The Genus Hosta: Giboshi Zoku

This book is of academic level, written with dedication to the topic of Hosta. A motivator for amateur gardeners, aswell as a scientific / knowledgeable professional. Happy to hold it in our gardening library.

Yes this is the fist resource and most important one for hostas. It is a bit dated but the vast majority of the information will alway be relevant. Also he was certainly ahead of his time, on many topics, Many of his arguments are just becoming relevant today. A case in point, he nailed the hottest topic in hosta-ville today cold way back in 1990, Hosta virus X or HVX, well before it even had a name or was though of as a virus. This book plus a couple newer ones is all you need to be up and running with the best of them, and then some, because ha, most of them are to lazy to read. No, I did not say that, did I?? As to reading level, well it is grade 17 so a good dictionary is needed. I wish some one would tell me how to get that "The Virginia" off it's ridiculous.

W. George Schmid, recipient of the 1996 Alex J. Summers Distinguished Merit Award--the highest honor of the American Hosta Society, has compiled a comprehensive and instructive reference for Hosta. He explains in photographs (incl. 208 in color) and words more information than available in any other source for these marvelous and increasingly popular shade plants--The #1 selling perennial in the USA. I believe I own all the books published on Hosta, and this is incomparable--better than all the others combined. Species and cultivars are listed alphabetically with detailed information. Make it your first choice. Our nursery specializes in Hostas, including being the exclusive source for George Schmid's new introductions, so I am very familiar with this topic