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Cliff Booker (Booker)
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Votes: 3 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, May 07, 2005 - 9:37 pm: |    |
Just a selection of images from another excellent AGS Show held today (7th May 2005) at Macclesfield, East Cheshire ••••.)
The Farrer Medal (for Best Plant in the Show) was won by Geoff Rollinson from Holmfirth with a magnificent Androsace cylindrica.
Kind regards to all,
Cliff Booker. Whitworth. Lancashire.
Androsace yargonensis
Iris meda
Iris meda image 2
Iris meda close-up
Primula pulchella
Cypripedium fasciolatum
Dianthus brevicaulis
Athyrium
Petunia patagonica
Euphorbia pugniformis
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Anne Wright (Annsie)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, May 07, 2005 - 9:59 pm: | |
Great photos.Those last 3 look like alien creatures! What on earth was the third to last ?
Anne, North Yorkshire, England |
Cliff Booker (Booker)
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My apologies Anne,
The 'alien' flower head is from a South American plant called Nastanthus
patagonicus. A superb range of unusual plants from that continent were
exhibited by Anna and Martin Sheader.
Cheers,
Cliff
Will post some more images when time and tide allow.
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Cliff Booker (Booker)
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Three more images captured at the East Cheshire Show.
Another rare South American gem - Azorella ameghinoi
Stachys chrysantha
Cypripedium parviflorum ssp. pubescens
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Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Post Number: 371
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, May 07, 2005 - 11:07 pm: | |
Cliff, thanks so much for these fabulous things. I don't know a few of them at all. Can you wonder that NZers get frustrated that we're not allowed to have anything new?
And the Iris meda is as good as in the flesh, so to speak. You've caught that amazing glisten that oncos have.
I assume Stachys chrysantha has light yellow flowers? Mine did, until a neighbour's cat found it was a warm and soft place to sleep.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Cliff Booker (Booker)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, May 08, 2005 - 10:13 pm: | |
A few more images for this damp Sunday evening...the Show tables at Macclesfield weren't quite as full as in previous years (the weather has been so unpredictable), but some excellent plants were exhibited. I'm sure that John (Forrest) has some beautiful shots just waiting to be uploaded? He certainly had some super prize-winning entries on display.
Kind regards,
Cliff
Whitworth. Lancashire. U.K.
Daphne petraea
Phlox kelseyi
Erigeron 'Canary Bird'
Fabiana foliosa
Glaucidium palmatum
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Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Thanks Cliff, more lovely and exciting plants. What would I do without you?
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Luc Gilgemyn (Luc)
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Hi Cliff !
It's not only our antipodians that are happy with these pix !
Thanks very much from not all that far away.
Luc Gilgemyn - Harelbeke - Belgium |
Cliff Booker (Booker)
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Many thanks Lesley and Luc for your kind comments. Makes any small effort all the more worthwhile.
Cheers,
Cliff |
Margaret Young (Myoung)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 6:50 pm: | |
That Fabiana is a wierd creature! The solanaceae are full of such quaint flowers, I find them most attractive. I worry about me, sometimes!
Love the Petunia patagonica, too, perhaps I just like strange cup-shaped flowers!
So many neat plants to admire... well done all the growers and again, many thanks to Cliff for letting us join in. |
John Forrest (Jof)
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Superb photos from Cliff as always. I had taken many of the same plants but here are a few others.
There were some beautiful orchids, particularly the Cypripediums
C.fargesii
C.palangshanensis
A rather splendid and architectural Allium nevskianum
An Asarum delavayi that looks like something out of the Hobbit
Dionysia involucrata was all overthe show benches at one time. It is nice to see a good example of the alba form.
I rather like some Eriogonums, which remind me of the cocktail onions on sticks which used to be stuck into a half melon at buffets during the 1960s or 70s. This E meridionale
John Forrest, Blackpool, North West England, UK |
Margaret Young (Myoung)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 10:22 pm: | |
John, Cyp. palangshanensis is a new one to me, very interesting. Shy little thing, ain't she?
Just wait now for the requests for a pic of C. fasciolatum, since the label and pot are visible in two of your shots!
Love the clean Dionysia and Asarum and... don't tell Ian...it only encourages him... I have a soft spot for that allium. Can't get really enthusiastic about the Eriogonum, though... Ian likes 'em, but I find the foliage tends to look messy outside overwinter and until about mid July!! Thanks for these pix!
As for the other Cyps. I am reminded that several of these fine species made a welcome visit to the Show Benches in Aberdeen last year.... next chance is on saturday 21st May... be there or be square, as the saying goes!
Well, John F. and Cliff, I don't suppose we can ask you to travel this far north, but believe me, if you do, or any others of you reading this who do... you will be given a very warm welcome, especially if you have a carload of show plants with you!!
Maggi, Joint Show Secretary in Aberdeen!! |
Robert Krejzl (Rob_krejzl)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 12:30 am: | |
Well I'd like to see a second picture of C.fasciolatum in any case.
And silence on my part isn't indifference about the pictures - far from it.
Southern Tasmania, USDA Z 8/9 - frost-free cool mediterranean climate. |
Cliff Booker (Booker)
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Greetings Robert,
Your wish is our command!!!
Cheers,
Cliff
Three orchids at East Cheshire Show (for size comparison)
Another view of Cypripedium fasciolatum
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Cliff Booker (Booker)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 6:46 am: | |
Four more images before I go trotting off to work. All from Macclesfield 2005.
Cypripedium formosanum
Uvularia grandiflora
Pleione El Pico
Another 'Hobbit' plant - Asarum maximum
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Robert Krejzl (Rob_krejzl)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 8:38 am: | |
Sigh.
You must be able to feel the waves of envy coming fron the Antipodes at all these plants which are so hard for us to come by.
Southern Tasmania, USDA Z 8/9 - frost-free cool mediterranean climate. |
Anthony Darby (Adarby)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 9:26 am: | |
Those unusual cypripediums are amazing, so I've put the link on to the following forum: http://www.cypripedium.de/forum/index.html
Anthony Darby, Dunblane, Perthshire. |
Margaret Young (Myoung)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 9:31 am: | |
Oops! Sorry Chaps, I was so busy admiring the Iris meda I quite overlooked the Cyp. fasciolatum the first time!
I find the size comparison shot very helpful, Cliff, I had no idea that Cyp. palangshanensis was SO TINY. I could see she was dainty from your other pic, but it had not registered that she was SO small. |
Margaret Young (Myoung)
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Good idea, Anthony, there must be lots of folk who would enjoy sharing these pictures. Spread the word! |
John Forrest (Jof)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 9:35 pm: | |
Here are a few more that caught my eye.
Gentiana acaulis Trotter's Variety which I've never heard of (hopefully not Dell Boy)
And a white one G.Arctic Fanfare
Globularia bellidifolia
Iris caucasica
Meconopsis delavayi which I think is more at home north of the border.I love it ( but sadly didn't love me enough to do this)
Lastly a miniature garden in a 12cm pot which came second in the class beating some hefty competitors.
John Forrest, Blackpool, North West England, UK |
Cliff Booker (Booker)
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Super shots John! You must have been sorting through your East Cheshire images at the same time as me as I was about to upload several duplicates of your latest splendid offerings.
A variety of random shots that didn't quite make the 'celebrity' list first time around.
And as a tribute to John's excellence as a grower I'll start with his superb Saxifrage that gained a well-deserved First at the show last Saturday.
John Forrest's wonderful plant
Cassa arnottiana
Astragalus angustifolius
Calceolaria 'Walter Shrimpton'
....And in close-up
Cypripedium gysela
Super Three Pan
Three fine Lewisias
Rhododendron
Nassauvia revoluta
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Cliff Booker (Booker)
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....And a few more before you get REALLY bored!
Cypripedium Close-Up
Saxifraga
Benthamiella patagonica
Jovellana purpurea
...And in close-up
Jankaea heldreichii
Pinguicula grandiflora
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Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Oh yes Cliff, I'm REALLY bored!
I love the Gent. ac. `Trotter's Form,' so rich and dark and the widely flared trumpet is beautiful. And the `Arctic Fanfare' var is lovely. Is this a form of G. angustifolia, like the one Franz showed somewhere? This brings up a subject which is relevant to Iris and Hosta, Hemerocallis and others. When the Americans, say, or the Japanese breed a new form it is given a name, but a visually identical plant with, say, UK origins, has a different name. Which all makes it confusing for the buyer who doesn't realize he may be getting the same plant - to all intents and purposes - with two perfectly legitimate names. I bring this up because `Arctic Fanfare' above is the same as my own seedling Gent. ang. `Aorangi' (say it phonetically, 4 syllables). There's no way we are going to be able to import plants of `Arctic Fanfare' but never-the-less, we do have the same plant, so to speak. Some of my sdlgs have just a faint wash of blue - that lovely pale turquoise, almost duck egg shade, while others - the best - are entirely of this shade, with just the green star in the throat. All are beautiful to my mind.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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And thanks for showing John's super Sax. I think that gentleman is too modest and could well have had a little fanfare for his own First Prize.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Cliff Booker (Booker)
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Good morning Lesley and all,
Gentian 'Arctic Fanfare' seems slightly variable over here in the U.K. as well.
Here is a close-up of the plant exhibited at East Cheshire and two shots of my own plant taken last May (mine will probably flower in about two weeks time this year....I garden at over 1000 feet so I am always weeks behind other growers in the U.K.)
All best wishes,
Cliff
(Still waiting for your seed preferences Lesley)
Close-up of exhibit at East Cheshire Show
My own plant of Gentian 'Arctic Fanfare' in 2004
Second image of my plant in 2004
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Luc Gilgemyn (Luc)
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How utterly awsomely amazing : all that beauty !
Thanks an awful lot to both photographers and growers !
Luc Gilgemyn - Harelbeke - Belgium |
Margaret Young (Myoung)
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Fabulous pix! Great plants! I love it!
A note about our "correspondents" here, Cliff and John, for those who may not know them..... these guys are NO strangers to winning MANY prizes at the shows with their absolutely first class plants. It's not just their photos that are stunning! Like John Humphries,too, these are experienced exhibitors as well as great growers.
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Cliff Booker (Booker)
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The last few images before the sun finally sets on the East Cheshire Show for 2005....Malvern AGS Show tomorrow and Southport on the following Saturday...can only make Southport unfortunately so others might be persuaded to take up the gauntlet for the major event at Malvern on Saturday 14th May?
Many thanks Margaret for making me blush (first time for MANY years)...you sweet talking first lady of Scotland!
All best wishes,
Cliff
Celmisia spedenii
Cornus canadensis
Hermannia coccocarpa
Iris paradoxa
Junellia silvestrii
Lewisia 'Ruby'
Phyllodoce nipponica
Tropaeolum tricolor
Salix nakahurada yesoalpina
....And especially for Lesley...this single flower on a plant of R. lyallii...only fifteen inches tall, but utterly charming in a pot on the show bench...Oh that we had pots big enough for some of your finest of these magnificent N.Z. buttercups!!!
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Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Thankyou Cliff, they're all super except poor old Celmisia spedenii. Looks as if he's had a night on the tiles or needs a new hairdresser!
I'll email you privately re seeds. Be prepared to receive 100 pages of foolscap - my "wanted" list.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Susan More (Susan)
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They are all superb. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Susan, Dunedin, New Zealand. |
John Forrest (Jof)
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I have just 4 more that may be of interest because of members postings on Flowering now.
A dark Oxalis laciniata which I think must be one of Peter Erskines because of the nautical allusion.
A Paris sp for Ian Christie
The last 2 are for general interest
I got a Farrer a long time ago with a very large Viola pedata. Sadly I can't even grow a relatively small one. What happens ? Does our compost change or the watering regime or is it the climate( we can always blame that)? But this grower shows he/she has still got the knack.
Finally a rather attractive Ornithogallum chionophilum which I'm sure would appeal to flower arrangers but the foliage has been cut off for aesthetic appeal. Were they just brown remnants or will the grower regret his action next year?
John Forrest, Blackpool, North West England, UK |
Carol Shaw (Carol)
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Thanks for the great pics.
Carol Shaw, Forres, Scotland |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Yeah, foliage of Ornithogalums can be tatty at flowering time but that's what it does so I shouldn't be surprised if the judge downgraded for its absence, tatty or not.
Thanks for the lovely pic of Viola pedata. We have had so many plants from the seed lists as this, all turned out to be V. pedatifida. But last year I received the true thing as seed from Dr Jim Waddick in the USA. It was collected near his home in Missouri. I now have 26 seedlings all doing well in a 7" pot but I'm too scared to separate them in case I kill the lot. Any advice about this please? They are about 3cms high now and I expect will be dying down or at least retracting very soon.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
John Forrest (Jof)
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Lesley
The best advice is a belt and braces approach. You have enough seedlings to experiment with. Tease out half with a spatula and fill the hole with compost to grow on together for a while. With the rest you have enough to try different composts and sites. Gritty leafmould type compost would be similar to their home conditions. All the very best of luck and I expect to see flower pictures in the future. I really like the bicolor version if you can get seed of it.
John Forrest, Blackpool, North West England, UK |
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Lesley,
Re. Viola pedata, they are not woodland plants at all but can be found by the tens of thousands on banks by the road sides in many states. There is very little, if any, humus in most soils in which they grow. In the southern US states they flower in late March and April, I saw them in perfect flower just 3-4 weeks ago in Arkansas, everything from pure white to pale to very dark 'blue', with a range of bicolors also. They want maximum exposure and perfect drainage, usually provided by steep banksides and road cuts in habitat; they'll rot off at the crown in summer if kept too wet. I have lots at home on a sandy south-facing slope with little or no competion, and they are seeding around nicely. They bulk up more in cultivation than in the wild, where most plants are just one or two crowns. They can go fully dormant in summer and green up again in the early fall. I find they transplant easily at most times as long as you match the watering to the state of growth and the season.
All the best,
J. |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Mmmmmm, lots to think about there. Thanks John and John. I have a few spaces in a raised bed where Silene californica does well along with things like Camp. raineri and C. zoysii so I might transplant a few into there and pot some others for future planting in a crevice garden and troughs. These are currently planned but not executed as yet. And I do have a (low) bank facing the sun so perhaps a couple in there as well. It's well drained and quite shingly. I had rather hoped the seed was from a bicoloured form but Jim assured me it was from a plain coloured dark lavender. Any one has to be a good one though. Thanks again.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
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