STERILE HOSTAS

Some hostas are completely pod sterile. Others are reluctant pod producers, and only a small percentage of the few seeds which are produced may be viable. In a few cases, a plant may be pod sterile but still able to produce some viable pollen. The following is a list of species and cultivars which have been reported to be completely, or nearly, pod and/or pollen sterile.

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Completely, or Nearly, Pod Sterile:

• 'Aphrodite'
• 'Athena'
• 'Baby Bunting'
• 'Biting Rosebud'
• 'Blue Cadet Edina'
• 'Border Patrol'
• 'Bullfrog'
• 'Candy Cane'
• 'Chesieres MountainLights'
• clausa
• clausa var. ensata
• clausa var. stolonifera
• 'Clifford's Stingray'
• 'Diamond Jubilee'
• 'Dress Whites'
• 'Embroidery'
• 'Fair Maiden'
• 'Fairest Maiden'
• 'Fox Lake'
• 'Foxfire Viper'
• 'Fujibotan'
• 'Gaga'
• 'Gay Search'
• 'Ginba'
• 'Gold Standard'
• 'Green Velveteen'
• 'Hairline Fracture'
• 'Harvest Glow'
• 'Heaven Scent'
• 'Honeysong Regal'
• 'Ilona'
• 'Irish Cream'
• 'Julia Gaede'
• 'Krossa Regal' (does produce some viable pollen)
• 'Lakeside Cha Cha'
• 'Little Blue'
• 'Mañana'
• 'Marbled Bouquet'
• 'Middle Ridge'
• 'Ming Treasure'
• 'Mixed Nuts'
• 'Molly'
• 'Moonlight'
• 'Nakaimo'
• 'Navajo'
• 'Ohh! Richland Reward'
• 'Old Coot'
• 'Paul Revere'
• 'Pegasus'
• 'Porcelain Vase'
• 'Purple Lady Finger'
• 'Raleigh Remembrance'
• 'Regal Chameleon'
• 'Regal Heir'
• 'Regal Promenade'
• 'Regal Providence'
• 'Regal Splash'
• 'Regal Splendor'
• 'Regal Twist'
• 'Regalia'
• 'Richland Gold'
• 'Richland Gold Splash'
• 'Richland Gold's Moonlight'
• 'Richland Gold's Moonlight's Child'
• 'Richland Riot'
• 'Sails Ho'
• 'Splendid Reign'
• 'Standard Deviation'
• 'Stealth'
• 'Tom Schmid'
• 'Trail of Tears'
• 'Unducosa'
• 'Undulata'
• 'Undulata Albomarginata'
• 'Undulata Univittata'
• 'Undulata Wade #101'
• 'Upper Crust'
• 'Venus'
• 'Viette Eighteen'
• 'Waving Wuffles'
• 'White Fairy'
• 'White Ray'
• 'White Shoulders'
• 'White Sprite'
• 'Yellow Polka Dot Bikini'
• 'Za Za Zoom'
• 'Zippy Zepps'
• 'Zodiac'

Reluctant Pod and/or Pollen Producers:

• 'Allegan Fog'
• 'Blue Angel'
• 'Blue Haired Lady'
• 'Brandi Nicole'
• 'Bridegroom'
• 'Buster'
• 'Change of Tradition'
• 'Chinese Sunrise'
• 'Dalton's Pick'
• 'Don Quixote'
• 'Dragon Fire'
• 'Fire Island'
• 'Flower Power'
• 'Fortunei Aureomarginata'
• 'Fortunei Hyacinthina'
• 'Fragrant Bouquet'
• 'Fujibotan'
• 'Get Nekkid'
• 'Ghost Spirit'
• 'Goldmine'
• 'Green Marmalade'
• 'Guacamole'
• 'Guardian Angel'
• 'Gypsy Rose'
• 'Hadspen Samphire'
• 'Hanky Panky'
• 'Helena Sundberg'
• 'High Flyer'
• 'Hirao Majesty'
• 'Hirao Supreme'
• 'Honeybells'
• 'Hope'
• 'Iona'
• 'Iron Gate Supreme'
• 'Janet'
• 'Janet Day'
• 'Janet's Gold Sox'
• 'Janet's Green Sox'
• 'Javelin'
• 'Jaws'
• 'Jaz'
• 'Jimmy Crack Corn'
• 'Journeyman'
• 'Judy Rocco'
• 'Kathy-O'
• 'Kiwi Blue Baby'
• 'Kiwi Full Monty'
• laevigata
• 'Lakeside Black Satin'
• 'Lakeside Coal Miner'
• 'Lakeside Leprechaun'
• 'Lancifolia'
• 'Leather Sheen'
• 'Limey Lisa'
• 'Little Black Scape'
• 'Marbled White'
• 'Mary Scholl'
• 'Metallica'
• 'Midnight Storm'
• 'Milk and Honey'
• 'Minuteman'
• 'Miss Missey'
• 'Mistress Mabel'
• 'Moonlight Sonata'
• 'New Tradition'
• 'Night before Christmas'
• 'Nightlife'
• nigrescens
• 'Old Faithful'
• 'Pandora's Box'
• 'Paradise Power'
• 'Patriot'
• 'Patriot Pride'
• 'Patriot's Fire'
• 'Patriot's Fire Reversed'
• 'Patriotic'
• 'Phantom'
• 'PeeDee Elfin Bells'
• 'Pineapple Juice'
• 'Pineapple Poll'
• 'Pineapple Upsidedown Cake'
• 'Pink Flamingo'
• 'Pleasant Hill'
• 'Power of Prayer'
• 'Prairieland Memories'
• 'Praise Him'
• 'Praying Hands'
• 'Purple Haze'
• 'Quilting Party'
• 'Raspberry Sorbet'
• 'Raspberry Truffle'
• 'Raving Beauty'
• 'Ray of Hope'
• 'Rippling Rhythm'
• 'Roller Coaster Ride'
• 'Rosedale Barney'
• 'Royal Gold'
• 'Royal Standard'
• 'Savannah'
• 'Savannah Emerald'
• 'Savannah Supreme'
• 'Sea Lightning'
• 'See Saw'
• 'Sharmon'
• 'Sherwood Forest'
• 'Silver Mine'
• 'Silver Threads & Golden Needles'
• 'Silverado'
• 'Slick Willie'
• 'So Sweet'
• 'Squash Casserole'
• 'Stargate'
• 'Stirfry'
• 'Stormy Seas'
• 'Striptease'
• 'Sugar and Cream'
• 'Sum and Substance'
• 'Sum Cup-o-Joe'
• 'Sun Kissed'
• 'Sun Power'
• 'Sweet Standard'
• 'Sweetness' (Zilis)
• 'Tall Boy'
• 'Undulata Erromena'
• 'Uzu-no-mai'
• 'Uzu-no-mai Fukurin'
• 'Venucosa'
• 'Viette's Yellow Edger'
• 'Walden'
• 'Warwick Ballerina'
• 'Warwick Essence'
• 'Whipped Cream'
• 'Whirlwind'
• 'White Christmas'
• 'White Knight'