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Title: Edinburgh show
Post by: Stan da Prato on April 01, 2020, 09:12:02 AM

Some plants that  would have gone and some that would not but may help brighten the page. The generally cool conditions  mean many plants have lasted  but I've tried  to ring the changes where possible.
class 1 six small pans all primulas -   P Wanda; P Aire Mist
P Netta Dennis; P Pink Ice; P Tinneys Moonlight; P vulgaris Tagetos
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class 2 three pans different genera- Rhodo Pintail; Sax Frank Sinatra; Tulipa Scarlet Baby
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class 8 three Euro natives- Primula elatior; Hyacinthoides italica; P veris
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class 9  two Asiatic primulas - P X Kewensis (not really hardy) ; P warshenewskiana
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class 14 two European primulas - forms of the Lace series
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Title: Re: Edinburgh show
Post by: Stan da Prato on April 01, 2020, 09:24:06 AM

class 19  three foliage all Cheilanthes (ignoring recent name changes )  C eatonii, C distans; c eckloniana
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class 22-23 one cushion half in flower! Armeria juniperifolia
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class 25 one hellebore - H Silver Dollar
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class 27 six bulbs - Hyacinthoides italica; N Elka; T humilis
N PicoBlanco; Crocus vernus  albiflorus; Corydalis solida
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class 28 three bulbs different families- N Tete a Tete; T turkestanica ; Puschkinia libanotica
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Title: Re: Edinburgh show
Post by: Stan da Prato on April 01, 2020, 09:31:33 AM

class 38 two wild  Narcissus- N moschatus; N pseudonarcissus  lobularis
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class 39 two hybrid daffs -another N Elka; N lost label!
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class 44 two Liliaceae - Frit uva vulpis; T praestans Fusilier
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class 45 two amaryllids  N minor; N nanus
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class 46 an amaryllid other than Narcissus - Ipheion sellowiana
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Title: Re: Edinburgh show
Post by: Stan da Prato on April 01, 2020, 09:41:10 AM

class 47 two Asparagaceae - Chionodoxa sardensis; Scilla bifolia
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class 52 one rhodo  Cream Crest
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class 53 two ericaceous - Gaultheria (was Pernettya) mucronata male and two female plants
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class 54  one eric not a rhodo - Calluna vulgaris Spring Torch
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class 56 Boraginaceae- Pulmonaria still in ground
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Title: Re: Edinburgh show
Post by: Stan da Prato on April 01, 2020, 09:54:42 AM

class 58 grey leaved - cactus  spines  are not considered foliage however this mature  Mammillaria candida is a nice plant given to me some years  ago  by Vera Reid
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class 60  one tulip -another T humilis
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class 61 one succulent -the monocarpic Aeonium tabuliforme is not hardy but  an interesting   plant
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class 63 two conifers - Chamaecyparis pisifera Nana Aurea; C obtusa Nana Aurea
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Class 64 one conifer - Picea mariana nana
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Title: Re: Edinburgh show
Post by: Stan da Prato on April 01, 2020, 10:04:16 AM

class 68  catch all class -Polygonum (Bistorta) tenuicaule
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class 78 two Australs - Calocephalus (Leucophyta) brownii; Raoulia australis
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class 77 three to show variation -3 forms of Cryptomeria japonica
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class 78 open  ground -this sax was (electronically) at   Stirling but is still in the ground!
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class 79 mini garden losing  flowers now
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Title: Re: Edinburgh show
Post by: Herman Mylemans on April 01, 2020, 10:29:45 AM

Beautiful show Stan!  :)

Title: Re: Edinburgh show
Post by: Maggi Young on April 04, 2020, 05:11:46 PM

Some  plants  from Sue  Simpson which might have  gone to  Edinburgh today ....

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Correa pulchella Pink Mist


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Correa reflexa var  nummularifolia


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Dionysia  'Marika'


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Hepatica 'Millstream Merlin'

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Title: Re: Edinburgh show
Post by: Maggi Young on April 04, 2020, 05:14:28 PM

and...
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Primula  'Broadwell chameleon'


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Primula 'Waxenstein'

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Saxifraga  'Zlata Praha'

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Saxifraga 'Tysoe  Dream'

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Saxifraga 'Marsyandi'

Title: Re: Edinburgh show
Post by: Luc Gilgemyn on April 04, 2020, 05:18:43 PM

Now that would have been another great show !
Thanks Stan : stupendous plants, many congratulations.

@ Maggi, thanks for showing us Sue's plants : pure talent  that is.

I think this show might continue, will close here...  ;D

Title: Re: Edinburgh show
Post by: alant on April 04, 2020, 09:49:40 PM

Millstream Merlin will have to wait until next year now.  If I have to put it into a bigger pot I fear I won't be able to lift it!

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Title: Re: Edinburgh show
Post by: Maggi Young on April 04, 2020, 09:57:58 PM

Alan T  - That  Millstream Merlin is  superb!!  Well done  for  having it  look so  perfectly healthy !

Title: Re: Edinburgh show
Post by: Maggi Young on April 04, 2020, 10:01:23 PM

Some  more  of  Sue  Simpson's  plants which didn't  have  an  Edinburgh show  to  go to....

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Anisotome  imbricata var  imbricata

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Benthamiella patagonica

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Draba osstenica

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Hepatica japonica 'Anju'

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large  prim. marginata form

Title: Re: Edinburgh show
Post by: Maggi Young on April 04, 2020, 10:04:40 PM

also from Sue  ...
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Lewisia cotyledon hybrid

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Narcissus bulbocodium

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Narcissus

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Prim allionii  'Crusader'

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Prim allionii hybrid

Title: Re: Edinburgh show
Post by: Maggi Young on April 04, 2020, 10:08:06 PM

more ...

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Primula allionii - a  Lindum variety

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primula  'Lindum Celebration'

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White  primula  marginata  form

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 maybe  White  Linda  Pope ?

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 Primula allionii form white

Title: Re: Edinburgh show
Post by: Maggi Young on April 04, 2020, 10:10:09 PM

three more  primulas from Sue ...

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Primula  marginata  'Millards Variety'

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Primula  'Lindum Ibis'

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primula 'Lismore  Sunshine'

Title: Re: Edinburgh show
Post by: Maggi Young on April 04, 2020, 10:12:24 PM

last  few from Sue  ...

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Pulsatilla

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Ranunculus  seguirei

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Saxifraga borisii 'Vesna'

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Saxifraga 'Donnington Gold'

Title: Re: Edinburgh show
Post by: fermi de Sousa on April 05, 2020, 03:57:28 AM

How wonderful! Thanks for all the posts!
Maybe we can make this contentious by voting for the "virtual Forrest" medal  ;D
My vote would be for alan's Hepatica 'Millstream Merlin'!
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: Edinburgh show
Post by: Luc Gilgemyn on April 05, 2020, 08:23:31 AM

Quote from: alant on April 04, 2020, 09:49:40 PM

Millstream Merlin will have to wait until next year now.  If I have to put it into a bigger pot I fear I won't be able to lift it!

Best in show for me !!!!
What a plant !!

Title: Re: Edinburgh show
Post by: Maggi Young on April 05, 2020, 03:25:56 PM

Some  photos  of  the  plants of  Carole  and  Ian Bainbridge- they used to be  Show  Secretaries  at the  Edinburgh Show, so they must  be  missing  it  very  much>
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Anemonella thalictroides 'Cameo'
 - though Roma  and  I think 'Cameo' is  both double  and  more  pink.

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Arum creticum

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Calanthe sieboldii hybrid

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Erythronium californicum purdyi

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Erythronium californicum purdyi

Title: Re: Edinburgh show
Post by: Maggi Young on April 05, 2020, 03:29:14 PM

more  from the  Bainbridges, who now  live  on the  other  side  of Scotland, down on the  SW Coast....

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Erythronium helenae

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Pleione chunii

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Primula allionii Betty Craig   - named  for  a  much loved  member  of the  SRGC Edinburgh Group who used  to keep all the  Show medal records.

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Primula palinuri

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Ranunculua amplexicaulis Pic d'Anie x R. parnassifolius