EAST CHESHIRE AGS SHOW 5th MAY 2007 AT MACCLESFIELD

[ranunculus]

Another Saturday - another Show.
This time we ventured into beautiful Cheshire for the AGS East Cheshire Show. Unfortunately the season, the Czech Conference and a second AGS event in East Anglia on the same day reduced the quantity (but certainly not the quality) of the exhibits on display.
Lots of splendid plants and a superb Farrer Medal winning Cypripedium gisela from a relatively new exhibitor; Linda Pickering from Market Weighton who also scooped several other awards. Many congratulations to Linda from all in the show fraternity.
Congratulations to the Show Secretary; Liz Maddock and her team on another excellent event.
Only a limited number of photos today I'm afraid....many plants have already featured in previous show reports this season and a strange combination of direct sunlight on some plants and generally poor lighting in the hall resulted in a number of less than perfect images. Please enjoy.
We'll start with a superb bluebell wood in the vicinity of the show venue in Macclesfield: -

Bluebell wood.jpg
Cornus canadensis.jpg
Athyrium filix-femina Minutissimum.jpg
Allium shelkovnikovii.jpg
Asarum delavayi.jpg
Castilleja detail.jpg
Castilleja detail 2.jpg
Cypripedium gisela.jpg
Cypripedium gisela 2.jpg
Cypripedium fasciolatum.jpg

[ranunculus]

Next batch.....

Cypripedium detail.jpg
Cypripedium detail 3.jpg
Cypripedium fasciolatum.jpg
Cypripedium fasciolatum detail.jpg
Eriogonum caespitosum.jpg
Fritillaria affinis.jpg
Fritillaria purdyi detail.jpg
Gypsophila aretioides.jpg

[ranunculus]

And there's more....
Haberlea rhodopensis 1.jpg
Haberlea rhodopensis 2.jpg
Heuchera micans.jpg
Jankaea heldreichii.jpg
Lewisia x George Henley.jpg
Menziesia cilicalyx Buchanans Dwarf.jpg
Phlox grayii.jpg
Pinguicula.jpg
Pinguicula 2.jpg
Pinguicula3.jpg

[Paddy Tobin]

Cliff,

You will have to be given the title of 'Official Reporter'.

Another great photographic treat.

Many thanks, Paddy

[Mick McLoughlin]

Nice looking plants and good photos too Cliff. We would have liked to have been there but your pictures will have to do as a substitute. Will get to another show soon, maybe with something to show?

[ranunculus]

...And once again...

Pinus mugo Mops Midget.jpg
Primula reidii.jpg
PYRETHRUM LEONTOPODIUM.jpg
Rhododendron keiskei Yaku-Fairy.jpg
SIX CUT FLOWERS.jpg
Three pan.jpg
three pan ericaceae.jpg
Vaccinium nummularia.jpg
The show stance - arms folded.jpg

[ranunculus]

Many thanks Paddy and Mick....it's a pleasure to share some of the beauty that we were fortunate enough to see at Macclesfield.

[Lesley Cox]

Ah, East Cheshire! The only AGS show I ever attended, except for the big Conference show. Both events in 1981. I'm long overdue. Funnily enough, I have a photo of Pinguicula grandiflora at that EC show too.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

What an overdose of great plants and pictures we're getting here : Macclesfield, Glasgow, Prague.... am I forgetting any ??
Thanks Cliff, and all other 'reporters' out in the field for showing us !!!
 

[Maggi Young]

Cliff, again my thanks for your efforts to share the show with us here.
I laughed when I saw your caption to the photos, "the Show Stance" since I had been thinking how many crossed arms we were seeing..... not very friendly body language, is it? One can only hope they were having more fun than it appears! Can't imagine that Vic Aspland wasn't enjoying the day... it's in his nature to be cheery !

[Maggi Young]

I am pleased to see some good examples of ericaceae on the show benches......for some time these plants seemed to have fallen out of favour... I hope that they are headed for a general resurgence of interest.... Eric rules, okay!

[Anthony Darby]

I think if I been able to show any of these wonderful plants, I'd be grinning, with my arms folded, like a Cheshire Cat. Superb.

[David Nicholson]

Cliff, again my thanks for your efforts to share the show with us here.
I laughed when I saw your caption to the photos, "the Show Stance" since I had been thinking how many crossed arms we were seeing..... not very friendly body language, is it? One can only hope they were having more fun than it appears! Can't imagine that Vic Aspland wasn't enjoying the day... it's in his nature to be cheery !

Maggi, so many plants, so many we want to pick up and touch! Arms folded is the only way to avoid problems at shows.

[hadacekf]

Cliff,
I am pleased to see so many outstanding photographed rare plants.
Thank you.

[annew]

Thanks for the report, Cliff, but I must take issue with Linda Pickering being a 'new exhibitor'. She has been growing and showing for many years, and has been a great and generous friend to me for as long! Unfortunately, since a stroke, her son has had to take her plants to the shows for her - so this is a crowning acheivement to a long alpine career. Congratulations, Linda!