Chelsea flower show 09

[johnw]

VivienR

Left corner front - might be Crassula arborescens but hard to tell as I don't see stems just leaves, could be a Cotyledon sp.
middle front edge - Crassula marneriana, name may have changed since my Cactus days.
right corner front - Echeveria glauca, possibly E. elegans

Can't really see the others clearly.

I should probably keep quiet on the subject.

johnw

[vivienr]

Thank you for your help for iDs for the succulents, John. I have just looked up a few sites for Crassula, Cotyledon and Echeveria but it is very difficult to tell from the pictures and there seems to be a lot of variation. I think all your suggestions could be right.
I have found out the London nursery which supplied the plants and have sent them an email to see if they have a show plant list - worth a try to save a lot of head-scratching

Vivien

[johnw]

Vivien - The Crassula arborescens when more mature looks like a blue green Jade Tree with a rosy flush on the edges of the leaves. I now doubt that's what I see in the tray. The nursery would have taken stem cuttings of C. arborescens rather than just leaves. And I see one leaf is sending up shoots (one towards the top of the group at the right).

May be a Titanopsis sp. in the top right corner.

johnw

[vivienr]

Yes John, the Crassula arborescens turns out to be Kalanchoe thyrsiflora 'Bronze Sculpture'. I have had a quick reply from Newington Nurseries. They have just put a full planting list with very good photos of everything on their website. All the plants on the exhibit were supplied by them. They also have interesting photos of the construction of the garden.

www.newington-nurseries.co.uk

You were right about Crassula marnieriana (Var. ' Hottentot').
I think the Echeverias are E. runyonii 'Topsey Turvey', E. lilacina and E. elegans.

Vivien