I'm by NO means an expert in mini's, but a couple come to mind....

Masquerade
Teeny Weeny Bikini
Moon Struck
Royal Tiara--not so elongated and maybe larger than your specs.

Be aware that plants with lots of white (as compared to green, yellow or blue) will often struggle. Especially if you consider that mini's are so small anyway, they may not have enough green (chlorophyll) to sufficiently send energy to the roots.

I have had good luck with Royal Tiara and with Moon Struck, but they've certainly not been fast.

Check out Oreo Cream too. Not sure on the final size. I bought it at this year's convention.

Thanks so much for your help thisismelissa!

You picked out some neat ones. Really like the 'Masquerade' as well as that 'Oreo Cream'. I will be sure to look up the sizes online to see...
Yeah, I kind of suspected certain ones with bold variegation would take awhile to bulk up. I don't mind if it takes awhile (though hopefully not as long as Pineapple Upside Down Cake!! That one has not matured at all in five years in my garden, lol!) Oh well, I can always try and find a bigger plant at the nursery ;-)

Thanks again for the suggestions!!
CMK

WEIRD!
Pineapple Upsidedown Cake matured in 2 years in my garden!

Good luck!

CMK - picked up X-rated this year so too early for me to judge - it came from a personal garden, so must have grown well enough to divide.
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Paul

If you like Oreo Cream, then you should also take a look at Woop Woop which is similar. Another one to consider is Manzo, which seems to be getting fairly popular.

-Paul, thanks so much for the pic of 'X-Rated'!

-Don, I think 'Manzo' may be the one! Love how contorted it is, and the fact that it is so small. Do you know a good source for it?

-thisismellisa, I thought it was pretty strange too. Most hostas mature tolerably fast here. Not sure if it is just a dud or there is something wrong with it though...

Thanks again for all the suggestions everyone!
CMK

Our PUD in heavy shade has grown very slowly for many, many years. The one getting more than half a day of direct sunlight that's only 4-5 years old is full, very full, albeit noteably lighter shades of color of course.

We've seen this same thing with 'Sun Power', 'Paradigm', and MOST especially 'Salute', even though the latter is all green.

We removed a 'Bressingham Blue' that hadn't done anything at all for years in the shade, but one in the sun astounds visitors.

Happy Trails,

hh

Here's our Pineapple Upsidedown Cake at 3 years. This one gets a lot of mid-day sun. We have one in all shade that's 6 years old and is about 1/4 this size. Both were the same size when planted.

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