Serendipity !!!

17 years ago

A few days ago my husband and I took a trip to the cities just to get away. I wanted to visit some hosta nurseries that Paul in MN and others posted on the garden Web. We visited Baldwin in Lino Lakes and Veneros in Shorewood. They were run by wonderful people and they had fantastic gardens and I did find some great hostas. But the highlight of the trip was finding the Maroushek home in Hastings MN.I had to walk through a jungle of plants to find Mrs Maroushek who is 86 years old. She was in a corner of her jungle watering her plants.She is struggling to keep up with what has been a "Love of Leaves" as she calls it. I found out through our conversation that she is 'The Lilian Maroushek' that is the originator (I think that is the proper term) of several hostas named Hawkeye, Hallies Honor, Dales Blue gray and Frosted Jade. She is a delightful knowledgeable lady, It was such a neat experience meeting her. She dug out a Hawkeye division for me and I bought Sum It Up also.

It really made my day sharing that time with her. If you get a chance pay her visit if you are in the area.

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
17 years ago
SUPER!!!!!!!

to be repetitive.. isnt it glorious when you do turn off the WWWEb .... and actually go visiting ...

ken

PS: did she also have something to do with hosta serendipity???
loisflan
17 years ago
Your trip sounds a lot like my visit to Hideko Gowen's home and garden, just west of Excelsior, MN. Hideko is another of the grande dames of hostadom. She was fascinating and more than eager to show us her wonderful gardens too. I remember her Potomac Pride was to die for. I wish I had taken a photo. Lois
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greenthumbz4mn
17 years ago
What an exciting post! I bot many plants from Lillian in the early 90's. She was a wonderful mentor and taught me so much about my new hobby. As an aside, she also mentored the owners of Funkie Gardens in Prescott, Wi.--a short drive from Hastings. When I knew her, she had a huge wonderful garden on her big lot and worked all day in her gardens. I had no idea that she would be gardening still, and now I hope I'll get a chance to visit her also. Thank you so much for the update, faymo. Her plant, Hawkeye, is identical to Radient Edger, and even tho I bot a RE, I have labeled it Hawkeye in memory of Lillian. I also have her Frosted Jade from the original plant, and it is a glorious Hosta. Faymo--how did you know where to look for her? And did you also get to Funkies on that trip? Mary