GLOSSY-LEAVED HOSTAS

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'Abiqua Jim Dandy'
* 'Abiqua Recluse'
'Academy Mavrodaphne'
'Academy Shiny Vase'
'Adorable'
alismifolia
'Aphrodite'
'Austin Dickinson'
'Autumn Joy'
'Bailey's Cream'
'Barracuda'
'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
'Celtic Uplands'
'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'
'Cracker Crumbs'
'Cranberry Wine'
'Creature from the Green Lagoon'
'Crumb Cake'
'Crusader'
'Curls'
'Daisy's Mom'
'Darwin's Standard'
'David A. Haskell'
'Daybreak'
'Don Stevens'
* 'Devon Green'
'Diana Remembered'
'Dionysos'
'Dixie Chick'
'Dixie Chickadee'
'Domaine de Courson'
'Don Juan'
'Don Quixote'
'Don Stevens'
'Double Vision'
'Dreamboat Annie'
'Dust Devil'
'Dylan's Dilly'
'Early Times'
'Elatior'
'Embroidery'
'Emerald City Chick'
'Emerald Coast'
'Emerald Crown'
'Emerald Gem'
'Emerald Necklace'
'Enduring Beacon'
* 'Fagen'
'Fairway Green'
'Falling Waters'
'Flower Power'
'Fortunei Obscura'
'Fountain'
'Fourth of July'
'Foxfire Zulu'
'Fried Bananas'
'Fried Green Tomatoes'
'Froggy'
'Frost Bite'
'Frosted Mouse Ears'
'Fruhlingsgold'
'Fukurin Ko Mame'
'Funky Monkey'
'Gala'
'Geisha'
'Gleaming Glory'
'Glorious'
'Gold Banner'
'Golden Anniversary'
'Golden Friendship'
'Gordon Square'
'Gorgon'
'Gosan Gold Midget'
'Gosan Leather Strap'
gracillima
'Grand Slam'
'Great Plains'
'Green Acres'
'Green Fountain'
'Green Lantern'
'Green Machine'
'Green Marmalade'
'Green Platter'
'Green Sheen'
'Green Sparkler'
'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'
'Honey Hill Etching'
'Honey Hill Stainless Steel'
'Hoosier Harmony'
* hypoleuca
'Ice Cream'
'Incoming'
'Innovation'
* 'Invincible'
'Invincible Spirit'
'Iron Gate Glamour'
'Iron Gate Supreme'
'Jingle Bells'
* 'Joseph'
* 'Josephine'
'Kelsey'
'Kifukurin Hyuga'
'Kifukurin Nankai'
kikutii
kikutii var. caput-avis
kikutii f. leuconata
kikutii var. tosana
'Kinbuchi Tachi'
'King Edward'
'Kira'
'Kisuji'
'Kiwi Emerald Isle'
'Korean Snow'
* 'Kryptonite'
'Lady Isobel Barnett'
laevigata
'Lakeside Accolade'
'Lakeside Black Ice'
'Lakeside Black Satin'
'Lakeside Chick a Lick'
'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 Reflecting Glass'
'Lakeside Reflecting Pool'
'Lakeside Roy El'
* 'Lakeside Slick Chick'
'Lakeside Sparkle Plenty'
'Lakeside Twiddle Dee'
'Lancifolia'
'Lavender Lace'
* 'Leather Sheen'
'Lily Pad'
* 'Little Blue'
'Little Bo Peep'
'Little Slam Bang'
'Lodestar'
'Long Tom'
longipes
longipes 'Aichi'
longipes var. latifolia
'Lucille'
'Maekawa'
'Majestic'
'Maui Rains'
'Maya Kingsnake'
'Metallica'
'Mid Afternoon'
'Midnight Moon'
'Midnight Oil'
'Midnight Storm'
'Mighty Mite'
'Mikado'
'Mikawa-no-yuki'
'Ming Treasure'
'Minuteman'
'Mistress Mabel'
montana
montana f. macrophylla
'Moonlight Little Dipper'
* 'Moonlight Sonata'
'Mustang Sally'
'Mutant Ninja'
* 'Napoleon'
'Neelix'
'Niagara Falls'
'Nick Balash'
'Nirvana'
'Norwalk Chartreuse'
'Obsession'
'Ocean Isle Tornado'
'Old Coot'
'Olga's Shiny Leaf'
'One Man's Treasure'
'Orion's Belt'
'Oshimajishi'
'Otome-no-ka'
'P. I. Not'
'Paradigm'
'Paradise Gold Line'
'Parhelion'
'Party Time'
'Patent Leather'
'Patent Leather Lemon'
'Pauline'
'PeeDee Diamond Dove'
'Peggy Sue'
'Peppermint Ice'
'Peridot'
'Peter the Rock'
'Piccadilly Finale'
'Placemat'
plantaginea
plantaginea var. japonica
'Plug Nickel'
'Plumb Bob'
* 'Polished Jade'
'Polychrome'
'Pot of Gold'
* 'Potomac Pride'
'Prairie Magic'
'Predisposed'
'Prima Donna'
'Prince Albert'
'Pucker Up'
* 'Queen Josephine'
'Quilted Hearts'
'Rachel'
'Rain Forest'
'Rainbow Falls'
'Rainbow's End'
'Raleigh Remembrance'
'Rasha-ba Saikoku Iwa'
'Raspberry Sorbet'
'Raspberry Truffle'
'Razzle Dazzle'
rectifolia
'Red One'
'Red Salamander'
'Red Sox'
* 'Red Stepper'
* 'Reflecting Pool'
'Revolution'
'Rhapsody in Blue'
'Ringtail'
'Rippled Honey'
'Risa'
'Rising Sun'
'Rock Master'
'Rock Princess'
'Rocket's Red Glare'
'Rod's Gold'
'Rosedale Spoons'
'Royal Gold'
'Royal Regal Rhubarb'
'Royal Rhubarb'
'Royal Rim'
'Royal Splash'
'Royal Standard'
'Royal Standard Special'
'Royal Super'
* 'Rubber Ducky'
'Ruby Slippers'
'Rudolph'
'Rumpled Gilt'
rupifraga
'Russ O'Harra'
'Rusty's Glimmer'
'Saishu Jima'
'Sam Spade'
'Santa Claus'
'Satin and Silk'
'Satin Beauty'
'Savannah'
'Savannah Supreme'
'Schwarzer River'
'Sea Bunny'
'Sea Lotus Leaf'
'See Saw'
'Sentinels'
'Seth Becker'
'Shade Finale'
'Shady Affair'
'Shawmut'
'Shimmering Silk'
'Shine'
'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'
'Spit Shine'
'Spotlight'
'Spritzer'
'Stained Glass'
'Statue of Liberty'
'Stiletto'
'Stingray'
'Strawberry Delight'
'Sub Four'
'Sugar Plum Fairy'
'Sum and Substance'
'Sum It Up'
'Sum of All'
'Sum Total'
'Sun Catcher'
'Sunami'
'Sunbeam Green'
'Surfer Dude'
'Surfer Girl'
'Surprise'
'Surrender'
'Sweet Bo Peep'
'Sweet Green'
'Sweet Susan'
'Sweet Winifred'
'Sweetness'
'Swirling Hearts'
'Taffeta'
takahashii
'Tall, Dark, and Handsome'
'Tall Paul'
'Tama-no-yuki'
'Tamaryu Iwa'
* 'Tambourine'
'Tardiflora'
'Tasce'
'Tatsumaki'
'Temple Bells'
'Terpsichore'
'The Hulk'
'The Shining'
tibae
'Tips Up'
'Titanic'
'Top Hat and Tails'
'Tongue Twister'
'Tossed Salad'
'Totally Wacky'
'Tracy's Emerald Cup'
'Trade Winds'
'Treasure Island'
'Tucker Valentine'
'Tweety Bird'
'Tyler's Treasure'
'Undulata Erromena'
'Unexpected Song'
'Uprising'
* 'Valerie's Vanity'
ventricosa
'Venus'
'Victor'
'Victory'
'Vim and Vigor'
'Wanda Dove'
'War Eagle'
'Warpath'
'Warwick Ballerina'
'Warwick Sheen'
'Watermelon Rind'
'Waukon Golden Pond'
'Wet Umbrellas'
'Whiskey Sour'
'White Edger'
'White Fairy'
'White Knight'
'White Necklace'
'White Shoulders'
'Wild Strawberries'
* 'Wily Willy'
'Winter Snow'
'Woodland Blue'
'Worldly Treasure'
'Wrinkles and Crinkles'
'Wunderbar'
'Xanadu Sommer Time'
'Yaburitsugi'
'Yakushima Mizu'
'Yellow River'
'Yikes Stripes'
'Yin'
yingeri
'Yoshie'
'Yu Lei'
'Zounds'

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Hosta Lists last updated 14 August, 2011.