Small Wonders for the Discerning Shade Garden
The "Tini" Collection celebrates the extraordinary work of hybridizer Mark Zilis, one of North America's most prolific and respected hosta breeders. Zilis dedicated decades to developing miniature and small hostas of exceptional quality, introducing cultivars that pack remarkable colour, texture, and vigour into a compact form. These are not afterthoughts in the garden — they are precision-bred gems that reward close attention and thrive in containers, rockeries, troughs, and the front edge of the shaded border.
- Miniature Mastery: Each cultivar in this collection was selected for its outstanding leaf quality, vigour, and garden performance at a small scale — true to the Zilis standard of excellence.
- Versatile Placement: Perfect for container gardening, fairy gardens, rock gardens, and front-of-border accents where a full-sized hosta would overwhelm the space.
- Canadian Hardy: All cultivars are trialled and verified at our Bécancour property for hardiness across Canadian zones 3–9.
- True to Type: Every plant shipped from Hosta Choice Gardens is personally verified — what you order is exactly what arrives at your door.