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’s bus trip took us to Minnesota Hosta Society Sale, Savory’s Garden, Kelly and Kelly Nursery, and Dragonfly Gardens. We had a good turnout for the bus tour with 22 people from 17 families riding the bus. We had 7 other members who drove themselves for various reasons (some rode with each other).

Once again, we ‘filled the bus’ cargo hold and all seemed to have a great time. Photos below show our happy shoppers, the bus load of hostas, and Kyle, our lovely bus driver who also got into the spirit of it and bought some hostas!   In the group photo, we are missing one of our bus riders.  At Kelly and Kelly Nursery, Mr. Kelley, who is 80ish and the last of the family, provided history and instructions. His sign was cute and said “Welcome Wisconsin Hosta Nuts” which we loved (also loved the 20% discount on hostas)!

Thank you, Laurel, for the pictures and information for this post!