VERY THICK-LEAVED HOSTAS

Click here to download and open the file in a new window/tab as an Acrobat file, or if you prefer simply right click on this link and save the file to the folder of your choice on your computer. The downloaded file is in column format and can easily be printed for handy reference.

Hostas with particularly thick-substanced foliage. Dimensions are in thousandths of an inch, measured between the leaf veins. Those hostas with leaves that have been found to be at least .013"/.33mm thick are listed below, beginning with thickest-leaved plants first.

'Rhino Blue'

'Rhino Hide'

'Grand Marquee'
'Linda Sue'
'Touch of Class'

'Blue Mouse Ears'

'Americana'
'Heat Wave'
'Kiwi Blue Baby'
'Kiwi Summer Haze'
'Liberty'
'Remember Me'
'Revolution'
'St. Paul'
'Thunderbolt'
'Whirling Dervish'

The leaves of most hostas are .007-.011"/.18-.28mm thick.