Hello, and welcome to my personal blog. My name is John Spangler; I live in Versailles, Kentucky, where since June 2010 I have been growing miniature hostas in my garden, along with some of their larger siblings in deck containers. I am a member of The American Hosta Society and the Greater Cincinnati Daylily-Hosta Society and have been accredited by the AHS as a provisional hosta show judge.

In addition to observations on my own hosta garden and links to numerous hosta-related websites, this blog will include occasional posts on other interests of mine. I hope that you find something interesting and useful here and encourage you to grow hostas, the Friendship Plant -- particularly miniature hostas. Good things do come in small packages!

Feel free to leave comments on blog entries or to e-mail me at JMSinKY@aol.com

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Four More Newbies & HostaMania 2013

Over the last few days, I picked up the following four hostas at Wilson's Nurseries in Frankfort, Kentucky:
  • H. 'Alakazaam' -- a miniature hosta
  • H. 'Blue Lollipop' -- a small hosta
  • H. 'Little Treasure' -- a small hosta
  • H. 'Surfer Girl' -- a miniature hosta

 Here is a picture of these newly acquired specimens.
Left to right: 'Alakazaam', 'Blue Lollipop', 'Little Treasure', and 'Surfer Girl'.

 Next week I will be attending HostaMania, the 2013 Annual Convention of the Midwest Regional Hosta Society, to be held at Lisle, Illinois, July 11-13. It will be great to be attending this convention in an area that I know well from multiple visits to nearby Marmion Abbey in Aurora. I hope to stop by for Mass and Divine Office at the Abbey while there.

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