My page - Rob

[Rob]

Hello,

my name is Rob, and I confess, I am addicted to Hostas.

I've been collecting hostas since the year 2000, and I now have some 410 different species and cultivars (I'll post my collection list later on).

I started out collecting "the hostas I liked the most".
After a couple of years, I realized this would become a never ending story, and I switched to solid colored plants only (although the odd variegated or streaked one end up in my garden).
One reason is the hostacollection is used for landscaping our garden, and planting out loads of otherwise nice variegated hostas simply doesn't work estetically.

In 2006, I started a website, "The Hosta Mill", that is beginning to mature a little bit now. The amount of time you need to build a half decent site in just overwhelming, but I love doing it.

In 2007, the first hostas were raised from seed in the Hosta Mill. 2008 will be the year of the first hybridizing.

Hopefully our garden, also called "The Hosta Mill" will be opening to visitors starting in june 2008.


Greetings,

Rob

[Rob]

Plants I have

'A Many Splendored Thing'
'Abba Dabba Do'
'Abiqua Blue Crinkles'
'Abiqua Drinking Gourd'
'Abiqua Moonbeam'
aequinoctiiantha
'Alex Summers'
alismifolia
alismifolia 'Fukozu'
'Alpine Aire'
'American Halo'
'Ann Kulpa'
'Antioch'
'Aphrodite'
'Arc de Triomphe'
'Aristocrat'
'August Beauty'
'August Moon'
'Azure Snow'
'Beauty Substance'
'Best of Twenty'
'Big Daddy'
'Birchwood Parky's Gold'
'Birchwood Ruffled Queen'
'Black Hills'
'Blazing Saddles'
'Blue Angel'
'Blue Cadet'
'Blue Haired Lady'
'Blue Mammoth'
'Blue Moon'
'Blue Mountains'
'Blue Mouse Ears'
'Blue Umbrellas'
'Blue Wedgwood'
'Blütenspiel'
'Botanical Look'
'Brandywine'
'Brave Amherst'
'Bressingham Blue'
'Bridegroom'
'Bright Lights'
'Brother Ronald'
'Brother Stefan'
'Canadian Blue'
'Candy Dish'
'Captain Kirk'
'Captain Teach'
'Carnival'
'Carol'
'Carolina Blue'
'Carolina Sunshine'
'Center Of Attention'
'Chantilly Lace'
'Choo Choo Train'
'Chopsticks'
'Christmas Candy'
'Christmas Tree'
'Cinnamon Sticks'
'Color Glory'
'Coquette'
'Corkscrew'
'Corona'
'Crispula'
'Crocodile Rock'
'Crumples'
'Crusader'
'Cutting Edge'
'Dancing Queen'
'Day's End'
'Deane's Dream'
'Decorata'
'Deja Blu'
'Designer Genes'
'Devon Discovery'
'Devon Green'
'Doctor Fu Manchu'
'Domain de Courson'
'Don Stevens'
'Donahue's Piecrust
'Dragon Fire'
'Dream Queen'
'Dream Weaver'
'Dupage Delight'
'Earth Angel'
'El Capitan'
'El Nino'
'Elata'
'Elata Highlander'
'Elatior'
'Elegans'
'Elizabeth Campbell'
'Emerald Tiara'
'Emeralds and Rubies'
'Eos'
'Fall Bouquet'
'Fire and Ice'
'Fire Island'
'First Frost'
'Flemish Sky'
'Formal Attire'
'Fortunei Albopicta'
'Fortunei Aurea'
'Fortunei Aureomarginata'
'Fortunei Hyacinthina'
'Fortunei Hyacinthina Variegated'
'Fortunei Obscura'
'Fortunei Rugosa'
'Fountain'
'Fourth of July'
'Fragrant Blue'
'Fragrant Bouquet'
'Francee'
'Frances Williams'
'Fried Bananas'
'Fried Green Tomatoes'
'Frosted Dimples'
'Frosted Jade'
'Garnet Prince'
'Gay Search'
'Ghostmaster'
'Gilt by Association'
'Ginko Craig'
'Gold Edger'
'Gold Regal'
'Gold Standard'
'Goldbrook Grebe'
'Golden Age'
'Golden Medallion'
'Golden Prayers (klehm Form)'
'Golden Sunburst'
'Golden Tiara'
'Golden Waffles'
'Good As Gold'
'Good as Gold' ('Mackwood 23')
gracillima
'Grand Finale'
'Grand Marquee
'Grand Rapids'
'Grand Slam'
'Grand Tiara'
'Gray Cole'
'Great Expectations'
'Green Acres'
'Green Piecrust'
'Green Sheen'
'Green Velveteen'
'Ground Master'
'Guacamole'
'Gunsmoke'
'Hadspen Blue'
'Hakuyo'
'Halcyon'
'Harry Van De Laar'
'Harry Van Trier'
'Harvest Delight'
'Helios'
'Herifu'
'Hirao Monument'
'Hirao Supreme'
'Hokkaido'
'Holly's Dazzler'
'Honeybells'
'Hoosier Dome'
'Hydon Sunset'
hypoleuca
'Hyuga Urajiro'
'Independence'
'Inniswood'
'Invincible'
'Iron Gate Supreme'
'Island Charm'
'Iwa'
'Jade Cascade'
'Janet'
'Jewel of the Nile'
'Jimmy Crack Corn'
'Judy Rocco'
'Julie Morss'
'June'
'June Present'
'Just So'
'Karin'
Katherine Lewis'
'Katsuragawa Beni'
kikutii
kikutii var.caput-avis f. Sugita
kikutii yakusimensis
'King James'
'King Tut'
kiyosumiensis
'Knockout'
'Komodo Dragon'
'Korean Snow'
'Krossa Regal'
'Lacy Belle'
'Lady Isobel Barnett'
laevigata
'Lake Huron'
'Lakeside Black Satin'
'Lakeside Coal Miner'
'Lakeside Maestro'
'Lakeside Premier'
'Lancifolia'
'Lavender Lady'
'Leading Lady'
'Lemon Lime'
'Liberty'
'Little Black Scape'
'Little Blue'
longipes
longipes f. sparsa
longipes f. viridipes
longipes var. latifolia 'Urajiro Hachijo'
'Love Pat'
'Loyalist'
'Lucy Vitols'
'Lullabye'
'Lunar Eclipse'
'Maekawa'
'Magic Fire'
'Mama Mia'
'Marilyn Monroe'
'Maruba Iwa'
'Mary Marie Ann'
'Midas Touch'
'Midwest Magic'
'Mildred Seaver'
'Millenium'
minor
minor 'Gosan'
'Minuteman'
'Miss Grace'
'Miss Linda Smith'
'Miss Ruby'
montana
montana 'Chirifu Tochigi'
montana f. macrophylla
montana 'Mt Fuji form'
'Moonlight Sonata'
'Moonstruck'
'Morning Light'
'Mr. Big'
nakaiana
'Nancy Lindsay'
'Neat Splash'
'Niagara Falls'
'Night before Christmas'
nigrescens
'Northern Exposure'
'Northern Halo'
'Ogon Amachi'
'Ogon Tsushima'
okamotoi
'Old Faithful'
'Olive Baily Langdon'
'On Stage'
'One Mans Treasure'
'Opipara Koriyama'
pachyscapa
'Pacific Blue Edger'
'Pandora's Box'
'Paradigm'
'Paradise Joyce'
'Paradise Red Delight'
'Party Favor'
'Party Time'
'Pathfinder'
'Patriot'
'Pauls Glory'
'Peacock Strut'
Permanent Wave'
'Phantom'
'Piecrust Power'
'Piedmont Gold'
'Pilgrim'
'Pizzazz'
plantaginea
plantaginea var. japonica
'Potomac Pride'
'Prairie Magic'
'Praying Hands'
'Purple Boots'
'Purple Glory'
'Purple Passion'
pycnophylla
'Queen Josephine'
'Queen of the Seas'
'Radiant Edger'
'Rascal'
'Raspberry Sorbet'
'Red Dragon'
'Red Imp'
'Red Neck Heaven'
'Red October'
'Regal Chameleon'
'Regal Rhubarb'
'Regal Ruffles'
'Regal Splendor'
'Remember Me'
'Reptillian'
'Restless Sea'
'Reversed'
'Revolution'
'Rhapsody in Blue'
'Rhein'
'Rhythm and Blues'
'Ringtail'
'Rippled Honey'
'Riptide'
'Robert Frost'
'Royal Standard'
rupifraga
'Sagae'
'Saint Elmos Fire'
'Saint Paul'
'Salute'
'Samurai'
'Scooter'
'Sea Gulf Stream'
'Sea Ocotopus'
'September Sun'
'Shade Fanfare'
sieboldiana
'Silver Crown'
'Silver Lining' OS
'Silver Shadow'
'Sky Dancer'
'Sleeping Beauty'
'Smokey'
'Snow Cap'
'Snow Flakes'
'Snowden'
'So Sweet'
'Sparkling Burgundy'
'Special Gift'
'Split Decision'
'Spring Fling'
'Spritzer'
'Squash Casserole'
'Stirfry'
'Strawberry Delight'
'Striptease'
'Sugar Daddy'
'Sultana'
'Sum and Substance'
Summer Breeze
'Sun Power'
'Super Nova'
'Sweet Home Chicago'
'Sweet Susan'
'Sweetie'
takahashii 'Gosan'
'Tardiflora'
tardiva ‘Gosan’
tardiva 'Gosan'
'Tattoo'
'Temptation'
'Tenryu'
'The Twister'
'Theos Blue'
'Thumb Nail'
'Thunderbolt'
tibae
'Tokudama'
'Tokudama Flavocircinalis'
'Toledo'
'Tom Schmid'
'Torchlight'
'Touch of Class'
'Treasure Trove'
tsushimensis
'Tutu'
'Twilight'
'Twilight Time'
'Ultraviolet Light'
'Undulata Erromana'
'Undulata Mediopicta'
'Valley's Big Rip'
'Valley's Cathedral'
'Van Wade'
ventricosa
venusta
'War Paint'
'Waving Wuffles'
'Wheaton Blue'
'Whirlwind'
'Whiskey Sour'
'White Ceiling'
'White Christmas'
'White Triumphator'
'Wide Brim'
'Winfield Blue'
'Wogon'
'Wolverine'
'Yakushima Mizu'
'Yankee Blue'
'Yellow River'
'Yellow Splash'
'Yin'
'Zagers White Edge'
'Zounds'

Ordered for 2008:
Arctic Blast
Barbara May
Bedford Blue
Blue Baron
capitata
Cherry Tart
Chesapeake Bay
Chishima Iwa
clausa var. Clausa
Clovelly
Empress Wu
Fluted Fountain
Fujibotan
Glorious
Grant Park
Hacksaw
High Tide
Hirao Splendor
Hyuga Urajiro
Ice Age Trail
kifukurin Hyuga
kifukurin Kiyosumi
kifukurin Ubatake
Kinbuchi Tachi'
King of Spades
Lakeside Ripples
Lakeside Sir Logan
Little Red Joy
longipes var. hypoglauca
longipes var. latifolia
Marrakech
Neptune
Maya Swingtime
Montana ‘Ginrei’
Nancy
Nokogiriyama
Ogon Tachi'
Paradise Island
Phoenix
Powder Blue
Purple Boots
Purple Haze
Red Dragon
Ruffed Up
Sahara Nights
Shiro Tama Nishiki
Stargate
The Razor’s Edge
Totally Twisted
T.Rex
Ultramarine
venusta 'Benedict Strain'
yingeri

Swapping
I will swap a number of plants this year (about 60). 2007 has been the first year I have been dividing plants.

[Izzy]

Wow, what a stunning list!
I only have 114, you put my poor list to shame! If I spent less time babying, I might have more time for collecting!
Great Job, Keep it up!
Izzy

[Rob]

Hi Izzy,

It's taken me quite some years to collect all this. I believe that's the best way to go about it, otherwise what started out as a hobby will grow over your head. It's quality, not quantity that matters.
It also takes some time before one has the knowledge and the experience to decide which way a collection should go. Two years ago, I chose to collect only solid colored plants and some streakers, and I'm glad I did.

[Rob]

It has taken like forever, but I finally managed to get some intermediate result on the hosta species section in my website. I'm pretty pleased with the result so far.

For all species (except H. kikutii and H. montana) I got the description, a linked distribution map, a list of sports and a list of the direct progeny.

My hostas from seeds project has been very succesful this year. In fact the results have been that good, I finally dare to give some first hand advice on how to grow hostas indoors from seed.
I've also done some experimenting in which tre results were not that great, so I tell what not to do.

The months to come I will try and add loads of pictures on the hostas in my collection and I will hopefully be able to keep you posted on the final landscaping of our garden.

One of the most difficult tasks is maintaining the site in good shape: restore disappeared pictures, delete dead links, stuff like that. I would greately appreciate it if you were to report those things to me (webmaster@hostamill.be)

Hope you enjoy the site.

Greetings,

Rob