Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
SRGC Shows and Events => Events => Topic started by: Maggi Young on March 07, 2020, 05:22:18 PM
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Congrats to Frank and Barbara Hoyle who won the Farrer Medal today for their lovely Dionysia aretioides
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Three fine pans narcissus from Anne Wright
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two fritillarias from Don Peace
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mini garden from Ben and Paddy Parmee
all photos by Paddy Parmee
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Potterton's Nursery was one of the specialist sellers at the show today - this is Rob Potterton's pick and pic!
"Superb Crocus bifloris pulchricolor, exhibited by Mr. Eric Jarrett. My favourite plant at today’s @AlpineGardenSoc Loughborough Show."
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Dionysia aretioides :absolutely fabulous!
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Indeed!
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Another terrific report from Jon Evans on the show CLICK HERE (https://www.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/loughborough-flower-show-2020/?fbclid=IwAR3AVeq04UxMHTvttVUOJ6Z-qYvtQ2bojKZsd8KpLogsZHcpiOn4gxlVwHk)
Lovely to see more of Anne Wright's narcissus and that the Dionysia aretioides x teucriodes , shown by David Charlton, will be given the cultivar name ' Evie Jane Nicholls' after the beloved grandaughter of the raiser of the plant, Pat Nicholls. The plant was given an award by the RHS Joint Rock Garden Committee and so needs a name - so lovely to see it remembering one of Pat's two tragically deceased baby grand-daughters.
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It was very sad to hear the other day that Lee Martin had died after an illness. Lee and his wife Julie were often mentioned in these pages, usually as the exhibitors of truly spectacular show plants, for which they won a large amount of Best in Show Medals si I thought it fitting to place this post here- in the thread for a show which they regularly supported.
The pair were always smiling and my fondest memory of the two is of their mock anger at their car getting covered in the sticky mess from aphids in the trees above it at the Nottingham Alpines Conference!
Jon Evans, a long time friend of Lee and Julie, has posted a super tribute on his diary, illustrated, as you might imagine, with some of his photos of their most attractive show exhibits. You can read that here:
https://www.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/in-honour-of-lee-martin/ (https://www.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/in-honour-of-lee-martin/)
There will be many of us who mourn the loss of Lee and our sympathies go out to Julie at this sad time.
This photo by Jon Evans is of Julie and Lee with their magnificent Campanula aff. andrewsii MELJ200944 at the Summer South Show 2012 (grown from seed collected by Melvyn Jope)
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