24 to 40 inches across

container size: qt = quart 2-qt= two quart GL = gallon

ABIQUA MOONBEAM  $4.95 qt  Zones 3 - 8    A sport of the hosta classic 'August Moon', with very beautiful corrugated blue-green leaves and a 1inch irregular border of chartreuse. Grows to 3 feet wide.

ABIQUA DRINKING GOURD  $18.95 GL  Zones 3 - 8    Deeply cupped, puckered leaves of powder blue. A great specimen plant that is very popular and sought out. White bell-shaped flowers in early summer. Spreads 30 inches across.

*BIRCHWOOD PARKY'S GOLD  $7.95 qt  Zones 3 - 9    This is a vigorously growing, and handsome hosta with gold to chartreuse foliage that is sun tolerant. Very durable. Spreads 33 inches across.

BRENDA’S BEAUTY   $12.95 2-qt  Zones  3 – 8   This midsize hosta glows with color. The lemon yellow leaves are irregularly edged in green and are  lightly puckered.

BRIGHT LIGHTS   $12.95 qt  Zones 3 – 8   This is perhaps the most heat tolerant of the Tokudama hybrids and a beauty it is. The brilliant, chartreuse leaves are puckered and edged with an irregular pattern of blue, on clumps spreading to three feet across. 

BROTHER STEPHEN   $28.95 qt      A spectacular new introduction from hosta hybridizer Olga Petryszyn. At maturity, a large clump three feet wide of intensely ribbed, wide gold leaves with a wide dark green border.

CADILLAC  $9.95 qt  Zones 3 - 8    Here is a moderate sized hosta with excellent slug resistance and gorgeous, corrugated golden leaves… the deep green borders set the foliage off to perfection. An improved 'Color Glory'.

CAMELOT $12.95 qt  Zones 3 – 8  Perhaps the bluest of Eric Smith’s Tardiana group hybrids, with heart shaped leaves of excellent substance that are slug resistant.

CAPTAIN KIRK  $6.95 qt  Zones 3 - 8    This hybrid of 'Gold Standard' boasts wider, dark green leaves of heavier substance, with wide yellow centers…..eye-popping variegation! Pale lavender flowers top the fast growing clump in mid-summer, spreading to 36 inches wide.

CUTTING EDGE  $18.95 GL   Zones 3 – 8   This hybrid of ‘Salute’ boasts a most unusual appearance. The highly ruffled leaf margins arch and fold, revealing their white undersurface. The topside of the leaves on this very busy looking plant are blue-green.

DEEP BLUE SEA  $22.95 2-qt  Zones 3 - 7    Very rounded, corrugated leaves with intense blue coloration. A heat tolerant hybrid of Hosta 'Blue Moon' forming clumps to 24-36 inches across. Lovely!

*DIANA REMEMBERED  $12.95 qt  Zones 3 - 9    Sorry, you won't find a shrine erected for the late princess here, but you will find this splendid new hosta named in her honor. This is a plant with lovely variegated foliage and wonderful, large and fragrant white 3 inch tubular blooms on 2 foot scapes in late summer. A hybrid of H. plantaginea, the August Lily hosta, it combines better vigor with broadly ovate blue-green leaves and creamy white margins, spreading to 36 inches across. One of our favorites!

NEW!   FIRST FROST   $19.95 qt   Zones 3 – 8     This is a stunning sport of ‘Halcyon’ with a creamy band of gold variegation on leaf edges. Grows to 36 inches across.

FUJIBOTON $9.95 qt  Zones 3 – 8   This is an exciting new introduction with stunning fully double blooms of lavender pink, held aloft on 4 foot tall scapes in late summer……..a totally awesome specimen plant! The name Fuji refers to Mount Fuji , where this gem was collected, and botan is in reference to the tree peony. Clumps spread 24 inches across.

GOLDEN SCEPTER $5.95 qt  Zones 3 – 8   This is a special hosta, for peerless bright golden color in spring, fading to chartreuse at the onset of hot weather. A vigorous, excellent groundcover, spreading to 24 inches across. 

NEW!   ‘HADSPEN BLUE’  $11.95 qt   One of the best midsize blue hosta,  holding its color longer than many other blues. Heavy substance means excellent slug resistance.

HALCYON  $9.95 2-qt  Zones 3 - 8    This is an alumni of the Plants of Merit program from the Missouri Botanical Garden . It is a beautiful medium- sized mound of spear-shaped, thick, and very blue leaves that retain their color longer than similar types. One of the best of the midsize blues. Spreads 40 inches wide.

*HIRAO SPLENDOR  $6.95 qt  Zones 3 – 9   Deep green pointed and leathery leaves are sun and slug resistant. Incredible profusion of deep lavender blooms in autumn, when other hosta have finished.

JUNE  $11.95 qt  Zones 3 - 8    A 2004 Plants of Merit selection from Missouri Botanical Garden, and one of the most popular hosta currently on the market. Dreamy glaucous, golden leaves are streaked and edged in blue, a must- have for any shady garden.

LAKESIDE KALEIDOSCOPE  $6.95 qt  Zones 3 - 8    Lovely pointed leaves, centered in green with very wide and streaked white margins. Neat white flowers in mid-summer. Spreads 36 inches across.

LIBERTY  $14.95 qt  Zones 3 - 8    A hybrid, possibly a tetraploid, of the beloved favorite 'Sagae', with thicker green leaves, and a wider, more dramatic border that is yellow in spring, becoming white by summer. This hosta stopped them in their tracks at the 2000 American Hosta Society Convention. Grows to 24- 30 inches wide.

LOVE PAT  $6.95 qt  Zones 3 - 7    An older hybrid that competes head-on with the best of the newer hybrids. 'Love Pat' offers thick, blue corrugated leaves that are dramatically cupped, holding their color throughout the season. We have really nice, mature plants this year. Spreads 36 inches across.

MANHATTAN   $11.95 qt  Zones 3 – 8    Not your ordinary green-leaved hosta!  Intensely corrugated , green, heart-shaped leaves are stunning against the lavender-pink blooms that appear in early summer. Hybridizer Olga Petryszyn recalls the plant as being ‘so very intensely busy looking, it’s as if the leaves are going in every which direction with the business of the texture and puckering.’

*MARISCHINO CHERRY  $7.95 qt  Zones 3 - 8    Handsome deep green, leathery leaves in dense clumps characterize this lovely hosta. In late summer, showy reddish bloom scapes spiral upward, laden with beautiful lavender blue buds and wide open flowers. Grows 24 inches across.

MAUI BUTTERCUPS  $14.95 qt  Zones 3 – 7     A stunning beauty, this hybrid of Hosta ‘Frances Williams’ and ‘August Moon’ is perhaps the best yellow-leaved hosta on the market. The cupped, heavily corrugated five inch wide leaves glow in gold  on mounds that spread to 24 – 30 inches across.

MAY   $18.95 qt   Zones 3 – 8     The all-gold form of Hosta ‘June’ with the same vigorous and dependable habit. Brighter light brings out a rich gold color on the heavily substanced leaves, while more shade produces a chartreuse color.

MIDAS TOUCH  $12.95 2-qt  Zones 3 - 8    Astonishing puckered golden leaves of heavy substance that are deeply cupped, stopping people in their tracks. An exquisite Tokudama hybrid growing to 30 inches wide, with white bell-shaped blooms in late summer.

MILLIE'S MEMOIRS  $7.95 qt  Zones 3 - 8    A beauty very similar in appearance to 'Frances Williams', only smaller. Puckered blue-green leaves have wide golden borders on 24 inch wide clumps. A great look for a smaller garden.

ORANGE MARMALADE  $21.95 qt  Zones 3 – 8   This new hosta, a sport of the ever-popular 'Paul's Glory', is HOT, HOT, HOT!!! Growing into a clump 36-45 inches wide, it features bright golden leaves of heavy substance with irregular blue-green margins. An coral-orange color is evident in spring, and leaf centers turn white by midsummer.

RAINFOREST SUNRISE  $18.95 qt  Zones 3 – 8   An attention grabber by all means……picture dense clumps (24 inches wide) of thick and glossy corrugated golden leaves, margined by a deep green edge. Slug resistant. A sport of Hosta 'Maui Buttercups' .

*RASPBERRY  SORBET $6.95 qt  Zones 3 – 8   These are neat, low mounds of smooth textured, shiny, dark green leaves, a cross of H. rupifraga and H. 'Shining Tot'. In August, vividly colored reddish- purple scapes arise laden with blue-purple flowers that open widely. This would make a stunning groundcover for smaller areas. Grows 28 inches across.

SALUTE  $7.95 qt  Zones 3 – 9   Here's a unique and exciting 'blue' hosta. The leaves are narrow and pointed, forming an upright vase-shaped plant growing to 33 inches across. 'Salute' would be an interesting contrast in a border of hostas, and is one of our best selling 'blues'.

*SPARKLING BURGUNDY  $6.95 qt  Zones 3 - 8    A fabulous floral display in late summer…….speckled burgundy flower stems clasp dark lavender, funnel-shaped blooms. A vigorous grower with thick, heart-shaped dark green leaves, perfect for goundcover. Clumps spread to 2 feet across.

SPILT MILK  $23.95 2-qt  Zones 3 - 7    This streaked variegation hosta has been one of our most requested cultivars in years. Derived from Hosta 'Tokudama', it boasts the same wrinkled and heavily textured blue-green leaves, only with white streaks and splashes that will make garden visitors do a double take!

STRIPTEASE  $9.95 qt Zones 3 – 8   'Striptease' has created a storm in hosta circles in recent years and for good reason…….this intriguing sport of Hosta 'Gold Standard' offers deep green leaves, unusually 'striped in a pattern of gold and white down the center of each leaf. Clumps will eventually spread to 24 inches wide.

* TEMPLE BELLS   $6.95 qt  Zones 3 – 8   Fabulous, really purple bell-shaped blooms in late summer are produced en masse on this handsome plant with pleated, deep green leaves. Lush clumps spread 22 inches wide.

THUNDERBOLT  $18.95 qt  Zones 3 – 8     This fascinating new hosta is a sport from H. sieboldiana Elegans with very thick, rubbery-blue leaves that have a gold flash down the center of each leaf. Near white flowers top the clump in early summer. This lovely hosta grows in our display lathhouse where it enchants visitors every season.

TIJUANA BRASS  $7.95 qt  Zones 3 – 8   A relatively new Kevin Vaughn introduction with beautiful, very thickly textured and twisted corrugated gold leaves. We have grown these lovelies on for several years, and they are hefty plants for quick effect in your garden. Spectacular! Spreads 24 - 30 inches across.

TOUCH OF CLASS  $18.95 qt  Zones 3 - 8    This incredible new hosta is the tetraploid form of Hosta 'June'. That means bigger, more thickly textured leaves and improved vigor. Words fail to describe the beautiful contrast between the very blue-green leaves, with a central pattern of gold. Lavender flowers in mid-summer on clumps growing 24 inches wide.

NEW!   ‘ULTRAMARINE’  $22.95 qt     Brilliant blue foliage with a smooth texture and thick substance.

‘WARWICK COMET’   $22.95 qt  Zones 3 – 7   ‘Warwick Comet’ features unusual creamy white, cupped leaves widely edged in dark green on a moderate size plant growing to 24 –30 inches across.

  
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2009
PJ's Perch
Midsize
Quality is what our container grown hosta are all about.  When you receive your order you will note the healthy large crowns, well developed root systems, (no tiny starts in 3 inch pots!) expertly packed and ready for vigorous growth in your garden.  Our inventory is one of the largest in the greater St. Louis area, with top new cultivars and treasured older types. Bill and I work hard to provide you with the quality you will come to expect from us, and will settle for nothing less.

This is a group of medium-sized hosta that are handy for multi-purpose use.  Some boast spectacular variegated patterns, and make very special specimens in the garden or in containers, while others are low maintenance, workhorse groundcovers.

An asterisk * indicates hostas that have sun tolerance (morning sun preferred in hot summer climates) with sufficient irrigation during dry spells being key for best results.