congratulations!

CONGRATULATIONS, Dave!!! We're very proud of you and NOW you've made me put 'BBB' back on 'my list'
after I decided 'how many blues does a person need' anyway?

Pics.????

********************CONGRATULATIONS Dave*******************

How exciting is that!
How does that work, do you bring in a hosta leaf,and it is judged on how nice it looks?
BBL, Is one i have wanted for a long time,last year,it was sold out every where i looked, i need to look again this year.
So, where is your picture?
What a nice feather in your cap!!!
cAROL

Congratulations Dave. Well done

Alexis

Congrats! Good growing!

Alexa

Congratulations!

Way to go!!!!

i bet a bunch of these folks never saw a leaf show ...

any chance you have some pix to share ...

and perhaps a short explanation of the process ...

or ignore me.. i sound like a teacher giving out essay homework .. lol

congrats... ken

Of course you should brag! That's great!

Ok, Pix should be coming soon. In this case we were allowed to enter up to 10 leaves. So the morning of the show you grab a cup of coffee and go walkabout while looking for the leaves you wish totake. You are looking for mature leaves which in your opinion best exhibit the plant itself. You are looking for symmetry, color, etc. Obviously you dont want slug-holes or sun damage. I entered Earth Angel, Blue Betty Lou, Pauls Glory, Devon Green, Risky Business, Francee, Atlantis, and Tom Schmid.

WHen you arrive at the show you take your leaves and clean any dirt or dust off of them. Carefully expecially when cleaning blues as you dont want to remove any wax from them. You place them individually in a bud vase and support the petiole with cotton to keep the leaf upright. The tag is filled out with the plant name and then turned in to the clerk to assign it to its class.

After that its a matter of waiting until after judging. They judge each leaf as to symmetru, color, maturity, etc. Judging is closed until they are finished, at which time you can go look at how you did. I saw that some of mine took best of class but I hadnt seen the final table. I gasped when I saw that BBL was at the final table and also was sporting the Best in Show Rosette!

I have to see if my dad took some pics, I was too geeked out over the win and didnt take many. I mean its not like it was a Regional or anything but it was fun and its always cool to win:)

I would encourage anyone to try it if your local Hosta society has a cut leaf show. Its alot of fun.

Dave

Oh, that sounds so exciting Dave,
I am glad you explained the process,Best Show Rosette?
Now you need to explain again,do you bring in your whole plant?
I hope someday to attend one of the shows,And, you have every right to brag,we are all bragging with you,we know some one now,ha ha
cAROL

You take and cut the leaf with as long a petiole as you can get, not the whole plant.

Dave

As my grandson would say, Kool beans! lol
Congratulations Dave! I hope your dad got pictures, too! I'd love to see them. Blue Betty Lou is one of my favorites.

Good for you Dave! We had our leaf show 2 weeks ago and it is fun to enter - and more fun when you are suprised with a win. This was my second year in competition with 5 entries and took 4 first, 1 second and 2 best in class. I encourage all to give it a try, it's fun you learn a lot and you could be suprised yourself!

But your best in show is a wonderful accomplishment! Once again, good for you!

Deb