May 8, 2011 in Port Charlotte, Florida

 See the winners down below:

Total Entries - 549 blooms, 30 seedlings,

Gold Seals - 300 (54%), 2 amateur exhibitors

Jane Jacobs and Annelle Cox at the plant sale.	Rita Hall, Zelma Neef and Carl Powell -- all past presidents of the American Hibiscus Society.
Gretchen & Joe Luff and Carlos Reynolds in front.	Paul Felsberg and Nola Reynolds
Denise Parrish, Jim Bridges and Dixie Resnick	Krista Mathews and John Martin

More people pictures at bottom of page.

The Harry Goulding Award went to Annelle & Randy Cox (Tried & True Hibiscus) for the Goulding variety, Harvest Moon.

The winners are:

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

Sweepstakes - Amateur: Dixie Resnick, BYRON METTS	Sweepstakes - Collector: Jim Bridges, HIGH VOLTAGE
Sweepstakes - Open Collector: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, OLD GOLD	Sweepstakes - Commercial: Unbelievable Hibiscus (Kathy Grandoff & Don Mixon), RAINBOW GOLD

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: Bill Bryan, EYE OF THE STORM	Amateur Double: Bill Bryan, HEAVENLY CREATION
Collector Single: Jane Jacobs, CLIMAX	Collector Double: Jane Jacobs, ELEPHANT EAR
Open Collector Single: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, PEARLINE	Open Collector Double: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, RUTH WATSON
Commercial Single: Unbelievable Hibiscus (Kathy Grandoff &b Don Mixon), MADAME RED	Commercial Double: Unbelievable Hibiscus (Kathy Grandoff & Don Mixon), UNKNOWN
Miniature Single: Gretchen & Joe Luff, QUICKSILVER	Miniature Double: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, PRIDE OF COLLINS

See Bests of Show
Seedling Regular Single: See Bests of Show.	Seedling Regular Double: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, 32-08F
Seedling Miniature Single: Bob Carran, 6-8-11-MD	Seedling Miniature Double: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, 341-07A

The blooms below were the overall Bests of Show. 

Miniature: Nancy Kopp, HURRICANE LILY	Seedling: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, PLUM MIST
Single: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, BERRY BE GOOD	Double: Tried & True Hibiscus (Annelle & Randy Cox), SWEET PINK

Clockwise from the top: Debbie Teodorescu, Wally Neef and Rita Hall; Connie Roush and Marjorie Martin; Elaine & Lou Spacco; Don Mixon, Kathy Grandoff and Bob Carran; Chapter President Jerry Smyth, Randy Cox and Bill Bryan.

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