Flower Festival at Ferny Creek

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The Ferny Creek Horticultural Society's Flower Festival was held last weekend and I managed to get a few pics to post here. Not a lot of labels though!
First the Rock Garden Section.
The Blue Ribbon in the Cut-flowers was a selction of lachenalias exhibited by Rex Shields,


Just edging out Carol's Heuchera foliage


In the Potted section it was Helene's very nicely presented Primula veris in excellent condition,


Also in contention was a pot of Fritillaria meleagris "Saturnus"


There were some very pretty mixed bunches,










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I got pics of a few other cutflowers in the RG section,
Sparaxis grandiflora


Muscari comosum


Albuca ?spiralis


In the General Section there were quite a few good iris,




A dusky-rose PCI


A blue-purple PCI


A rose-purple PCI


A campanula-blue PCI


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Still in the General Section, a TBI


A prize winning potted tree peony, "Black Panther"


Some great bouquets for sale on the cut-flower stall,


The Australian Native Plant Section was very colourful


Especially the NSW Waratahs (Telopea sp and hybrids)


and this NSW Fucshia Heath, Epacris longiflora


The Floor Garden this Show was done by the Rhodo/Camellia Group


Many people were especially attracted to what was on the table!

We don't see double primroses like that everyday!
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Of course, those weren't the only Rhodies at the Show!


These three reds are apparently all different!






Rh. veitchianum


Rh. johnstoneanum (?)


A nice pink stripey one!


Rh. austrinum


And a soft yellow to finish...for now!


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There were still a few more Rhodies,
Rh augustinii


a prize-winning set of three


A very bright pink!


A subtley-lemon (?Maddeni group?) with local wildlife


Rh. yakusianum x Rh sederum (?)


A nice white, but shame about the foliage


"May Day"


"Royal Pink"


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fermi

[Brian Ellis]

Great to see these Fermi. Maggi and John will enjoy the rhodos, but I particularly liked the Tree peony "Black Panther"

[Maggi Young]

Oh, my word- what a fantastic range of things to see at this superb show  
Truly impressive displays from individuals and clubs alike.

Brian's right, I love the rhodos... and the Epacris is fabulous, the Telopeas.... and the Iris.... and the Black Panther paeony is sumptuous..... crikey, I love it ALL!

And to cap it all, one could visit the show, enjoy all those plants on display and themn BUY a great bunch of flowers to take home as a souvenir!! Just fantastic!


A REMINDER, READERS; CLICK THE PICTURES TO ENLARGE THEM- YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID!!

[Otto Fauser]

another photo of some colour forms of the most showy of our Waratahs - per bunch for $10 .-they last a long time as cut flowers .
 The pot of the double primrose 'Miss Indigo' came from my garden ( I could not enter because I was a judge )-but I had hoped that at the end of our show our president would open the bottle of Shiraz and offer me a glass , but it did not eventuate . Perhaps he was concerned ,as I had to drive home .

[johnw]

What a display of augustiniis Fermi!

And those red species, all of which are impossible here....

johnw

[shelagh]

Fermi I caught sight of the Waratah's in the cut flower bunches I thought they were Chrysanthemums or Dahlias what a wonderful flower.

[Martinr]

Amazing, those green vases have made it right round the globe! Now I know why our local garden club is running out, they've been exported.

Great show.

[Paul T]

Excellent pics, both Fermi and Otto.

Martin,

We had our local Iris Rhododendron and Azalea show here in Canberra this past weekend as well..... full of those same little green vases.    You export us as convicts, then export your little green vases here as well.  

I put a bunch of entries in the show here, won a bunch of prizes, and didn't take a single picture unfortunately as I had to get to work (and the next day as well, so I never got back to the show).  Some beautiful stuff, but unfortunately I can't show you any of it.  Champion container of beardless iris was one of my Pacific Coast Irises..... always nice to beat the likes of dutch iris etc with these little beauties.