Hosta blossoms range from dark purple to white, and are born on scapes, lasting for several weeks. New hostas develop when some cultivars set seed or when a plant ‘sports’. A hosta sport is a change in leaf pattern or color which occurs in an existing plant.
Hosta ‘Dancing Queen’ was introduced by K. Terpening in 2005. It come from an original seedling with pod parent H. ‘Split Personality’ and pollen parent unknown. Dancing Queen reaches a height of about 18 inches and a width of 30 inches. See the full characteristics in the Hosta Treasury.

Thirty-eight NWHS members were treated to a wonderful luncheon on March 1st at Cowboy Jacks before our 2026 Planning Meeting. What a great turnout and productive meeting to establish this year’s upcoming events! We elected Tami Gillis as Vice President and look forward the additional ideas and activities she is planning. We talked extensively about our annual plant sale – we need lots of member plant donations! We were given the opportunity to purchase at club prices some of the newer varieties of hostas that John ordered. Any hostas not purchased will be sold at the plant sale.

There were many ideas and dates tossed around for this year’s bus trip. John will try to set up a trip to the Minnesota Hosta Society plant sale and Savory’s Gardens on June 6th. We also set up three member gardens to tour and determined the date for the annual auction. More information on these events can be found on this site’s calendar. Finally, as at all our events, we enjoyed the conversations and comradery that hostas, the “Friendship Plant,” brings.