Hallson Gardens

Uh-Oh...bring your rain gear...now the National Weather Service is calling for a 30% chance of rain/thundershowers before 2 pm on Sat., with a high of 85 degrees. http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Cement+City&state=MI&site=DTX&textField1=42.0684&textField2=-84.3273&e=0 This is my fav...

Lynn: So glad you and hubby can make it this year! Can you please bring us fresh pix of "Quiet Waters"?

Chris & Brian: Can you hide a few hosta from the ravenging horde arriving Fri., so those of us not coming until saturday have some hosta to buy (hehe)?

wanda

Well, the National Weather Service is calling for mostly sunny and 83 degrees on Saturday! Sure hope I can make it...things have been pretty rough up here. Had to have MIL committed to a Psych Unit two weeks ago...sadly they sent her home after 5 days...having done nothing to help with her rages. Fr...

I got the Bud Is Wiser from Kent, so I go by what he says - the man knows hosta far better than I! Before I lost a couple trees, mine was far more blue-ish. And I keep real good track of my hosta with my maps (plus haven't had time to move anything)...and anything I got from Kent is extra precious s...

OF COURSE WE NEED TO HAVE THE TRADE AND AUCTION! Gosh, that is so much fun I didn't think we even needed to ask if anyone wanted to do it again (hehe). The "Happening" just wouldn't be the same if everyone didn't outbid me on a hosta I craved (hehe). I don't have much to bring this year...haven't ha...

Mary Chastain told me her Lakeside Maverick is her tallest hosta.

wanda

Oh, no, Joan! Sure hope you can make it...wouldn't be the same without you and your charming daughter!

Will be great to see our Dr. Dave again, too!

wanda

It is getting close! I will bring a dessert again.

We are having the great baked spaghetti again, aren't we (please). I love that stuff!

So, who else is coming? Mary Ann? Mike (Quela)? JaneG? Cheryl? Paul? Dare we hope for Robin (where the heck is she now?)? Who else are we missing?

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Jane: Just give me a call and we will pick you up! Sending a PM with phone numbers...

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Jane: Well, if your hubby's schedule conflicts with the reunion and you don't want to go up north alone (or you can find another ironclad excuse), Diana and I will be going right past Mt. Pleasant on our way to Hallsons irregardless...and you are more than welcome to catch a ride with us. Let me kno...

ALL RIGHT! It will be more normal (well, as normal as this group gets) to have Lynn and Helen and their Diggers back this year! It was fun last year, but just not the same... So, Jane...I hear some waffling on the issue...are you going to go willingly or will Diana and I just have to stop and kidnap...

Is that a seedling from Xanadu Empress Wu?

I NEED ONE OF THOSE! Would fit the scale of the big trees here a lot better than most!

wanda

Jim: Don't be impressed - I don't think there is any other hosta that can be mistaken for Atom Smasher...that is why it topped my "LUST LIST" for years. Such a wonderful hosta! How about a NPOTD on Atom Smasher...and pix so everyone can see just how wonderful it is? I know nothing about it except it...

I KNOW! I KNOW...I finally have a clue as to one of these "Guess Who" queries! Well, at least the unmistakeable, absolutely gorgeous ATOM SMASHER at 12 o'clock! I have one too...just love that hosta! Also got a green seedling with the most gorgeous, upright form/tight piecrusted edges and a fast gro...

party_music50: I am just "Wanda" here too...one of the benefits of a less common name (hehe). Funny you should say that about the Summer Music being apt because you have 3 classical guitars and a piano...well, here they lived with 6 guitars, two banjos, two trumpets, a cornet, a harmonica and keyboa...

If you are careful, they won't even know they have been moved. Move it on a day after a good rain or a good deep watering, while it is overcast or in late evening (no sun) and when there is no wind. If you move it when its dry, the sun is beating down and during a stiff wind, it will suffer and like...

I'll be there whenever it is...I really need a whole day away (hehe).

Last year I checked the MIS site, but they only had the Nascar races listed...that Indy Car Race threw us off, remember?

wanda

Hi Athena!

Good to see you over here! Anything you want to know about plants, someone here will know. Jump right in... everyone here is just as friendly as the folks over on the PoultryOne forums.

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Oh, thank goodness! I don't think the hosta world could take the loss of that gorgeous totally unique hosta and Ribbon Dancer in the same year!!!

You must be SOOOOOOOOOO relieved!

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Oh, Dr. Dave, it is just GORGEOUS! Knew it would be with that beautiful site and all your hosta...looks very nice! In another month, they will look like they had been there for years! What window is that overlooking the garden? Boy, all your hard work digging those, moving them, arranging/rearrangin...