Established 1976
Overview
The Mickfield Hostas collection
(now designated as a National Collection by the
NCCPG) currently contains over 1600 varieties although not all of
them are currently available for sale. The main reason for this is that
we insist on splitting parent stock in order to produce plants that
are true to form. We prefer the plants to establish themselves naturally
as this makes them stronger and less susceptible to damage prior to
planting. This method enables us to offer our customers good, strong
and true to form hostas they will be able to watch flourish as intended.
Searching the collection
The collection has been broken down in the following ways:
- Alphabetically - click
here to view the entire list or click on the letters below to visit
the individual pages:
[A][B][C][D][E][F][G][H][I][J][K][L][M][N][O][P][Q][R][S][T][U][V][W][X][Y][Z] - By size - Dwarf, Small, Medium, Large and Giant varieties (see below for classification)
- By fragrance - fragrant varieties have their own listing as we are often asked for them.
- By colouration - many varieties exhibit colouration changes throughout the season and this list summarises those with special colour characteristics.
Hosta
images
We would like to take this opportunity to recommend the Hosta
Library website as an excellent source of images. The photos used
on this site are of hostas grown naturally, in a variety of conditions.
The advantage of including a number of different images is that you can
easily see how the different growing conditions affects the growth and
colouring of the individual plants. We have linked to the relevant pages
on the Hosta Library to make it easier for you to see how your chosen
plant could mature.
Plant
characteristics
There are several well established conventions for describing hosta plant
characteristics and we have drawn upon the collective wisdom of the Hosta
Registration journals, Mark Zilis's comprehensive study of the hosta genus
and Fransen Hostas. Our own observations, gathered over more than 30 years
of growing hostas, have shown us that descriptions of growth characteristics
must only be used as a guide. In reality, each plant will grow slightly
differently according to the environment in which it is planted
For our brochure and website we have chosen the following information structure:
Name (alias names - or official grouping)
Size of plant mound in height*
Leaf size: length x width (in inches)
Flower description: colour and any noteworthy characteristics
Parentage: where known
Link to more images on the Hosta Library website
£Price (if available for sale)
Please note: if there isn't a price listed then that variety is not available for sale this year - check the availability list if in doubt.