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Specific Families and Genera => Iris => Topic started by: chasw on February 20, 2015, 06:44:57 PM

Title: Iris at the RHS Halls today
Post by: chasw on February 20, 2015, 06:44:57 PM: A few pictures
Alan McMurtrie giving his talk
and some of his Iris on display
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Post by: chasw on February 20, 2015, 06:45:54 PM: 3 more
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Post by: Matt T on February 20, 2015, 06:53:27 PM: Chas, your first pic showing a sea of Irises is simply stunning.
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Post by: David Nicholson on February 20, 2015, 06:56:04 PM: Thanks for posting Chas, beautiful.
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Post by: Brian Ellis on February 20, 2015, 07:20:06 PM: Well done Alan and thanks for showing us Chas, some beauties there.
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Post by: mark smyth on February 20, 2015, 07:20:43 PM: wow what a sight!

Who had the Iris display?
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Post by: chasw on February 20, 2015, 07:30:45 PM: It was Jaques Amand,(not sure I've spelt that right)
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Post by: annew on February 20, 2015, 07:54:03 PM: Fabulous!
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Post by: chasw on February 20, 2015, 08:25:50 PM: Alan could have talked for hours,but only had an hour slot,and they did signal to him when his time was up......................................shame
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Post by: Lesley Cox on February 23, 2015, 08:27:01 AM: How wonderful to see these. How I wish I could have been there. Thanks for sharing these pictures Chas. ;D
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Post by: Tim Ingram on February 23, 2015, 09:03:15 AM: Lesley - have a look at Jon Evan's pictures too (under events lower down). These irises were just amazing. I suppose the question is, how many will make such good garden plants as 'Katherine Hodgkin' (?) which is flowering brilliantly with us at the moment and persists well in the garden. Certainly worth playing and experimenting with conditions to find what suits these 'reticulatas' best.
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Post by: Lesley Cox on February 24, 2015, 08:26:21 PM: Thanks Tim, I'll do that now. :)
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Post by: art600 on February 25, 2015, 02:16:56 PM: Quote from: chasw on February 20, 2015, 08:25:50 PM
Alan could have talked for hours,but only had an hour slot,and they did signal to him when his time was up......................................shame

Chas

When he was asked to speak, he thought he could mange 20 minutes. John Amand said he had 30 minutes. In the event he spoke easily for one hour. a real treat for all present.

Thanks for the photos - I found I had left my small camera in the car :(
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Post by: Maggi Young on February 26, 2015, 12:41:05 PM: A few more photos of Alan McMurtrie and the Jacques Amand Gold medal winning stand at the recent RHS London show. Pix by Colin Crosbie and Nesta Amand

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Colin wrote "Alan McMurtrie, the master and his plants"

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Iris reticulata pic by Colin Crosbie

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Shots of Jacques Amand's Gold Medal Stand
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Post by: ChrisB on February 26, 2015, 04:19:20 PM: Superb display thanks for sharing!