The AHGA Hosta of the Year (1996-2025)

With the increasing number of hosta cultivars being introduced each year it is increasingly difficult for nursery owners and gardeners to choose just the right hostas for their sales areas and gardens. To this end the American Hosta Growers Association established the AHGA Hosta of the Year in 1996. It is selected by a vote of AHGA members. Award winners are hostas that are good garden plants in all regions of the country, are widely available in sufficient supply, and retail for about $15.00 in the year of selection. Here are our offerings of these wonderful plants. 

The AHS Hosta of the Year (2026-Present)

With the termination of the AHGA Hosta of the Year program in 2025, the American Hosta Society Board decided to continue the Hosta of the Year program with new guidelines for selection of the AHS Hosta of the Year. The winner of the AHS Hosta of the Year uses the winner of the Benedict Garden Performance Award as the Hosta of the Year for the following year. If the Benedict Garden Performance Award winner has previously been an AHGA Hosta of the Year selection, a previous recent Benedict Garden Performance Award winner is selected as the next AHS Hosta of the Year. The new criteria used by AHS are not for marketing purposes but are meant to guide gardeners to hostas that have demonstrated excellent garden perform