After Warren and I left the American Peony Society National Convention in June of 2002, it was a natural side trip to the Dubuque Arboretum on the way home. Warren learned that there was a good conifer collection there. We learned they had a great hosta collection as well. We only had a late afternoon and early evening to tour. It is not enough.
I would like to return and spend a day or so there. The hosta collection is wonderful and very extensive. Hybridizers like Gowan and Benedict have plots there for new introductions, as well as their well known cultivars.
I can't remember all the names, but if you are perusing this, you are probably a plant nut and know the names already.
I'll add some captions when I get around to it. When you click on the thumbnails, some of the pictures opening will be 1 meg. The virtual directory lists the bytes, but the pictures are unnamed.
Here's a taste of it. The rest is too large for one page. Go to this virtual directory.
