The Hosta Glade is in VanderVeer Botanical Park, which is a historic public park in the center of Davenport. The Hosta Glade now has 8 large hosta beds interspersed with companion plants. Included in this Glade are hosta collections from hybridizers Eunice Fisher and Bob Solberg. Also included is a memorial garden for DeEtta Montgomery
which has hostas and conifers from her garden. The Mississippi
Valley Hosta Society helps maintain this Glade.
This city park also has a rose garden, conservatory, a restored fountain, an alee with 20 perennial beds and is a test garden for All- American annual selections.
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