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SRGC Shows and Events => Events => Topic started by: Palustris on May 20, 2011, 10:45:03 AM
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Here we go again. Last show of the year for us. Sadly all the rest are just too far for me to drive to, sad.
See you there?
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Please introduce yourself. I haven't figured out who you are yet! ::) ::) Just look for a grumpy Scot with a beard and a car full of Lewisia rediviva (if they won't open I will be grumpy :D :D)
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Just spent half an hour trying to describe Palustris. ???
Failed. :(
I can introduce you though Martin. ;)
J.
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Last show as well till autumn, thought long and hard about even going, tonight after packing everything ready and thinking that is not much of show quality, I have to wonder why bother, setting off ar 5.30 for the 3 hour drive....I am sure the forumists will cheer me up when we get there....dragging Ian Kidman along so his coughing can keep me awake!!!
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George, similar thoughts here. Thank goodness for the large 1 pan cushion and Sempervivum classes. Still the pub lunch will be fun as usual :D
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Ah, once upon a time we could go on the Friday night and stage the plants. Then return on Saturday to see the results, take the daughters around the town do a bit of shopping, visit the second hand book shops, then, collect the plants (only time one could park anywhere near the hall) and away home.
I would have thought I was fairly easy to describe and without using expletives too! 5 feet 8 inches (used to be 5.10 but I have shrunked). White haired, gold rimmed glasses, taking photographs of almost every plant, even the non-winning ones.
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We're just home from the set-up and evening staging of the Aberdeen show. Numbers of plants will be down but even with the first plants staged the hall begins to look good.... always amazes me how that happens!
Hope you all have a super time in Southport tomorrow and that the Judges are generous to your plants!
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Maggi...I hope your show goes well...amazing how things always are worrying before the day then on the day the plants come to the rescue, light up the show hall. Have a good Aberdeen show, must try and make it one day
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Thanks George!
You'd be more than welcome to come up... why not make a weekend of it sometime....room for you here, you know. It's been too long since the Butcher was here, too. And Boydie!
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Just back from sunny and showery Southport and we are thrilled to announce that the Farrer Medal was awarded to a magnificent and ancient Leiophyllum buxifolium exhibited by Mr. Ormskirk; Brian Russ. Hearty congratulations to Brian who gallantly agreed to pose for a Farrer photograph even though he is inconvenienced by crutches after a recent operation.
More from the show later ... just an enormous thanks to Show Secretary; Roger Beecham and his hard-working team for another tremendous event.
BRIAN RUSS
LEIOPHYLLUM BUXIFOLIUM
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Thought I had better post my pics tonight as off in the morning, in the gales and rain they are forecasting, for a few days in Dumfries and Galloway, do some bird watching and visit the odd garden, ending up near Port Patrick so should catch all of that wind.
Southport was different this year but not short on flower power, catering had fallen on sudden hard times...no fault of Roger and crew and I was amused to hear that the Pudsey Gobblers had also booked for their eating competition at the same pub as the judges were being taken to for lunch...smart Mr Smethurst...and they got there first so had all the best seats and were served first...did make me laugh when told the tale.
To business. My usual collection of pictures of plants that caught my eye or were easy to photograph (more to the point), not all were sticker winners but interesting none the less. In no particular order, just as I walked round the show tables
Iris forrestii.......M&S Lloyd
Erigeron chrysopsidis....Robin Pickering...was a good sized pot
Alstroemeria peregrina...Cecilia Coller...how she and the better half do it is amazing they had a 4-5 hour drive to get to the show and were going straight back home, they have to have some bionic bits in there somewhere. Having them come certainly adds flower power to a show though, bet Roger was smiling when her entry came in....both six pans won her yet more AGS medals.
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Alstroemeria pelegrina is a hard to please plant and rarely seen in cultivation.
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It is not often we see cacti on an AGS show bench but when in flower they can make an eye catching pan, even if small. Vic Aspland had two on display
Mediolobivia haagei var salmonea
Mediolobivia brunescens, both plants shouted look at me, judges not inclined to agree as the 'only' got blue stickers
I gather it has been a tough winter for Rhodohypoxis (no shame there as so much 'stuff' did not like the winter) but one large pan did appear at Southport
Rhodohypoxis baurii 'E.A.Bowles'...B & S Smethurst
Pleione 'El Pico'...Cecilia Coller...she had more than one at the show
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It is hard to grow A pelegrina (sorry re spelling) I find all the Alstroemerias difficult this far north. A patagonica does well where it has self seeded into a dry plunge area under a frame lid I rarely remove and it obviously has grown down the sides of the frame deep enough to get moisture when/where it need it (ie the roots) and has done well there for years, in a pot...kiss my a.... rather than fower, dying is easier. Back to the show
Physoplexis comosa...Roger Beecham...not only a good show sec but a dab hand at Physoplexis...got a Certificate of Merit for this, well deserved
The Pickering clan from Goole,...were there with their usual display of well flowered plants, not sure who wears the trousers in this household as they both show in their own right...must need exceptional matrional harmony
Campanula aucheri...Margaret Pickering ...is a plant I have found difficult to keep going, I suspect may need repotting more often than I normally do
Gentiana syringea...Cecilia Coller...one of many pans of this she had on the day...she told me she had had good seed set and so lots of pans...saw this pan stting in the car window catching the sun just before she staged it trying to get a few more flowers to open
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I should have mentioned that the Gentiana syringea was awarded a P.C. by the Joint Rock at the show
Now for the Farrer Medal plant, shown by Brian Russ, an exhibit so large that the picture does not do it any justice. Not sure how he got it into the hall as he was on elbow crutches but Southport is a friendly show...are not all AGS and SRGC shows...one of the pleasures of showing
Not content with pinching all the seats before the judges arrive Mr & Mrs Smethurst also produced a very fine
Verbascum laetitia, one of at least two at the show, the other, shown by Anne Vale was the best plant shown in the intermediate section. This was part of her winning six pan entry. For those who are interested the cypripedium you can see a coup[le of flowers of is C reginae alba, also part of the six pan. I have to be honest and say that as normal C reginae is one of my favourite cyps the white form does nothing for me...was a well produced plant none the less with 5-6 spikes
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Leptospermum scoparium nanum....Anne Vale...up here it never comes through the winter but still is a nice plant
Trollius pumilus....Ian Leslie...every time I see it I say what a nice plant yet I still have not tried it....more fool me
Ramonda myconi alba...Cecilia Coller...for once the flash pic does the exhibit some justice
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There were few lewisia on display this year at Southport, it is usually the the flower power of the show, However Martinr, forumist and lewisia addict did manage to drag a few L rediviva along just to remind us of how to do it...these were part of a three pan and I did try both flash and hall light to produce the right colour...in the end I went for sharpness of picture so flash won the day
Dianthus brevicaulis...Alan Furness...taken non flash as I felt nearer the true colour, was awarded a P.C. by the Joint Rock
Best plant in an under 19cm pan was won by Ian Leslie with
Edraianthus dinaricus
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Avid show photographer and forumist Cliff Booker still manages to find time to produce the show plant and here he had
Edraianthis serpyllifolius on display
Campanula carpatha...a lovely plant shown by Anne Vale
Dianthus 'Eileen Lever'....Margaret Pickering
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There were a couple of Delphiniums on display, I am afraid I found them difficult to photograph but nothing ventured nothing won ( a good motto for those who need encouragement to stage plants at shows) so
Delphinium beesianum...John Bunn...I must persuade him to use smaller labels on his exhibits...get in the way of a pic and also look odd on a small plant
Delphinium aff smithii ...Ian Kidman...shown in 'new in cultivation'..grown from seed was an interesting delphinium...there was no one at the show who could say yes it is etc but hard to get a good photograph in situ in the show hall
Scutullaria parviflora alba....Cecilia Coller
A new plant on me, sorry re the poor picture, possibly others will have better
Prostanthera dentatum.... M & S Lloyd
Genista pilosa minor...Barry Winter ...adding a bright yellow splash of colour to the hall
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Primulaceae were in short supply but Ian Kidman came up trumps with
Primula bracteata
Eriogonum gracilipes...Brian Burrow...as good a specimen as I have seen on a show bench
Calochortus tomiei...Ian Leslie (he had a good show day)...one flower out of focus but two out of three aint bad as MeatLoaf says
Calceolaria darwinii ...Keith & Rachel Lever...sold a lot of plants they did, even Keith was smiling!!!
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Rob Price likes the Americans so
Penstemon hirsutus was in his field of interest..plant was better than the picture suggests
In the rare in cultivation section were some interesting plants. Brian Burrow won the class with
Raoulia grandiflora and I also attach his notes
Rhododdendron campylogynum shown by Pamela Anderson caught my eye...sorry Tommy
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Last two, both of the same exhibit, again in Rare in Cultivation...shown by the Dower clan, better known for humping large troughs into shows, this was a considerably smaller pan...a one hand job rather than two person carry but still nice
Saxifraga pacumensis...has been in cultivation before but some time ago...China if I remember correctly
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Many thanks George, a wonderful report. I too had to wait to post my images as I am now lying on a comfortable bed in a wonderful hotel in Potes in the Picos de Europa. It is 11pm and I am well fed and well G & T'd and ready for a good nights sleep. I took pictures of many of the same plants as you, but as they were sorted and resized during the flight from Stansted then I am loathe to omit them.
I haven't got the same wealth of info' as you (how do you cope with so much data :D), but will post the pictures anyway.
Please be so kind as to refer to George's wonderful report for exhibitor and plant identities.
Alstromeiria
Arisaema elephas
Asarum foliage
Calochortus close-up
Campanula aucheri
Campanula carpatha
Campanula
Dactylorhiza 'Harold Esslemont'
Daphne jasminea
Delphinium close-up
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Another batch ...
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Final batch for this evening ... more to follow later.
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Brilliant pictures. I have never seen a Delphinium like that before 8)
Can't wait to see more, thanks.
Angie :)
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Many thanks Angie ... glad you are enjoying them.
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... more from Southport ...
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Cliff, you're supposed to be on holiday!!!!!!! Tell Sue she has my permission to throttle you for tapping keyboards at dawn :o :o
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Be a while before I go through my pictures, too much else to do in the garden, unless of course it rains. Hah!
At least I met Martin, but George Young escaped me.
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Super pictures, George and Cliff. Like the Meconopsis punicea with the dark background. I'm scared to look at my Meconopsis today. It is blowing a gale. They will be battered to bits :( :'( :'(
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Cliff, you're supposed to be on holiday!!!!!!! Tell Sue she has my permission to throttle you for tapping keyboards at dawn :o :o
Hi Martin,
In holiday mode today - glorious sunshine and a trip up Fuente De - only 348 photos and one fall to report! Both knees and one shoulder (and the beloved camera) took the brunt of the fall, but after a hot bath and a couple of beers the camera is now fine! :D
Saw the supposedly quite rare light green form of Fritillaria pyrenaica in an isolated colony; magnificent stands of Gentiana acaulis & verna; malcomias, daphnes, Silene acaulis; iberis, globularias, androsaces, linarias, etc, etc, etc.
What a start to a new destination for us, scenery to die for, amazing weather and super company.
Sue tried to throttle me, but couldn't get past the beer glass!
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In holiday mode today - glorious sunshine and a trip up Fuente De -
Any Ranunculus Cliff?
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The only person who noticed my gin induced mistake was JohnnyD. ... three gin and tonics and a plate of tortilla to him for spotting 'malcomia' instead of matthiola. (and a kick on the shins if he mentions it again tomorrow)! :D
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Would I???????????? ;D
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In holiday mode today - glorious sunshine and a trip up Fuente De -
Any Ranunculus Cliff?
Oh yes Ashley ... the images will follow when Martin allows me to post again. ;D