Data specific to Hostas (Edit)
Name of Hybridizer: Kirk Brill
Year of Registration: 1999

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 18-28 in.tall-Large (leaf 81-144 sq.in.)
Plant Spread: 36-48 in. (90-120 cm)
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Other: Ovate, leaf color yellow, gold and med.green, dark green margins. Slug resistant. Fast growing mound.
Flower Color: Other: Lavender
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Groundcover
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Parentage: Sport of: Gold Standard

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Location: In Billie's garden in Oklahoma City
Date: 05-08-2018
Hosta 'Captain Kirk' 001
Location: Ottawa, ON
Date: 2015-06-21
update on this plant
Location: My garden in Southeast Virginia, Zone 8
Date: JULY
Too much sun, this hosta tolerates sun but also reacts with color
Location: My garden in Southeast Virginia
Date: JUNE
Too much sun, this hosta tolerates sun but also reacts with color
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2017-06-26
photo credit: Robert Duval
Location: Home
Location: Hosta Garten Teltow, Germany
Date: 2022-09-22

Date: 2015-06-22
Location: Pleasant Grove,Utah
Date: 2011-10-07
Young plant
Location: SunZone 6a
Date: 2013-06-07
Location: Terrace garden, right side, rear.
Date: 2014-05-28
In the shade of a Crape Myrtle and very happy there.
Location: Ottawa, ON
Date: 2011-07-29
H. 'Captain Kirk'

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Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2016-06-28
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2017-05-26
photo credit: Robert Duval

Date: 2012-07-14

Date: 2012-07-14
Location: Hosta Garten Teltow, Germany
Date: 2022-09-22
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-06-07
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2017-05-15
photo credit: Robert Duval

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Location: My garden in Southeast Virginia, Zone 8
Date: 2012-10-20
Seedling or Young Plant

Date: 2015-06-22
Location: Ottawa, ON
Date: 2012-06-20
H. Captain Kirk' leaf
Location: Black Creek Greenhouse in East Earl PA
Date: 2017-04-11
young plant in gallon pot. Note contrast with chartreuse and blue
Location: Black Creek Greenhouse in East Earl PA
Date: 2017-04-11
Young leaf

Date: 2012-07-13

Credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma

Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
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Photo by ViolaAnn

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Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2017-05-01
photo credit: Robert Duval

Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
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