VERY SMALL HOSTAS

The American Hosta Society currently has no size category for very small hostas. The following list includes hostas which are slightly larger than miniature hostas, with a leaf blade area of about 6.0 square inches (39 sq cm) to about 10.0 square inches (64 sq cm).

Leaf size dimensions (length x width) given below are from the AHS Hosta Registry, The Hostapedia and other sources. In many cases, the registered dimensions are different than those provided in The Hostapedia and other sources. This is because measurements from the field have shown that some hostas typically grow larger (or smaller) than the registration indicates. The following list aims to be as inclusive as possible, presenting all plants which may qualify as very small hostas, either by registered dimensions or by field measurements.

It should be noted that this list includes some cultivars which are at the lower size limit for very small hosta. So, in effect, the list of very small hostas may overlap somewhat with the list of miniature hostas.

  • 'Abba Tops'
  • 'Abiqua Ground Cover'
  • 'Abiqua Jim Dandy'
  • 'Academy Little Prother'
  • 'Akarana'
  • 'Akikaze'
  • 'Allan P. McConnell'
  • 'Amethyst Chip'
  • 'Amethyst Gem'
  • 'Amy Aden'
  • 'Anne Arett'
  • 'Apple Court'
  • 'Artist's Palette'
  • 'Baby Blue Eyes'
  • 'Baby Bunting'
  • 'Baby Sunspot'
  • 'Ballerina'
  • 'Betty Darling'
  • 'Binkie'
  • 'Birchwood Gem'
  • 'Bitsy Blue'
  • 'Bitsy Gold'
  • 'Bitsy Green'
  • 'Bitter Lemons'
  • 'Bizarre'
  • 'Blessings'
  • 'Blonde Elf'
  • 'Blue Beard'
  • 'Blue Cadet'
  • 'Blue Chip'
  • 'Blue Eyes'
  • 'Blue Hearts'
  • 'Blue Line'
  • 'Blue Moon'
  • 'Blue Mouse Ears'
  • 'Blue Mouse Ears Supreme'
  • 'Blue Sliver'
  • 'Blue Vamp'
  • 'Blueper'
  • 'Bob Olson'
  • 'Bobbin'
  • 'Boogie Woogie'
  • 'Booka'
  • 'Border Favourite'
  • 'Bowl of Plenty'
  • 'Boyz Toy'
  • 'Buffy'
  • 'Bunchoko'
  • 'Candy Box'
  • 'Carl'
  • 'Carrie Ann'
  • 'Cassandra'
  • 'Cathy's Clown'
  • 'Champagne and Caviar'
  • 'Change of Heart'
  • 'Changing Moods'
  • 'Charlotte's Web'
  • 'Chartreuse Wiggles'
  • 'Cheatin Heart'
  • 'Cheesecake'
  • 'Cherry Bomb'
  • 'Cherry Tart'
  • 'Cherub'
  • 'Chi-Town Classic'
  • 'Childhood Sweetheart'
  • 'Chishima Iwa'
  • 'Coach Terry Paustian'
  • 'Coconut Custard'
  • 'Cody'
  • 'Con Te Partiro'
  • 'Cotillion'
  • 'Cracker Crumbs'
  • 'Cracker Jack'
  • 'Cream Cheese'
  • 'Crepe Soul'
  • 'Crepe Suzette'
  • 'Crow's Nest'
  • 'Crown Jewel'
  • 'Crumb Cake'
  • 'Crystal Dixie'
  • 'Curly'
  • 'Curly Locks'
  • 'Dawn'
  • 'Delia'
  • 'Devon Gold'
  • 'Dew Drop'
  • 'Dinky Donna'
  • 'Dinner Mint'
  • 'Dixie Chick'
  • 'Dixie Chick Green'
  • 'Dixie Chickadee'
  • 'Dixie Joy'
  • 'Dixie Pixie'
  • 'Don't Envy Me'
  • 'Dragon Tails'
  • 'Duchess'
  • 'Dumb Blonde'
  • 'Early Sunrise'
  • 'Elfin Charm'
  • 'Elfin Power'
  • 'Ellie Bee'
  • 'Emerald Carpet'
  • 'Emerald City Chick'
  • 'Emerald Gem'
  • 'Emerald Isle'
  • 'Emerald Ripples'
  • 'Emerald Scepter'
  • 'Emeralds and Rubies'
  • 'Enchantress'
  • 'Eola Salad Bowl'
  • 'Estrellita'
  • 'Fairway Green'
  • 'Faithful Heart'
  • 'Fancy Ripples'
  • 'Fantasy Island'
  • 'Feather Boa'
  • 'Fireworks'
  • 'Flame Tiara'
  • 'Floradora'
  • 'Forest Shadows'
  • 'Foundling'
  • 'Foxfire Snake Eyes'
  • 'Fragrant Tot'
  • 'Friday Morning Coffee'
  • 'Frosted Mini-muffins'
  • 'Frosted Mouse Ears'
  • 'Fused Veins'
  • 'Gaga'
  • 'Gaijin'
  • 'Geisha'
  • 'Geisha Limey Streaks'
  • 'Giantland Mouse Cheese'
  • 'Gingee'
  • 'Glen Tiara'
  • 'Gold Bug'
  • 'Gold Cover'
  • 'Gold Drop'
  • 'Gold Edger Supreme'
  • 'Gold Heart'
  • 'Gold Petite'
  • 'Goldee's Flopsy Mopsy'
  • 'Golden Child'
  • 'Golden Hawk'
  • 'Golden Jubilee'
  • 'Golden Needles'
  • 'Golden Spades'
  • 'Golden Tiara'
  • 'Golden Tiers'
  • 'Golden Woge'
  • 'Goldfinger'
  • 'Goldfish Cracker'
  • 'Goober'
  • 'Gosan Gold Mist'
  • 'Gosan Gold Sword'
  • 'Gosan Hildegarde'
  • 'Gosan Leather Strap'
  • gracillima
  • gracillima 'Shirofukurin Hime Iwa'
  • 'Granada'
  • 'Green Elf'
  • 'Green Fingers'
  • 'Green Line'
  • 'Green Mouse Ears'
  • 'Green Wiggles'
  • 'Green with Envy'
  • 'Greenie Weenie Bikini'
  • 'Ground Sulphur'
  • 'Gypsy's Boa'
  • 'Hacksaw'
  • 'Hadspen Heron'
  • 'Haku Chu Han'
  • 'Hart's Tongue'
  • 'Harvest Dawn'
  • 'Heart and Soul'
  • 'Heart Broken'
  • 'Herifu'
  • 'Hidden Cove'
  • 'Hideout'
  • 'High Wire'
  • 'Hime Karafuto'
  • 'Hirao Elite'
  • 'Holy Mouse Ears'
  • 'Hope'
  • 'Hydon Gleam'
  • 'Hydon Sunrise'
  • 'Hydon Sunset'
  • 'Ice Cream'
  • 'Ice Cube'
  • 'Ichi-ban'
  • 'Illicit Affair'
  • 'Inca Gold'
  • 'Indy Parade Lap'
  • 'Iszat U Emmerson'
  • 'It's a Jungle Out There'
  • 'Itty Blue'
  • 'Itty Gold'
  • 'Jadette'
  • 'Jelly Bean'
  • 'Jelly Belly'
  • 'Jennifer'
  • 'Jennifer's Green Eyes'
  • 'Joy Adams'
  • 'June Bug'
  • 'Junior Miss'
  • 'Just So'
  • 'Ki Nakafu Otome'
  • 'Kifukurin Otome'
  • 'Kifukurin Ubatake'
  • 'Kirishima'
  • 'Kiwi Jordan'
  • 'Kiwi Minnie Gold'
  • 'Kristie Axmear'
  • 'Krossa Cream Edge'
  • 'La Donna'
  • 'Ladybug'
  • 'Lakeside Baby Face'
  • 'Lakeside Chick-a-Lick'
  • 'Lakeside Circle O'
  • 'Lakeside Dimpled Darling'
  • 'Lakeside Doodad'
  • 'Lakeside Dot Com'
  • 'Lakeside Explosion'
  • 'Lakeside Fruit Loops'
  • 'Lakeside Gold Point'
  • 'Lakeside Hoola Hoop'
  • 'Lakeside Knickknack'
  • 'Lakeside Lime Time'
  • 'Lakeside Little Gem'
  • 'Lakeside Little Tuft'
  • 'Lakeside Lollipop'
  • 'Lakeside Miss Muffet'
  • 'Lakeside Neat Petite'
  • 'Lakeside Ninita'
  • 'Lakeside Paddywack'
  • 'Lakeside Pin Cushion'
  • 'Lakeside Ragtime'
  • 'Lakeside Small Fry'
  • 'Lakeside Tough Guy'
  • 'Lakeside Twiddle Dee'
  • 'Lakeside Whizzit'
  • 'Lakeside Zing Zang'
  • 'Lakeside Zinger'
  • 'Lars of Mars'
  • 'Laterna Magica'
  • 'Lauren'
  • 'Lemon Crissy'
  • 'Lemon Delight'
  • 'Lemon Frost'
  • 'Lemon Lime'
  • 'Lemon Sorbet'
  • 'Lemon Zest'
  • 'Lemontini'
  • 'Lights Up'
  • 'Liliput'
  • 'Lime Regis'
  • 'Lime Shag'
  • 'Lime Tiara'
  • 'Limey Lisa'
  • 'Lisa Marie'
  • 'Little Alice'
  • 'Little Ann'
  • 'Little Bo Peep'
  • 'Little Caesar'
  • 'Little Dart'
  • 'Little Green Griffonage'
  • 'Little Jay'
  • 'Little Jill'
  • 'Little Kitten'
  • 'Little Lights'
  • 'Little Lites'
  • 'Little Miss Magic'
  • 'Little Miss Muffet'
  • 'Little Pan'
  • 'Little Patriot'
  • 'Little Petite'
  • 'Little Rascal'
  • 'Little Razor'
  • 'Little Spike'
  • 'Little Sunspot'
  • 'Little Suzie'
  • 'Little Town Flirt'
  • 'Little Treasure'
  • 'Little Tykes'
  • 'Little White Lines'
  • 'Little Willie'
  • 'Little Wonder'
  • 'Little Wonder Streaked'
  • 'Little Wonder Supreme'
  • 'Lizard Lick'
  • 'Long Beard'
  • 'Longboats'
  • longipes var. caduca
  • longipes var. lancea
  • longissima
  • longissima var. brevifolia
  • longissima var. longifolia
  • 'Lorelei'
  • 'Louisa'
  • 'Love Bug'
  • 'Love Child'
  • 'Lovey Dovey'
  • 'Lyme Regis'
  • 'Lynne'
  • 'Magic Carpet'
  • 'Magic Colors'
  • 'Magna Carta'
  • 'Manzo'
  • 'March for Life'
  • 'Margaret Mary Tiara'
  • 'Margie Weissenberger'
  • 'Marrakech'
  • 'Mary Marie Ann'
  • 'Masquerade'
  • 'Matrix'
  • 'Maui Blue Kitten'
  • 'May Moon'
  • 'Medusa'
  • 'Mentor Gold'
  • 'Merry Men'
  • 'Michael'
  • 'Michael's Legacy'
  • 'Mighty Mite'
  • 'Mighty Moe'
  • 'Mighty Mouse'
  • 'Mini Face'
  • 'Mini Ha Ha'
  • 'Mini Man'
  • 'Minimoon'
  • 'Minnie Bell'
  • 'Minnie Pearl'
  • minor
  • minor "Goldbrook Form"
  • 'Mint Chip'
  • 'Mishima Fukurin Koba'
  • 'Mixed Nuts'
  • 'Monopoly'
  • 'Moon Shadow'
  • 'Mr. Osami'
  • 'Mrs. Beasley'
  • 'Mrs. Mouse Ears'
  • 'Muffie'
  • 'Munchkin'
  • 'Munchkin Madness'
  • 'Mustang'
  • 'My Secret'
  • 'Nakafu Tsugaru Komachi'
  • nakaiana
  • 'Naomi'
  • 'Nathan's Legacy'
  • 'Nippers'
  • 'Noel'
  • 'Norma'
  • 'Not So'
  • 'Nougat'
  • 'O'Harra'
  • 'Obsession'
  • 'Oh My Darling'
  • 'One Iota'
  • 'One Iota Supreme'
  • 'Ops'
  • 'Orange Joy'
  • 'Osiris Petit Prince'
  • 'Otome-no-ka'
  • 'Ototo San'
  • 'Outhouse Delight'
  • 'Pacific Lace'
  • 'Painted Lady'
  • 'Pandora's Box'
  • 'Paradise Passion'
  • 'Paradise Sunset'
  • 'Patrician'
  • 'Paxton's Original'
  • 'Peace'
  • 'Peace Pipe'
  • 'Peanut'
  • 'Pearl Necklace'
  • 'PeeDee Gold Flash'
  • 'PeeDee Graymulkin'
  • 'PeeDee Spring Fever'
  • 'PeeDee Treasure'
  • 'Pelham Blue Tump'
  • 'Petite Gold'
  • 'Piccadilly Snow Mound'
  • 'Pike's Peak'
  • 'Pink Panther'
  • 'Pinwheel'
  • 'Pitter Patter'
  • 'Pixie Power'
  • 'Pixie Vamp'
  • 'Plaschken'
  • 'Plug Nickel'
  • 'Plumb Bob'
  • 'Pollyanna'
  • 'Pooh Bear'
  • 'Popo'
  • 'Pretty Posey'
  • 'Prince of Aquitain'
  • 'Princess'
  • pulchella "Onada Type II"
  • 'Pure Heart'
  • 'Purple Dwarf'
  • 'Purple Lady Finger'
  • 'Purple Perfection'
  • 'Quarter Note'
  • 'Queue'
  • 'Quill'
  • 'Radio Waves'
  • 'Rawhide'
  • 'Ray of Hope'
  • 'Red Cadet'
  • 'Regal Tot'
  • 'Revenge'
  • 'Rim Rock'
  • 'Rock Princess'
  • 'Rocknoll Blue Dwarf'
  • 'Rosanne'
  • 'Rosedale Alligator Tail'
  • 'Rosedale Lightning'
  • 'Rosedale Tick Tock'
  • 'Rosemoor'
  • 'Royal Mouse Ears'
  • 'Ruffled Mouse Ears'
  • 'Saishu Jima Closed'
  • 'Saizaki Hime Iwa'
  • 'Saw Mill'
  • 'Schroedinger's Cat'
  • 'Scoundrel'
  • 'Sea Angel'
  • 'Sea Gull'
  • 'Sea Sprite'
  • 'Sea Wiggles'
  • 'Seneca' (Tobey)
  • 'Serendipity Singer'
  • 'Sherborne Swift'
  • 'Shere Khan'
  • 'Shining Tot'
  • 'Shiny Penny'
  • 'Shiro Kabitan'
  • 'Shirobana Keirin'
  • 'Shirobuchi Koba'
  • 'Shirofukurin Hosoba Mizu'
  • sieboldii
  • 'Silver Fox'
  • 'Silver Streak'
  • 'Silver Threads & Golden Needles'
  • 'Silver Tiara'
  • 'Skinny Dippin'
  • 'Slim and Trim'
  • 'Slim Polly'
  • 'Small Parts'
  • 'Smuggler's Cove'
  • 'Snow Flakes'
  • 'Snow Flurry'
  • 'Snow Mouse'
  • 'Snowstorm'
  • 'Sparkler'
  • 'Sparky'
  • 'Spartan Arrow'
  • 'Spingarn's Japan'
  • 'Spitfire'
  • 'Spring Lace'
  • 'Squad Car'
  • 'Starburst'
  • 'Stickpin'
  • 'Stiletto'
  • 'Stormy Dance'
  • 'Strawberry Yogurt'
  • 'Striker'
  • 'Stringbean'
  • 'Subcrocea'
  • 'Sugar Babe'
  • 'Sugar Plum Fairy'
  • 'Sunny Tiara'
  • 'Surfer Girl'
  • 'Surprised by Joy'
  • 'Sweet Blonde Babe'
  • 'Sweetheart'
  • 'Tardiflora Hybrida'
  • 'Tattoo'
  • 'Tawney'
  • 'Teaspoon'
  • 'Terra Haute'
  • 'The Razor's Edge'
  • 'The Twister'
  • 'Thumb Nail'
  • 'Thumbelina'
  • 'Tick Tock'
  • 'Tiddlywinks'
  • 'Timeless Beauty'
  • 'Tinkle'
  • 'Tiny Alice'
  • 'Tiny Bubbles'
  • 'Tiny Dancer'
  • 'Tiny Tears'
  • 'Tiny Temple Chimes'
  • 'Tongue Twister'
  • 'Tortifrons'
  • 'Tremors'
  • 'Tsugaru Komachi'
  • 'Tsuma Tajima'
  • 'Tucker Wave'
  • 'Tuffet'
  • 'Tweeter'
  • 'Twiggie'
  • 'Twinkle Toes'
  • 'Twist and Flip'
  • 'Twist of Lime'
  • 'Two Thumbs Up'
  • 'Valley's Chute-the-Chute'
  • 'Valley's Liquid Green'
  • 'Valley's Secret Cove'
  • 'Vanilla Chip'
  • 'Vanilla Cream'
  • 'Venessa'
  • venusta "Anderson Form"
  • 'Vera Verde'
  • 'Verkade's One'
  • 'Verkade's Two'
  • 'Vuvuzela'
  • 'Warwick Petite'
  • 'Wasabi'
  • 'Waterworks'
  • 'Wee One'
  • 'Whippoorwill'
  • 'Whiskers'
  • 'Whirlwind'
  • 'White Dove'
  • 'White Mule'
  • 'Whiskers'
  • 'Whitewater'
  • 'Wild Strawberries'
  • 'Wild Thing'
  • 'Wild World of Sportsman'
  • 'Wily Willy'
  • 'Wind River Gold'
  • 'Winsome'
  • 'X-ray'
  • 'Xanadu'
  • 'Yellow Boa'
  • 'Yellow Jacket'
  • 'Yellow Submarine'
  • 'Yellow Surprise'
  • 'Zowie'

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