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Hosta

Hosta (/ˈhɒstə/, syn. Funkia) is a genus of plants commonly known as hostas, plantain lilies and occasionally by the Japanese name gibōshi. Hostas are widely cultivated as shade-tolerant foliage plants. The genus is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae, and is native to northeast Asia (China, Japan, Korea, and the Russian Far East).…

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Cultivation

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Hosta

Nodes70
Edges69
Triples70
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028571
Components1

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Hosta

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related to Cultivation · 24
Hosta → China, Cultivars, Europe, Francee, Gold Standard, Guacamole, Hostas, Hybridization, International Cultivar Registration Authority, Japan, June, Korean, Newer, Pauline Banyai, Philipp Franz, Popular, Siebold, Substance, Sum, The
related to External links · 13
Hosta → American Hosta SocietyHosta Library, Cubit, Danish Hosta SocietyPlants, Descriptions, Don Rawson's, Future, Hosta Garden Themes, Hosta Photographs, Hybridizing, ID, Lists, Sources, Western
related to Pests and diseases · 10
Hosta → All, Foliar, Hosta Virus, Insect, It, Minnesota, Plants, Some, Symptoms, The
related to Description · 9
Hosta → August Lily, Hostas, In, Leaf, Natural, Some, The, Variation, Variegated
related to Taxonomy · 9
Hosta → Accepted, Accordingly, Fortunei, Interspecific, July, Latinised, Many, Taxonomists, The
related to Toxicity · 4
Hosta → Asian, However, Symptoms, While
related to Accepted hybrids · 1
Hosta → HonshuHosta

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species plants genus cultivars hostas leaves include name funkia saussurea libertia leaf white known cultivated syn salisb illegitimate homonym cm

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Hostarelated to Accepted hybridsHonshuHosta0.60section
Hostarelated to CultivationHostas0.60section
Hostarelated to CultivationThe0.60section
Hostarelated to CultivationUSDA Zones0.60section
Hostarelated to CultivationThough Hosta0.60section
Hostarelated to CultivationChina0.60section
Hostarelated to CultivationJapan0.60section
Hostarelated to CultivationEurope0.60section
Hostarelated to CultivationPhilipp Franz0.60section
Hostarelated to CultivationSiebold0.60section
Hostarelated to CultivationNewer0.60section
Hostarelated to CultivationKorean0.60section

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