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SRGC Shows and Events => SRGC Shows Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Maggi Young on February 18, 2011, 10:38:28 PM
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DUNBLANE EARLY DWARF BULB DISPLAY
19th February 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
VENUE: Victoria Hall, Stirling Rd, Dunblane, Perthshire
LOCATION: Opposite the railway station.
ENTRIES: To be staged on the day. Queries to the Show Secretary
STAGING: 9.00 - 10.00 am, Saturday of the show
RHS JOINT ROCK GARDEN PLANT COMMITTEE: will meet at 12.00 noon.
Plants for consideration must be registered by 11.00 am.
TROPHIES & PRIZES
BROOKFIELD PRIZE one pan Crocus grown from seed by the exhibitor.
First prize £10 Second £5 Third £3
TALKS:
11.00 am “Species variation in Narcissus”
Brian Duncan
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2.00 pm “Smaller Daphnes”
Peter Erskine
Members are invited to contribute to the day by bringing as many pans of dwarf bulbs and early flowering alpine plants as possible. Every contribution increases the value of the display for others. Please bring as many pans of bulbs and alpines as possible. Plants will be grouped into `classes' on the morning between 9 am and 10 am. The usual rule of one pan per class per exhibitor will be waived. No prize money or points will be awarded.
Space will be available for cut flowers of plants which members do not want to disturb in the garden. Please bring your own vases for cut flowers. Members may also stage small exhibits of several pans to show variation in species etc.
Contributions are invited to the 50:50 plant sale, which will be held to cover expenses.
Members are asked to help with the teas and plant stall as this day is organised by the Bulb Group rather than a local group, and the Bulb Group’s activities benefit all members.
A coach load of Aberdeen Group Members are headed down to Dunblane tomorrow ... hope we meet lots of you there!
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A great day out. I was on the bus from Aberdeen and everone seemed to have a very enjoyable day.
Thanks to everyone infront of and behind the scenes.
Here are some photos to give a flavour of the event.
Graeme
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And more.
Graeme
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Nice set of pics Graham. Was it cold up there today, they've all got their fleeces on. 14C here this afternoon.
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David,
We drove down through rain then sleet and some of the fields had a little carpeting of snow, however it was fine inside the hall and I had a bowl of spicey parsnip soup there to warm me up.
Graeme
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David, please no talk about the English Riviera...I awoke to snow before heading up to Dunblane! We usually get a bright sharp day at Dunblane; not today, it was dreich.
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12c here today ;D
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14c here. ;D ;D ;D
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David, please no talk about the English Riviera...I awoke to snow before heading up to Dunblane! We usually get a bright sharp day at Dunblane; not today, it was dreich.
Frazer, you know what they say about Devon! Rains six out of seven ;D Today must have been the seventh.
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The dodgy weather could not dampen the spirits of the Aberdeen gang on our comfy coach. Isobel McW. brought along a LARGE tin of chocs which were shared around all through our journey....a very kind thought of Isobel and much appreciated by the munching crowd.
Will try a pic or two....
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more.....
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yet more......
Not as neatly taken as Graeme's but hope it gives a flavour.
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Talks at the EBD were by Brian Duncan in the morning and Peter Erskine in the afternoon.
There were other visitors from "Norn Iron" in the form of June D and Kay, but I only spotted them from afar I didn't get a chat.
I did however, meet Richards Hobbs who had been talking at the Snowdrop Day on Friday at the RBGE - he didn't think he'd be here today but had mis-read his plant ticket and isn't off home till tomorrow so he was off back to Cambo... wondering what the weather was going to be. It was good to meet one of the folks the galanthophiles are always speaking about - a charming fellow.
Sue Gill and Christine B came...... Brenda and Alan Newton.... they all "let the train take the strain".... Don and Linda Peace.... but they came by car so I hope they had a safe journey home, though the weather wasn't too bad by then ( well not going north :-X)
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more photos......
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and the last ones.....
ebd2011_j1 has David (Dr Rock) Millward in the background and Cyril the Glenrothes Greenfinger and Roma Fiddes.... finding something very amusing...
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As we were packing up to come home Angie came past me.... carrying two large bags... singing happily to herself!
We had a new driver for the coach this year.... he had packed a reasonable number of plants for display and the Club plant stall in the boot for the downward trip.... his face was a picture when we all came out laden and nearly filled the whole boot.
Yes, a fair bit of plant retail therapy went on ;D
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Maggie I can see that Joint Rock want to see Lady Alice at a future meeting, but which other one has their card? Glad you got to meet Richard, who misread his plant ticket ;D ;D
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Can I draw attention to the yellow sheet in Maggie's fourth photo ebd2011_i1 below. The earnest galanthophile had laid his unnamed bulb on the table next to the displays and written hopefully at the top "What is this plant? Answers below please."
After some hours with nobody willing to venture an opinion, some wag wrote in the middle of the sheet: "Snowdrop ?".
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Can I draw attention to the yellow sheet in Maggie's fourth photo ebd2011_i1 below. The earnest galanthophile had laid his unnamed bulb on the table next to the displays and written hopefully at the top "What is this plant? Answers below please."
After some hours with nobody willing to venture an opinion, some wag wrote in the middle of the sheet: "Snowdrop ?".
At the very foot of the sheet of paper, in handwriting so tiny I could barely make it out, there was written something about G. elwesii
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Maggie I can see that Joint Rock want to see Lady Alice at a future meeting, but which other one has their card?
The tickets seen were for 'Lady Alice', 'I.M.C.' and one other that we'll need to get Ian the Christie kind to remind us of.
Ian Y says he thought that the basic intention was to ask to see all the new plants at a meeting to see them growing outside.
Ian Christie will know more... but he's up to his eyes in S ndrop events at the moment so we'll need to be patient for him to have time to reply.
Glad you got to meet Richard, who misread his plant ticket ;D ;D
If that really was his problem, no wonder he didn't know when his flight was... or should that be "plight" ? ;D
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Had a super day at Dunblane yesterday. Bacon butties in the morning, followed by soup and sandwiches at lunchtime.... and of course cakes and Jean's cheese scones, yummy!
Oh, and we saw some lovely plants, bought one or two, Maggi managed to capture the evidence of my purchase in one of her overhead shots.
Both speakers were very good, and I now know not to bother trying to grow Daphne petrea again (killed one in just one month last year...) Ah well...
Here are a few of the plants exhibited. First a few snowdrops, sorry I didn't get the names of them. One is this Lady Alice people are talking about I think. Maybe someone can id them.
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More from the show:
Crocus gargaricum - a really great orange colour, my photo doesn't do it justice
Crocus table general view
Crocus malyi
Gymnospermium albertii
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Hepatica japonica 'Hakurin'
Iris table general view
Narcissus r. 'Julia Jane'
Narcissus bulbocodium ssp.....
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Narcissus Cedric Morris
Narcissus romieuxii Don Stead
Orchid, sorry didn't get its name but it was beautiful....
(edit by Maggi: sorry, was trying to quote from C hristine's post when I messed it up... all restored now, I hope! :-[ )
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Narcissus romieuxii Don Stead
This little cutie was from Roma... it is not the hybrid that has been registered with the name 'Don Stead' but is another of the hybrids MADE BY Don Stead. Just a wee delight!
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It certainly was Maggi. My notes a bit sketchy....
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Orchid, sorry didn't get its name but it was beautiful....
My attempts to photograph this lovely orchid met with awful failure to register the nice markings in the flower.... it had one very large leaf.... I'll show my feeble attempt so you get the idea of the scale of the whole thing. There's a shot of the label, too, rather flash- ridden!
I THINK it says Changniena amoena
There is this post in the Old Forum: http://www.srgc.org.uk/discus/messages/283/27143.html
and this link to another article: http://www.springerlink.com/content/vv622582927t2140/
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As we were packing up to come home Angie came past me.... carrying two large bags... singing happily to herself!
Hi just want to say thanks to everyone for making a great day out for all. Day started of with a lovely bus driver full of joy. The weather was a bit worrying as we went down to Dunblane but the minute we got through the doors into the hall the sun was shining. Everyone looked so happy. Plenty plants for sale so thanks to the nurseries that came a long way to sell us some lovely plants. As Maggi said I was singing happily as I went.
Both speakers were great, so much knowledge. And the soup, sandwiches, and CAKES were lovely had a few of them ::) ;D
So thanks again to everyone for a great day out.
Angie :)
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snowdrop1 looks like Alison Hilary.
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Maggi, what on earth did you say to Cyril and me before you took the photo ?
I got the bulbs of the Don Stead hybrid Narcissus at a Discussion Weekend bulb exchange. I think it was labelled as 'Don Stead' but I remembered noticing in the Bulb Log or on the Forum that it was not the named variety so I was hunting around on the Bulb Log on Friday afternoon to make sure I had it correct. I had in fact changed the label already. Unusual for me. I usually mean to change names and forget so need to do the research all over again.
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Maggi, what on earth did you say to Cyril and me before you took the photo ?
Hmm... the photo in this post, eh? :D
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=6753.msg187499#msg187499
Well, I think it was something along the lines of "stand there for a photo, Folks, human interest and all that".... but from the expressions it may have been something else.... :-\ ::) ;D
I got the bulbs of the Don Stead hybrid Narcissus at a Discussion Weekend bulb exchange. I think it was labelled as 'Don Stead' but I remembered noticing in the Bulb Log or on the Forum that it was not the named variety so I was hunting around on the Bulb Log on Friday afternoon to make sure I had it correct. I had in fact changed the label already. Unusual for me. I usually mean to change names and forget so need to do the research all over again.
Ian says he hasn't much more info o the little yellow cutie, either, other than it was raised by Don Stead.
The narcissus raised by Don Stead and named for him is a hybrid between N. bulbocodium and cantabricus.
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Dear Maggie all. have now almost got back to normal, we drove Peter Erskine back to Edinburgh airport yesterday even found time for a quick visit to Brechin snowdrops in the morning. I have had a very hectic time since Joe Sharmans gala 20 German snowdrop fans arrived for a tour which I helped to organise, the visited Dunblane show then on Sat night we were invited to a dinner at Glen Turrett distillery which was very different to our usual so much whisky it was mad, I did not have any as I was driving probably best as I would have been poured into bed. The snowdrops which I had at Dunblane with the other ticket Chris B posted a picture second one down on page two it only has a number will get another picture soonest, I do agree that Lady Alice is very nice, cheers Ian the Christie kind.
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Thanks for the report boys and girls...
Another great show apparantly !
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Hi all, here are the pictures first is a G plicatus with two nice marks like G gracilis which is number 19 and was at the show second is A tall G plicatus JMC some bulbs have 3 flowers per bulb, cheers Ian the Christie kind
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Thanks for the posts. Nice to see that the show goes on regardless of following the worst winter on record! Perhaps the "Stirling" show will have a good snowdrop section this year too? I look forward to Sandy's show reports. It feels strange not being there.
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Nice to hear from you, Tony, and hope you're settling in now in NZ. You'd have enjoyed the Display which was very good considering the weather. Since the only flowers in my garden are white, it was wonderful to see so much colour on the benches - now I know that spring will come - eventually.
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Sandy Leven's Early Bulb Display Report has been added to the main website :
http://www.srgc.org.uk/shows/earlybulb/2011.pdf 8)