{"id":6359,"date":"2014-07-26T12:32:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-26T16:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=6359"},"modified":"2014-07-26T15:43:59","modified_gmt":"2014-07-26T19:43:59","slug":"hosta-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2014\/07\/26\/hosta-award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Hosta Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6360\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hosta-NiagaraFalls.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6360\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hosta-NiagaraFalls-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"&#039;Niagara Falls&#039; Hosta with dark green, well-defined leaf veining\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hosta-NiagaraFalls-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hosta-NiagaraFalls-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Niagara Falls&#8217; Hosta with dark green Foliage with well-defined veining<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Without question, hostas are the most popular perennial for the shade garden. Their lovely foliage provides color, texture and architecture in their garden space from April to a hard autumn frost. They are hardy, long-lived, and relatively maintenance-free.<\/p>\n<p>Hostas range in size from miniature 2 to 3 inches tall types to enormous large leafy clumps 36 or more inches high and broad.  Most cultivars grow in shady and semi-shady areas, but a few are sun-tolerant under frequent irrigation.  Hostas are also called \u201cplantain lilies\u201d and \u201cfunkia\u201d. Their white, lavender, or purple flowers are fragrant. Blooms attract passerby hummingbirds.<\/p>\n<p>The American Hosta Society (AHS) keeps registration records on named cultivars, now numbering over 36,000. AHS members and commercial growers have a voice in selecting the most beautiful and best performing cultivars by region across the U.S. Each year AHS judges award one cultivar their prestigious Benedict Medal.<br \/>\n<strong>Benedict Medal winners:<\/strong><br \/>\n2014   to be announced<br \/>\n2013   First Frost<br \/>\n2012   Niagara Falls<br \/>\n2011   Blue Mouse Ears<br \/>\n2010   Sagae<br \/>\n2009   June<br \/>\n2008   One Man\u2019s Treasure<br \/>\n2007   Whirlwind<br \/>\n2006   Gold Standard<\/p>\n<p>American Hosta Growers choose the Hosta of the Year Award. This outstanding cultivar performs well in most areas of the U.S. and is easy to reproduce. The Hosta of the Year Award is announced two years in advance so that garden centers and nurseries will have plants available for sale.<br \/>\n<strong>Hosta of the Year Award winners:<\/strong><br \/>\n2016   Curly Fries<br \/>\n2015   Victory<br \/>\n2014   Abiqua Drinking Gourd<br \/>\n2013   Rainforest Sunrise<br \/>\n2012   Liberty<br \/>\n2011   Praying Hands<br \/>\n2010   First Frost<br \/>\n2009   Earth Angel<br \/>\n2008   Blue Mouse Ears<br \/>\n2007   Paradigm<br \/>\n2006   Stained Glass<br \/>\n2005   Striptease<br \/>\n2004   Sum and Substance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Without question, hostas are the most popular perennial for the shade garden. Their lovely foliage provides color, texture and architecture in their garden space from April to a hard autumn frost. They are hardy, long-lived, and relatively maintenance-free. 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