SRGC Glasgow Show at Milngavie 5th May 2018

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bench 4 was mainly  section 2 but also had  class V for cut flowers mainly contributed by Peter Semple.

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rest of bench 4

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RBGE's gold medal display has  already  been mentioned.

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Stella & David Rankin received  a silver  medal for an informative exhibit on hybrids within  the maximowiczii series of primulas.

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nurseries and the very good local group plant stall

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Catering  at Glasgow is justly famous and greatly  appreciated by  show goers

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people among the plants

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more

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and others

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It was good to be back  at a show meeting  people again-and no-one was more pleased to see me with my camera  than Liz!
By 3.30 the show closed. In a remarkably short time Glasgow group members had the staging  dismantled . After 20 year service outgoing show secretary John Lee folded up the staging cloth for the last time.   

[veteran vet]

Its good to see Stan back in action but suspect he might be a bit stiff today but just 5 weeks post op and back on song is pretty good going me thinks. It is a strange coincidence that on consecutive weeks I was at shows where it was the last show run by two secretaries of long standing at their respective shows, last week Carol Kellett at East Lancs and this week John Lee at Glasgow and if I may say so, they both 'retired' on really good shows.....thank you again from all exhibitors.
Stan has made a very good impression of the show so I will add some pictures of plants close up with exhibitor identity and class where I got them.
I only made a last minute decision to come to the show (about 6 on Friday evening when Ian Kidman asked if I fancied going, he was driving and had space for a couple of boxes of plants so after a quick look around to see what I had we agreed to go together, he picked me up plus plants at 5-30, the crack of dawn!
Ian had a brilliant day winning Class A with Viola douglasii, Primula bullata v bullata, Wikstroemia gemmata, Cassiope lycopodiodes and Daphne petraea 'Flamingo' and Phyllodoce nipponica oblongo-ovata
Cassiope lycopodoides 'Rokujo' was the best small pan
Viola douglasii
Cassiope lycopodiodes 'Beatrice Lilley', his Forrest Medal exhibit
Lamium sandrasicum the best plant in Class 2 [ Specified attachment is not available ]

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No Cassiope lycopodiodes 'Beatrice Lilley' so will try again
Class 4 was dominated by Stan and his Rhododendrons were R. 'Patty Bee', 'Wee Bee' and 'Arabesk'
Gentiana angustifolia 'Rotling' was just one in his 3 pan exhibit from Cyril Lafong (poor pic, sorry)
Paris quadrifaria from Watt Russell was the best plant native to Scotland
Watt also had Tulipa 'Little Beauty' in class 30

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Class 5, new or rare had some interesting plants
Viola pachyrhiza from Cyril Lafong
Fritillaria epirotica Yellow Form shown by me
Trillium undulatum (I had never seen it before) from Alan Gardner
This small trillium was in marked contrast to
Trillium grandiflorum flore pleno shown by Steven McFarlane (31)
Show Hall, Ian Bainbridge getting his ear bent

[veteran vet]

Class 46 had some lovely Daphne which included D 'Bonnie Glen, D petraea grandiflora, D petraea 'Punchinello', and D 'Maisey Laraeta?
There were a few Fritillaria at the show and these included
Fritillaria pyrenaica 'Bernard Tickner', Cyril Lafong in 29
Fritillaria liliacea from me in 30 (seed grown from a JJA collection)
Fritillaria meleagris from Dai Davies
Dai also had Primula chionantha in 73

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A few from Cyril Lafong to include
Jeffersonia dubia alba, the best seed raised plant at the show
Daphne petraea 'Lydora'
Lewisia tweedyi 'Lemon' , C of M
Primula henrici was the best Primula at the show
Saxifraga pubescens 'Snowcap C of M, last weeks Forrest plant from Dave Millward