KENT AGS SHOW - 21 march 2015

[Yann]

Fritillaria gibbosa
Tulipa (forgot the species)
Draba sphaeroides
Tecophilaea cyanocrocus var. leichtlinii
Crocus vernus subsp albiflorus

[Maggi Young]

i don't mind  frontiers 

We should have a new motto -    fleurs sans frontières   

[Luc Gilgemyn]

We should have a new motto -    fleurs sans frontières   

Yes, with Gennaro Olivieri and Guido Pancardi as judges... 
(testing memories here)

[Maggi Young]

Well, of course, I am far too young to remember those guys in Jeux sans frontières..........

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Not many reactions Maggi, this Forum must be a young audience....

 

[Neil]

I remember that, and I am this side of 50  so young then!

Nice photos Yann by the way.

[David Nicholson]

Many thanks for your report Yann.

[Maggi Young]

Pictures from Jon Evans      HERE  

[Yann]

With a good camera and a layout it's better, Jon's photos are wonderfull

[Matt T]

Nobody forewarned us there would be a pan of Narcissus watieri full to bursting. Incredible.

[Matt T]

George Elder's Fritillaria stenanthera is pretty impressive too and I like the way Joy Bishop has cunningly trained her Tropaeolum.

[Maggi Young]

With a good camera and a layout it's better, Jon's photos are wonderfull

Jon is a very accomplished photographer - but readers around the world who never get to these shows can enjoy  any  photos just the same!

[Jon Evans]

Thank you - I'm glad you are enjoying the pictures.  The one thing I sometimes feel I should try harder to convey is the relative sizes - the camera tends to make all plants the same size.  Look at the dionysias for example, or the miniature frits against something like stenanthera. 
I try to post all the pictures I take, both for those who couldn't make it to the show, and for the exhibitors who are always delighted to see their plants featured.  Taking this formal style of pictures gets me to look hard at the plants, in order to find the best aspect and angles, and having carried the pot the length of the hall, I usually know whether a plant is scented, for better (N. panizzianus) or for worse (Biarum pyrami comes to mind).