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The Tardiana Group and offspring
The following lists are for all cultivars originating from the Tardiana Group of hostas bred by Eric Smith and registered in association with collaborating breeders - see the October 2022 newsletter for more information.

If we have the cultivars in our National Collection then a link will appear to the plant, which you can click on for more information. If a plant is in our collection but not available for sale, you can contact us to see if a division would be possible at some point.

Tardiana Group Cultivars
Number	Name	Number	Name
TF 1 x 1	H. 'Dorset Charm	TF 2 x 18	H. 'Purbeck Ridge'
TF 1 x 4	H. 'Dorset Flair'	TF 2 x 19	H. 'Sherborne Songbird'
TF 1 x 5	H. 'Happiness'	TF 2 x 20	H. 'Hadspen Hawk'
TF 1 x 7	H. 'Halcyon'	TF 2 x 21	H. 'Sherborne Profusion'
TF 2 x 2	H. 'Blue Moon'	TF 2 x 22	H. 'Blue Belle'
TF 2 x 3	H. 'Harmony'	TF 2 x 23	H. 'Blue Diamond'
TF 2 x 4	H. 'Dorset Blue'	TF 2 x 24	H. 'Blue Danube’
TF 2 x 5	H. 'Curlew'	TF 2 x 26	H. 'Sherborne Swift'
TF 2 x 6	H. 'Blue Skies'	TF 2 x 27	H. 'Camelot'
TF 2 x 7	H. 'Hadspen Blue'	TF 2 x 29	H. 'Sherborne Swan'
TF 2 x 8	H. 'Blue Dimples'	TF 2 x 30	H. 'Brother Ronald'
TF 2 x 9	H. 'Blue Wedgwood'	TF 2 x 31	H. 'Eric Smith'
TF 2 x 10	H. 'Hadspen Heron'	TF 2 x 32	H. 'Hadspen Pink'
TF 2 x 13	H. 'Grey Goose'	TF 2 x 34	H. 'Sherborne Swallow'
TF 2 x 14	H. 'Osprey'	TF 2 x 35	H. 'Wagtail'
TF 2 x 17	H. 'Kingfisher'	TF 3 x 1	H. 'Blue Blush'

By far the most productive of the Tardiana Group hostas is H. 'Halcyon', which has been reponsible for 90 offspring (sports and crosses).

H. 'Halcyon' Offspring
Sports		Crosses
H. 'Abba Soul Mate' H. 'Blue Ivory' H. 'Bulletproof' H. 'Canadian Blue' H. 'Canadian Shield' H. 'Catherine' H. 'Chiemsee Eisvogel' H. 'Chiemsee Glimmer' H. 'Devon Dream' H. 'Devon Green' H. 'Dinner Jacket' H. 'Fired Up' H. 'First Frost' H. 'Goldbrook Glimmer' H. 'Great Escape' H. 'Halcyon Sunset' H. 'Hervester Flamme' H. 'Jim Brady'	H. 'June' H. 'Kathryn Lewis' H. 'Kryptonite' H. 'MonLisa' H. 'My Danish Hope' H. 'Oberland Thin Line' H. 'OHS Margot's Delight' H. 'On Fire' H. 'Paradise Joyce' H. 'Pas de Deux' H. 'Peridot' H. 'Schätzchen' H. 'Sleeping Beauty' H. 'Slim Shady' H. 'Teacher's Pride' H. 'Valerie's Vanity' H. 'Valley's Lemon Ice' H. 'What's That'	H. 'Anglo Saxon' H. 'Bedford Blue' H. 'Bix Blues' H. 'Blue Mountains' H. 'Blue Thunder' H. 'Blueper' H. 'Border Bandit' H. 'Carolina Blue' H. 'Chantilly Lace' H. 'Chrystal Blue' H. 'Cool Dreams' H. 'Crusader' H. 'Cubby Bear' H. 'Cup of Grace' H. 'Do Wop' H. 'Double Vision' H. 'Dress Blues' H. 'Edge Of Night'	H. 'El Niño' H. 'Electroglow' H. 'Emerald Crown' H. 'Forney Ridge' H. 'Gay Blade' H. 'Goldbrook Glamour' H. 'Goldeneye' H. 'Grandeur' H. 'Halcyon Harmony' H. 'Hallelujah' H. 'Hi-Class' H. 'Hippodrome' H. 'Indigo' H. 'Kiwi Blue Baby' H. 'Kiwi Emerald' H. 'Lacy Belle' H. 'Lancelot' H. 'Longjohn'	H. 'Marýke Lokike' H. 'Mint Candy' H. 'Moon Maiden' H. 'Mount Holyoke' H. 'Pleasure Seeker' H. 'Powderpuff' H. 'Purple Flush' H. 'Purple Rain' H. 'Rainbow Falls' H. 'Sabertooth' H. 'Silver Creek Sunshine' H. 'Silver Wedding' H. 'Singularity' H. 'Thelonius' H. 'Torchlight' H. 'Uncle Hirsch' H. 'Uncle John' H. 'Viridian'

The next most productive are worth listing separately:

H. 'Hadspen Blue' and H. 'Dorset Blue' Offspring
H. 'Hadspen Blue'		H. 'Dorset Blue'
Sports: H. 'Aristocrat' H. 'Blue and Gold' H. 'Blue and Gold Streaked' H. 'Carol and Martin' H. 'Extreme' H. 'Hadspen Blue streaked' H. 'Holy Grail' H. 'Kiwi Blue Marble' H. 'Nobility' H. 'Pinani Splash' H. 'Robyn's Choice'	Crosses: H. 'Buffy' H. 'Crazy Quilt' H. 'Dana Nicolette' H. 'Edward Wargo' H. 'Franz Radzicki' H. 'Hillbilly Blues' H. 'Kiss an Angel Good Morning' H. 'Lady Peyton' H. 'Lord Brendan' H. 'Silver Light' H. 'Vinnie's Janel' H. 'Zero Tolerance'	Sports: H. 'Blue Berry Ice Cream' H. 'Dorset Blue Streaked' H. 'Raspberry Ice Cream'	Crosses: H. 'Baby Blue Eyes' H. 'Blissful' H. 'Blue Chip' H. 'Blue Clown' H. 'Blue Ice' H. 'Blue Jay' H. 'Blue Lollipop' H. 'Everlasting Love' H. 'Gary Jones' H. 'Gemstone'	H. 'Grandma's Gem' H. 'Heartbeat' H. 'High Tide' H. 'Hunters Ridge' H. 'Mystic Star' H. 'Parisian Silk' H. 'Pebbles' H. 'Topaz' H. 'Warwick Comet' H. 'Wolverine'

The rest of the Tardiana Group offspring are listed below: (if a cross shares two of the Tardiana Group then it has been attributed to the pod parent)

Tardiana Group Offspring - the rest
Number	Name	Sports	Crosses
TF 1 x 1	H. 'Dorset Charm		H. 'Nordatlantik'
TF 1 x 4	H. 'Dorset Flair'
TF 1 x 5	H. 'Happiness'		H. 'Aunt Bea' H. 'Goldbrook Grayling' H. 'Lap Dance'
TF 2 x 2	H. 'Blue Moon'		H. 'Blue Circle' H. 'Blue Ice' H. 'Cherub' H. 'Con Te Partiro' H. 'Deep Blue Sea' H. 'Ellie Marie' H. 'Full Moon' H. 'Jump Start' H. 'King of Spades' H. 'Lonesome Dove' H. 'May Moon' H. 'Minimoon' H. 'Mister Gee' H. 'Moon River' H. 'Mr Z' H. 'Nordic Racer' H. 'Pete's Slon-he' H. 'Pewterware' H. 'Silver Bay' H. 'Silver Moon' H. 'Warwick Delight'
TF 2 x 3	H. 'Harmony'		H. 'Francheska' H. 'Fuchsia Frenzy'
TF 2 x 5	H. 'Curlew'
TF 2 x 6	H. 'Blue Skies'	H. 'Emerald Skies' H. 'Green Skies'	H. 'Kiwi Blue Sky'
TF 2 x 8	H. 'Blue Dimples'		H. 'Catherine Ann' H. 'Frosted Dimples' H. 'Leatherneck' H. 'Nightcrawler' H. 'Persephone'
TF 2 x 9	H. 'Blue Wedgwood'	H. 'Punky' H. 'Wedgwood Gold'	H. 'Ace of Spades' H. 'On the Border' H. 'Poker' H. 'Zig Zag'
TF 2 x 10	H. 'Hadspen Heron'
TF 2 x 13	H. 'Grey Goose'
TF 2 x 14	H. 'Osprey'
TF 2 x 17	H. 'Kingfisher'
TF 2 x 18	H. 'Purbeck Ridge'
TF 2 x 19	H. 'Sherborne Songbird'	H. 'Seawave'
TF 2 x 20	H. 'Hadspen Hawk'	H. 'Hadspen Hawk streaked'	H. 'Apple Jack' H. 'Glamour' H. 'Golden Hawk'
TF 2 x 21	H. 'Sherborne Profusion'
TF 2 x 22	H. 'Blue Belle'	H. 'Blue Belle streaked'
TF 2 x 23	H. 'Blue Diamond'	H. 'Coventry'	H. 'Blue Bayou' H. 'Blue June'' H. 'Blue Lazer'
TF 2 x 24	H. 'Blue Danube'
TF 2 x 26	H. 'Sherborne Swift'
TF 2 x 27	H. 'Camelot'
TF 2 x 29	H. 'Sherborne Swan'
TF 2 x 30	H. 'Brother Ronald'		H. 'September White'
TF 2 x 31	H. 'Eric Smith'
TF 2 x 32	H. 'Hadspen Pink'
TF 2 x 34	H. 'Sherborne Swallow'
TF 2 x 35	H. 'Wagtail'
TF 3 x 1	H. 'Blue Blush'		H. 'Blueberry Cobbler' H. 'Connecticut River'

I will add further generations of offspring over the autumn and winter...