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SRGC Shows and Events => Events => Topic started by: ranunculus on March 20, 2010, 06:44:04 PM
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Just returned (exhausted) from our East Lancashire AGS Show at Whitworth and we are thrilled to announce that this year's event proved a resounding success for Show Secretary; Carol Kellett and her hard-working team. A host of wonderful entries and well-contested classes all over the benches.
A memorable day for Mark Childerhouse from Brigg who gained his first Farrer Medal with a magnificent Saxifraga 'Mary Golds.
Many more images to follow I'm sure as forum cameras were well in evidence?
FARRER MEDAL WINNER : SAXIFRAGA 'MARY GOLDS'
3-PAN SAXIFRAGA CLASS
FIRST TIME FARRER MEDAL WINNER MARK CHILDERHOUSE (HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS MARK)
FARRER MEDAL EXHIBIT
MARK CHILDERHOUSE AND GEOFF MAWSON
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Hi, Cliff..... you are quick on the draw! We're just back from the Stirling Show in Dunblane but we're not so speedy as you with the pix!
Sounds like a good day was had by all.... huge congratulations to Mark Childerhouse on winning the Farrer with the superb plant.... are we absolutely sure it's not made of cake and icing? So large and so pink!! Lovely!
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What a super Farrer Medal plant !
Congratulations with the obviously successful Show Cliff.
Regarding you were up and on the Forum at 5 AM today you MUST be exhausted ::) ::) ;D
Time for your medicine soon :D :D and a good long sleep (for your beauty!)
Cheers!
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Come on Mr B, you don't need sleep, where are the other pics?? ;D
What a cracking Farrer obviously a class grower there. I do envy you lot from Brum upwards, so easy for you to get to a whole lot of Shows whereas, here, at the end of the known world, even Luc and LucS find it easier to get to Kent and Essex than I do!
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Come on Mr B, you don't need sleep, where are the other pics?? ;D
;D ;D ;D Snore, snore, snore!
BENCH COLOUR
BENCH SHOT
BENCH VIEW
DURING STAGING
FARRER CONTENDER SAXIFRAGA 'COOLOCK GEM' EXHIBITED BY GEOFF ROLLINSON
IRIS RETICULATA
JUDGES PONDER
JUDGING BEST PAN OF RANUNCULACEAE (WON BY THE PULSATILLA VERNALIS OF DAVE RILEY)
SUPERB MINIATURE GARDEN CLASS WON BY THE INIMITABLE JOHN DOWER
PRIMULA 'ARDUAINE'
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SAXIFRAGA 'COOLOCK KATE'
SAXIFRAGA 'PINK STAR'
SAXIFRAGA LILACINA
SCOLIOPUS BIGELOVII
TRILLIUM NIVALE
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Hi, Cliff..... you are quick on the draw! We're just back from the Stirling Show in Dunblane but we're not so speedy as you with the pix!
Sounds like a good day was had by all.... huge congratulations to Mark Childerhouse on wimnnig the Farrer with the superb plant.... are we absolutely sure it's not made of cake and icing? So large and so pink!! Lovely!
I'm the one who came home with the cake....first prize in the raffle ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Great show again this year - lovely plants and lovely people.
Thank you to all involved, especially Hilary Price who made the cake :) :) :)
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Whoops, forgot the picture....
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Wow, Vivien, now that's what I call a good raffle prize!!
Congraulations.... if it tastes half as good as it looks it'll be delicious.
Carol K. and her Team have some grand ideas for a great show, don't they?!!
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Lovely pictures Cliff,the ones of the judges pondering certainly shows some young blood is needed in the society!
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Wow, Vivien, now that's what I call a good raffle prize!!
What true luck. Had that been an SRGC Show Vivien, poor soul, would have been required to send it off to the Moderator for quality assurance.
johnw
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A few pics from me. Thanks to Carol and her team for a organizing a great show and the east lancs group for a friendly welcome, even giving away buns and pie at the end.
A couple of shots of the hall.
What a difference this weeks weather made to the amount of colour on the benches.
Bench shots of different classes.
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Another shot of the Farrer winner plus a couple of Saxifrage 'Coolock Gem' from Geoff Rollinson. How they get them to flower like that I dont know. See my attempt in sectbsaxifraga picture above.
A couple of Cyclamen coum.
3 pans distinct and 3 pan dwarf narcissus
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6 pan entry
A couple of Celmisia.
A new Corydalis cross with notes.
Corydalis
A touch of white fever Galanthus 'Sophie North'
Hepatica nobilis and close up
Pulsatilla vernalis
and finally Trillium
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Well that was a lovely start to my Sunday morning. enjoyed every picture. Wish my plants would grown like those in the pictures the only thing that I get to grow is myself , I suppose the hot cross bun that I have just ate didn't help ::)
Thanks for posting the pictures it looks as if you had a good turn out.
Angie :)
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Congratulations on winning the cake Viv :) However, not the only thing looking good enough to eat at the show!
What a fantastic lot of exhibits photographed showing such talent in growing - 'tip top' as they would say here in Switzerland....
Many thanks for bringing us these delights over the internet Cliff ad Mick - the 6 pan entry is magnificent as are the Saxifraga, Primula 'ARDUAINE' and that extraordinary SCOLIOPUS BIGELOVII 8)
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Yay, Jim Lad!
Sorry, but one does like to see ones progeny do well.... What was the other nice narcissus at the back - N jacetanus something, I think?
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Yay, Jim Lad!
Sorry, but one does like to see ones progeny do well.... What was the other nice narcissus at the back - N jacetanus something, I think?
It was a very nice 3 pan exhibit. The one at the back was N asturiensis "Fuente De" shown by Ivor Betteridge. There's another picture of it here at Loughborough in Reply #7:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=5098.0 (http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=5098.0)
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Thanks folks ... and thanks to Mick for his excellent images.
A few more this morning, concentrating more on the faces than the flowers.
JUDGING THE FARRER
From left to right:- John Forrest, Robert Rolfe, Don Peace, Dave Mountfort, Dave Riley, Brian Burrow, Ian Kidman, Tony Rymer, Ivor Betteridge, George Young, Ian Leslie, Geoff Mawson - Judges missing from the image - Alan Furness, Geoff Rollinson (one of his plants was in contention for this particular award) and reserve judge Jim Almond.
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A few of the prize winners receiving their well-deserved awards from Geoff Mawson.
Ivor Betteridge - Grainger Trophy for most first prize points in the Open Section.
Margaret Pickering - Mona Knowles Trophy for most first prize points in intermediate section.
Norman Davies - Eileen Lever Memorial Trophy for most first prize points in novice section.
Ian Kidman - AGS Medal for 6 pans rock plants distinct
Brian Burrow - Roger Smith Cup for 6 pans rock plants distinct raised from seed by the exhibitor.
Margaret Taziker - East Lancashire Trophy for an exhibitor who has not yet won a first at an AGS national show.
Don Peace - Leander Trophy for best small 3-pan in the show.
Vera Buck - Merlewood Trophy for the best plant in the intermediate section. Callianthemum kernerianum.
Tony Taziker - Booker Trophy for the best plant in the novice section. Dionysia viscidula.
Barbara Hoyle, who with husband Frank won the Jeanne Finch Memorial Trophy for most first prize points by an East Lancashire Local Group Member.
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Dave Riley - Jim Lever Memorial Trophy for best pan of Ranunculaceae with Pulsatilla vernalis.
Geoff Rollinson - Two Certificates of Merit for Saxifraga 'Coolock Gem' and Saxifraga 'Coolock Kate' with East Lancs Group Vice-Chair; John Dower in charge of the trophy distribution.
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Wonderful pictures Cliff and Mick. It's a good job I spotted your camera card on the floor Mick else we would have missed a treat. Hilary Price makes a 'Simenel Cake' each year for our show and gives all the details regarding it's provenance. They always look wonderful and are greatly appreciated. I don't know if the recipe for that has featured on your Cook's Corner yet?
Yes a wonderful day for all concerned, just wish I hadn't woken up at 4.30 am again this morning. ::)
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It was a lovely show, as has already been said what a difference some heat and 7 days makes to the show bench, it was worth the 2 1/2hour drive wending our way through the maze that is the Lancashire villages, they all seem to run into one and other, good job Ian Kidman was driving while I picked out the signposts.
I have a very random selection of photos to come, some not as good as I would have liked, serves me right for playing about with the camera settings instead of using my normal ones
Androsace x Millstream, Ian Kidman....I do not think I have ever seenone so well flowered inthis size of plant, my ones always do ok small, not good as they get into bigger pots,
Primula allionii 'Elizabeth Earle' Mike Bramley
Androsace ciliata Chris Lilley
Corydalis maracandica Ivor Betteridge
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I am going to post pics of the same plant twice, one flash, one by hall light as they do give different impressions
Callianthemum kernerianum Vera Buck
Callianthemum kernerianum Vera Buck...it was good to see the true plant exhibited
Corydalis nariniana, I think Ivor Betteridge
Corydalis nariniana
Corydalis sewerzowii Ivor Betteridge
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Crocus heuffelianus 'Carpathian Wonder' Ian Leslie. Ian told me he had bought this from Ruksans in 2003 as one bulb and this is the result 7 years later. It was a very lovely plant indeed, I know Mr Young of Aberdeen fame is similarly smitten
Crocus vernus ssp albiflorus Robert Rolfe. Another lovely crocus, I have already phoned Rob Potterton with an order
Cyclamen coum M & C Brown, the masters of the cylamen
Dionysia bazoftica Ian Kidman
Dionysia 'Monika' F & B Hoyle
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Dionysia 'Yellowstone, Brian Burrow. A very strong yellow this with a good sized flower. I have not seen this before, Brian says that its not too hard to grow (for him that is)
Fritillaria aurea Don Peace. Don seems to have mastered growing Frit aurea, he just says it does well for him, hardly flowers for me although it has flowered in half of a potful this year, must be doing something wrong
Fritillaria gibbosa Ivor Betteridge. A very poor picture but I thought that the plant deserved to be seen by a wider audience as its not too common
Fritillaria pudica 'Richard Britten', Trevor Whitaker
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Dear Mr Booker, may I please request that, in future, you refrain from capturing images that show my magnificent head from the rear. The reflection is clearly upsetting the sensor in your camera no doubt leading to over exposure------well certainly over exposure of my magnificent hirsutely challenged zone :'( :'( :'(
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Fritillaria stenanthera George Young
Hepatica 'Gyouzei' Mavis Allanson
Hepatica 'Gyouzei' Mavis Allanson. I repeat this one, again one by hall light, one flash. This was a very fine plant, as good an example as I have seen and it caused a great deal of debate during judging as to whether it should be first or second to a Sax Coolock Gem of Geoff Rollinson
Iris koschakewiczi Lionel Clarkson
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Iris nusairiensis Lionel Clarkson. Pn any other day it would have walked the class but Carpathian Wonder got in the way
Iris winowgradowii George Young
Narcissus cantabricus F & P Bundy. I liked this narcissus very much
Ornithogalum sibthorpei (I think) Don Peace...not the best of pics but an ok plant
Primula allionii 'Steven Burrow' Brian Burrow
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Primula arduaine John Richards
Primula nana alba Don Peace
Saxifraga 'Coolock Kate' Geoff Rollinson
Saxifraga 'Coolock Gem' Geoff Rollinson the one that was up against the Hepatica gyouzei
Saxifraga 'Lismore Carmine' Peter Hood
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Carpathian Wonder in a group is gorgeous
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Saxifraga 'Mary Golds, Mark Childerhouse. The Farrer Medal winner, was a two way fight between this and a Coolock Gem, equal sized pots, both very well flowered and presented
Trillium nivale George Young
Viola alpina, Brian Burrow
Pulsatilla vernalis, Dave Riley, and repeated below
Pulsatilla vernalis, Dave Riley
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Dear Mr Booker, may I please request that, in future, you refrain from capturing images that show my magnificent head from the rear. The reflection is clearly upsetting the sensor in your camera no doubt leading to over exposure------well certainly over exposure of my magnificent hirsutely challenged zone :'( :'( :'(
... And that's all the thanks I get for hours of hair replacement work in Photoshop? ;D ;D
Excellent series of images, George ... many thanks for posting.
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What a terrific selection of plants we've been shown.... hard to pick a favourite..... well, if pressed, the Iris wonogradowii , running a close second to that pot of Trillium nivale, which I covet rather more than my neighbour's ass!
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Saxifraga 'Allendale Bravo' Peter Hood
And finally, for Lesley Cox, I took some pics of two winning troughs, these three by John Dower who is a master at troughs. I am sorry the pics are so dark, they are of the same trough from three views round the bench. John tells me he made this trough last year from several bits of tufa that had plants already growing in them His advice is to always construct the 'mountain' out of several bits of tufa till you get the shape that you want and then go for filling in the 'cracks. He says the sgape is the most important thing. This trough has been outside all winter and until recently was covered in snow
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The last two pictures, again of the same trough, are by forumists M & M McLoughlin, I gather the lady of the house is in charge here. This trough is 'several' years old and the mountain is made of Derbyshire tufa which is a bit harder than the Welsh stuff. Most of the plants are well established although as yet small, having been introduced as small plants through drilled holes going down into the tufa. (It is advised by John Dower to go down intop the compost below if at all possible). In my opinion the trough had been 'spoiled' by the addition of the dwarf narcissus that had been stuck in as they were in flower, (so I am told) but for me they were out of keeping with the other plants in the trough. This will be a trough to watch in the future.
That the lot, sorry to have hogged the airwaves
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The same miniature garden by John Dower. Apologies for the wider image, but it may give viewers a better impression of this splendid garden from the master of this art?
JOHN DOWER'S MINIATURE GARDEN
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Nice picture, should give everyone a good idea of the skill involved in growing these troughs to a show standard
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huge congratulations to Mark Childerhouse on wimnnig the Farrer with the superb plant.... are we absolutely sure it's not made of cake and icing? So large and so pink!! Lovely!
With all those pink and purple saxifragas I believe it's time that someone started producing pink pots! The terra cotta colour clashes. ;D
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Wow, Vivien, now that's what I call a good raffle prize!!
What true luck. Had that been an SRGC Show Vivien, poor soul, would have been required to send it off to the Moderator for quality assurance.
johnw
Had she been a NZer she would have had to bin it as she came back home! ???
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It occurred to me to wonder if, while being judged, those three little Ranunculaceae were themselves and in consultation, judging those confronting them. What would be the criteria? Nicest looking (always subjective)? too much hair? not enough hair? well matching shirts and jerseys? properly pressed trousers or jeans? I wonder what their decision was? Who got the medal?
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Wow, Vivien, now that's what I call a good raffle prize!!
What true luck. Had that been an SRGC Show Vivien, poor soul, would have been required to send it off to the Moderator for quality assurance.
johnw
Had she been a NZer she would have had to bin it as she came back home! ???
Don't worry, it would have been finished long beofre any homeward journey!
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Veteran Vet, thanks so much for the trough pictures. They are all superb but, with every respect due to Mandy's I really prefer those whose little flowers are in proportion to the whole landscape. The saxes, drabas and their like, seem to be the perfect contenders.
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Some more images from East Lancs 2010 ... please scream if you are getting too many repeats ...
'Carpathian Wonder'
Anemone fulgens
Anemone fulgens close-up
Show Secretary Carol Kellett's pretty mini garden
Hepatica 'Gyouzei'
Ornithogalum sibthorpei
Pulsatilla vernalis
Saxifraga 'Allendale Charm'
Entry in the class for one pan containing three rock plants for colour effect (in flower or foliage mixed)
Another entry for this particular class
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Last batch from East Lancs Show 2010 ...
Callianthemum anemonoides
Corydalis sewerzowii
Daphne jezoensis
Dionysia 'Monika'
Draba sphaeroides cusickii
Galanthus 'Sophie North'
Iris 'Harangon' close-up
Iris close-up
Iris nusairiensis
Iris nusairiensis close-up
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Last few ...
Iris reticulata 'Katharine Hodgkin'
Saxifraga oppositifolia
Wonderful sax's
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Has the Iris reticulata 'Katharine Hodgkin' got a virus?
Looking at the veins on the flowers there look to be some thicker streaks.
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Great coverage Cliff et al. What on earth do you have to do to create sax's that look like that? They are just wonderful.
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Thank you Cliff, George and Mick for this extensive coverage of what looks to have been a great show ! Like in Kent, the long Winter seems to have held back lots of plants that would otherways have gone to an earlier show ! Nature always seems to catch up ! ;) ;)
Thanks again !
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Thank you Cliff, George and Mick for this extensive coverage of what looks to have been a great show !
Here, here, so many wonderful exhibits - Daphne jezoensis is absolutely first class :)
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Has the Iris reticulata 'Katharine Hodgkin' got a virus?
Looking at the veins on the flowers there look to be some thicker streaks.
You could well be right Rob.
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Has the Iris reticulata 'Katharine Hodgkin' got a virus?
Looking at the veins on the flowers there look to be some thicker streaks.
You could well be right Rob.
I think it surely has !!
(and I can tell - my K.H. had the same problem...)
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So -if buying reticulata Iris we need to buy them as dry bulbs in order to check for ink disease and in leaf/flower to check for virus.
So I guess it's seed only from now on? ;D :-\
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So -if buying reticulata Iris we need to buy them as dry bulbs in order to check for ink disease and in leaf/flower to check for virus.
So I guess it's seed only from now on? ;D :-\
Well oddly Darren, the one year I had a single seed pod on 'Katharine Hodgkin' the seedlings (when they eventually flowered) were also streaked with darker blue in the standards, with a couple of standards, over 6 bulbs, fully deep blue. I thought it was a throw back to I. hist. 'Major.'
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So much for that approach then!
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Has anyone actually had bulbs with streaky flowers tested to see if it really is a virus causing it?
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Has anyone actually had bulbs with streaky flowers tested to see if it really is a virus causing it?
How would anyone go about doing that Gail? I haven't had a problem with mine-yet!
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I was wondering if they could do it at Wisley. I'm a member of the Royal Horticultural Society so can use their advice service... I saw some streaky KH at a nursery last week so may go back and buy one!
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Yes, I am too. Never thought about that.
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A couple of places locally will test for such things, the microbiology dept at the university and Agresearch, a big thingy which is governemtal but sort of private enterprise as well. It changes so often that one is never quite sure of its status. Anyway, they'll do the testing but there is a cost involved. I guess RHS do it for free as a member service?