GLOSSY-LEAVED HOSTAS

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  • 'Abiqua Jim Dandy'
  • * 'Abiqua Recluse'
  • 'Academy Mavrodaphne'
  • 'Academy Shiny Vase'
  • alismifolia
  • 'Aphrodite'
  • 'Austin Dickinson'
  • 'Autumn Joy'
  • 'Beauty Substance'
  • 'Bennie McRae'
  • 'Best Man'
  • 'Betsy King'
  • 'Betty'
  • 'Big Puck'
  • 'Birchwood Parky's Gold'
  • 'Blue Prince'
  • 'Blue Princess'
  • 'Bobbie Sue'
  • 'Border Bandit'
  • 'Bottle Glass'
  • 'Bottom Line'
  • 'Bridegroom'
  • 'Bubba'
  • 'Butternut Hill'
  • 'Calamity Jane'
  • 'Canadian Shield'
  • 'Candy Hearts'
  • 'Canterbury Tales'
  • 'Carolina Sunshine'
  • cathayana
  • 'Challenger'
  • 'Champion'
  • 'Change of Tradition'
  • 'Cherries Jubilee'
  • 'Chickadee' (Avent)
  • 'Childhood Sweetheart'
  • 'Chingbanyuzan'
  • 'Chivalry'
  • 'Christmas Cup'
  • 'Cinnamon Sticks'
  • 'Citation'
  • * 'City Slicker'
  • 'Classic Delight'
  • clausa
  • 'Clokei'
  • 'Cody'
  • 'Colesburg Frogger'
  • 'Concord'
  • 'Cordelia'
  • 'Corkscrew'
  • 'Creature from the Green Lagoon'
  • 'Crusader'
  • 'Curls'
  • 'Daisy's Mom'
  • 'Darwin's Standard'
  • 'David A. Haskell'
  • 'Daybreak'
  • 'Don Stevens'
  • * 'Devon Green'
  • 'Diana Remembered'
  • 'Dionysos'
  • 'Dixie Chick'
  • 'Don Juan'
  • 'Don Quixote'
  • 'Don Stevens'
  • 'Double Vision'
  • 'Dreamboat Anne'
  • 'Dust Devil'
  • 'Dylan's Dilly'
  • 'Early Times'
  • 'Elatior'
  • 'Embroidery'
  • 'Emerald Crown'
  • 'Emerald Gem'
  • 'Emerald Necklace'
  • * 'Fagen'
  • 'Fairway Green'
  • 'Falling Waters'
  • 'Flower Power'
  • 'Fortunei Obscura'
  • 'Fountain'
  • 'Fourth of July'
  • 'Fried Bananas'
  • 'Fried Green Tomatoes'
  • 'Froggy'
  • 'Frost Bite'
  • 'Frosted Mouse Ears'
  • 'Fruhlingsgold'
  • 'Fukurin Ko Mame'
  • 'Gala'
  • 'Geisha'
  • 'Gleaming Glory'
  • 'Glorious'
  • 'Gold Banner'
  • 'Golden Anniversary'
  • 'Gorgon'
  • 'Gosan Gold Midget'
  • gracillima
  • 'Grand Slam'
  • 'Green Acres'
  • 'Green Fountain'
  • 'Green Lantern'
  • 'Green Machine'
  • 'Green Platter'
  • 'Green Sheen'
  • 'Green Velveteen'
  • 'Green Wedge'
  • 'Harpoon'
  • 'Harvest Dandy'
  • 'Heaven Scent'
  • 'Hirao Elite'
  • 'Hirao Grande'
  • 'Hirao Imperial'
  • 'Hirao Majesty'
  • 'Hirao Splendor'
  • 'His Honor'
  • 'Holly's Dazzler'
  • 'Holly's Honey'
  • 'Holly's Shine'
  • 'Holly's Velvet Piecrust'
  • 'Honeybells'
  • 'Hoosier Harmony'
  • *hypoleuca
  • 'Ice Cream'
  • 'Innovation'
  • * 'Invincible'
  • 'Iron Gate Glamour'
  • 'Iron Gate Supreme'
  • 'Jingle Bells'
  • * 'Joseph'
  • * 'Josephine'
  • 'Kelsey'
  • 'Kifukurin Hyuga'
  • kikutii
  • kikutii var. caput-avis
  • kikutii f. leuconata
  • 'Kinbuchi Tachi'
  • 'Kira'
  • 'Kisuji'
  • 'Korean Snow'
  • * 'Kryptonite'
  • 'Lady Isobel Barnett'
  • 'Lakeside Accolade'
  • 'Lakeside Black Ice'
  • 'Lakeside Black Satin'
  • 'Lakeside Coal Miner'
  • 'Lakeside Dark Dancer'
  • 'Lakeside Ebony Echoes'
  • 'Lakeside Emerald Lights'
  • 'Lakeside Explosion'
  • 'Lakeside Lollipop'
  • * 'Lakeside Looking Glass'
  • 'Lakeside Meadow Ice'
  • 'Lakeside Premier'
  • 'Lakeside Roy El'
  • 'Lakeside Slick Chick'
  • 'Lakeside Sparkle Plenty'
  • 'Lakeside Twiddle Dee'
  • 'Lancifolia'
  • 'Lavender Lace'
  • * 'Leather Sheen'
  • 'Lily Pad'
  • * 'Little Blue'
  • 'Little Bo Peep'
  • 'Lodestar'
  • longipes
  • longipes var. latifolia
  • 'Lucille'
  • 'Maekawa'
  • 'Majestic'
  • 'Metallica'
  • 'Mid Afternoon'
  • 'Midnight Moon'
  • 'Midnight Oil'
  • 'Mikado'
  • 'Mikawa-no-yuki'
  • 'Ming Treasure'
  • 'Minuteman'
  • 'Mistress Mabel'
  • montana
  • montana f. macrophylla
  • 'Moonlight Little Dipper'
  • * 'Moonlight Sonata'
  • 'Mustang Sally'
  • * 'Napoleon'
  • 'Neelix'
  • 'Niagara Falls'
  • 'Nick Balash'
  • 'Nirvana'
  • 'Norwalk Chartreuse'
  • 'Obsession'
  • 'Old Coot'
  • 'Olga's Shiny Leaf'
  • 'One Man's Treasure'
  • 'Orion's Belt'
  • 'Oshimajishi'
  • 'Paradigm'
  • 'Parhelion'
  • 'Party Time'
  • 'Patent Leather'
  • 'Pauline'
  • 'Peppermint Ice'
  • 'Peridot'
  • 'Peter the Rock'
  • 'Piccadilly Finale'
  • 'Placemat'
  • plantaginea
  • plantaginea var. japonica
  • 'Plug Nickel'
  • 'Plumb Bob'
  • * 'Polished Jade'
  • * 'Potomac Pride'
  • 'Prairie Magic'
  • 'Prima Donna'
  • 'Pucker Up'
  • * 'Queen Josephine'
  • 'Quilted Hearts'
  • 'Rachel'
  • 'Rain Forest'
  • 'Rainbow Falls'
  • 'Rainbow's End'
  • 'Raleigh Remembrance'
  • 'Raspberry Sorbet'
  • 'Razzle Dazzle'
  • 'Red Sox'
  • 'Red Stepper'
  • 'Reflecting Pool'
  • 'Revolution'
  • 'Rhapsody in Blue'
  • 'Ringtail'
  • 'Rippled Honey'
  • 'Risa'
  • 'Rising Sun'
  • 'Rock Princess'
  • 'Rosedale Spoons'
  • 'Royal Standard'
  • 'Royal Super'
  • 'Ruby Slippers'
  • 'Rudolph'
  • rupifraga
  • 'Rusty's Glimmer'
  • 'Saishu Jima'
  • 'Santa Claus'
  • 'Satin and Silk'
  • 'Satin Beauty'
  • 'Savannah'
  • 'Savannah Supreme'
  • 'Sea Bunny'
  • 'Sea Lotus Leaf'
  • 'See Saw'
  • 'Sentinels'
  • 'Seth Becker'
  • 'Shade Finale'
  • 'Shawmut'
  • 'Shimmering Silk'
  • 'Shining Tot'
  • 'Shiny Penny'
  • 'Shiny Substance'
  • 'Shirley Vaughn'
  • 'Show Stopper'
  • sieboldii
  • sieboldii 'Alba'
  • 'Silberfeil'
  • 'Silver Shadows'
  • 'Simple Division'
  • 'Sioux'
  • 'Sir Logan'
  • 'Sitting Pretty'
  • 'Sleepy Hollow'
  • * 'Slick Willie'
  • 'Slurpee'
  • 'Smokey'
  • 'Smoothie'
  • 'So Sweet'
  • 'Soft Shoulders'
  • 'Soul Brother'
  • 'Spotlight'
  • 'Spritzer'
  • 'Stained Glass'
  • 'Stiletto'
  • 'Stingray'
  • 'Sugar Plum Fairy'
  • 'Sum and Substance'
  • 'Sum It Up'
  • 'Sum of All'
  • 'Sum Total'
  • 'Sunami'
  • 'Sunbeam Green'
  • 'Surfer Dude'
  • 'Surfer Girl'
  • 'Surrender'
  • 'Sweet Bo Peep'
  • 'Sweet Susan'
  • 'Sweet Winifred'
  • 'Sweetness'
  • 'Swirling Hearts'
  • 'Taffeta'
  • takahashii
  • 'Tall Paul'
  • 'Tama-no-yuki'
  • 'Tamaryu Iwa'
  • * 'Tambourine'
  • 'Tardiflora'
  • 'Tatsumaki'
  • 'Temple Bells'
  • 'Terpsichore'
  • 'The Hulk'
  • 'The Shining'
  • tibae
  • 'Titanic'
  • 'Tossed Salad'
  • 'Totally Wacky'
  • 'Tracy's Emerald Cup'
  • 'Trade Winds'
  • 'Treasure Island'
  • 'Tucker Valentine'
  • 'Tweety Bird'
  • 'Tyler's Treasure'
  • 'Undulata Erromena'
  • * 'Valerie's Vanity'
  • ventricosa
  • 'Venus'
  • 'Victory'
  • 'Vim and Vigor'
  • 'Warpath'
  • 'Warwick Ballerina'
  • 'Warwick Sheen'
  • 'Watermelon Rind'
  • 'Wet Umbrellas'
  • 'Whiskey Sour'
  • 'White Fairy'
  • 'White Knight'
  • 'White Shoulders'
  • * 'Wily Willy'
  • 'Winter Snow'
  • 'Woodland Blue'
  • 'Wrinkles and Crinkles'
  • 'Xanadu Sommer Time'
  • 'Yakushima Mizu'
  • 'Yellow River'
  • 'Yin'
  • yingeri
  • 'Yoshie'
  • 'Zounds'

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