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SRGC Shows and Events => SRGC Shows Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Maggi Young on September 17, 2018, 03:45:37 PM
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Newcastle Plant Show in Ponteland - hosted by AGS in conjunction with Scottish Rock Garden Club.
This year under AGS rules
Saturday 6th October 2018 from 11:00-15:30
Ponteland Memorial Hall
Darras Rd, NE20 9NX Ponteland
See an array of finely-grown alpine plants and pick up a few for your own garden from the specialist nurseries.
NURSERIES ATTENDING
Hartside
Aberconwy
Edrom Nurseries
Choice Landscapes
Buried Treasure
Ryal
More info: http://bit.ly/ags-newcastle (http://bit.ly/ags-newcastle)
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Best in Show in 2017 winning the Forrest Medal at Ponteland Show under SRGC Rules - Crocus banaticus 'Snowdrift' grown by Alan Furness - pic by Alan Gardner
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Remember - Ponteland Show is this coming Saturday 6th October .....
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in the show hall, 2017
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A bit late to remind folks but Maggi's pictures may whet your appetite.
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Far from sure that this lot will survive the drive to the show tomorrow morning !
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hmm, some very careful cornering is called for there, I think Stan! Go safe and enjoy the show!!
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A few Gentiana photos from Ponteland from Ian Smith.... three Scottish bred plants and one from Wales! Sorry- no idea who they belong to.
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'Saltire'
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'The Caley'
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'Oban'
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'Gorau Glas'
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A few photos taken by Alan Gardner.....
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Cyclamen from Peter Hood
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Cyclamen graecum candicum from Bob and Rannveig Wallis
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Another from the Wallis team - Cyclamen hederifolium crassifolium
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Lovely three pan bulbs from Don Peace
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Tommy Anderson's cyclamen
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Alan's eye was taken by the super gentians, too!
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Maggi, can you put a like button on the forum,? I keep looking for the symbol to click. ;D
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The first exhibit to strike the eye on entering the hall was a very large floral version of the North Coast 500 mounted by Mike Dale. it received a well deserved large gold medal.
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The Farrer medal was won by Bob & Rannveig Wallis with Empodium flexile. They also won the EB Anderson prize for 6 small pots an exhibit which included a floriferous Cyclamen maritimum -back right - which won the Ewesley salver for best cyclamen in a 19cm pot. Bob & Rannveig also received a merit certificate for Galanthus peshmenii.
Ian & Maria Leslie received the Patricia Furness Vase for a well flowered Sternbergia and the David Boyd award for best gentian in a 19 cm pot with one of several examples of The Caley in the show.
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George Young took the award for best foliage plant with an Ozothamnus while Ian Instone received a merit certificate for his immaculate Arenaria. David & Liz Livermore won the Inner Eye for the Intermediate section as well as another SRGC bronze medal while Maggie Duguid won the Newcastle Bowl for Section C and the Newcastle Trophy for her Saxifraga Fumiko. By bringing rather a lot of foliage plants and a few gentians your correspondent won the Ponteland Bowl for most first points.
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Some general views. I'm told there were 272 entries totalling 395 plants from 37 exhibitors in the Open section
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round the benches with a failing camera battery-its a nice old hall but the natural light is not great, artificial lights are on and colours can be different to daylight.
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still on bench 1 side1 then ono side 2 with foliage plants
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along side 2
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moving to second bench with lots of cyclamen
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ferns, gentians, cushions then bulbs in variety
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on round the end of bench 2
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finishing last side with sections 2 & 3.
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What is North Coast 500 please?
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Stan thanks again for the pictures. I was in Newcastle on Tuesday, , always there on the wrong day or the wrong time :-[
Angie :)
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plants with interesting info added
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People among the plants
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and others
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People doing things
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Finally a photo of a photographer who then joined his colleagues in clearing away. The show closed at 3.30 pm -all plants were into cars and on the road by 4pm.
But there is 2019 to look forward to.
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What is North Coast 500 please?
North Coast 500 is a route around some of the attractive northern roads - being marketed as a tourist attraction in Scotland which is proving quite popular. Visit Scotland call it "Scotland's Route 66 "
Read more :
https://www.northcoast500.com/ (https://www.northcoast500.com/)
https://www.visitscotland.com/see-do/tours/driving-road-trips/north-coast-500/ (https://www.visitscotland.com/see-do/tours/driving-road-trips/north-coast-500/)
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Congratulations to Bob and Rannveig Wallis for their success at the show, inlcuding the Farrer Medal - and to all the exhibitors for supporting the show.
Marvelous job by Stan in bringing us his photos to allow those of us unable to attend to see what we missed - if not actually taste the bacon butties!!
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I see I am late as usual in posting pictures, Stan and I had a chat during the show, he said he was worried re the battery of his camera and hoped it would hold out long enough so I said I would do my usual detail stuff and he could stick to his normal show picture routine. As he says the light in the hall is just adequate so most of my stuff is using the flash which does change flower colour a bit even after some editing. I will do my 'usual' run through the show with pictures of plants that caught my eye, not all winning plants.
Liriope muscari from Rod and Hilary Price in class 2
Oxalis lobata from Bob and Rannveig Wallis (B&RW from now on)
Cryptomeria japonica 'Tenzan Sugi' from Stan da Prato, winner of most points in the Open section
Cyclamen maritinum in 7 from B&RW. They also had
Cyclamen hederifolium ssp crassifolium in 8, a jolly large panful
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Cyclamen graecum CE98 373D from Ann and Michael Morton (9)
Cyclamen persicum from Bob Worsley (11), cyclamen for foliage effect, I will show more pictures later
Woodsia obtusa from Don Peace (12)
Saxifraga fortunei rubrifolia from Bob Worsley (14)
Three pan cushion Class 17, some really good cushions on show
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Gentiana 'Oban' from Ian and Maria Leslie (I&ML) in 15
Gentiana sino-ornata from Stan da Prato in 15
Gentiana 'The Caley' from Mala Janes (16)
Arenaria alfacarensis from Ian Instone in 18, earned a Certificate of Merit
Galanthus peshmenii Kastellorizo form from B&RW in 19
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Empodium flexile, The Farrer Medal plant from Bob and Rannveig again, they have won a few this year, well done
Scilla lingulata v ciliolata from I&ML in 20
Ozothamnus coralloides from me in 31, won the Millenium Trophy best foliage plant, it's in a 36cm pot so getting on the heavy side to cart around
Ledbouria socialis from Bob Worsley in 32
A plant I did not get the full name of but is ? planiscapus 'Little Tabby' from Brian and Shelagh Smethurst, the name amused me!
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Gaultheria mucronata from Barry Winter in 35
Semperivivum ciliosum from Martin Rogerson, AGS Director of Shows so a busy chap, was a very large pan
Sedum furfuraceum from S da P
Alan Newton had a very busy day (as usual), not only showing a fine range of plants, keeping folk right! and working for what it seemed all day in the catering along with Brenda producing some fine food to eat, a vast amount of food seemed to be consumed during the day. Alan had
Cyclamen maritinum and
Oxalis perdicaria in 46, a three pan exhibit
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Continuing on with Class 46, Don Peace earned the red sticker with the next three plants
Crocus cartwrightianus
Sternbergia greuteriana and
Cyclamen cilicium
Viola stojanowii from Tom Green in 47
Petrocosmea flaccida from Alan Newton (50)
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Saxifraga fortunei 'Shiranami' from Tom Green (51)
Clematis heracleifolia 'Pink Dwarf' from Christine Boulby (52)
Cyclamen hederifolium 'Ice Rose' from Tommy Anderson (55). He also had
Cyclamen hederifolium 'Tilebarn Greville' in the foliage class 56, caught my eye
Gentiana 'Troon' from S da P in 63, not seen any tweets from Trump yet about this
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I said earlier re cyclamen and foliage and three nice ones came from B&R Wallis in 56
Cyclamen mirabile
Cyclamen maritinum and
Cyclamen graecum ssp graecum
They also had
Narcissus obsoletus in 67
Sternbergia sicula ssp graeca from I & M Leslie in 69
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Great to see your photos too, George.
Re amount of food consumed through the day - if it were not so delicious folk wouldn't scoff so much! There's often a clue!! ;D ;D
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Sandy Leven has sent his report of the Farrer Medal winning plant from Bob and Rannveig Wallis :
http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/Farrer-Ponteland-show2018.pdf (http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/Farrer-Ponteland-show2018.pdf)
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Crocus xantholaimos from David Millward in 71. In the same class
Crocus pulchellus from Jim Watson
Aruncus aesthulifolius from Alan Newton in 73, is a splendid specimen
Oxalis massoniana from I & M Leslie on 74
Crocus niveus from Alan Furness in 91
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Two plants from Class 78, plants from New Zealand
Celmisia monroi from Alan Furness and
Celmisia spedenii from me.
Tanacetum leontopodium from Alan Newton (again!) in 81, a lovely specimen
Berberis thunbergii 'Dwarf Form' from Carol Kellett in 83, she says she has had it many years
Campanula troegerae from Lawrence Peet (90)
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Saxifraga fortunei 'Sibyll Trewlaney JP' in 96 from Maggie Duguid, a strange but eye catching plant. She also had
Clematis heracleifolia 'Pink Dwarf' in 111, I know I have posted a pic already but I wonder if she knows Christine Boulby
Fuschia microphylla from David & Liz Livermore (98)
Cyclamen graecum from Ann & Michael Morton (113)
Winner of the Miniature Garden Class (40) was Peter Hood
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Pleased to say nearing the end.
An interesting gentian from Alan Newton in 87
Gentiana rhodantha
Raoulia eximia shown by me in 88, grown from seed obtained via Ian Christie and is the only survivor from 5 germinated. It is only small, I only took it because I might not survive the winter but quite a few folk were pleased to see it.
All in all it was a decent show with a nice balance to flower power and foliage, there seemed to be a good many visitors through the door, and yes Maggi the food was good with plenty of variety to choose from as us old folk can be a bit picky!!.
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North Coast 500 is a route around some of the attractive northern roads - being marketed as a tourist attraction in Scotland which is proving quite popular. Visit Scotland call it "Scotland's Route 66 "
Read more :
https://www.northcoast500.com/ (https://www.northcoast500.com/)
https://www.visitscotland.com/see-do/tours/driving-road-trips/north-coast-500/ (https://www.visitscotland.com/see-do/tours/driving-road-trips/north-coast-500/)
Thanks for that Maggi, at least we've done our bit for Visit Scotland, will the tenner be in the post? ;D
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If only, David!
I'm diverted by another project which I think may be a good earner ... having a busy evening working out how to liquidise a bacon butty, bearing in mind the aging visitors to the shows........ ::)
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The bacon butty specials must be a North east thing. They included a slice of black pudding. Worth going to the show for.
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I'm diverted by another project which I think may be a good earner ... having a busy evening working out how to liquidise a bacon butty, bearing in mind the aging visitors to the shows........ ::)
Odd really I've been considering marketing a line of stainless steel teeth ;)
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Would you believe it, the pub we have lunched at for years had stopped doing food. Ian Kidman who has local knowledge directed us the wonderful Fish and Chip shop on the precinct where we enjoyed a lovely Al Fresco meal.
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Sandy Leven's Ponteland Show Report :
http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/Ponteland-show-2018.pdf (http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/Ponteland-show-2018.pdf)
Thank you, Sandy!