Hosta Little John: Difference between revisions

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

Revision as of 08:18, 13 September 2017

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.^[1] For 'Robin Hood' et al., see 'Also see' section below. 'Little John' is a very large cultivar, c. 1 m tall, covering an area of up to c. 180 cm in diameter, and with intensely blue-green, moderately corrugated leaves measuring up to 28 x 36 cm.^[2]

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.^[3] See the entry on Hosta Robin Hood for information on hostas in general.

Sources

Photos

Hosta Library: Little John. A single photo.

Background

Also see

Notes

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[1] Dave's Garden: The Scoop on 'Jims' Hostas' and Manta: Schwartz Greenhouse.

[2] Land of the Giants Hosta Farm: Little John.

[3] See Wikipedia: Hosta.

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-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.
 [[File:little-john-hosta-land-of-giants.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Hosta 'Friar Tuck' / [https://landofthegiantshostafarm.com/shop/l/little-john/ Land of the Giants Hosta Farm: Little John.]]]
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-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.<ref>[http://davesgarden.com/products/gwd/c/321/#b Dave's Garden: The Scoop on 'Jims' Hostas'] and [https://www.manta.com/c/mm7h44h/schwarz-greenhouse Manta: Schwartz Greenhouse.]</ref> 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, <ref>[https://landofthegiantshostafarm.com/shop/l/little-john/ Land of the Giants Hosta Farm: Little John.]</ref>
+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.<ref>[http://davesgarden.com/products/gwd/c/321/#b Dave's Garden: The Scoop on 'Jims' Hostas'] and [https://www.manta.com/c/mm7h44h/schwarz-greenhouse Manta: Schwartz Greenhouse.]</ref> For 'Robin Hood' ''et al.'', see 'Also see' section below.  'Little John' is a very large cultivar, ''c.'' 1 m tall, covering an area of up to ''c.'' 180 cm in diameter, and with intensely blue-green, moderately corrugated leaves measuring up to 28 x 36 cm.<ref>[https://landofthegiantshostafarm.com/shop/l/little-john/ Land of the Giants Hosta Farm: Little John.]</ref>
 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.<ref>See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosta Wikipedia: Hosta.]</ref> See the entry on [[Hosta Robin Hood]] for information on hostas in general.