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[[File:little-john-hosta-land-of-giants.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Hosta 'Little John' / [https://landofthegiantshostafarm.com/shop/l/little-john/ Land of the Giants Hosta Farm.]]]<div class="no-img"><p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-09-13. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p>
[[File:little-john-hosta-land-of-giants.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Hosta 'Little John' / [https://landofthegiantshostafarm.com/shop/l/little-john/ Land of the Giants Hosta Farm.]]]<div class="no-img">
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First marketed in 2000, the hosta cultivar 'Little John' was hybridized 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 Jim's 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>
First marketed in 2000, the hosta cultivar 'Little John' was hybridized 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 Jim's 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>



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Plant name
Folk name Hosta 'Little John'
Binomial name Hosta ?
Variety Little John
First recorded 2000
Used where USA, Europe and perhaps Far East
Hosta 'Little John' / Land of the Giants Hosta Farm.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-09-13. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-05-17.

First marketed in 2000, the hosta cultivar 'Little John' was hybridized 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.

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