Hallson Gardens

Those do look pretty good for the end of October!

Saturday, January 22, 2011 is the date this year. Here's the link to the info on the MRHS website: http://www.midwesthostasociety.org/meeting.html I'm planning to be there. I hope Linda P & Linda C are able to make it this time. Speaking of Lindas, I don't remember seeing Linda from the Chicago area...

I think Kevin's talk will be pretty interesting too. That'd be great if you could make it again!! I'm thinking you were there in 2006. I remember having lunch at the same table with you & Mike from Milwaukee. And it was the last year they had it at that hotel I think. I'll share what Lou sent me in ...

Great idea for doing your inventory, Chris!! :D I was inspired/impressed by Hank Zumach years ago when I first got on Hallson's. He always took hosta measurements at the end of June. I rarely get it done that early. Some years it doesn't happen at all, but this year I got everything recorded. I star...

Very interesting topic. I still haven't read the HJ article yet. Those who were at my get-together and at Hallson's this summer know I'm fascinated by the Tardianas, especially Halcyon and its sports. I see that a couple of my questions on the quiz need to be updated now. Since there are more 'known...

The gutters would be a great place for those extra seedlings, Linda. The maple seeds seem to sprout in them just fine...

At least, assimilation into the Hosta~collective is more fun than into the Borg collective.

I held off looking at the Naylor pdf too. [I lasted a week - 10 days. Resistance is futile.] Hoping that the more expensive/limited quantities would already be sold out by the time I did. ;) It seems to have worked, there were a couple already gone by the time I looked. I thought there were a lot of...

Good luck with those streaky pods, Alexa!! I found a streaked scape on a white centered hosta I acquired this fall. A narrow line of green going up one side of the scape & the bract leaf and a wider rosey pink band of color going up the other side. A little bit of green and pink on the 3 whitish pod...

Linda - Naylor had Titanium at MN this summer. Very small plants. I decided I had to have one after seeing the mature one Bob Olson had. There were 3 left when I got back to vending. Someone started talking to me while I was standing in front of the flat. When the conversation about the coolness of ...

You'd better watch out, CJ!! You'd be in big trouble if we had to deal with kudzu vine up here in Iowa..

A Little Hosta Garden of Horrors.

That's great, Linda & Chris!! :D Linda - I'll answer none of those questions you wound up with. Not gonna go there. My hostas will have to stay in pots over winter I'm afraid. I will get some in the ground yet, but things got way out of control here this year as Linda knows... I'm not going to dig a...

You're right about that, Linda!!
I hadn't thought about that song for years either.

Sounds like you've found the right way to do your hosta talks, Pia!!
So much fun to travel around. And you may not want to come back after your next
mini vacation. The area looks wonderful and so does your B&B!!
Take along a potted hosta or 2 for that little deck. It'd be just about
perfect then.

I'll be waiting for the update.

I'm sure you'll find some subtle way to say something, Pia.

Someone have to kick Kent up from looking at sea weed and make some more beautiful new hostas

I didn't realize that the pic I found was from the MG thing you went to in CR.
Never made that connection. Neat that you got to hang out with Gary then.

Thanks for that picture, Teresa! I'm glad I picked up Sleeping Beauty now. :P Can't wait to see that soft blue in spring!! Linda - I think Autumn Frost is the wider margined sport of First Frost. So I would think they'd be pretty similar. Don't let it have much sun and it should keep that yellow mar...

I'll 2nd your 2nd Viktoria. Similar yes. Exactly alike - not in my garden. And they're planted within 12 feet of each other so they are in virtually the same growing conditions. I was able to pick up a 'Sleeping Beauty' in my travels this summer. Which I believe is Walter's Gardens entry into this p...