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Title: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: ranunculus on April 02, 2011, 07:06:55 PM

Just arrived home from another excellent AGS North Midland Show at Chesterfield. Entries and exhibitor numbers were certainly down on previous years, but there was colour and interest throughout the hall.
Many congratulations to John Savage and his team on another attractive Society event.
The Farrer Medal, a super pan of the brilliant white Draba ossetica, was exhibited by Frank and Barbara Hoyle.
Further images will follow later.


Draba ossetica
Farrer Medal winning exhibitors; Frank & Barbara Hoyle

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: Maggi Young on April 02, 2011, 08:05:18 PM

That is a super Draba.... no wonder the Hoyles are looking so happy.  8) They must be very pleased with such a good plant.
Well done!

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: Luc Gilgemyn on April 02, 2011, 08:59:59 PM

A well deserved Farrer if you ask me !  :o :o

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: ranunculus on April 03, 2011, 11:02:03 AM

A further batch of images captured at AGS North Midland Show on 2nd April 2011 ...

Three pans Primula, distinct.  JOHN RICHARDS
Three pans Primulaceae, IAN KIDMAN
Androsace muscoidea  DON PEACE
Androsace vandellii  GEORGE YOUNG
Benthamiella patagonica  IAN LESLIE
Daphne petraea 'Lydora'  LIONEL CLARKSON
Dionysia 'Selene'  JU BRAMLEY
Draba mollissima  FRANK & BARBARA HOYLE
Epimedium davidii  BRIAN & SHELAGH SMETHURST
Erythronium 'Pagoda'  MIKE BRAMLEY

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: ranunculus on April 03, 2011, 11:13:32 AM

Fritillaria hermonis Anti-Lebanon Form
Fritillaria kotschyana  (Possibly Don Peace)
Fritillaria reuteri
Fritillaria yuminensis roseoflora  GEORGE YOUNG
Iris graeberiana
Large Six Pan   IAN KIDMAN
Large Three Pan  CHRIS LILLEY
Lewisia brachycalyx  PETER HOOD
Primula allionii Broadwell Milkmaid  GEOFF ROLLINSON
Primula bracteata var. dubernardiana  GEOFF ROLLINSON

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: veteran vet on April 03, 2011, 12:55:38 PM

Will add a few pictures taken at Chesterfield yesterday. Although there were fewer total plants on the benches this year the quality was as high as ever...bythe way Cliff Fritillaria kotschyana was not shown by me...was Don Peace I think...he had some fantastic frits on display however as they are difficult to photograph I did not take too many
Not a big plant but is one of my favourites, unfortunately lost mine but
Alkanna aucheriana shown by Ivor Betteridge reminds me of what I lost
Androsace pubescens ....Lionel Clarkson...small but well flowered
Anemonella thalictriodes....Lionel Clarkson....its the time of year for anemonellas but mine are really just getting going

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: veteran vet on April 03, 2011, 01:02:08 PM

next few
Dionysia hybrid f2 MK972001....Ju Bramley...the name in the bottom corner is not the name for this plant
Douglasia laevigata....Ian Kidman...in a 28cm pan at least. Ian again had the most points for the Open Section...his 10th consecutive year for doing this...the show gave him a bottle of malt whisky as a reward...must call over soon
Draba dedeana...Lionel Clarkson

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: astragalus on April 03, 2011, 01:10:37 PM

Wonderful pictures, Cliff, of wonderful plants.  It was nice to see Draba dedeana on a show bench midst the other rarer plants.  Douglasia laevigata looked better than it does in the wild.

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: veteran vet on April 03, 2011, 01:12:23 PM

will do three more then have break...back into garden as stopped raining
Draba 'John Saxton'...Lionel Clarkson. A new cultivar which is a hybrid beteen D dedeana and D rosularis which shows great potential. Named in memory of John Saxton as it was he who produced the original plant...keith Lever, Aberconwy now propogates it
Fritillaria bithynica...Ian Leslie
Fritillaria tubiformis....George Young
Gentiana pumila delphinensis....Trevor Harding...again small but what colour

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: veteran vet on April 03, 2011, 04:13:33 PM

i'll add a few more over a cup of tea in between the showers...even hail
Hymenoxis lapidicola....Lionel Clarkson
Lewisia brachycalyx...Jim McGregor...two views, one close up to show flowers better
Narcissus rupicola...Geoff Rollinson, best bulbous plant

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: veteran vet on April 03, 2011, 04:17:07 PM

Paraquilegia anemenoides...Ian Kidman, one of his big 6 entries
Pleione grandiflora...John Craven
Primula bracteata var dubernardiana....Geoff Rollinson

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: veteran vet on April 03, 2011, 04:20:25 PM

Thought that went rather quick...will start again
Paraquilegia anemenoides...Ian Kidman, part of his big 6 entry
Pleione grandiflora....John Craven
Primula bracteata var dubernardeana    Geoff Rollinson

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: veteran vet on April 03, 2011, 04:24:57 PM

Ranunculus alpestris (I think)....Lionel Clarkson
Two pictures of
Saxifraga columnaris, first by Geoff Mawson and the second by Ian Leslie

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: veteran vet on April 03, 2011, 04:30:42 PM

A little run of Townsendias
Townsendia exscapa...John Richards
Townsendia spathulata 'Cotton Ball'...John Dunn...may be a new species, introduced and named by Graham Nicholls
Townsendia spathulata...George Young...the normal version...is a true alpine as it lives over 10,000'. My first time of flowering, probably will now die

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: veteran vet on April 03, 2011, 04:37:48 PM

Final mish mash (from my picture) leaving the best plants till last
Rhododendron mucronulatum (dwarf)    Dave Mountford...did not leave much room in car for other plants or people
The Farrer medal plant of
Draba ossetica...F&B Hoyle who also had
Draba mollissima on the bench...as short a flowering stem as I have ever seen on this draba...makes it worth while growing

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: David Nicholson on April 03, 2011, 05:00:05 PM

Some lovely stuff there, thanks for posting George and Cliff.

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: Maggi Young on April 03, 2011, 05:10:14 PM

So many really super plants to enjoy... but I must pick out that lovely Lewisia brachycalyx from Jim McGregor. How fresh and neat it is... the foliage is the picture of health.

 Not to mention Peter Hood's pink version...lovely as well.

Seems early for that plant from the perspective of Aberdeen's climate so an especial treat to see it.

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: Maggi Young on April 03, 2011, 05:13:50 PM

And the Smethursts (Brian and Shelagh)  have Epimedium davidii in flower  :o .... blow me down!

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: anne gibson on April 03, 2011, 07:47:18 PM

Will get round to writing info. about the photos soon  :-[

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: ranunculus on April 03, 2011, 08:29:33 PM

Lovely images Anne, but I suspect that the clock on your camera might be slightly awry ... most of the exhibitors would have been on the motorway and well on their way home by 16.39!!!?   :D

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: anne gibson on April 03, 2011, 09:04:06 PM

Cheers Cliff- just put it right! :-[

Mind you I've just put them on AGS site and included one of Loughborough :-[ :-[

Yes it's a stampede at the end, it amazes me how quickly the plants disappear- can't say as I blame the people who come such a long way though!

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: ranunculus on April 03, 2011, 09:22:50 PM

Just back from Mother's Day festivities (so sadly not mine) and time to post a few more images from Chesterfield ...

TRILLIUM HIBBERSONII  ROD & SHIRLEY JOHNSON
SAXIFRAGA x EDITHIAE cf KAREL STIVIN   PETER HOOD
RHODODENDRON GRISTEDE   JOHN SAVAGE
PULSATILLA VULGARIS  DAVID CHARLTON
PULSATILLA HALLERI hybrid  Michael & Mandy McLOUGHLIN
PULSATILLA HALLERI hybrid close-up   Michael & Mandy
PRIMULA VULGARIS ssp. SIBTHORPII  MARTIN ROGERSON

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: anne gibson on April 03, 2011, 09:30:27 PM

I love that pulsatilla Cliff :D

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: daveyp1970 on April 03, 2011, 09:36:32 PM

That TRILLIUM HIBBERSONII is lovely and if my eyes are working theres lots of babies in the pot as well.

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: Martinr on April 08, 2011, 06:27:17 PM

And may I say Anne what a pleasure it was to Steward with you in that last minute Section C panic!

Title: Re: NORTH MIDLAND AGS SHOW AT CHESTERFIELD held on Saturday 2nd April 2011
Post by: anne gibson on April 09, 2011, 08:15:32 AM

Thank you and same here! ;) all part of the fun!