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SRGC Shows and Events => SRGC Shows Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Maggi Young on October 09, 2014, 12:20:08 PM
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NEWCASTLE OCTOBER 11th
From 12 noon to 4.00 pm
Organised by the AGS in conjunction with the SRGC
Venue:
THE MEMORIAL HALL, DARRAS ROAD, PONTELAND, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, NE20 9NX
A1 round Newcastle; A696 past Airport and into Ponteland; Darras Road is to the left.
SHOW SECRETARIES: Alan Newton, 12 Main Street, Ponteland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE20
9NR. Tel: 01661 871974, email: Alan.Newton@agsgroups.org
Alan Furness, St Lukes Cottage, Wooley, Hexham. NE46 1TT.
Tel: 01434 673445. email: Alan.Furness@agsgroups.org
ENTRIES TO: Alan Newton by Wednesday, before the show.
(Novice Section Entries at any time - advance notice of large entry appreciated)
STAGING: 8.00 am to 9.45 am on Saturday only.
No late entries after 9.30am on the Saturday
JUDGING: begins at 10.00 am TROPHY PRESENTATION: 2.30 pm
Exhibitors should note that AGS Show Notes and Regulations apply this year, and SRGC next year.
Accordingly a Farrer medal may be awarded this year.
Members of both AGS & SRGC are eligible for all prizes, medals and other awards. Points count towards Seasonal Aggregates and Merit Medals according to membership.
Bulbous plants: under AGS rules, Note 27 applies this year.
Entries have been coming in and cakes arebeing baked - be there to enjoy a great day out!
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Here's the show stopping winner from our show today. The incomparable Wallis duo won the medal with their Cyclamen graecum ssp anatolicum. How could you not fall in love with this amazing specimen?
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That's a corker, Christine.
Been a lovely day here so I hope the late afternoon and evening has been as kind to the tired show folks heading home.
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besides the Farrer the Wallis duo had the AGS medal for 6 small pans. Don Peace took the Ewesley Salver for best cyclamen in a 19cm pot with a C cilicium - bottom right in the group, the Ponteland bowl for most points (as well as the Guiseppi Cup most points in all AGS shows this year) and a merit cert for Crocus tourneforteii.
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merit certs also went to Alan Furness for Crocus banaticus Snowdrift, Tom Green for a very large Saxifraga fortunei and Ian Kidman for a Viola spathulata . Peter Farkasch won the best foliage plant with Astragalus utahensis.
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Here's a close up of the Viola spatulata shown by Ian Kidman, it was a big potful too, I loved it.
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Is that little Viola not the daintiest little thing? Great glossy looking foliage, too.
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The Newcastle trophy for the best plant in sections 2or 3 went to a Myrteola nummularia shown by Colin and Kath Billington. Bob Worsley received the Inner Eye trophy for most points in section 2 as well as the SRGC bronze medal. Lawrence Peet took the Newcastle bowl for most points in section 3.
A large gold award deservedly went to the local AGS group for their detailed display on the alpine plant hunters - a huge amount of work which filled one end of the hall and for which I am told Mala Janes should get the credit.
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...and now a quick tour of the show starting with class 1 for 3 plants which included the Farrer medal cyclamen (but which is pic 5 in this post) . Class 2 for one plant won by my out of season cassiope. Then class 3 for plants other than cyclamen or gentian. Classes 4,5,6 for shrubs and conifers. Class 7 for 3 large cyclamen.
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on to more cyclamen, foliage as well as flowers, ferns, gentians and some of the many cushion plants.
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more bulbs including the large crocus classes and plants from a specific continent.
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foliage plants of various hues and plants with fruit, seeds or cones
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succulents in variety, mini gardens and an arrangement of foliage without flowers.
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now into smaller pots max size 19cm. Class 46 for three distinct, then three one genus then gesneriads, shrubs and conifers.
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more cyclamen, gentians, cushions and small bulbs
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all sorts of dwarf bulbs
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plants from specific hemispheres or continents and small foliage plants.
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Classes 93 and 94 for 6 types of cut flowers and 5 types of autumn fruits or seeds have become a most attractive feature of this show
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people among the plants
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more
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and others
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the nursery stands are always of interest for conversation as well as purchasing
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people - many enjoying the excellent black pudding and bacon rolls
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and more
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..........a final view of the hall. At 4pm the show closes and plants are removed from the benches remarkably quickly then loaded into cars ready to go home. As always I look forward to other people's more detailed accounts .
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Stan - you have even surpassed your own high standards here - one gets a feeling of having actually visited the show - seen the plants - experienced the giggle of Carol Kellett (- so very smiley, like her dear sister Diane) and the (almost certainly) naughty comments of Brian Smethurst -and I am quite convinced, truly sensed the delicious scent of the bacon butties!
Don Peace does look a little worried that he has managed to squeeze all his lovely plants back into his car - many an exhibitor will know that feeling!
A spectacular report of the show - you must be worn out -thank you so much for these efforts on our behalf.
You have shown such fine views of the benches that we can be in no doubt of the quality of the show - and the view of the car park demonstrates the level of activity from exhibitors and visitors.
Mala Janes has clearly excelled herself ( who would have thought that possible after the "Ruby" display?) with what is without doubt a well-thought out, fascinating and most attractive display.
What a show !
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Hello, I enjoyed the show on Sat the people bacon and black pudding butties the nursery stands and all the plants the Newton family with helpers as usual provided the food plus Judges lunch superb thank you, I will post a few pictures that Stan missed cheers Ian the Christie kind.
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A few more, Ian
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To let folks find the people I mentioned in my previous post :
Carol K. can be seen displaying her great giggle in pix 5203 with Brian Smethurst and in 5182 with Martin Rogerson.
Don Peace is in 5334
Mala Janes is in images 5184 and 5199
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Lovely picture of Rannveig and Bob Wallis which has been "Tweeted" by Don Peace -
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Here's a plant that stubbornly refused to open for the show yesterday. I grew it from SRGC seed two years ago. It is Saussaurea alpina. I would have love to take it to the show but it just didn't cooperate!
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Chris, you should have taken it into the Tearoom. It would have burst into flower in the heat generated by the roaring trade you were doing in there!
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I can't understand how Stan gets his pictures of a show up and running so quickly, takes me forever, however I must say all the pictures so far give a really good impression of the show, it amazes me how year in year out the hall can be filled with such colour and variation, the season may be different each year but still flower power comes up trumps. as Stan has said he hopes others will provide some detail, here is my small selection
As you might expect Cyclamen are one of the main flower power providers at the show and here are a few examples
Cyclamen graecum ssp anatolicum R&B Wallis, winner of the Farrer Medal, they also had
Cyclamen graecum ssp anatolicum
Cyclamen graecum ssp candicum
Cyclamen rohlfsianum
Ian Kidman produced Cyclamen hederifolium 'Lysander' just to make sure that the Wallis clan did not carry off all the red stickers.
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Just how Stan had a very large Cassiope in full bloom at this time of year but he did, rewarded with a well deserved first
Empodium flexile from R&B Wallis
Galanthus peshmenii from Don Peace, he had the most points in the Open Section and he also won the Season Long competition for the most points/wins at all the AGS shows combined thereby winning the Guiseppe Cup, a formidable achievement
Saxifraga fortune rubrifolia shown by Tom Green was also awarded a Certificate of Merit...a picture does not do it justice, was quite the best one I have ever seen
Stan also had a 3 pan exhibit in the Gentian class, another red sticker job...this year there were far fewer gentians on display than normal for this show...the three comprised of G Blue Silk, G Eugens Allerbester and G Berrybank Sky
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Colchicum baytopiorum from R&B Wallis
Crocus tournefortii R&B Wallis
Nerine filifolia from Peter Fakasch
Viola spathulata from Ian Kidman, a Certificate of Merit for this, flowering rather late in season but as well as it ever has
Shortia uniflora grandiflora from Carole and Ian Bainbridge, this foliage exhibit seemed to glow on the bench
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Astragalus utahenesis was the best foliage pan in the show, exhibited by Peter Farkasch. He must have had some close competition for this award when other exhibits included
Leucogenes grandiceps from Alan Furness
Celmisia spedenii from Mala Janes
Celmisia semi-cordata aurigans from Alan Furness
Coprosma petriei from Trevor and Angie Jones
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A selection of crocus exhibits, another mainstay of the Ponteland show
Crocus niveus Don Peace
Crocus banaticus 'Snowdrift' from Alan Furness, a really excellent exhibit
I took a few pictures from 'above' the exhibited crocus for a change of perspective
Crocus cartwrightianus
Crocus mathewii
Crocus goulimyi 'Mani White'...these last three were from Don Peace
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I was particularly taken by
Calluna vulgaris 'Dark Beauty' from Ian Instone...the name describes it perfectly
I was also taken by the 'squares' of
Crassula socialis from Barry Winter
Allium thunbergii alba from Peter Farkasch
Oxalis massoniana from Tim Lever, another exhibit that cried for attention from the bench
Petrocosmia flaccida from Alan Newton...I am sure he felt a bit 'flaccid' by the end of the day but he just had to be delighted with the show.
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Saxifraga fortune from Brian and Shelagh Smethurst, long time show supporters
Oxalis perdicaria 'Citrino' from Tim Lever, I expected them to open up as the day went on but sadly they did not
Pinus mugo ssp rotundifolia 'Jezek' from Dave Riley, a really fine exhibit
Habranthus martinesii from Alan Newton
Class 93 for 6 cut alpine flowers, won by Helen Kidman who I believe won her first gold medal at the show. For those who are interested the flowers were Cyclamen graecum, Geranium Ballerina, Erodium Purple Haze in the back row, Silene pusilla, Cyclamen graecum ssp candicum and Galanthus coryrensis front row
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Last few I think
Cyclamen hederifolium 'Silver Shield' from Bob Worsley has interesting foliage, Bob also exhibited
Cyclamen hederifolium crassifolium
Myrteola nummularia was the best pan in the |Intermediate and Novice Sections, shown by Colin and Kathleen Billington
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Pressed the wrong button so to continue from above
Saxifraga fortune 'Funiko' from Christine Boulby
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Isn't it strange that the Oxalis massoniana opened so well while the Oxalis perdicaria 'Citrino' did not?
I am partial to a neat conifer and that Pinus mugo ssp rotundifolia 'Jezek' fits the bill, but hey, there's not a plant there that isn't a smasher.
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Lovely examples of Saxifraga fortunei from Chris Boulby and the Smethursts whilst mine in the garden sulk horribly. What am I doing wrong?
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What a wonderful variety of plants! Particularly nice to see the Saxifraga fortunei forms after speaking with Susanne Peters at the Great Dixter Plant Fair last weekend. These would make a great display here next autumn if some flower just a few weeks earlier. It's impossible to get such a wide ranging and dramatic mix of plants down here in Kent (we should cultivate our European neighbours more and encourage them to bring plants across the Channel!) but very exciting to see what can come about more in the heartland of alpine growing up north. It sounds as though the Show was really busy - do many visitors sign up to join the AGS and SRGC? I imagine quite a few would have no idea that such Shows occur right around the country and come along especially for this particular Show and all the nursery plants.
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Lovely examples of Saxifraga fortunei from Chris Boulby and the Smethursts whilst mine in the garden sulk horribly. What am I doing wrong?
I don't know, David - but whatever it is, I'm doing it just a badly! Only got a couple of these but the poor things are hanging on by a thread in comparison to those lovely show specimens.
There was a huge Saxifraga fortunei from Tom Green as well, I think - which got a Certificate of Merit.
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I thought, the car will be safe – I’ve left the watch-dog in it!
edit by maggi to add the picture..... ;D
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I don't know, David - but whatever it is, I'm doing it just a badly! Only got a couple of these but the poor things are hanging on by a thread in comparison to those lovely show specimens.
There was a huge Saxifraga fortunei from Tom Green as well, I think - which got a Certificate of Merit.
Hi David, I keep mine in deep shade standing on concrete slabs, water less in summer, but more from late August when they start to put up their lush foliage. They are never kept inside the greenhouse. Here they are in all their glory today. They will all be repotted whilst dormant.
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Hi David, I keep mine in deep shade standing on concrete slabs, water less in summer, but more from late August when they start to put up their lush foliage. They are never kept inside the greenhouse. Here they are in all their glory today. They will all be repotted whilst dormant.
Thanks for that Chris. I've only got a couple, one is I think 'Rubrifolia' and the other is 'Conwy Star' that I bought from Aberconwy earlier this year. Both are in the garden and were in the shade of a Viburnam 'Tinus' but I've recently decimated this to just a couple of feet high because it was riddled with Viburnam beetle. Neither of mine have ever looked particularly happy though. Maybe I'll try them in pots, ot perhaps in a trough and see if they do better. Yours looked lovely.
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Sandy Leven's show report is here : http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/Ponteland2014.pdf (http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/Ponteland2014.pdf)
The report has been online for a couple of days but I forgot to post the link here - :-[ Sorry!
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This is the local newsletter from the Ponteland area - PNV- Pont News and Views - see page 3 for photos and a report from Alan Furness on the recent Ponteland show :
http://www.ponteland-tc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/PNV-Nov-14-issue-110.pdf (http://www.ponteland-tc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/PNV-Nov-14-issue-110.pdf)
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Great coverage and lovely photo too!