(June 9, 2002 in Largo near St. Petersburg, FL )

 See the winners down below:

Total Entries = 646

Gold Seals = 221, 26 seedlings, 8 amateurs

A cake for the exhibitors and judges to share.

 

	These were Curt Sinclair's Saturday blooms stored in this shallow cardboard box, placed in a plastic bag and refrigerated. Curt had about 60% Gold Seal blooms and brings all his blooms to shows in boxes packed this way.
Cindi Armstrong and Lori Wiedeman. Lori had the best of show single and also won other ribbons.
Connie Wisor thought these prizes for the winners were outstanding.	Uli Asmann and Mary Ann Birchmire spent most of their time handling the plant sale.

 

The most successful plant sale in memory.

Curt Sinclair, American Hibiscus Society president, conducted a hibiscus seminar that kept the crowd entertained for over an hour.

The winners are:

Sweepstakes winning exhibitors have chosen the blooms below to represent themselves.

Sweepstakes - Amateur: Lori Wiedeman, HIGH VOLTAGE	Sweepstakes - Collector: Gary Smith, DRAGON'S BREATH
Sweepstakes - Open Collector: Randy & Annelle Cox, EYE OF THE STORM	Sweepstakes - Commercial: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), KAREN LEE

The above were the winning growers and the flowers they chose to represent themselves.

The flowers below were the winning blooms by category and their growers. 

 

Amateur Single: Brett Smith, HERM GELLER	Amateur Double: Lori Wiedeman, JIMMY JOHN
Collector Single: Zelma & Wally Neef, HONEY DO	Collector Double: Jane & Ed Flory, ELEPHANT EAR
Open Collector Single: Randy & Annelle Cox, SILVER MEMORIES	Open Collector Double: Randy & Annelle Cox, ROYAL CROWN
Commercial Single: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), ANGEL'S WINGS	Commercial Double: Unbelievable Hibiscus (Don Mixon & Kathy Grandoff), RED SNAPPER
Miniature Single: Pine Island Tropicals (Gary & Donna Schneider), PIRATE'S CHEST	Miniature Double: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), BECCA

Seedling Regular Single: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), AZTEC SUN	Seedling Miniature Double: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), 575
Seedling Miniature Single: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), 559

 

The blooms below were the overall Bests of Show. 

Miniature: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), ANTIQUE TREASURE	Seedling: Elaine & Russ Scobey, CROSS
Single: Lori Wiedeman, CROSSFIRE	Double: Unbelievable Hibiscus (Kathy Grandoff & Don Mixon), GIFT HORSE

 

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