Seven New Acquisitions

Top row, left to right: Cherry Tomato, Giantland Sunny Mouse Ears, Ruffled Mouse Ears, Pure Heart;
bottom row: Pixie Imp, Tears of Joy, Jennifer Bailey.

For its meeting this month, Hostas of Kentuckiana ventured over to its members Chris and Tom Miller's Bluegrass Hosta Farm near Georgetown, Kentucky. I had a much shorter drive and returned home with some new additions to my collection of hosts:

1. H. 'Cherry Tomato', AHS class V-6a, miniature
2. H. 'Giantland Sunny Mouse Ears', AHS class IV-3, small
3. H. 'Jennifer Bailey', AHS class V-4b, miniature
4. H. 'Pixie Vamp', AHS class V-4b, miniature
5. H. 'Pure Heart', AHS class V-3, miniature
6. H. 'Ruffled Mouse Ears', AHS class IV-2, small
7. H. 'Tears of Joy', AHS class V-1, miniature

Note: Although the 2013 AHS Classification List shows 'Giantland Sunny Mouse Ears' as a small hosta, the list gives the leaf dimensions of this hosta as 1.75 by 1.75 inches, which makes its leaf area 3.06 square inches, that of a miniature hosta.