summer
Parentage: sport of Gold Standard
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£8.00
caput-avis
Caput-avis (kikutii)
Medium
Leaves: 10" x 2"
Flowers: lavender, held on drooping scapes. Suitable for wall plantings.  
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£5.00
Carder Blue
Carder Blue
Medium
Leaves: 8½" x 7½", slightly cupped with heavy substance, blue-green
Flower: ivory
Parentage: Tokudama hybrid
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£6.00
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Carl
Small
Leaves: 3½" x 2½"
Flower: medium violet
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carnival
Carnival
Medium
Leaves: 27" x 9", spoon-shaped, dark green with wide gold margins
Flowers: lavender in July/August
Parentage: Beatrice seedling
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£5.00
carol
Carol
Large
Leaves: 9" x 7"
Flowers: funnel-shaped, lavender
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£6.00 (limited availability)
Carolina Blue Carolina Blue
Medium
Leaves: 7" x 5½"
Flowers: pale lavender
Parentage: Halcyon x Riptide
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Carolina Sunshine Carolina Sunshine
Medium
Leaves: 9" x 5"
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: Swoosh x tibae
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Carousel
Carousel
Small
Leaves: 5" x 3¾"
Flowers: pale lavender
Parentage: seedling x Reversed
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Carrie Ann Carrie Ann
Dwarf
Leaves: 3½" x 1¼"
Flowers: white
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Cascade Mist
Cascade Mist
Giant
Flowers: lavender

Parentage: sport of Fortunei
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cascades

Cascades
Medium
Leaves: 11" x 4½", lance shaped with white centres and wavy green margins
Flowers: white in early July
Parentage: Banana Sundae x Frances Williams
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£6.00
(limited availability)

Cat's Eye

Cat's Eye
Dwarf
Leaves: tiny, gold with green margins
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: venusta type
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£8.00

cavalcade

Cavalcade
Large
Leaves: 11½" x 9"
Flowers: pale lavender
Parentage: sport of Flamboyant
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£8.00 (limited availability)

celebration
Celebration
Small
Leaves: 10" x 2"
Flowers: purple in mid-summer.
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£8.00
Celestial
Celestial
Giant
Leaves: 15" x 14"
Flowers: pale lavender
Parentage: Dorothy Benedict x hypoleuca
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Center of Attention
Center of Attention
Medium
Leaves: 7½" x 7½", green margined cream stems
Flowers: pale lavender, striped in July
Parentage: Sea Prize hybrid
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£12.00
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Chabo Unazuki
Small
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: kikutii var. Caput-avis 'Chabo Unazuki' from Japan
challenger Challenger
Giant
Leaves: 11" x 8"
Flowers: funnel-shaped, white
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Change of Tradition Change of Tradition
Large
Leaves: 6" x 2"
Flowers: pale lavender
Parentage: sport of Lancifolia
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£5.00
chantilly lace
Chantilly Lace
Small
Leaves: 6½" x 1½"
Flowers: white in mid-summer
Parentage: Calypso x Halcyon
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£6.00
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Small
Leaves: 6½" x 3½"
Flowers: lavender striped
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Chartreuse Wiggles
Chartreuse Wiggles
Dwarf
Leaves: 5½" x 1½"
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: Wogon hybrid
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Cheatin Heart

Cheatin Heart
Dwarf
Leaves: 2½" x 1½"
Flowers:
light purple
Parentage: Subcrocea cross F2 x Birchwood Gem
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£8.00 (limited availability) *New for 2008*

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Chelsea Babe
Medium
Flowers:
lavender
Parentage: Fortunei Albopicta form
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Cherish
Cherish
Dwarf
Leaves: 2¼" x 2", leaf center changes from yellow in spring to white in summer
Flowers: deep purple in June/July
Parentage: sport of Baby Bunting
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£8.00
cherry berry Cherry Berry
Small
Leaves: 6" x 2½", red stems
Flowers: violet in early summer
Parentage: Lachman 82-18-1 x Lachman 81-9-2
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£5.00
Cherub Cherub
Dwarf
Leaves: 3¼" x 2½"
Flowers:
light lavender
Parentage: Crepe Suzette x Blue Moon
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Chesapeake Bay
Large
Leaves: 10" x 7", leaves turn blue-grey late in season
Flowers:
near white
Parentage: (Maui Rains x Blue Arrow) x Blue Betty Lou
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Chesterland Gold
Medium
Leaves: 6
½" x 4", leaves emerge chartreuse in the spring and turn bright gold
Flowers:
lavender striped
Parentage: sport of Paul’s Glory
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Chickadee
Dwarf
Flowers:
lavender
Parentage: sport of Dixie Chick
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chinese sunrise Chinese Sunrise
Small
Leaves: 6" x 3", leaves are viridescent
Flowers: bell-shaped, dark lavender in August to September.
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£4.00
Chiquita
Chiquita
Large
Leaves: 19" x 9", bright yellow leaves in the spring turn to a lime-green in summer
Flowers: lavender
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Chodai Gihyo
Giant
Flowers: pale lavender
Choo Choo Train

Choo Choo Train
Large
Leaves: 14" x 10"
Flowers: light lavender

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£18.00 *New for 2008*

Christmas Candy
Christmas Candy
Medium
Leaves: 6½" x 3", heavy substance, white with wide green margins
Flowers: lavender in July/August
Parentage: sport of Night Before Christmas
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£8.00
Christmas Cookies
Christmas Cookies
Medium
Leaves: 9" x 5"
Flowers: pale lavender
Parentage: sport of Night Before Christmas
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Christmas Gold
Medium
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: supposedly a sport of Christmas Tree though there is some doubt
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Christmas Pageant

Christmas Pageant
Large
Leaves: 10" x 9¾"
Flowers: pale lavender

Parentage: sport of Christmas Tree
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£15.00 (limited availability) *New for 2008*

christmas tree .Christmas Tree
Large

Leaves: 8" x 5", heart-shaped, puckered, medium green with white margins
Flowers: white in mid-summer
Parentage: Frances Williams x Beatrice
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£6.00
(limited availability)
Cinderella
Cinderella
Large
Leaves: 9" x 6"
Flowers: almost white
Parentage: sport of F-1 seedling of Dorothy Benedict
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City Lights
City Lights
Giant
Leaves: 10" x 7½", cream
Flowers: white in July/August
Parentage: White Vision x Golden Prayers
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£6.00
(limited availability)
clausa

clausa
Small
Leaves: 7½" x 3"
Flowers:
purple buds that drop then flower purple with red dots
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£5.00 (limited availability)

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clausa normalis
Small
Flowers:
violet
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Cliffords Forest Fire
Clifford's Forest Fire
Large
Leaves: 10" x 8", blue-green with 3" wide, slightly rippled gold margins
Flowers: pale lavender in mid-summer
Parentage: sport of Sagae
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£10.00 (limited availability)
Clifford's Stingray
Clifford's Stingray
Small
Leaves: 6" x 4"
Flowers:
pale lavender
Parentage: sport of Loyalist
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£10.00
Climax

Climax
Large
Leaves: 12" x 10"
Flowers:
almost white
Parentage: sport of High Noon
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£18.00 *New for 2008*

Cody Cody
Small
Leaves: 10" x 5"
Flowers:
lavender with white stripes

Parentage: Shining Tot x venusta
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Coerulea Coerulea (Bressingham Blue)
Large
Leaves: 15" x 12"
Flowers:
ivory
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Collector's Banner
Large

Leaves: yellow centered leaves with green edge in spring turning to green leaves with yellow edge later in season
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: sport of Gold Standard
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color glory Color Glory
Large

Leaves: 10" x 8", heart-shaped, cupped and puckered
Flowers: white in mid-summer
Parentage: Fascination x Intrigue
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£8.00
colossal
Colossal
Giant
Leaves: 14" x 10"
Flowers: lavender.
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£5.00
Columbus Circle
Columbus Circle
Medium
Leaves: 8½" x 5¾", dark green with wide gold margins
Flowers: pale lavender
Parentage: Iron Gate Supreme seedling
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£6.00
Cookie Crumbs
Cookie Crumbs
Dwarf
Leaves: 2¼” x 1½”
Flowers: pale lavender

Parentage: sport of Tiny Tears
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£8.00
Cool Hand Luke Cool Hand Luke
Medium
Flowers: almost white

Parentage: sport of Tokudama Flavocircinalis
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coquette Coquette
Small
Leaves: 5" x 4"
Flowers: lavender in early summer
Parentage: sport of Neat Splash
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£5.00
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Small
Leaves: 7" x 3"
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: Neat Splash hybrid
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Corkscrew
Corkscrew
Small
Leaves: 7" x 2"
Flowers:
pale purple
Parentage: Tortifrons hybrid
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£10.00
Corn Belt
Corn Belt
Medium
Flowers:
lavender
Parentage: sport of Jimmy Crack Corn
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Corona

Corona
Giant
Leaves: 18" x 16", lightly cupped and puckered with prominent veins
Flowers: bell-shaped, lavender in July/August
Parentage: sport of Sum and Substance
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Corrievechan Corryvreckan
Medium
Flowers:
lavender
Cotillion

Cotillion
Dwarf
Leaves: 2½" x 1"
Flowers:
light purple striped

Parentage: Breeder's Choice F1 x (Nakaiana x Kii Hime)
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£10.00 (limited availability) *New for 2008*

Counterpoint Counter Point
Medium
Leaves: 8" x 4"
Flowers:
lavender

Parentage: Francee derivative
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Country Mouse
Dwarf
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£20.00 *New for 2008*

country park County Park
Small
Leaves: 6" x 5", round, glossy green, tightly furled on short petioles and almost flat to
the ground
Flowers: white in late July
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£8.00
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Cowrie
Medium
Leaves: green leaves with yellow margins that turn white as season progresses
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: sport of Wide Brim
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Cracker Crumbs
Cracker Crumbs
Dwarf
Leaves: 3½" x 2", leaf centres emerge yellow changing to greenish-yellow in summer
Flowers: tubular, 2" long, medium lavender in July/August
Parentage: sport of Shiny Penny
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£6.00
Cream Delight Cream Delight
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Cream Edger
Cream Edger
Medium
Flowers:
lavender
Parentage: sport of Gold Edger
Crepe Soul
Crepe Soul
Small
Flowers:
lavender-purple

Parentage: Crepe Suzette hybrid
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Crepe Suzette
Dwarf
Leaves: 5" x 2"
Flowers:
lavender

Parentage: Flamboyant hybrid
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crested reef Crested Reef
Large
Leaves: 9" x 8"
Flowers: funnel-shaped, lavender during mid-summer. Shows gold in full sun
Parentage: August Moon x Ruffles
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£4.00
crested surf Crested Surf
Small
Leaves: 5½" x 2", lance-shaped, undulating, green centres with creamy white margins
Flowers: lavender in August
Parentage: sport of Neat Splash
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£6.00
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Crinkle Cup
Small
Leaves: 8" x 6", bright yellow in the spring turning green as season progresses
Flowers: lavender
Parentage: Golden Anniversary hybrid
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Crinoline Petticoats
Large
Leaves: 13½" x 11"
Flowers: pale lavender
Parentage: sieboldiana x Tokudama
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crispula
Crispula
Medium
Leaves: 7" x 4"
Flowers: pale lavender, funnel-shaped, held on 36" stems in mid-summer.
Site carefully to provide protection from strong winds, sunlight and frost. Susceptible to slug and snail damage so worth the extra effort of finding an ideal site.
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£5.00
Crocodile Rock
Crocodile Rock
Medium
Leaves: 7" x 4"
Flowers:
deep purple
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Crown Prince Crown Prince
Small
Leaves: 4½" x 2½", gold leaves fade to chartreuse and bright green - this one will really brighten up an area and does well with a lot of sun
Flowers:
intense violet

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Crown Royalty
Crown Royalty
Large
Leaves: 8" x 6"
Flowers:
pale lavender
Parentage: Carol x Fortunei Aureomarginata
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crowned imperial Crowned Imperial
Giant
Leaves: 9" x 6"
Flowers: funnel-shaped, lavender in mid-summer
Parentage: sport of Fortunei Hyacinthina
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