Our most well known mid-West hybridizer of the genus Hosta was Russ O’Harra.
His work was displayed in a thumbnail sized garden behind the home where he and Rosanne resided.
To the credits of Russ’s work, this list indicates his constant attention to the hosta.
|
Plant Name
|
Parentage
|
Origin
|
| Bobbin |
‘Silver Kabitan’ |
Sport |
| Claire deLune |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| Diva |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| Elizabeth Levy |
‘pycnophylla’ |
Seed |
| Feather Boa |
‘Subcrocea’ |
Sport |
| Fleeta Brownell |
‘Tokumdama’ derivation |
Seed |
| Ga-Ga |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| Gingee |
Sieboldlii ‘subcrocea’ |
Seed |
| **Green Lantern |
Unknown |
|
| Grimes Golden |
|
Unknown |
| Ground Sulphur |
‘sieboldii subcrocea’ hybrid |
Seed |
| Gypsy Boa |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| Janet |
‘Fortunei’ ‘Janet’ |
Sport |
| Lime Shag |
sieboldi f spathulata |
Seed |
| Ming Dynasty |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| O’Harra |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| Olive Bailey Langdon |
‘sieboldiana’ |
Sport |
| Pearl Buttons |
‘venusta’ hybrid |
Seed |
| Plumb Bob |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| Popo |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| Quilting Bee |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| Roderick |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| Rosanne |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| Russ O’Harra |
nigrescens “Elatior’ selection |
Seed |
| Russell Lee |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| Shirley Levy |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| Silver Anniversary |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| Spit Shine |
‘plantaginea’ hybrid |
Seed |
| Spun Sulphur |
sieboldii Subcrocea |
Seed |
| Sun Banner |
‘Sun Power’ |
Sport |
| Taffeta |
ventricosa Aureomarginata |
Seed |
| The Sun King |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| Yellow Boa |
‘subcrocea’ hybrid |
Seed |
| Yellow Submarine |
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
**O’Harra & Frank Riehl
|
Thanks to Mike Lemke’s records on the genus Hosta for this list of Russ O’Harra introductions.
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