PERTH SRGC SHOW 2010

[Maggi Young]

Saturday 17th April was bright and warm, in spite of volcanic ash from Iceland causing cancellation of air traffic over all the UK.... luckily it is customary for exhibitors to drive to our shows and so there was little disruption to the event that was the 2010 Perth Show.
Show Secretary Julia Corden and her happy Band of Helpers worked hard to give us all a most pleasurable day.... thanks to you all!!

I seem very short of time here at the moment, so I hope you will be patient with me and rest assured that photos will appear eventually!
Just to get things started... here is a photo of the happy winner of the Forrest medal.... and no, it's not the Glenrothes Greenfinger..... yes, that's right, it is Tom Green from Rowlands Gill by the  River Derwent, Tyne and Wear- whose own fingers are as green as his name 
Tom is a regular exhibitor at the Scottish shows and his winning plant, Sebaea thomasii has been particularly successful this year.... in AGS shows as well...... on Saturday it was looking as fresh as the proverbial daisy and was a worthy winner of our premier award. Tom was looking pretty pleased with the way the day was shaping up, as you can see! It may just have been the intoxicating scent of cloves from the Sebaea that was bringing the smile to his face.....but I think there was more to it than that 
 This show season is certainly a good one for Tom... the plant has already wond a certificate of merit AND a Farrer Medal... not a bad record, I'm sure you'll agree?

Tom was shocked to find, just before the show, that the plant, set beside a fence in the shade in his garden, had been speckled with red when his neighbour had been out painting her side of the fence!   Tom set to to remove the few red-speckled flowers and was pleased to see that the plant still looked in good order for the drive up to Perth where the judges, unaware of the drama, thought it looked good enough for the medal.
It's a stressful life as an exhibitor, for sure! 

As well as his own entry of good plants, Tom's chum, Sid, has also begun to exhibit now, so the pair of them are even more welcome to the Shows!!
More of the show to come, as I said , but, for now, here's Tom and that lovely yellow Sebaea.....

[Ragged Robin]

Thanks for the great first photo and intro, Maggi, setting the scene for the Perth Show - thank goodness the red speckled paint was only a marginal problem for Tom with his fabulous Sebaea thomasii on show once again and still on a winning streak

[veteran vet]

Burning the midnight oil I see Maggi good effort, great pic. Not too many plants can have won a Forrest and a Farrer in the same year and a few weeks apart at that. Ominously for other exhibitors the plant still looks good for a show or two yet. Congratulations to Tom. Looking forward to more pictures

[Maggi Young]

Okay, here are some Perth pix.... I'll load them in alphabetical order and place text later.....
Starting with a 2pan ranunculaceae... a pair of Anemonellas.... they should both be mauve/lilac but the light in the hall is odd and the camera flash didn't help

Andro muscoidea breviscapa      Androsace alpina
Andro vandellii in a pan that must be more than 30cms  across, then there's the height of the dome to take into the equation.... one FAT androsace!
Androsace idahoensis laevigata  shown by Sam Sutherland
Andro. idahoensis laevigata : took two shots of this, couldn't choose which to show!
Andromeda polifolia
Androsace muscoidea
Anemone  x lipsiensis and Ranunc ficaria double
Aquilegia jonesii .... looking a little etiolated, I think.
Asarum shown in the foliage class

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[Maggi Young]

next batch

Carol and Ian Bainbridge's winning 3 pan entry: Narcissus rupicola watieri 'Abaleish': Pteridophyllum racemosum; Erythronium citrinum x oregonum
 
bench with Iris

bench mwith narcissus
bench more primulas
bench primulas
bench view2
bench view with Frit meleagris which  won Joyce Halley award for best from seedfor Margaret and Henry Taylor
bench view
bench with Androsace vandellii
bench with large Andro vandellii  (it's Cyril's, by the way, - and you can see its sister, in the top right hand corner!)

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[Maggi Young]

more later... off out with the dogs now the snow and hail has stopped meantime!

[Maggi Young]

Okay here we go again.....
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bench with Narcissus 'Niveth' ...the large potful of white narcissus
bench with narcissus and primulas
bench with some fritillarias
bench with bulbs
Benthamiella patagonica cushion without flowers
Benthamiella patagonica.....larger and with  lots of flowers
Bongardia chrysogonum
Bukiniczia cabulica
Carol and David Shaw's  Iris bucharica .....bought as a bag labelled Iris danfordiae!
Carol poses to make a point 

[Maggi Young]

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Barry and Cathy Caudwell's mini garden
class with Sebaea thomasii that won the Forrest medal
Coprosma 'Autumn Glow'
Cyclamen hederifolium with plain, silvery foliage
Cyclamen in flower
Cyril Lafong with Ery. multiscapoideum on the bench

Cyril's  6pan winning entry which included.........at rear, Erythronium multiscapoideum, Trillium grandiflorum roseum, Lewisia tweedyi and, front, Daphne cneorum 'Peggy Fell' Primula bracteata and another large Androsace vandellii!
 
Daphne cneorum 'Peggy Fell'  and
Erythronium multiscapoideum
Draba from Nick Boss

[Maggi Young]

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Erica canaliculata : a small plant of this potentially large South African shrub, shown by Margaret and Henry Taylor.
Fritillaria hermonis amana, F. pallidiflora   to left , in the gloaming; G.Stewart Pawley behind.
Frit.  michailovskyi in  section 2
Frit. crassifolia  karadaghensis
Frit. meleagris  from Dordogne seed, won the Halley Award for Margaret and Henry Taylor..
Frit. pallidiflora
Frit. wendelboi
Frit.tubiformis with  F. moggeridgei behind
Gypsohila aretioides
Henry and Margaret Taylor

[Maggi Young]

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interview with the press.jpg
Iris suaveolens violacea ... charming and tiny plant from Sam Sutherland
Jean Wyllie's Shortia
Jean's Connoisseur Collection  narcissus .....from left rear,'Tracey', 'Quail' ( a good big yellow, others s were shown in the competitive classes), 'Dove Wings', and in front 'Carclew' ( with differing flowers  ) and 'Skilliwiddens'
Jean's Conn. Collection  Daffs 2 ....from the Discussion Weekend Sale 2009
Kalmiopsis leachiana  from Roma Fiddes
Lathyrus vernus, not quite in full flower. From Graham Catlow
massive Lewisia tweedyi Lemon from Cyril

The Taylors'  3pans native to one country: Spain From rear, a Viola bubanii; Plantago nivalis and Narcissus moleroi

Mike Hicks' 6pan in Sect2:left ,Narciussus 'Hawera' ;Primula marginata hybrid;Ranunculus alpina and right, Frit.hermonis 'EKBowles 1034'  Tulipa humilis 'Liliput'  and Primula darialica

[Maggi Young]

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mixed pot narcissus_NOT white tete a tete as labelled I don't believe!
N.Hawera  best plant in Sect2 Mike Hicks
narcissus 2pan class  MHTaylor_ Jean Wyliie_  John Lee
narcissus bulbocodium
narcissus calcicola.
narcissus_ Cathy Caudwell taking notes
Paraquilegia sp.
Perth 1
Perth 2
Perth 3

[Maggi Young]

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Perth 4
Perth 5
Perth 6
Perth 7
Perth 8
Perth 9
Pleione 'Oriental Splendour' from  M&HT
Pleione Versailles  from Alan Weepers.
Pleione x confusa from  Cyril Lafong
Pleione 'Zeus Weinstein '   from Richard Barr

[Graham Catlow]

You were very busy on Saturday Maggi.
And I suspect it took you longer to process them!

Graham

[Maggi Young]

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Yes, Graham, it's a long job!

Primula aureata
Primula 2 pan from Stan da Prato
Primula 2 pan.... Watt Russell's  entry in foreground
Primula albinensis M & H Taylor
Primula allionii from Nick Boss
Primula auriculata
Primula 'Beamish'
Primula bracteata from Cyril: in his 6pan entry and winner of the best Asiatic primula.
Primula cf. sinolisteri_notes to follow
Primula cf.sinolisteri notes Stella and David Rankin

[Ragged Robin]

What a wonderful Show!  So many different plants and tip top exhibits it's really hard to choose, but here goes:

Just scrumy:
Anemone  x lipsiensis and Ranunc ficaria double

The most beautiful pot of Frit meleagris ever:
Frit. meleagris  from Dordogne seed, won the Halley Award for Margaret and Henry Taylor..

Some of my very special Alpines:
Mike Hicks' 6pan in Sect2:left ,Narciussus 'Hawera' ;Primula marginata hybrid;Ranunculus alpina and right, Frit.hermonis  Tulipa humilis 'Liliput'  and Primula darialica

Gorgeous colour and form:
Iris suaveolens violacea ... charming and tiny plant from Sam Sutherland
Jean Wyllie's Shortia

Strange but fascinating leaves & flowers:
Bongardia chrysogonum
Bukiniczia cabulica

Many congratulations, would love to know what the ferny looking plant with white flowers is?
Carol and Ian Bainbridge's winning 3 pan entry
Carol and David Shaw's  Iris bucharica .....bought as a bag labelled Iris danfordiae! (A bargain!)

Maggi thanks so much for all the time and effort to bring these wonderful photos and report of the Perth Show.  It was my home city as I grew up so has a special place in my heart and this really does it justice