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Mick McLoughlin:
We went to the Loughborough Autumn show at the weekend. I have been waiting for somebody else to post as my pics have a colour cast due to the lighting. (The removal of which in Paint shop pro could be another topic. Anybody?)
So I'll post my pics with apologies for quality beforehand.
First a couple of general shots of the benches. Sempervivum classes, Cyclamen and Ferns.
A piece of Tufa planted as a rock garden. Does anybody know a good source for tufa in Yorkshire? Mandy has an inkling to plant one of these up.
Lastly for this post four lots of threesomes.
Bulbous, Gentians, Dionysia and cushion plants.

Mick McLoughlin:
Next onto some specific plants that happened to catch my eye.
Allium thunbergii.
Colchicums.
Crocus banaticus 'snowdrift'.
Sternbergia grueteriana.
Nerine undulata.
Nerine humilis ssp. humilis
Nerine humilis close up.
One for the white fevers Galanthus peshmanii.

Mick McLoughlin:
MY last batch of pics:
Erigeron 'canary bird'
Melicytus alpina.
Oxalis versicolor.
Petrocosmea minor.
Polyxena corymbosa.
Primula boothi ssp. autumnalis.
Saxifrage fortunei 'cherry pie'.
Wahlenbergia stricta.
Wahlenbergia close up.

Maggi Young:
Super virtual show visit for us, Mick from Loogabarooga! When the hall lighting is like that, there is precious little you can do but just thole it. Doesn't stop me enjoying the pix, anyway.
Mandy might have a bit of a problem with her tufa garden...... unless you can find someone with the odd bit to spare, there is no more coming out of Wales, I don't think, and any other stuff available tends to be much harder and less easy to use for a planted garden/pot like the one shown. A friend who wants to make a tufa wall is being quoted anything from £500 to £700 per tonne for it. Yikes!

David Nicholson:

--- Quote from: Mick McLoughlin on October 16, 2007, 07:47:09 PM ---
.......A piece of Tufa planted as a rock garden. Does anybody know a good source for tufa in Yorkshire? Mandy has an inkling to plant one of these up.

--- End quote ---

I'm a bit out of touch Mick but I would have thought perhaps nurseries around the Matlock area would be worth a try, and maybe Malham.

Nice range of plants on view at Loughborough.

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