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.

This year, Gary Meyers hosted the annual NWHS garden tour / auction and put on a scrumptious fish fry for members. Besides catching all the fish for the fish fry, Gary had to contend with cleaning up three enormous trees that came down in his garden during an early July storm. You can see the size of those trees in some of the photos below. Members enjoyed seeing Gary’s wide variety of hostas which includes some of his own introductions and new seedlings. And members couldn’t pass up the opportunity to scarf up some of the many plants he offers for sale. Finally, the auction was a huge success with many good deals to be had on some nice plants, but also some fierce bidding for the most desirable; a fun time for all!