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2025 Auction

Friday, March 21, 2025 at 7 pm

Auction items for 2025 are continually being updated.

To prepare plants for the Auction we have provided instructions on forcing. Click here for downloadable instructions.

The Great Lakes Region Hosta Society takes every precaution to ensure that plants sold at the Hosta College Auction are free of any disease; however, GLRS cannot guarantee disease-free plants and will not be liable for any plants purchased at the buyer’s risk. It is the responsibility of the donor to the auction to donate only disease-free hostas. ​If you would like to donate plants or other items to our auction, please contact Pat Thompson:

DONATED BY LOIS LUSTEMBERGER
GARDEN RELATED BOOK COLLECTION
DONATED BY TERRY NEHR
Eye on the Sparrow Garden Stake (17″)
Donated by West Michigan Hosta Society
Angel With Flowers Garden Stake (17″)
Donated by West Michigan Hosta Society

HOSTAS FOR AUCTION

NAME:

H. ABANA (OS)                                              
H. ABOVE THE CLOUDS                                
H. AMBROSIA                                    
H. ATLANTIS                                                  
H. BLUE JAY                                                    
H. BLUE MOUSE EARS                                   
H. BROTHER RONALD                                   
H. CAPTAIN KIRK                                           
H. CHANCE ENCOUNTER                              
H. CHRIS’ DARKEST PURPLE
H. CHURCH MOUSE                             
H. DANCING WITH DRAGONS                      
H. DEEP SPACE NINE                         
H. ECHO THE SUN
H. FIREFLY
H. FOXFIRE VIPERS OS                                      
H. FROG IN MY THROAT                               
H. GIGANTOSAURUS
H. GIGANTOSAURUS                         
H. GRECIAN VASE  (2)
H. HOITE-TOITE
H. ITSY BITSY SPIDER                                   
H. KATHERINE LEWIS                        
H. KEY LIME PIE                                             
H. KINBOTAN                                     
H. LITTLE DEVIL                                             
H. LOVE STORY                                              
H.  MOUSEKETEER
H. MY FAIR LADY                                         
H. OUT OF TIME                                            
H. PRAYING HANDS  (4)
H. QUICKSAND                               
H. REPTILIAN                                     
H. RISKY BUSINESS                            
H. ROYAL CREST  (4)                          
H. ROYAL WEDDING
H. SALTY DOG
H. SATIN BLOOMERS                         
H.  SAVANNAH SUPREME                 
H.  SILVER BULLET                                         
H.  SOUND OF MUSIC                                   
H.  SPARTACUS  (4)                                       
H.  SQUASH CASSEROLE              
H.  STRIPTEASE  (3)                           
H. TAMBOURINE                                             
H. TEARS IN HEAVEN                        
H.  TEASPOON                                               
H.  TERMS OF ENDEARMENT                       
H.  VOICES IN THE WIND                              
H.  VULCAN                                                   
H. WHEN I DREAM                                        
H.  WRINKLE IN TIME  (4)                 
HOSTA OF OUR CHOICE
A SOLBERG PLANT

OTHER PLANTS:
OREDENIA ‘FUSION OF FIRE’       

NON PLANT ITEMS:
$100 GIFT CERTIFICATE
$50 GIFT CERTIFICATE
2 $50 GIFT CERTIFICATES TO GREEN HILL FARMS
$25 GIFT CERTIFICATE AND A PLANT
2 HOSTA LISTS 2025
UPDATED BOOK OF LISTS
3 SETS OF COFFEE
SHEPHERD’S HOOK
SMALL HYPERTUFA POT
POT PERSON
ELECTRIC COMPOSTING MACHINE

DONATED BY:

SUZANNE & RICHARD RUFFIER
LIBBY & MICHAEL GREANYA
PAT THOMPSON
KAY ANDERSON
SUZANNE & RICHARD RUFFIER
DEBI GERRICK
PAT THOMPSON
KAY ANDERSON
LIBBY & MICHAEL GREANYA
MARILYN RUFF
DOUG LOHMAN
KAY ANDERSON
KAY ANDERSON
LIBBY & MICHAEL GREANYA
DOUG LOHMAN
LESLIE HONBERGER
LIBBY & MICHAEL GREANYA
LIBBY & MICHAEL GREANYA
DOUG LOHMAN
SUZANNE & RICHARD RUFFIER
MARILYN RUFF
DOUG LOHMAN
PAT THOMPSON
SUZANNE & RICHARD RUFFIER
DEBI GERRICK
DEBI GERRICK
LIBBY & MICHAEL GREANYA
LIBBY & MICHAEL GREANYA
DOUG LOHMAN
LIBBY & MICHAEL GREANYA
WALTERS GARDENS
MARILYN RUFF
DEBI GERRICK
SUZANNE & RICHARD RUFFIER
WALTERS GARDENS
KAY ANDERSON
MARILYN RUFF
LESLIE HONBERGER
PAT THOMPSON
LIBBY & MICHAEL GREANYA
LIBBY & MICHAEL GREANYA
WALTERS GARDENS
SUZANNE & RICHARD RUFFIER
SUZANNE & RICHARD RUFFIER
MARILYN RUFF
LIBBY & MICHAEL GREANYA
DEBI GERRICK
KAY ANDERSON
LIBBY & MICHAEL GREANYA
KAY ANDERSON
LIBBY & MICHAEL GREANYA
WALTERS GARDENS
BOB SOLBERG
DICK HEWITT 


LIBBY & MICHAEL GREANYA


NEW HAMPSHIRE HOSTAS
IN THE COUNTRY GARDEN & GIFTS

NORTHWEST INDIANA HOSTA SOCIETY

GROOVY PLANTS RANCH
DEVON SMITH
DON RAWSON
TERRY NEHR
LOIS LUSTENBERGER
PAT THOMPSON
PAT THOMPSON
TIMOTHY TOPPE

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