Stirling Show at Dunblane 20th March 2010

[Maggi Young]

Yes it is 

Is there an "expert" at the Stirling Show? Where happy to have a name for this diamond of a rock garden plant.
Because trees and shrubs are my job and so every new cultivar is a piece forward in the plant world.

Uli, I have just heard from Stan da Prato, who exhibited the Cryptomeria.... he tells me " it is C. japonica spiralis which I am told is sometimes called 'granny’s ringlets' "

 

[Onion]

Thank you for the answer Maggi, but this plant can not be 'Spiralis'. This is a upright cultivar, with sprouts of 10-15 cm per year. The plant in the show is a other dwarf species. Maybe it is 'Pygmea', but have not seen it by myself only on pictures.

[Maggi Young]

Thanks, Uli, I'm sure the grower will be interested to hear this. It was the name under which he received the plant, I am sure.... another mis-naming!