(May 8, 2005, in Port Charlotte, FL )

 See the winners down below:

Total Entries - 665 blooms (including 21 seedlings)

Gold Seals = (51%)

Photos supplied by Uli Asmann and Randy Cox. 

Clockwise from 11 o'clock: Wally Neef with Katie & Jack McClain, the judges at work, Ed Flory, Zelma Neef, spectators chafing at the bit to get in and view the judged blooms, Carl Powell strolls pass the plant sale.

 

The Harry Goulding Award went to the Conrad Nursery for the Goulding variety, Honey Comb.

The winners are:

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

Sweepstakes - Amateur: James Bridges, SEMINOLE PINK	Sweepstakes - Collector: Irene Collons, BYRON METTS
Sweepstakes - Open Collector: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, ANA LYNN	Sweepstakes - Commercial: Unbelievable Hibiscus (Don Mixon & Kathy Grandoff), 21st CENTURY

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: Susan Carson, unlisted	Amateur Double: Jim Schmidt, HOLLY'S PRIDE
Collector Single: Karla & Jerry Holmes, BONNIE B	Collector Double: Irene Collins, FLO BELLE
Open Collector Single: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, MIS FORTUNE	Open Collector Double: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, RUTH WATSON
Commercial Single: Conrad Nursery (Pete & Jo Conrad), ROZ MERRITT	Commercial Double: Conrad Nursery (Pete & Jo Conrad), FLO BELLE
Miniature Single: Exotic Hibiscus (Curt Sinclair), EXPLOSIVE LOVE	Miniature Double: Conrad Nursery (Pete & Jo Conrad), BRANDON STRATTON

See Bests of Show below.
Seedling Regular Single:	Seedling Regular Double: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, PRIORITY ONE
Seedling Miniature Single: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, TINY TREASURE	Seedling Miniature Double: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, MINT JULEP

 

The blooms below were the overall Bests of Show. 

Miniature: Irene Collins, LAVENDER ICE	Seedling: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, MIS BEHAVIN'
Single: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, DRAGON's BREATH	Double: Nola & Carlos Reynolds, DANCING FIRE

 

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