Part
6:Description of Individual
Species (in left column)
Bee
on H. ventricosa Flower
photo
by W. George Schmid
W. George Schmid is widely recognized as the world's
foremost expert on Hosta species. Born in 1930, he was
educated at the University of Munich, and settled in
Georgia, United States, as a young man. He lives and gardens
there today with his wife Hildegard at a place he calls
Hosta Hill.
George is the author of several books, most
notably The Genus Hosta and An Encyclopedia of Shade
Perennials. The latter was selected for the American
Horticultural Society Book Award. He is also the author of
numerous articles, and has several hosta introductions. He
also served as the advisor on Hosta species here in the
HostaLibrary.
He has served for many years as the American
Hosta Society's Nomenclature Chair and Historian, and is a
founding member of the Georgia Hosta Society.
