AGS Southport Show : Lancashire : 16th May 2009

[ranunculus]

I'll jump in here while Cliff is getting his beauty sleep  ;

Only twenty minutes required this time ... just a 'beauty' top up really!!   

Thanks for your super images, Di ... taking that tripod into the show hall certainly works for you.

Alcohol has completely the opposite effect on me ... all the images taken prior to our lunchtime visit to the pub are just about acceptable but there is a marked deterioration after our return. I won't ask you to spot the break-off point because the images aren't in chronological order.   

Many more images to post this evening ...  blurred or not.

Allium in wedding hat? 
Allium nevskianum
Allium shelkovnikovii
Arisaema
Arisaema candidissimum
Arisaema taiwnanense
Bench colour
Campanula
Campanula carpatha
Campanula carpatha alba

[ranunculus]

Next batch from Southport AGS Show ...

Super celmisia exhibited by Brian and Shelagh Smethurst
Erigeron chrysopsidis close-up
Cypripedium close-up
Cypripediums
Cypripedium bloom
Cypripedium calceolus
Cypripedium calceolus close-up
Cypripedium micranthum
Cypripedium x venticosum
Dianthus brevicaulis

[ranunculus]

Third batch for this morning's post from Southport AGS Show ...

Dodecatheon cusickii
Dodecatheon dentatum
Erigeron chrysopsidis
Erigeron full-plant
Gaultheria x wisleyensis
Haberlea rhodopensis
Close-up
Incarvillea
Lewisia 'Ben Chace'
Lewisia rediviva

[ranunculus]

Final batch for this morning from Southport Show ... many more later.

Miniature garden class - some tremendous entries in this flourishing genre.  The grand master, John Dower (our very own JohnnyD.) entered the first prize winner (of course) and two tiny mini-mini-gardens as a non-competitive entry to encourage and amuse.

Mini-garden class
Menziesia cilicalyx
Orchid class
Petrocosmea
Ramonda myconi

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Great pictures boys and girls !
Another wonderful show !
The Farre winning Delphinium is stunning but so are many other plants - wouldn't like to be judging...
The campanula carpatha alba in another of these breathtaking beauties !
Thanks a lot for posting !!! 

[Lvandelft]

Great pictures boys and girls !
Another wonderful show !
The Farre winning Delphinium is stunning but so are many other plants - wouldn't like to be judging...
The campanula carpatha alba in another of these breathtaking beauties !
Thanks a lot for posting !!! 

I can only second that!
For me would the Erigeron chrysopsidis be one of the prize winners.
To grow it like this is a great job. What a beauty!

[Maggi Young]

Congratulations to George for his Farrer Medal and other success with that delightful Delphinium. Looks to have been a great show, which it is a pleasure to share through all your photos, Folks, Many thanks!

[ranunculus]

Thanks folks ... another couple of batches from Southport AGS Show ...

Allium oreophilum
Alstromeiria full
Arisaema close
Arisaema taiwanense
Alstromeiria close-up
Cypripedium calceolus
Delphinium close-up
Erigeron hyssopifolius
Iris close-up
Iris tenax alba

[ranunculus]

Batch two for this evening ...

Meconopsis close-up
Miniature garden One
Miniature garden Two
Myosotis albosericea
Orchid close-up
Ramonda myconi
Ramonda myconi Slack Top 'Pink'
Rhododendron camschaticum
Saxifraga Southside Seedling
Silene hookeri

[veteran vet]

Thank you all for the congratulations, rather an unexpected award but welcome none the less as it is my first Farrer medal, only taken twenty years or so.
Been at a Point to Point all day so late getting in with pictures but here goes. There is rather a lot of flash pictures as the hall could be 'gloomy' when the sun went in but ther light in the hall is perfectly good for the plants, not so good for photography
Myosotis albosericea Alan Furness
Arisaema taiwanense Peter Farkasch
Lewisia rediviva Eric Rainford
Alstroemeria pelegrina Harry Roberts
Calochortus toliei Ian Leslie
Iris tenax alba W&J Wright

[veteran vet]

More pictures, I tend to photograph what I like so not all are first prize winners ond are from all classes in the show
Chysanthemum atlanticum Graham Nicholls
Allium shelkovnikovii Ivor Betteridge
Lilium lophophorum George Young
Lilium maculatum v divuricatum George Young (at least thats what I think it is as I lost the label some time ago, grown from seed from the AGS Japan trip
Serapias x godferyi Barry Tattersall
Cypripedium calceolus Alan Furness
Ramonda myconi Geoff Mawson

[veteran vet]

Next few
Saxifraga pubescens Snowcap Tommy Anderson
Celmisia spedenii Ian Leslie
Campanulla carpatha alba Graham Nicholls
Celmisia bellidiodes George Young
Gentiana acaulis Cliff Booker
Erigeron chrysopidis v brevifolius Alan Furness
Primula malvacea John Richards

[veteran vet]

All selection of Cypripediums, nearly all by the master Barry Tattersall of Twickenham
Cyp parviflorum
Cyp x alaskanum
Cyp montanum x parviflorum ssp pubescens
the above three plants were part of Barrys 3 pan entry
Cyp calceolus Ian Leslie
Cyp micranthum Barrt Tattersall
Saxifraga Tumbling Waters John Dower

[veteran vet]

sorry if there is too much repetition but its easier just to post than to edit out repetitions as I go (although Ihave edited out some you'll be pleased to know)
Haberlea rhodopensis Rob Price....this was a v large plant so only a close up
Androsace foliosa Lionel Clarkson
Helichrysum pagophyllum Robin Pickering
Rhodohypoxis seedling Colin Dolding
Penstemon rupicola Vera Buck

[veteran vet]

Next
Campanula aucheri Margaret Pickering
Silene californicum Robin Pickering
Two views of Campanula carpatha alba Graham Nicholls
Dianthus brevicaulis Alan Furness
Silene hookeri Rob Price