Encyclopedia of Hosta
The Hosta Farm
An open archive of 5,557 registered Hosta cultivars, with care guides and shade-garden design.
- 7,245 AHS Registry records
- 4,812 with illustrations or photos
- 32 Hosta of the Year picks, 1996–2027
Featured varieties
A small sample from the catalog — click any card to read the full profile.
Hosta ‘Thunderbolt’
Hosta ‘Kim’
Hosta ‘Ben’
Hosta ‘Eric’
Hosta ‘Gold River’
Hosta ‘One and Only’
Hosta ‘Thriller’
Hosta ‘Valley's Love Cats’
Hosta ‘Chris’
Hosta ‘Coast to Coast’
Hosta ‘Happy Dayz’
Hosta ‘River of Gold’
Explore by topic
Care & Planting
Watering, fertilizing, dividing — practical hosta care.
Shade Garden Design
Companion plants, layouts, and design ideas for shaded borders.
Problems & Pests
Diseases, slugs, deer, and what those transparent leaves mean.
What we are building
- ~7,245 cultivar profiles. Every officially registered Hosta, with size, leaf, parentage and breeder data drawn from the AHS Hosta Registry.
- Long-form care guides. Original articles on planting, watering, dividing, diseases, shade-garden design and seasonal tasks.
- Hosta of the Year archive. Every winner from 1996 to 2027 with color, size and parentage from the American Hosta Society list.
- In-depth cultivar profiles. Popular hostas such as ‘Sagae’, ‘June’ and ‘Halcyon’ compared with their look-alikes, registered vs grown size, awards and sources.
- Buying guides. Selection criteria and specifications from labels and extension sources for deer and slug control, fertilizer, tools and bare-root plants. We have not tested the products ourselves and say so on every guide that names them.
- Filterable catalog. Browse by colour, size, year registered, hybridizer or light tolerance.