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SRGC Shows and Events => SRGC Shows Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Maggi Young on October 10, 2015, 12:49:27 PM
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The former "Ponteland" show takes places today in the new venue of Cowell's Garden Centre, Woolsingham.
The premier award of the Forrest Medal for the most meritorious plant in the show - held this year under SRGC rules -
is Gaultheria crassa 'John Saxton' - a superb plant shown by Keith and Rachel Lever of Aberconwy.
This photo was posted in Facebook by Lawrence Peet ..... thanks, Lawrence
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Looks like things are going well at the new venue for the show at Cowells Garden Centre (http://www.cowellsgc.co.uk/) - they have posted these pix on Twitter...
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The former "Ponteland" show takes places today in the new venue of Cowell's Garden Centre, Woolsingham.
The premier award of the Forrest Medal for the most meritorious plant in the show - held this year under SRGC rules -
is Gaultheria crassa 'John Saxton' - a superb plant shown by Keith and Rachel Lever of
Congratulations on a lovely plant but can anyone tell me what relationship this plant has to Gaultheria crassa, a plant we grow in the garden, which I understood has dry brown seed capsules not these lovely red fleshy fruits.
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Hello all, just back from the Ponteland show well organised once again by Alan Newton and Alan Furness with the Newton family looking after the food and drink I only had coffee, went with Cyril and Sam Sutherland the judging was tight with several plants in the running. I am posting a selection in several messages, cheers Ian the Christie kind
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Next.
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I see Mr and Mrs MacGregor chewing away beside Alan Furness in pic DSC_0030 - bacon baps or bacon and black pudding, I wonder ?
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No black pudding this year - Victoria put her foot down and said it was not possible - we were cooking the bacon on a barbeque behind the houseplant department. The bacon butties sold well, but Sue Simpson was devastated to find that there was a lack of black pudding. :'(
Thought I'd post my first pics from the show - of the Forrest medal winner from Keith and Rachel Lever.
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In answer to Ian Y's question - most internet references seem to refer to dry brown capsules, as does Mark and Adams' book on NZ alpine plants. However it's common name does seem to be Scarlet snowberry, and Salmon's 1985 book does include a photo of red fruits. Althuogh not as fine as the Forrest Medal plant - obviously. ;)
I wonder how much quoting of earlier descriptions has gone on without checking the facts?
More photos to follow tomorrow, once I've recovered from 10 hours of hauling plant pots around.
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award winners - apart from the Gaultheria John Saxton already shown Bob & Rannveig Wallis took a clutch of awards in the open section with their small six pan exhibit. Alan Furness took the Millennium Trophy for best foliage plant with a large pot of Celmisia.
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Bob Worsley won the Newcastle Trophy in Section 2 as well as the Ewesley salver for best cyclamen in a 19 cm pot while Vivien Self was best in section 3 so received the Newcastle Bowl.
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The show had moved to Cowells garden centre in Newcastle which gave an attractive background to the show in the autumn sunshine. The availability of trolleys was soon taken up by exhibitors.
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There were two benches one mainly large pots the other 19 cm max.
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my customary whistle stop tour round the benches
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continuing along the first side of the large pots
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still on the first side then round the corner with grey and other foliage plants
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moving through various groups of foliage plants and plants with cones and berries then three mini gardens
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now into the smaller pot size
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continuing
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most of the smaller pots were on the second bench
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more bulbs
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even more bulbs
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on we go
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last side
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nearing the end of the open plant section with plants which carry information about them and their cultivation
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Cut flowers and fruits. Two of these very attractive entries were shown by Mala who was then asked to pose I think by a local newspaper.
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sections 2 with some fine plants
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There was an interesting variety of gentians at the show ranging from old established cultivars to two that were on display for the first time and are likely to come on to the market in 2016. First a view of the larger pans. Then a nice trio from John Richards with Alex Duguid's form of G. farreri at the front. The Levers at Aberconwy have recently introduced an attractive cross involving farreri but none were yet on the show bench. The well flowered pot of G Barbara Lyle was from the Levers. Ian McNaughton has also been developing gentians to cover the late summer and autumn. Balmoral is now over but one pot of the slightly later Braemar was on show. One of the most successful to date has been The Caley a relatively late flowering form timed to coincide with the October meetings of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society.
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The three large pots of McNaughton gentians shown in class 1 included at the front Troon which is a new dark one due to be released next year. The others are the white Oban and the Caley. Their three smaller gentians featured another new one Tynebank Glory (the East Lothian Tyne not the Northumberland one). Oban was the only white gentian shown while a very nice pot of the old cv Kingfisher was benched by the Levers
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A super show which must have made "the Alans" - Furness and Newton - very happy. You have excelled yourself yet again with this fantastic photographic record of the benches, Stan. Well done - and thank you - it is so valuable to have such a record of the show for all to see and share.
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...not finished yet. Now for some of the people who make the show possible. I was most impressed by the little booklet explaining the show to the public which the north-east group had made up. Displays are a feature of shows in this part of the country and this autumn Mike Dale put up very nice display on flowers and philately. At its centre was a very good exhibit of ferns.
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local group members at work
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people among the plants
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and others
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and more -the man in the first picture is the owner of the centre
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The club plant stall and several specialist nurseries add to these shows.
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I first thought that Mr Christie's attempts to snap me would be the caption competition but he was overshadowed by the strange eating habits of the ladies of the North-east. On which frivolous note I am signing off. As always I do hope more knowledgeable and sensible growers will tell us more about the plants.
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Thanks everyone for all the pictures from the show, the people are as important as the plants and that is well reflected in the posts - for those of us not able to get there this is almos as good.
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Stupendous reporting - wonderful.
Lawrence Peet has more photos on his site too : http://lawrencepeetalpines.com/2015/10/11/ags-srgc-newcastle-show-10th-october-2015/ (http://lawrencepeetalpines.com/2015/10/11/ags-srgc-newcastle-show-10th-october-2015/)
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A very comprehensive overview from the Scottish Contingent, as friendly, chatty and knowledgeable as ever. As they say, new venue and the first ever? in a Garden Centre which was quite strange at first with Garden Centre plants all over the place for sale, garden equipment etc etc so there were folk wandering about all day and my general impression was that they were interested and some were surprised by the variety of the plants on display. As an exhibitor the lighting was excellent and natural so an improvement from the hall in Ponteland, the garden centre staff were very helpful both during set up on Friday and on the show day itself. One or two exhibitors felt that it lacked the intimacy and togetherness from the Ponteland hall but in the main were delighted with the light.
As usual I have no general shots, just plants in close up with names so here goes, as they say in no particular order.
Crocus mathewsii 'Dream Dancer' from Ian Kidman (70) a much admired crocus, it was in a three pan class and one of the others was
Crocus serotinus v. salzmannii 'El Torcal' which by the end of the day was fully open, not so during judging sadly
Crocus kotschyanus Jim McGregor (70)
Colchicum speciosum atrorubens in 67 from Robin Pickering, a nice strong plant
Petrocosmea begonifolia from Viv Self, the only entrant in the Novice section and so she won the Newcastle Bowl for the most points in that section
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Cyclamen confusum from Bob Worsley (100), a nice plant, Bob had the most points in the Intermediate section
Gaultheria 'Pearls' from John Bunn (86), I will be interested to see what its like when bigger as rather nice
Gaultheria crassa 'JohnSaxton. the Forrest Medal winner from Keith and Rachel Lever...I know there are several pictures of it but good enough for another
Aruncus aesthusifolius from Mike Dale (28), I did like this as a foliage plant
Oxalis lobata from Robin Pickering (74)
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The Joint Show Secs had a strong day, Alan Newton was one win away from most points in the Open Section, some of his plants were
Tanacetum leontopodium
Eucomis vandermerwii.....not to my taste but who cares
Class 80, three pans silver had the show secs in direct competition with Alan Furness on the left, Alan Newton on the right (AF the winner)
Habranthus martinezii (72)
Petrocosmea sp. (49)
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Continuing on with Alan Newton plants he won the three pan cushion class 17 which was made up of Dionysia monika, D. curviflora and Androsace robusta breviscapa
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Bob and Rannveig Wallis had been supporters and exhibitors at this show for many years and some of the exhibits were
Cyclamen graecum ssp graecum forma album (7)
Biarum marmarisense (1)
Hyacinthoides ciliolate (1)
The only entrant in the small six had to have been as good an exhibit in the small six as has been seen this year, it contained
Pterostylus coccinea which was the best plant in a <19cm pot and so won a new award this year The Patricia Furness Vase
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As already mentioned Alan Furness did not so bad either, some of his plants included
Crocus hadriaticus (71)
Celmisia semi cordata (30), the best foliage plant at the show and so won the Millenium Trophy
Snapper Stan did not only take pictures he did well with show plants as well
Tanacetum densum (29)
Petrocosmea minor (50)
Gentiana 'The Caley' (15)
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Ivor Betteridge had a lovely 3 pan for class 46 so I show them all
Oxalis massoniana
Cyclamen hederifolium 'Lysander'
Oxalis perdicaria 'Cetrino'
Ivor also had
Cyclamen cilicium in class 55
Runner up to the Forrest was
Galanthus peshmenii from Ian Kidman (20)
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I did manage to exhibit a few things to include
Class 28, made up of
Brachyglottis bidwillii 'Basil Fox', a good show plant but a devil to keep the foliage in good fettle as it is difficult to clean
Leucogenes leontopodium was in the middle and at the front was
Ozothamnus coralloides
I also nearly gave myself a hernia carrying in my
Bolax gummifera (18) as it is now in the maximum 36 cm pot, grown from a cutting I took in 1997, not sure it will make any more shows because of the weight
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Final few I think
Gentiana 'Barbara Lyle' (16) Keith and Rachel Lever
Pinus mugo rotundifolia 'Jesek' (6) Dave Riley who also had
Cyclamen colchicum in 10
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Hit the wrong button again!!
Cyclamen cilicium from Ian Kidman (58)
Saxifraga fortune 'Fumiko' (51) from Rod and Hilary Price. In the main the S. fortune were less in number and less well flowered than we usually see at this show, everyone says its just this year and the weather.
Coprosma petrei from Trevor and Angie Jones (35) again won easily, I also show it in close up for you to see the berries, so much a feature of this plant.
That is all the pictures I took, still leaves out a lot of the show but Stans photographs and Ians give the right idea of the show.
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Wonderful - just super - not as good as being there- but VERY nearly so!
No two ways about it - light is good in a greenhouse! Aberdeen show in part of the Winter Gardens in Duthie Park proved that - though heat was more of a problem there in May! Cowells seems to have been a real winner.
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As there's lots of plant pictures here already, I thought that I would put my 'official' pictures from the show on the AGS site. This is the link:
http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/atshows/Newcastle+Show/20003/ (http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/atshows/Newcastle+Show/20003/)
I also have have pictures from the show benches to follow here later.
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Thanks Peter - some pix there on AGS site from Ian Instone, too. :)
Sandy Leven's Forrest Medal report from the show online HERE (http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/N-castleForrest2015.pdf) 8)
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Sandy Leven's report on the Newcastle SRGC/AGS Show held recently at Cowell's Garden Centre in Woolsingham is now online here : http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/Newcastle-Cowells2015.pdf (http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/Newcastle-Cowells2015.pdf)
This brings Sandy's Show reports for this year to a close. See them all - plus archived reports, on the main website,
here : http://www.srgc.net/site/index.php/shows/sample-menu (http://www.srgc.net/site/index.php/shows/sample-menu) 8) 8)
Thank you, Sandy!!