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Title: CNB Perennial Information Show, Lisse, NL.
Post by: Lvandelft on September 14, 2008, 07:00:45 PM

Last Friday there was in the same Show Hall, where the Weekly Flowershow in Lisse is held,
the yearly Perennial Show of CNB Greenteam, where producers can show their products
and/or novelties of perennials.
CNB Greenteam is a intermediaries agency for perennials in the Netherlands.
First some Astilbe of the relatively new Music Series and one older cultivar:
         
Astilbe Boogie Woogie             
Astilbe Diamonds and Pearls               
Astilbe Drum and Bass         
Astilbe Rhythm and Beat             

Astilbe Red Sentinel

Title: Re: CNB Perennial Information Show, Lisse, NL.
Post by: Lvandelft on September 14, 2008, 07:02:32 PM

Then some other plants not often seen:

Aconitum Cloudy             
Agastache Summerglow     
Hedychium densiflorum Assam Orange       
Hedychium densiflorum Stephen         
Ratibida columnifera   

Title: Re: CNB Perennial Information Show, Lisse, NL.
Post by: Lvandelft on September 14, 2008, 07:03:49 PM

And finally some Echinacea where the range of colours since the last 10 years extemely
changed.
A great challenge for breeders seem to be the "double"forms.
Here I show one of the most recent cultivars.
The second picture shows how the flower starts to open and the last one
shows the final colour, which is dark orange.

Echinacea     
Echinacea Hot Papaya 1         
Echinacea Hot Papaya 2       

Title: Re: CNB Perennial Information Show, Lisse, NL.
Post by: Armin on September 14, 2008, 08:07:07 PM

Impressive perennials, a fireworks of colors, fiting to autumn and best placed in an open garden.

Title: Re: CNB Perennial Information Show, Lisse, NL.
Post by: Gerdk on September 15, 2008, 06:26:43 AM

Luit,
Super show. Love the Hedychium and of course the Ratibida especially.

Gerd

Title: Re: CNB Perennial Information Show, Lisse, NL.
Post by: fermi de Sousa on September 16, 2008, 09:13:03 AM

Luit,
Fantastic stuff - those astilbes look like fairy floss!
I especially like that Agastache "Summerglow".
Keep up the good work on letting us see all these wonders.
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: CNB Perennial Information Show, Lisse, NL.
Post by: Lvandelft on September 16, 2008, 04:29:31 PM

Thanks for the nice comments!
Fermi, I do what I can. Not difficult, because I love to see the development in plants. 

Title: Re: CNB Perennial Information Show, Lisse, NL.
Post by: David Nicholson on September 16, 2008, 07:23:02 PM

I've not heard of Ratibida before, how tall does it grow please Luit

Title: Re: CNB Perennial Information Show, Lisse, NL.
Post by: Lvandelft on September 16, 2008, 08:42:18 PM

Quote from: David Nicholson on September 16, 2008, 07:23:02 PM

I've not heard of Ratibida before, how tall does it grow please Luit

David, this plant was in a square 9 cm. pot and about 25 cm.
Therefore I presume it will become about 50 cm.
I never saw it before here too.

Title: Re: CNB Perennial Information Show, Lisse, NL.
Post by: David Nicholson on September 16, 2008, 08:52:35 PM

Thank you Luit.

Title: Re: CNB Perennial Information Show, Lisse, NL.
Post by: Gerdk on September 17, 2008, 06:50:08 AM

David, Luit,
Saw the Ratibida in Erich Pasche's garden last Saturday - a height of more than 1 m.
Although it looks a little bit leggy it was a spectacular plant because of its outstanding flowers.

Gerd

Title: Re: CNB Perennial Information Show, Lisse, NL.
Post by: Lvandelft on September 17, 2008, 09:21:32 AM

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Although it looks a little bit leggy

That's why I hoped it was not higher than 50 cm.  ;D
But I really did not know.

Title: Re: CNB Perennial Information Show, Lisse, NL.
Post by: Brian Ellis on September 17, 2008, 09:21:52 AM

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I've not heard of Ratibida before

Sometimes seen in seed packets for plants for children to grow  ;D as 'The Mexican Hat Plant', now I wonder why :-\

Title: Re: CNB Perennial Information Show, Lisse, NL.
Post by: David Nicholson on September 17, 2008, 09:25:18 AM

Far too tall for my windy garden, thank you Gerd.

Title: Re: CNB Perennial Information Show, Lisse, NL.
Post by: Lesley Cox on September 23, 2008, 09:50:14 PM

I'm pretty sure there were pics of a much larger, yellow Ratibida species among Kristl's postings. Maybe to about 1.8 metres?

Title: Re: CNB Perennial Information Show, Lisse, NL.
Post by: Maggi Young on September 24, 2008, 02:30:46 PM

I think this is the reference , Lesley...

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1699.msg54274;topicseen#msg54274
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