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Re: Mid-West AGS Show at Tewkesbury 12/07/14
« Reply #15 on: July 15, 2014, 11:33:28 AM »
Oh I spotted my sempervivum Limelight in there. I have some fern and conifer photos which I will post
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Re: Mid-West AGS Show at Tewkesbury 12/07/14
« Reply #16 on: July 15, 2014, 12:00:02 PM »
Amazing slideshow! Wish I could identify everything!
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Re: Mid-West AGS Show at Tewkesbury 12/07/14
« Reply #17 on: July 15, 2014, 12:19:37 PM »
Some ferns that caught my eye

Cheilanthes wootonii
Cheilanthes tomentosa
Asplenium fontanum
Asplenium viride
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Re: Mid-West AGS Show at Tewkesbury 12/07/14
« Reply #18 on: July 15, 2014, 12:25:10 PM »
and some conifers/pines

Larix kaempheri grey pearl
Pinus leucodermis 'schmiditii'
Pinus mugo 'sea urchin'

I particularly liked the last one
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Re: Mid-West AGS Show at Tewkesbury 12/07/14
« Reply #19 on: July 15, 2014, 12:34:18 PM »
 Looks like some lovely ferns exhibited Helen, were any from the Smethursts?  Shelagh is a dab hand at propagating them...
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Re: Mid-West AGS Show at Tewkesbury 12/07/14
« Reply #20 on: July 15, 2014, 02:01:59 PM »
 I really like Pinus 'sea urchin' too and both those Cheilanthes. Sadly reminds me that I seem to have lost C. tomentosa  :'(


Stockists in UK of Cheilanths tomentosa :
The Palm Centre    www.palmcentre.co.uk
Wisley Plant Centre (RHS)   www.rhs.org.uk/wisleyplantcentre
Beeches Nursery www.beechesnursery.co.uk
 Long Acre Plants   www.plantsforshade.co.uk
Shady Plants   www.shadyplants.net

 See reply 24 for some suppliers of the little Pine
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Re: Mid-West AGS Show at Tewkesbury 12/07/14
« Reply #21 on: July 15, 2014, 02:51:46 PM »
Hi Chris

Sorry I didn't really notice who was showing what apart from where I knew the person and then it stuck in my head better.  I don't know the Smethursts
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Re: Mid-West AGS Show at Tewkesbury 12/07/14
« Reply #22 on: July 15, 2014, 02:53:05 PM »
Hi Margaret
I am a real fern fan with a rapidly growing collection so both those are on the want list as are the two pinus, if I can find a nursery that stocks them
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Re: Mid-West AGS Show at Tewkesbury 12/07/14
« Reply #23 on: July 15, 2014, 03:00:35 PM »
 The Great thing about ferns is how much fun it is to try growing them from spores  -  amazing what you can achieve with a bit of fern frond at the right time - lots of babies  :)  The Problem is the names which I can NEVER remember :P  I have more trouble with their names than any others though since I'm forgetting things at a rate of knots, soon I won't be able to remember any other names either!

Trying to think if I've seen Potterton's offer some of these conifers........ :-\ 

  I thinkHartside may offer the ferns.


 edit :wrong about Potterton's on those - just got side-tracked to some other stuff tho'  I fear..
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Re: Mid-West AGS Show at Tewkesbury 12/07/14
« Reply #24 on: July 15, 2014, 03:27:40 PM »
 In case anyone else is tempted :
Found 5 suppliers for the Pinus strobus 'Sea Urchin' from the RHS plant finder

Ashwood Nurseries Ltd  www.ashwoodnurseries.com
Kenwith Conifer Nursery (Gordon Haddow)  www.kenwithconifernursery.co.uk
Wisley Plant Centre (RHS)  www.rhs.org.uk/wisleyplantcentre
Lime Cross Nursery     www.limecross.co.uk
Larch Cottage Nurseries   www.larchcottage.co.uk
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Re: Mid-West AGS Show at Tewkesbury 12/07/14
« Reply #25 on: July 15, 2014, 04:24:16 PM »
Pottertons dont seem to offer the pines and so far I havent found anyone who has Sea Urchin despite going through the plantfinder
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Re: Mid-West AGS Show at Tewkesbury 12/07/14
« Reply #26 on: July 15, 2014, 04:28:15 PM »
Helen,
 Sea Urchin is a P. strobus cultivar, not  P. mugo so that may be your hitch - five suppliers showing, see my post above yours.... #124 - or do you mean you've checked their lists and they haven't got  it in stock?
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Re: Mid-West AGS Show at Tewkesbury 12/07/14
« Reply #27 on: July 15, 2014, 04:32:22 PM »
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Re: Mid-West AGS Show at Tewkesbury 12/07/14
« Reply #28 on: July 15, 2014, 05:01:36 PM »
Quote from: johnralphcarpenter on July 15, 2014, 12:00:02 PM
Amazing slideshow! Wish I could identify everything!
The names are on the plants but I am not sure how one can see them.
http://s703.photobucket.com/user/Owdboggy/library/Tewkesbury%202014

This single shots through them and you can see the names underneath.

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Re: Mid-West AGS Show at Tewkesbury 12/07/14
« Reply #29 on: July 15, 2014, 05:17:12 PM »
Hi Margaret
I wondered about pinus mugo being correct despite it's label. Someone commented on my blog where I featured it that it was wrong. Thanks for the research, I might have to treat myself to one
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