“A WING & A PRAYER” with THE GEORGIA HOSTA SOCIETY

THE GEORGIA HOSTA SOCIETY
22nd ANNUAL SHOW
Open 10:00 am to 3:30 pm
&
HOSTA & COMPANION PLANT SALE
Open 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
SATURDAY, MAY 7th 2011

Dekalb Technical College Conference Center
Directions: Take I-285 to Exit 41 Memorial Drive East
(You will be outside the Perimeter)
Travel about 1 mile and pass the Wells Fargo Bank on left.
Turn at the next light onto DeKalb Tech Drive.
Conference Center is at the top of the hill. Look for the signs!
Featuring a Special Award This Year

“It’ all about the Edges: Curled, Ruffled or Frilled”
Including the Hosta of the Year 2011:
H. “Praying Hands”

For more information, please visit www.gahosta.org

Coreopsis 'Cosmic Evolution' PPAF (Big BangTM Series)

Large 2 to 3 inch creamy white flowers with a gold button center blooms from early summer into early fall. During the cooler months, magenta coloring radiates out from the center of the flower onto the petals.
Common name: Threadleaf.
Zones 5 to 9.
Full sun.
Plants reach 18 to 24 inches tall and 18 inches wide.Growth rate: Moderate, Easy to grow.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Dianthus Early Bird™ Series

Recent advances in breeding have produced a wide selection of Dianthus varieties that are both stars in the border and are versatile enough for container use.

A case in point, the Dianthus Early Bird™ Series from Whetman Pinks Ltd. and PlantHaven. Not only are they early flowering, their fragrant double flowers are available in Lavender with maroon eye flowers (Dianthus Fizzy PPAF), white (Dianthus Frosty PPAF), crimson red (Dianthus Radiance PPAF) and magenta (Dianthus Sherbert PPAF). All are compact enough for enough for containers, and are hardy to at least Zone 5.

Coral Bells clean-up

Whether evergreen or dormant, heuchera leaves will get scruffy over the winter. Before spring sprouts, promote healthy new growth by cutting old foliage and flower stems.

Mildred Seaver will be missed

We received this word this morning that Mildred Seaver, a noted hosta hybridizer and friend too many, died this morning after a brief illness. Mildred was known for the vast number of hostas that she had introduced, including Hosta ‘Spilt Milk’, ‘Sea Dream', ‘Sea Monster’, ‘Sea Thunder’, ‘Christmas Tree’, ‘Deep Blue Sea’, ‘Komodo Dragon’, ‘Queen of the Seas’ and many more. She continued to garden until failing health forced her to move into a retirement home a few years back. She was a regular attendee at hosta conventions as long as her health permitted. She was flamboyant, outspoken and great fun to be around. She was 98. She is survived by her son, Charlie Seaver, also a hosta hybridizer, and her daughter, Muriel Seaver Brown. 

Memorials in Mildred’s memory may be sent to the Alex J Summers Memorial Fund, c/o Claudia Walker, 10525 Timberstone Road, Alpharetta, GA  30022.