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SRGC Shows and Events => Events => Topic started by: Maggi Young on April 07, 2009, 05:53:39 PM
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Hope all those off to the AGS Show at Cleveland this coming Saturday have a grand day out.....
Saturday, 11 April 2009 - 12.00 noon to 4.00 pm
at IAN RAMSEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL, NORTH SITE, GREEN’S LANE/FAIRFIELD ROAD, FAIRFIELD, STOCKTON-ON-TEES, TS18 5AJ.
From A1 take A66 East OR from A19 take A66 West; at Eaglescliffe and Hartburn turn-off, follow signs for Hartburn; half mile then turn left after Parkwood Hotel
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Its always a very cheery day inside, nearly always perishing outside (after all its Easter and a public holiday) so take some warm clothing. The food on offer via, the members and the school canteen, is very tasty (for the food addicts amongst us) and the plant sales tables are always too tempting by half!
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I would hate anyone to get the idea that we rock gardeners are just a bunch of ravenous gluttons.... :o and it is true that all that work outside can make you peckish.....but I cannot deny my ears pricked up at your tales of good grub at Cleveland 8) Another reason not to miss it!
Got many plants to take, George?
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I cannot deny my ears pricked up at your tales of good grub at Cleveland 8) Another reason not to miss it!
Home made hot cross buns, no less, if usual traditions are upheld :P
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Home made hot cross buns, no less, if usual traditions are upheld
WOW!
Important to have something tasty to fuel the plant discussions, though, I always think ::)
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Exhibitors always get a free cup of tea/coffee and a hot cross bun (as well as bacon butties etc) available after staging your plants. For the first time ever I have struggled to find primulas to exhibit but am taking a few just to fill the benches. The frits and iris look ok...at least they did when I loaded the car...got stopped by torrential rain so will hope I get up early enough to finish as I lioke to be there early to get parked where I do not have to carry things to far....old age you know. Will have the camera this week so will get pictures...she who must be obeyed wanted it last week when I was at Chesterfield so no pics from me.
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Hope everyone has a great day at Cleveland show and happy Easter wishes to you all
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Hope you and the plants travel well, George..... good luck!
Maybe the Easter Bunny might bring you your own camera.... ::)
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Another superb show held today at Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland on a warm, dry but slightly overcast day. Show Secretary; Norma Pagdin and her excellent team of helpers should be congratulated for such a successful event. The Farrer Medal for best exhibit in the Show went to 'who else' but Geoff Rollinson from Holmfirth, West Yorkshire with his very tight and superbly flowered Androsace.
A few images before tea ...
Cleveland Show venue
Bench colour
anemone pallida
Farrer Medal winning Androsace
Lewisia tweedyi
Paris quadrifolia
Soldanella hungarica
Superb three pan from Tony Lee
Magnificent prize-winning six pan from Ian Kidman
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Looks like a super show indeed, Cliff..... unusually for a sports hall , the light seems quite good, too... there is so often that yellow cast that makes the super show plants .... and all the people :P...... look a bit seasick! That in itself must cheer Norma and her team.
Geoff is having a grand year ;D
Even your first glimpses show that there are better Soldanellas on the benches this year than there have been for some time.
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Tony Lee's 3-pan is very smart. Interesting variety but managing a balance .....hard to explain how some combinations "work" aesthetically.... but you know it when you see it! :D
Neat six pan from "Kidders".......he'll be pleased with that.
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I wonder what the Pudsey Piglets had for lunch? Cliff must be in tip-top condition if he is hungry enough for his tea ::) .... what a professional (eater) that chap is! ;)
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The people who do the catering for us are wonderful, and we had great bacon butties on arrival, plus a FREE, home made hot cross bun and coffee. How generous is that! Here are the buns folks
The nurseries were all there with goodies to tempt everyone
And there were lots of people you might recognise there too
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And here are a few shots you might want to caption
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And now the plants. Some super things to drool over, as always.
Androsace-villosa-Torica-Be
Benthamiella- from Terry-Teal.
Cymbidium-goeringii- from W&J-Wright.
Corydalis- from Tommy-Anderson
Daphne-petraea-Lydora from -Lionel (?)
E.-oregonum- from Ian-Leslie
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A few more....
F.-aff.-bithynica- D-Pickard
Freesia-viridis
F-viridis- Sue-Gill.
Ipheion-Rolf-Fiedler -Tony-Lee
Iris pumila George Young
Iris-pumila -Robert-Rolfe
Lewisia-tweedyi -Barry-Winter
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More....
Mini-Garden- John-Dower
Mini-Garden -Sue-Gill
Narcissus -bulbocodium -Sue Gill
Omphalogramma-forrestii -W-&. J Wright(?)
Primula marginata 'Pritchard's variety. Joan Bradbury
Primula -tangutica -Sue Gill
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more....
Sanguinaria canadensis 'Multiplex -John-Richards
Sauders-Salver 3pan -J-Green
Soldanellas -W-&-J-Wright
Tropaeolum -azureum- F-&-P-Brady
Viola-jooi- Clare-Oates
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And a couple of long shots of the hall
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I wonder what the Pudsey Piglets had for lunch? Cliff must be in tip-top condition if he is hungry enough for his tea ::) .... what a professional (eater) that chap is! ;)
Maggi ... I only had steak and kidney pie, chips and veg ... no starter, no sweet (apart from a TINY Kit-Kat from the car). A starvation diet and it was over 110 miles home ... Roll on Pudsey Show and a chance to nibble properly.
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Heavens, Lad, thee'll waste awaa!
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Many thanks to all for the fab. pix... if only we did not live in the far flung north - but then I wouldn't transplant easily :)
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Well folks, I have about one hundred images to post but unfortunately won't have the time (or energy) to name them all or list the titles in the body of the text. On the assumption that you would rather see the images without titles than miss them altogether (though the labels are obvious on many of them) then I will post them this evening ...
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Must have been a short night Cliff? But I heard somewhere that people in pension don't need
any more beauty sleep ;D
I am a bit shocked seeing the last picture though, with a label of Scilla, because I see
a lot of Muscari. ???
BTW great pictures by Chris and you as always.
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Many thanks, Luit.
All nights are VERY short when one reaches this great age!
The labels on some show plants have to be seen to be believed ... this particular plant was labelled Scilla armeniacum and there was even one entitled Pimulla (instead of Primula) on the bench yesterday. Doesn't detract from the beauty of the accompanying plants - just gives an added smile as one tours the benches!
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A bit late off the mark so I see so there may be some repetition of photographs. The show was as good as ever, wide range of genera on display.
Androsace robusta ssp robusta Don Peace
Androsace villosa taurica Geoff Rollinson Farrer Medal
Androsace x aretiodes Chris Lilley
Dionysia 'Ewesley Lambda' Ian Kidman
Paris quadrifolia Della Kerr
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The labels on some show plants have to be seen to be believed ... this particular plant was labelled Scilla armeniacum and there was even one entitled Pimulla (instead of Primula) on the bench yesterday. Doesn't detract from the beauty of the accompanying plants - just gives an added smile as one tours the benches!
Well , yes, though how someone could imagine that the correct name for that pot of erythronium was purdyi is a mystery! Seems erythroniums are frequently misnamed!
But off to the BBc now, more time to study the show later!!
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Anisitome imbricata imbricata Geoff Rollinson
Benthamiella patagonica Terry Teal
Corydalis cahmeriana Alan Spenceley
Hymenoxis lapidicola Brian Burrows
Saxifraga diapensiodes Geoff Mawson
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Next are a batch of primulas. There were not so many on the benches this year, most P allionii being over, however there were still some fine plants on view, some not so common
P.albenensis George Young
P. allionii x 'Durham' Ian Kidman
P tangutica Sue Gill...sorry not the best picture, was a lovely plant
P bracteata Geoff Rollinson
P balbisii John Richards
P rusbyi Ian Kidman
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Next come a selection that caught my eye
Anacamtis longicornu (not quite certain of the name) Geoff Rollinson
Iris pumila JCA collection George Young
Fritillaria tuntasia F & P Bundy
Ipheon 'Rolf Fiedler' Tony Lee
Narcissus 'Solveigs Song' Les Brown
Freesia viridis Sue Gill a South African plant, not easy to photograph
Omphalogramma forrestii (two pictures)
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Last few
Cassiope lycopodoides 'Jim Lever' Alan Spenceley
Anemonella thalictroides
Townsendia rothrockii Tom Green
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Pressed the send button instead of next picture. There may be a few more later in the day
Townsendia rothrockii Tom Green
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Oh My Flippin' Gawd!!!!!!!!! :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
I rarely come into the show section, and seeing this topic I am reminded why..... I get so green with envy over all those wonderful plants, and sick to the stomach over how anyone can grow them as perfectly as that. ;D ;)
Absolutely stunning!!! Thank you all for the wonderful pics. :-*
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Thanks Cliff, Chris and George for taking the time and the trouble to post some lovely pictures of some cracking plants. My favourite has to be Ian Kidman's Primula x allionii 'Durham' what a beautiful plant.
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There were so many primulas there, David, ditto Lewisias. They take one's breath away.... was hard to choose which to take pictures of. The Tropeolum azureum was just amazing. From the table it must have been 4 ft high. It is quite extraordinary how a plant can generate that many flowers from the wiry stems it produces.
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Thanks George and Chris for your superb images ... and thanks folks for all your kind remarks.
A few more images ... apologies for any duplicates with other postings.
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image 5559-2 ... the Phylliopsis 'Sugar Plum' is a cutie ....look at the size of those flowers!
Why is it that close-ups of Iris blooms always make me think of expensive party dresses? ::)
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Re Ian Kidmans P allionii x 'Durham'...some info. Ian got the plant some years ago from the Thompsons, who breed the 'Lindum' range of plants, as an unamed cultivar. He grew it on and the Thompsons lost the original plant so Ian was left with the only one. Being Ian he grew the plant on, has split it/propogated it and has passed some plants around, his last bit going toS susan Tindall in N Ireland 2 weeks ago. It is indeed a lovely plant, flowers over an extended period and a flower of good size and an attractive creamy colour. My single one stemmed plant flowered for 2 weeks before going over. The name 'Durham' was one Ian gave it as the cultivar did not have a name and being close to Durham he thought that it was a suitable name
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My final batch from Cleveland ... Solihull AGS Show this weekend ... entries to Diane Clement please.
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Thanks Cliff, Chris and George for the beautiful pictures of super plants
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image 5559-2 ... the Phylliopsis 'Sugar Plum' is a cutie ....look at the size of those flowers!
I think that lovely plant came from the Smethurst stable in Bury? A beauty ...
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Smart foliage class, too.... and I even agree with the judges!! ;D
Can anyone remember if that startlingly orange Lewisia had a cultivar name? It shines out of the photos like a belisha beacon :o
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Yet another from the Black-Pudding girl, I believe?
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Just checked my other images and that vibrant Lewisia is labelled Lewisia cotyledon 'Sunset Strain'.
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The Lewisia cotyledon selections which became named as 'Sunset Strain' were originally made by Jack Drake's Inshriach Nursery in the early 1960's. Very nice indeed.
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The Lewisia cotyledon selections which became named as 'Sunset Strain' were originally made by Jack Drake's Inshriach Nursery in the early 1960's. Very nice indeed.
Yes, that's right, David. Some time since I saw quite such a bright example.... a cheery reminder of days gone by marveling at the huge display of these plants at Inshriach ..... I swear you could see them in the dark :D