The American Hosta Society’s National Convention will be held this week in Bloomington, MN – June 23-26.
It will be headquartered at the Sheraton Hotel in Bloomington and will also include garden tours around the metro area and into southern Minnesota.
Growing hosta – both here at the nursery and at home is definitely a passion of mine. The hosta on the top is Hosta Striptease, and shown below is Hosta Dance with Me. Both of these plants are in the medium sized category and I consider them specimen plants.
Grown in a spot with some sunlight provides the best coloration for Dance with Me, and my Strip Tease pictured here also receives just a few hours of sunlight during the day. Both plants will sport pale lavender flowers mid-to late summer. Our home hosta garden has over 400 varieties of hosta so it is hard to pick a favorite, but these two definitely rank in the top 10!
We are not part of the garden center tour during the Convention, but we encourage those out and about this week looking for new hosta plants for their gardens to stop in. We have a huge selection of hosta and would hope that you would be able to find just the one you’re looking for! If you bring in your registration for the Hosta Convention – we’ll give you 20% off your hosta purchases.
