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SRGC Shows and Events => Events => Topic started by: Maggi Young on March 01, 2014, 06:11:53 PM
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Quote from: Maggi Young on Today at 01:01:57 PM
Hope it's a fine day for those at Harlow today: AGS EARLY SPRING SHOW, Mark Hall School, First Avenue, Harlow, Essex, CM17 9LR.
A win for Bob and Rannveig Wallis : Farrer Medal winner: Corydalis verticillaris
picture from twitter ;D
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Had a great day at Harlow, bought too many plants ::) and enjoyed a lot of wonderful plants and people :D
Some pics for those who couldn't attend
3 x Primula allionii
Anemone caucasica
Corydalis maracandica
The farrer medal winner Corydalis verticillaris
Crocus corsicus
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And some more:
Really wanted to take this one with me ;D 2 x Cyclamen alpinum f. leucanthum
Daubenya aurea
Dionysia 'Bernd Wetzel'
Dionysia 'Cinderella'
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Wonderful images, Wim.
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And some more:
Dionysia hybr.
Iris winogradowii
Primula allionii 1
Primula allionii 2
Primula allionii 'Anna Griffith'
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So, you had a good channel hop, Wim? Great photos of the plants - perhaps it's as well you couldn't take those big plants home - the ferry would sink!
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And more:
Primula allionii 'William Burrow'
Pterostylis curta
Ranunculus crithmifolius
Saxifraga 'Cumulus'
Scilla libanotica
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So, you had a good channel hop, Wim? Great photos of the plants - perhaps it's as well you couldn't take those big plants home - the ferry would sink!
Yes, we had a great Channel hop....we took the Eurostar...no danger of sinking ;)
You might recognise some Belgian people in these two pics! ;)
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Wonderful images, Wim.
Thanks, Cliff!
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Yes, we had a great Channel hop....we took the Eurostar...no danger of sinking ;)
You might recognise some Belgian people in these two pics! ;)
Eurostar for the Eurostars! Is this a first?
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Eurostar for the Eurostars! Is this a first?
Probably ;) First time for me at least!!
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Hi
I have now uploaded my photos from the show to the AGS website:
http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/atshows/AGS+Early+Spring+Show+at+Harlow+st+March/18481/ (http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/atshows/AGS+Early+Spring+Show+at+Harlow+st+March/18481/)
Jon
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Oh, that's great Jon- thanks for the note. 8)
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Four pages of photos from Jon via that AGS link - so many good plants but I was very taken with these three : the diminutive and quite perfectly formed Iris kolpakowskiana exhibited by Peter Taggart ; A pot of Lapeirousia oreogena from George Elder which just vibrated with colour and the feathery Ypsilandra thibetica from Diane Clement.
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I would agree with Maggi about the Lapeirousia, especially after reading Jon's comments about the colour of this plant and how difficult it is to capture it photographically. I would like to thank Kit Strange and her team who organised the Show, and provided us nurserypeople with beautifully prepared tables and regular supplies of coffee and tea; and it was nice to see students and growers from Kew. Kit told me that she had tried various ways of advertising the Show more widely, and as our experiences with the Kent Shows too the results can seem very limited, so it must be good to have it described here and catch the attention of more real plantlovers. It is a great start to the year in the south-east and always a really stimulating day.
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Thanks Wim and Jon for bringing wonderful images to those who couldn't attend.
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Thaks Wim and Jon for the photos.
Ypsilandra of Diane Clement was particularly lovely!!
koko
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Crocus Middleton Cream - wow
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I have also put plenty of photos on the growsonyou website,which may attract people towards the AGS or SRGC.
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I have also put plenty of photos on the growsonyou website,which may attract people towards the AGS or SRGC.
Well done , Philip.
Are you going to Loughborough this weekend?
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No Maggi,I'm at work from 8pm and wouldn't have the time.I'll catch up with what th experts are doing via the AGS Oor this site.
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No Maggi,I'm at work from 8pm and wouldn't have the time.I'll catch up with what th experts are doing via the AGS Oor this site.
Gainful employment does have a LOT of advantages - but it can sometimes be a pain, huh?