Hosta Little John

Plant name
Folk name	Hosta 'Little John'
Binomial name	Hosta ?
Variety	Little John
First recorded	2000
Used where	US, Europe and perhaps Far East

Intensely blue-green with a rippled margin, some waviness and corrugation.

Little John Hosta – The giant of the ‘Robin Hood’ series features a far from a ‘Little’ hosta plant. A huge 38″ high and 70″ dia.plant with 11″ x 14″ wide intensely blue-green, moderately corrugated leaves.

Hosta 'Friar Tuck' / Land of the Giants Hosta Farm: Little John.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-09-13. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-09-13.

First marketed in 2000, the hosta cultivar 'Little John' was propagated by Jim Schwartz. It is one of a series of cultivars with names inspired by the address of his business: 11676 Robin Hood Drive (Dubuque), Iowa. For 'Robin Hood' et al., see 'Also see' section below. 'Little John' is a very large hosta cultivar, c. 1 m tall, covering an area of up to c. 180 cm in diameter, and with intensely blue-green, moderately corrugated (up to 28 x 36 cm) leaves,

I have not been able to establish from which of the 24 accepted species the 'Little John' variety was bred, but perhaps this is a moot point since the species are easily interbred. See the entry on Hosta Robin Hood for information on hostas in general.

Sources

• The Hosta Helper: Hosta 'Little John'
• Land of the Giants Hosta Farm: Little John.

Photos

• Hosta Library: Little John. A single photo.

Background

• Dave's Garden: The Scoop on 'Jims' Hostas'
• Facebook: Jim's Hostas
• Manta: Schwartz Greenhouse
• Wikipedia: Hosta.

Also see

• Hosta Friar Tuck
• Hosta Maid Marian
• Hosta Merry Men
• Hosta Robin Hood
• Hosta Robin of Loxley
• Hosta Sir Richard
• Robin Hood Drive (Dubuque).

Notes

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