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SRGC Shows and Events => SRGC Shows Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Maggi Young on April 19, 2010, 12:06:32 AM
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Saturday 17th April was bright and warm, in spite of volcanic ash from Iceland causing cancellation of air traffic over all the UK.... luckily it is customary for exhibitors to drive to our shows and so there was little disruption to the event that was the 2010 Perth Show.
Show Secretary Julia Corden and her happy Band of Helpers worked hard to give us all a most pleasurable day.... thanks to you all!! 8)
I seem very short of time here at the moment, so I hope you will be patient with me and rest assured that photos will appear eventually! :-[
Just to get things started... here is a photo of the happy winner of the Forrest medal.... and no, it's not the Glenrothes Greenfinger..... yes, that's right, it is Tom Green from Rowlands Gill by the River Derwent, Tyne and Wear- whose own fingers are as green as his name 8) :)
Tom is a regular exhibitor at the Scottish shows and his winning plant, Sebaea thomasii has been particularly successful this year.... in AGS shows as well...... on Saturday it was looking as fresh as the proverbial daisy and was a worthy winner of our premier award. Tom was looking pretty pleased with the way the day was shaping up, as you can see! It may just have been the intoxicating scent of cloves from the Sebaea that was bringing the smile to his face.....but I think there was more to it than that ;D
This show season is certainly a good one for Tom... the plant has already wond a certificate of merit AND a Farrer Medal... not a bad record, I'm sure you'll agree?
Tom was shocked to find, just before the show, that the plant, set beside a fence in the shade in his garden, had been speckled with red when his neighbour had been out painting her side of the fence! :o Tom set to to remove the few red-speckled flowers and was pleased to see that the plant still looked in good order for the drive up to Perth where the judges, unaware of the drama, thought it looked good enough for the medal.
It's a stressful life as an exhibitor, for sure! ;)
As well as his own entry of good plants, Tom's chum, Sid, has also begun to exhibit now, so the pair of them are even more welcome to the Shows!!
More of the show to come, as I said , but, for now, here's Tom and that lovely yellow Sebaea.....
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Thanks for the great first photo and intro, Maggi, setting the scene for the Perth Show - thank goodness the red speckled paint was only a marginal problem for Tom with his fabulous Sebaea thomasii on show once again and still on a winning streak 8)
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Burning the midnight oil I see Maggi good effort, great pic. Not too many plants can have won a Forrest and a Farrer in the same year and a few weeks apart at that. Ominously for other exhibitors the plant still looks good for a show or two yet. Congratulations to Tom. Looking forward to more pictures
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Okay, here are some Perth pix.... I'll load them in alphabetical order and place text later.....
Starting with a 2pan ranunculaceae... a pair of Anemonellas.... they should both be mauve/lilac but the light in the hall is odd and the camera flash didn't help :-[ :-X
Andro muscoidea breviscapa Androsace alpina
Andro vandellii in a pan that must be more than 30cms across, then there's the height of the dome to take into the equation.... one FAT androsace!
Androsace idahoensis laevigata shown by Sam Sutherland
Andro. idahoensis laevigata : took two shots of this, couldn't choose which to show!
Andromeda polifolia
Androsace muscoidea
Anemone x lipsiensis and Ranunc ficaria double
Aquilegia jonesii .... looking a little etiolated, I think.
Asarum shown in the foliage class
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next batch
Carol and Ian Bainbridge's winning 3 pan entry: Narcissus rupicola watieri 'Abaleish': Pteridophyllum racemosum; Erythronium citrinum x oregonum
bench with Iris
bench mwith narcissus
bench more primulas
bench primulas
bench view2
bench view with Frit meleagris which won Joyce Halley award for best from seedfor Margaret and Henry Taylor
bench view
bench with Androsace vandellii
bench with large Andro vandellii (it's Cyril's, by the way, - and you can see its sister, in the top right hand corner!)
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more later... off out with the dogs now the snow and hail has stopped meantime!
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Okay here we go again.....
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bench with Narcissus 'Niveth' ...the large potful of white narcissus
bench with narcissus and primulas
bench with some fritillarias
bench with bulbs
Benthamiella patagonica cushion without flowers
Benthamiella patagonica.....larger and with lots of flowers
Bongardia chrysogonum
Bukiniczia cabulica
Carol and David Shaw's Iris bucharica .....bought as a bag labelled Iris danfordiae!
Carol poses to make a point :D
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and more.......
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Barry and Cathy Caudwell's mini garden
class with Sebaea thomasii that won the Forrest medal
Coprosma 'Autumn Glow'
Cyclamen hederifolium with plain, silvery foliage
Cyclamen in flower
Cyril Lafong with Ery. multiscapoideum on the bench
Cyril's 6pan winning entry which included.........at rear, Erythronium multiscapoideum, Trillium grandiflorum roseum, Lewisia tweedyi and, front, Daphne cneorum 'Peggy Fell' Primula bracteata and another large Androsace vandellii!
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Daphne cneorum 'Peggy Fell' and
Erythronium multiscapoideum
Draba from Nick Boss
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more.......
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Erica canaliculata : a small plant of this potentially large South African shrub, shown by Margaret and Henry Taylor.
Fritillaria hermonis amana, F. pallidiflora to left , in the gloaming; G.Stewart Pawley behind.
Frit. michailovskyi in section 2
Frit. crassifolia karadaghensis
Frit. meleagris from Dordogne seed, won the Halley Award for Margaret and Henry Taylor..
Frit. pallidiflora
Frit. wendelboi
Frit.tubiformis with F. moggeridgei behind
Gypsohila aretioides
Henry and Margaret Taylor
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more.......
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interview with the press.jpg
Iris suaveolens violacea ... charming and tiny plant from Sam Sutherland
Jean Wyllie's Shortia
Jean's Connoisseur Collection narcissus .....from left rear,'Tracey', 'Quail' ( a good big yellow, others s were shown in the competitive classes), 'Dove Wings', and in front 'Carclew' ( with differing flowers :-X ) and 'Skilliwiddens'
Jean's Conn. Collection Daffs 2 ....from the Discussion Weekend Sale 2009
Kalmiopsis leachiana from Roma Fiddes
Lathyrus vernus, not quite in full flower. From Graham Catlow
massive Lewisia tweedyi Lemon from Cyril
The Taylors' 3pans native to one country: Spain From rear, a Viola bubanii; Plantago nivalis and Narcissus moleroi
Mike Hicks' 6pan in Sect2:left ,Narciussus 'Hawera' ;Primula marginata hybrid;Ranunculus alpina and right, Frit.hermonis 'EKBowles 1034' Tulipa humilis 'Liliput' and Primula darialica
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mixed pot narcissus_NOT white tete a tete as labelled I don't believe!
N.Hawera best plant in Sect2 Mike Hicks
narcissus 2pan class MHTaylor_ Jean Wyliie_ John Lee
narcissus bulbocodium
narcissus calcicola.
narcissus_ Cathy Caudwell taking notes
Paraquilegia sp.
Perth 1
Perth 2
Perth 3
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Perth 4
Perth 5
Perth 6
Perth 7
Perth 8
Perth 9
Pleione 'Oriental Splendour' from M&HT
Pleione Versailles from Alan Weepers.
Pleione x confusa from Cyril Lafong
Pleione 'Zeus Weinstein ' from Richard Barr
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You were very busy on Saturday Maggi.
And I suspect it took you longer to process them!
Graham
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Yes, Graham, it's a long job!
Primula aureata
Primula 2 pan from Stan da Prato
Primula 2 pan.... Watt Russell's entry in foreground
Primula albinensis M & H Taylor
Primula allionii from Nick Boss
Primula auriculata
Primula 'Beamish'
Primula bracteata from Cyril: in his 6pan entry and winner of the best Asiatic primula.
Primula cf. sinolisteri_notes to follow
Primula cf.sinolisteri notes Stella and David Rankin
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What a wonderful Show! So many different plants and tip top exhibits it's really hard to choose, but here goes:
Just scrumy:
Anemone x lipsiensis and Ranunc ficaria double
The most beautiful pot of Frit meleagris ever:
Frit. meleagris from Dordogne seed, won the Halley Award for Margaret and Henry Taylor..
Some of my very special Alpines:
Mike Hicks' 6pan in Sect2:left ,Narciussus 'Hawera' ;Primula marginata hybrid;Ranunculus alpina and right, Frit.hermonis Tulipa humilis 'Liliput' and Primula darialica
Gorgeous colour and form:
Iris suaveolens violacea ... charming and tiny plant from Sam Sutherland
Jean Wyllie's Shortia
Strange but fascinating leaves & flowers:
Bongardia chrysogonum
Bukiniczia cabulica
Many congratulations, would love to know what the ferny looking plant with white flowers is?
Carol and Ian Bainbridge's winning 3 pan entry
Carol and David Shaw's Iris bucharica .....bought as a bag labelled Iris danfordiae! (A bargain!)
Maggi thanks so much for all the time and effort to bring these wonderful photos and report of the Perth Show. It was my home city as I grew up so has a special place in my heart and this really does it justice 8)
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Interesting that Primula sinolisteri has survived the latest winter even though it's from Vietnam. I wonder how many experts would have been willing to bet on that! ::)
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Primula diantha version1 .... looking rather different from this next plant .....
Primula diantha version2
Primula elatior in section2
Primula frondosa
Primula grigensis
Primula 'Harry Jans'
Primula hirsuta 'Stuart Boothman's variety'
Primula knuthiana
Primula latifolia
Primula dryadifolia angustifoliacongestifolia
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Lots more photos to come, Robin and all will be revealed about the "ferny plant with white flowers" !!
Primula limbata
Primula marginata in foliage class
Primula nana x sessilis
Primula scotica tiny but elongated ...unlike the pan on the side of the RBGE dsiplay...really neat and tiny... which I managed to forget to photograph :-[
Primula 'White Lady'
Primula 'White Linda Pope'
Primula white
Primula 'Yellow Linda'
Primula_from rear_ P. veris_ 'Blue Sapphire' -'Dawn Ansell'
Primulas 'Aire Mist',_'Jackie Richards'_'Lilac Fairy'
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and yet more......
hope you are clicking on those photos to enlarge them?? :D
Primulas more 2
primulas....more primulas
Primulas_'Aire Mist'_Wharfdale Sunrise'_'Pink Ice'
Primulas_from rear_ Aire Mist-Lismore Jewel_Pink Ice
Prmula allionii _from rear_ 'Aire Mist'_'forma'_'Snowflake'
Pteridophyllum racemosum Anne and Viv Chambers..... this "ferny" foliaged beauty is usually listed as being in the poppy family! It is a species of flowering plant endemic to Japan. It is the only species in the mono-generic family Pteridophyllaceae, which is sometimes treated as a subfamily of Papaveraceae.
Great, isn't it... and this was a fab specimen.
Pteridophyllum racemosum and Hacquetia epipactis.... in the class for two pans plants- lifted from the open garden.
Pulsatilla sukaczewii
Pulsatilla sukaczewii notes
Ranunculus calandrinioides
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still going........
Raoulia australis
red Frit meleagris from Dordogne seed MHT
Rhodo 'Cream Crest': this and the next one,shown in a two pan class....
Rhodo.'Rose Elf'
'Snipe' best rhodo inthe show from Stan da Prato, as were the others
Roma smiles.....Julia exits left, at speed
Saxifraga georgei and S.andersonii in front both from Nick Boss
Saxifraga alpina
Saxifraga 'Christine'
Saxifraga cevennensis
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they're still coming.....
Saxifraga fortunei in foliage class
Saxifraga 'Nancye'
Saxifraga sempervivum
Saxifraga sp.
Sedum 'Capa Blanca'
sedum Rhodiola trollii in square pot
Sedum spathulifolium
Semp.'Ball's variety'
Semp.'Purple Beauty'
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and yet more.....
Shortia uniflora
Soldanella carpatica x pusilla
Soldanella from Nick Boss
Stan Da Prato's mini garden
Townsendia wilcoxiana: seed ex Franz Hadacek in 2008 shown by Carol and David Shaw
Trillium chloropetalum and T. pusillum to left
Trillium grandiflorum roseum: part of Cyril's six pan.
Trillium rivale
Tulipa urumiensis
two pan Sempervivim
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Right, now to the display, awarded a Gold Medal, from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.... the display brought by Elspeth Mackintosh, who masterminds the display and is the main carer of the alpines at RBGE and her boss, John Mitchell. The two of them are aided and abetted by Struan Harley.... as they were last week- in the kitchen at Edinburgh Show!These folk are nothing if not multi-talented, you know!
rbge full display
rbge leftside
rbge middle section
rbge rightside
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rbge middle close
rbge Clem tenu. in display to show scale
rbge tiny Clematis tenuifolia
rbge Erythronium helenae
rbge Erythronium howellii
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more from the RBGE display..... I'm sorry there are not more photos of this but the light in the hall is not good and I wasn't getting very great results. :'(
A couple of fritillaries and an Iris graeberiana yellow falls.
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Now to Tom Green and his Forrest medal Sebaea thomasii.....
Tom gets his medal and certificate from SRGC President Liz Mills
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lastly, one or two pix of the prize winners and other folks about the place.....
Julia Corden, Show Secretary and Liz Mills, President: the presentation begins
background: James Cobb,FredHunt, Andrew Radley,foreground Elspeth MacIntosh_Dr Rock(David Millward) , Tom G and Sid 8)
Barry and the 'Save His Beard' sign, thoughtfully placed in the hall by the oprganising team... ;)
Barry Caudwell,Cyril Lafong , John Lee
'The Prezz' and Henry Taylor.... Margaret is being shy....
Ian Bainbridge... it seems Carole is being shy, too!
Hiking companions:these two are often off walking in the hills... Liz presents a certificate of merit to Anne Chambers for the entry of the Pteridophyllum and the Hacquetia.
Andrew Radley... now was this for the best exhibit for a member in the Tayside Region or the Perth Group? Andrew won one and the Taylors the other! ??? :-\
Mike Hicks , Edinburgh Group Treasurer... only in his second season of showing, and doing well.
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Wow, what a great, great show. Thanks for the piccies Maggi. I got seed of Bukiniczia and its germinated. Wonder how long it will take to reach that size? Wondered what on earth it was when I got the seed packet, but it turns out to be a plumbago, right next door to armeria, so looking forward to watching it grow.
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just one left, I think........
The Prezz and the Squirrel...... just because he didn't win the Forrest, doesn't mean Cyril wenty home empty handed... he won three trophies, and one Certificate of Merit, I think!!! 8)
Enjoy!
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Wow, what a great, great show. Thanks for the piccies Maggi. I got seed of Bukiniczia and its germinated. Wonder how long it will take to reach that size? Wondered what on earth it was when I got the seed packet, but it turns out to be a plumbago, right next door to armeria, so looking forward to watching it grow.
My pleasure, Christine.
Yes, the Bukiniczia has also been Aeoniopsis cabulica and Dictyolimon macrorrhabdos ....when the flower comes it does looks more like a Statice then........
I've heard some folk take the flowers off at first to encourage the plant to make offset rosettes because it is monocarpic.... but that doesn't always work,I don't think :-\
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Pteridophyllum racemosum Anne and Viv Chambers..... this "ferny" foliaged beauty is usually listed as being in the poppy family! It is a species of flowering plant endemic to Japan. It is the only species in the mono-generic family Pteridophyllaceae, which is sometimes treated as a subfamily of Papaveraceae.
Great, isn't it... and this was a fab specimen.
Yes, it certainly is 'fab' and thanks for all the detail, Maggi, on everything else as well :D
Your report is bubbling over with information about the plants and people and one can feel the 'buzz' as if one was 'there' - thanks so much ;D
So many prime Primulas too!
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Gosh, I'm out of breath looking through that lot. Wow! :o
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Maggi you must have photographed almost everything in the show.
The Sempervivum 'Purple Beauty' you have listed as Graham C. If that is assigned to me then I have to own up as it isn't mine.
Graham
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Oh, beg pardon, Graham... I'll go change it.
I tried to photograph all the stuff that interested me or that I could get a half decent shot of.... but the hall light, though better than in previous years (different light bulbs?) was still not good and the camera insisted on flash all the time and was bullying me!
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Maggi thanks for showing us all these photos.
The rbge Erythronium howellii looks to have large flowers, when I saw howellii for sale the flowers were tiny & I dismissed it as not garden worthy.
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Maggi thanks for showing us all these photos.
The rbge Erythronium howellii looks to have large flowers, when I saw howellii for sale the flowers were tiny & I dismissed it as not garden worthy.
Hmm... well let me see.... the pot it is in is a deep one but only about 5 or 6 inches ( less than 16cms ) wide, I reckon..... so the flowers are not so very big.... but a good size for the scale of the plant and what I would expect to see.... perhaps the ones you saw offered were a poor form or else very young bulbs that had not worked themselves up to full flowering power? :)
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That's a naughty comment, "Roma smiles, Julia exists rapidly!" Poor Roma, what did she do wrong????? ;D
Great set of pictures of the show, Maggie, thank you for taking the time and trouble to post them all, especially of the plants that I have no memory of seeing on the day!
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Sempervivum 'Purple Beauty' - guilty as charged.
I agree about the show lights. Townsendia wilcoxiana, ours, looks super in Maggies pic. but to the naked eye it looked almost dead on the bench.
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Sempervivum 'Purple Beauty' - guilty as charged.
I agree about the show lights. Townsendia wilcoxiana, ours, looks super in Maggies pic. but to the naked eye it looked almost dead on the bench.
I really admired your Townsendia wilcoxiana, looked great to me 8)
Maggi thanks for posting the pictures, there was so many that I would have loved. Great show.
Angie :)
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What can I say? Great place, great people, great plants, great pictures. Yet another triumph for all Scottish rockers. Many, many thanks Maggi and all associated.
Quick note. I don't grow the Buckiniczia, but a friend who does, confirms that removing the flowers doesn't help to make side rosettes. He just grows (from his own seed) 7 or more closely set in a large pot which gives the IMPRESSION of a large, clumped plant. Personally, I think the single rosette, grown to perfection, doesn't need side issues. ???
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Hi Lesley,
Any idea how long it takes to reach a nice size like the one shown? Some of my armeria grow really rapidly, ditto Limonium, so I'm wondering if this Buckiniczia is also fast growing.
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Maggi,
Thanks for all the great pics.
Pulsatilla sukaczewii want one!!!!!
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I can't help with that one Chris. The only plant I ever had of it died before it flowered so no seed. The guy who has it here, grows it just in the regular garden in ordinary soil, with geraniums, roses etc so it can't be difficult and I imagine it grows quite quickly, but I really don't know. He just keeps a pot going for the local cactus and succulent show.
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Maggi,
Thank you - thank you - thank you !! :-*
Definitely one of the best and completest show reports ever !
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Thanks Lesley. I'll keep track of mine and let you know how it grows. Most plumbago family are relatively fast growing from my experience, so I'm hopeful.
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Maggi,
Thank you - thank you - thank you !! :-*
Definitely one of the best and completest show reports ever !
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Thanks, Luc, and other kind folk.... I'm glad you liked it... the hall makes everything such an awful colour though... the pix from Edinburgh are much nicer, I think; but there there is natural light, at least from one side.