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SRGC Shows and Events => Events => Topic started by: ranunculus on April 14, 2007, 09:41:21 PM
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A very warm day for the AGS North Midland Show at Chesterfield .... entries down a little, but still a magnificent display of beautiful alpines to greet the many visitors. Congratulations to Mike and Judy and their super team for staging another excellent event. The Farrer Medal went to Mike and Christine Brown from the Wirral for a large and floriferous Paraquilegia (and before you all reach for your keyboards to tell me that they have already won a Farrer Medal with that plant at Cleveland Show last Saturday, it must be stated that this is their NUMBER TWO plant....the previous Farrer winner was ceremoniously 'given away' to a fellow exhibitor after the success at Cleveland)!!! What a pair of growers they are.
Just a few images to start the ball rolling....so many cameras were clicking away that this wonderful forum should soon be awash with colour and form.
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More from Chesterfield AGS Show this afternoon.... 14th April 2007.
Dionysia Khuzistanica
Amblynotus Rupestris2
Amblynotus Rupestris
Clematis Tenuiloba
Asarum Delavayi
ShowBenchOne
ShowBench2
Viola Pedata Bicolor2
Viola Pedata Bicolor
Solmslaubachia Detail
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....And there's more....
Callianthemum Kernerianum
Fritillaria Gentneri Detail
Iris Milleta
Iris Sari
Paraquilegia Farrer Plant
Primula Bracteata
Primula Bracteata Detail
Primula Spectabilis
Ranunculus Calandrinioides
sixpan
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Ranunculus crithmifolius always reminds me of an old joke whose punchline is " Yethh, and I'm only thithteen"
We grow this buttercup in one of the raised slab beds... the one that used to be full of New Zealand plants but which has now been re-jigged to have Saxifragas and allsorts in it , too!
What can you say about Mike and Christine Brown? :o They are great growers, indeed. I imagine that if the new owner of last week's Farrer medal-winning plant can keep it in half as good condition as the Browns' then he/she will be well-pleased!! ::)
Keep 'em coming, Cliff, this is great!
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....And finally....for now.....
Lewisias et al
Narcissus
SebaeaThomasii
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Is the Farrer plant not quite as good as their No 1 version, do you think? I thought the No1 was even more fully flowered... must look back to check!
I must say, for my money, I would have been tempted to send the medal in the direction of that Primula bracteata... if it was as good as it looks in the pic, then it is a STUNNER!
And what about the colour of that Viola pedata? Just beautiful! Many thanks, Cliff, we'll look forward to you getting your second wind!!
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You could well be right about the Paraquilegia Maggie...but when I have one at home that is blessed with only eleven (admittedly darker) blooms then I'm certainly not about to quibble!
....But, then again, can any grower profess to mastering ALL the available gems?
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But, then again, can any grower profess to mastering ALL the available gems?
Well, they might but they would be lying!! ???
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Absolutely magnificent pics Cliff. : :-*
Especially the colouring of Frit.gentneri--then there is Iris sari-- the bicoloured Viola pedata...........(i could go on and on).
A big thank you from all of us down here who couldn't attend the show in person. :'(
Cheers Dave.
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Is the Farrer plant not quite as good as their No 1 version, do you think? I thought the No1 was even more fully flowered... must look back to check!
Have to say I am surprised that was a Farrrar winning plant. Perhaps it's just the photo but it does not appear to be very well flowered and the flowers seem quite small. Used to grown a lot of these (hundreds) and the variation in flower size over a selection of plants from the same seed batch can be surprising. It is a very easy plant to grow up here. Judges seem "sympathetic" towards certain plants – Pulsatilla vernalis is another that often wins top awards when less than pristine. I know – I won a Forrest with one that did not bear too close inspection foliage-wise. :D
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Another small batch of Chesterfield AGS Show images....Where are you Diane, Martin, et al?
Cassiope Wardii
Celmisia Spedenii
Cyclamen Pseudoibericum
Cypripedium
Daphne Petraea
Fritillaria Meleagris
Gentiana Acaulis Detail
Iris
Iris 2
Iris Detail
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....And finally.....
Jeffersonia Dubia Detail
Narcissus Detail
Narcissus Hawera
Phylliopsis Sugar Plum
Pieris Japonica Sarabande
Pleione Formosana Detail
Sanguinaria Canadensis Multiplex
Saxifraga Charles Chaplin
Three Helichrysum Amorginum Hybrids
Trillium Luteum
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Where are you Diane, Martin, et al?
No chance trying to get a picture in edgeways when you're around. ;D
Also my problem is too much yakking and I forget to take any pictures. So just a couple from me and one is a swap with Cliff.
Sebaea thomasii (by the way, what a fantastic scent this plant has!)
Primula Linda Pope
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Thanks for the photos
I especially like iris, orchids and primula so I got quite a lot in these pics. 8)
Fabulous iris I must say. :o
Kind regards
Joakim
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I notice you didn't fill in the rest of the crithmifolius joke for our perhaps less enlightened readers Maggie?
Illustrated, of course?
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love the pictures. think I may have to print them out and show my plants what they could look like if only they tried!
Must go home tonigh and sniff my Sebaea ( ;D) I didn't realise it was scented. None of my books make mention of it, can anyone point out a source of good info on keeping it alive?
Sue
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Big breaths Cliff, big breaths. ;D I can still see Dirk Bogard in that scene ::).
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My thanks to Jozef Lemmens for spotting the less than deliberate mistake in my North Midland Show posting.....the Solmslaubachia is in fact an impostor and the true identity of the plant is illustrated below.
You remain 'top of the class' in my eyes Jozef.
Greetings from sunny East Lancashire.
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Stunning plant Cliff - whatever its name... ;D
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Stunning plant Cliff - whatever its name... ;D
I presume its name is Viola "True Identity" ;D
But do you actually have a picture of Solmslaubachia?? I've just germinated it from Holubec seed but I missed it on the showbench at Chesterfield, would love to see it in the flesh
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Must go home tonigh and sniff my Sebaea ( ;D) I didn't realise it was scented. None of my books make mention of it, can anyone point out a source of good info on keeping it alive?
Sue
Sue, the best information on cultivation of Sebaea is on Jim Almond's website: http://freespace.virgin.net/almond.jim/index.htm
click on Plant Portraits on the left menu and then scroll down to Sebaea (alphabetical). I haven't found it easy, it's one of those I keep trying and keep killing ....
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My apologies everyone...please don't ask your local nursery to find you a plant of Viola 'True identity', they may struggle!
I did not jot down the name of this super little plant and my photographs omitted to include the label. I just assumed that Diane (with her photographic memory) or Martin would post the appropriate title......?!!!? :)
...I do believe that I have posted images of Solmsaubachia in the past (perhaps in the old forum), but possibly on the wonderful but now sadly defunct 'old' AlpenPix.
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No crocus at the show, but I managed to stay (mostly) in the same family ;D.
Firstly a correction to Cliff's otherwise excellent posts (I know he was just copying the label). Iris milleta is I believe correct spelled as Iris mellita and should now be called Iris suaveolens.
The unamed Iris I think was Iris taurica which should now be called Iris pumila. The photo I took is different as there were two separate entries of the same plant.
(Iris experts please correct me if I am wrong.)
A correctly named, stuningly dark Iris suaveolens.
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Iris stolonifera with a wonderful blue beard.
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Who could resist Iris iberica ssp. iberica.
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Iris aff. uniflora.
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A very rare juno, Iris magnifica 'Sunny Side Up', only two places have this in cultivation, so the notes said.
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Finally, I could not resist Fritillaria gentneri.
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More lovely Iris, who could resist any.. ........that I. aff. uniflora makes a good show, doesn't it?
It's not often that a blue beard is so atttractive, is it?
And, Frit. gentneri.....I just love the colour , everything !
I realise with every new post of pictures just what a hopeless plant addict I am, desperate for my next fix to top up my daily needs from our own garden! Luckily all the rest of you out there are just as hopelessly affected, so I am in excellent company and part of a strong self-help group.....
"My name is Margaret and I am a gardener........"
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correctly named, stuningly dark Iris suaveolens.
There was a bit of discussion on Saturday about this plant labelled as Iris suaveolens, shown by Tommy Anderson. Several of us thought it was too tall and not the right form for I suaveolens and more likely to be Iris babadagica or I reichenbachii. Any more thoughts gratefully received!
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Sorry, I meant to post this link with my last post on the iris, labelled as I suaveolens. I think it is probably I reichenbachii, compare with my plant on
http://alpineenthusiast.atspace.com/EC06.htm
and scroll down, third from the bottom.
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Excuse slow response. I'm pretty sure the mystery Viola is Viola pedata, shown by Lionel Clarkson and it won the 1 pan N America class.
But I could be wrong
Martin
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Martin, I'm sure you're right about Viola pedata, maybe a compact growing form though. I'm coming late to this new thread but do want to say "Blast you" to Anthony because having noted Maggi's "joke" about the "yeth....", I was all set to complete it and give provenance (Doctor in the House) when on page 2, Anthony pipped me to the post. Unfortunately I'll almost certainly connect the joke now, with R. crithmifolius :)
I also agree that the lovely reddish iris is too tall for I. suaveolens (I. mellita, in Cliff's first post is an old synonym), so probably I. reichenbachii or a form of the larger I. pumila relative, I. chamaeiris from which the more heat tolerant "dwarf bearded" vars are bred.
But such super pics from everyone, thanks for a late (for me) showing.
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Sebaea thomasii used to be called S. jasminiflora or jasminoides due to its heavy jasmine-like perfume. Even a couple of flowers will scent a large area and a plant with many flowers is almost over-powering, so Sue, like John F in Liverpool, I think you must be olfactorily challenged :D