Hosta Merry Men: Difference between revisions

Plant name
Folk name	Hosta 'Merry Men'
Binomial name	Hosta ?
Variety	Merry Men
First recorded	2002
Used where	USA, Europe and perhaps Far East

Revision as of 07:01, 17 May 2022

Hosta 'Merry Men' / Kees Henzen, Hosta Paradise.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-09-13. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-05-17.

Introduced in 2002, the hosta cultivar 'Merry Men' 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. Jim's Hostas is now owned by Uniquely Hostas.

'Merry Men' is a small cultivar, 15 to 25 cm in height, which thrives in varying degrees of shade.^[2] Its leaves have creamy white center with medium green margin and streaks to the center.^[3] Its pale purple flowers bloom on reddish purple scapes in July.^[4]

I have not been able to establish from which of the 24 accepted species the 'Merry Men' variety was bred, but perhaps this is a moot point since the species are easily interbred.^[5] See the entry on Hosta Robin Hood for information on hostas in general.

Sources

Photos

Hosta Library: Merry Men. A single photo.

Background

Dave's Garden: The Scoop on Jim's Hostas
Facebook: Jim's Hostas
Manta: Schwartz Greenhouse
[https://www.uniquelyhostas.com/ Uniquely Hostas
Wikipedia: Hosta.

Also see

Notes

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

[2] Dave's Garden: Hosta 'Merry Men'.

[3] Uniquely Hostas: Merry Men

[4] The Hosta Helper: Hosta 'Merry Men',

[5] See Wikipedia: Hosta.

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