American Hibiscus Society  

The Gulf Coast Chapter's

44th Annual Show

(May 17, 2009 in Venice, FL)

 See the winners down below:

Total Entries - 653 blooms, 65 seedlings

Gold Seals - 382 (58%), 5 amateur exhibitors


Zelma Neef and AHS Treasurer Walter Bisselle
Tom Brown, Jim Courtright and Randy Cox at the plant sale
Val Longson, AHS Executive Secretary, and Micky Bohan
Bev & Rick Kondas
Helen Sanders and Jerry Holmes
Cindi & Dale Armstrong
John Webster watches as Nola & Carlos Reynolds work on their blooms.
Unbelievable Hibiscus people: Don Mixon & Kathy Grandoff
Ashleigh & Robert Henion and Judy Nadella
Karen Courtright and Paul Felsberg
Ida Bohm and Kathy Powell at the flower arrangements.
The judges make the final, tough decisions.

The winners are:

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

Sweepstakes - Amateur:

Jerry Smyth,

ANDREA

Sweepstakes - Collector:

Karen & Jim Courtright,

FANTASY CHARM

Sweepstakes - Open Collector:

Carlos & Nola Reynolds,

MISBEHAVIN'

Sweepstakes - Commercial:

Unbelievable Hibiscus

(Kathy Grandoff & Don Mixon),

NITRO EXPRESS

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:

Jerry Smyth,

STOLEN KISS

Amateur Double:

Micky Bohan,

CELE TINNEY

Collector Single:

Karen & Jim Courtright,

PINK TIGER

Collector Double:

Judy Nadella,

MAGIC MISSIONS

Open Collector Single:

Connie & Fred Roush,

ROZ MERRITT

Open Collector Double:

Carlos & Nola Reynolds,

GATOR MAGIC

Commercial Single:

Unbelievable Hibiscus

(Kathy Grandoff & Don Mixon),

EVENING GLOW

Commercial Double:

Unbelievable Hibiscus

(Kathy Grandoff & Don Mixon),

FLAMEBALL

Miniature Single:

Unbelievable Hibiscus

(Kathy Grandoff & Don Mixon),

TURKEY TRACKS

Miniature Double:

Connie & Fred Roush,

ROYAL TREASURE

 

Seedling Regular Single:

Carlos & Nola Reynolds,

494-05

Seedling Regular Double:

Unbelievable Hibiscus

(Kathy Grandoff & Don Mixon),

1671-05, Carlos & Nola Reynolds, hybridizers

See Bests of Show.

Seedling Miniature Single:

See Bests of Show.

Seedling Miniature Double:

Carlos & Nola Reynolds,

507-04-B

 


The blooms below were the overall Bests of Show. 

Miniature:

Connie & Fred Roush,

PINK BOUQUET

Seedling:

Bob Carran,

BEAUTY MARK

Single:

Unbelievable Hibiscus

(Kathy Grandoff & Don Mixon),

TAHITIAN MAGENTA STAR

Double:

Unbelievable Hibiscus

(Kathy Grandoff & Don Mixon),

SWEET PINK

 

 

 

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