Southport AGS

[veteran vet]

Realise I had missed out class 1, I was the only entry but blue instead of red....seriously miffed at the time
Androsace studiosorum 'Doksa', an exact 36cm pan, weighed a ton, last time I will carry it...was awarded a Certificate of Merit
Erigeron aureus...an old favourite of mine
Oxalis patagonica...was told later was not good enough...is 20 years old, every year one or two flowers, on Saturday approx. 40 don't think they knew what they were seeing as is seldom on the show bench
Townsendia condensata
Lamium sandrasicum...was lucky to make the show as while cleaning the pot on Thursday it fell over and plant half fell out, broke off some branches etc, however managed to fiddle it back into the pan, do a bit of tidy...did not actually go back in as low as it was before for some reason and decided better to make to with what I had rather than ruin it!
Last plant in the 6 was Fritillaria liliacea, not as good as I have had it in the past but consider myself lucky to still have it after the winter of 2010 gave it the hammer.   

[veteran vet]

Will move on to the Small Open now and I managed to win the Small6 pan which made up for not doing so in class 1...swings and roundabouts. This was made up of Erigeron montanensis and Penstemon uintahensis at the back, Oxalis laciniata and Hymenoxis acaulis caespitose in the middle, Androsace cylindrical x hirtella and Lupinus Lepidus var utahensis at the front
Penstemon uintahensis also won the Best in 19cm pan (I took the photo at home the following day!)
Hymenoxis acaulis caepitosa

[veteran vet]

Hit send by mistake, senility creeps in
Class 36, a three pan class had no less than 10 entries (might have been more), filled with fine plants among which were
Silene californica, Robin Pickering
Euryops acraeus, Cecilia Coller but the class was won by Ivor Betteridge who had
Allium elburzense (Robert Rolfe thought it may something more rare than that) and
Cyclamen persicum as part of his 3 pan (3rd was a Sax but couldn't get a pic.)
In Class 38 Rod and Shirley Johnson had a lovely
Primula albenensis, a nice form, there have been a few washed out ones at shows this year

[veteran vet]

I know I have put up a picture of Androsace cylindrica but there were a few named
Andrisace cylindrica 'Val d'Ossue'Shown by Clare Oates (39)
Martin Rogerson obviously has a passion for Lewisia and he contested the Lewisia classes with some success
Class 42 was made up of L. columbiana hybrid, L. cotyledon hybrid and L. tweedyi
In Class 43 Martin had
Lewisia glandulosa (a new one for me I think)
and
Lewisia brachycalyx in class 52...I used to grow this, is a lovely plant, somehow had forgotten all about it (more senility!)
Cypripedium parviflorum var makasin from Diane Clement (47)

[veteran vet]

Adding to the Lewisia list was
Lewisia nevadensis rosea from Brian Burrow (43)
Ranunculus alpestris, Ian Leslie (45), a nice glossy pristine example, he also had a C.of M. for
Saxifraga x malbyana in 46 where
Saxifraga pubescens 'Snowcap' was also shown by Clare Oates
Allium shelkovnikovii from Ivor Betteridge in 49, he likes his Allium does Ivor

[veteran vet]

Fritillaria affinis, Clare Oates (52)
Arisaema amurense 'Korean Form', John Bunn (53)
Pyrethrum leontopodium, Brian Burrow (53)
Haastia pulvinaris, Geoff Rollinson ( 54)
Myosotis colensoi, George Young (54)

[veteran vet]

Cypripedium calceolus, Mavis and Sam Lloyd (55)
Viola lutea, Brian Burrow (56), small apn native to British Isles, this was second to Pinguicula grandiflora from Don Peace but despite taking 5-6 pictures none came out good enough
Cassiope myosuroides from Sam Sutherland (59), travelling all the way down from Kincardine to earn his red sticker, good to see him and the wife
Daphne petraea 'Tremalzo' Lionel Clarkson (61), not the best one you will have seen but I have a soft spot for it, not seen too often now
Anemone narcissiflora, Brian Burrow (70), rather taken with this, not seen it for a few years since my last visit to Europe

[veteran vet]

I managed to win the 3 pan 'New and Rare' (67) with
Lewisia stebbinsii, also was awarded a C of M
Fritillaria epirotica 'Yellow Form' and
Viola flettii, not content also won the 1 pan rare class with
Trillium decumbens
In the 1 pan New in Cultivation (68) Cecilia Coller had
Asarum dimidiatum (not sure you will be able to make it out in the small size pictures we have to post nowadays!)

[ranunculus]

Wonderful report, George ... you had a very successful day in every respect.

Don Peace's lovely Pinguicula grandiflora.

[veteran vet]

I am very pleased to say that I am at the end of my list (thank goodness I can hear you say)
Androsace Helvetica from Geoff Rollinson (71)
Androsace geranifolia, at least that's what the label says, I gather those that know thought it might not be, still interesting though (sadly I did not get exhibitor)
Campanula wanneri, Pamela Anderson (76)
Aquilegia canadensis nana, Jackie Street and finally
Class 82, the Trillium cuneatum at the back was the best plant in the B Section shown by Paul Street, the Allium at the front shown by Andrew Ward who won the most points in the B section, sadly I forgot to note the name of the allium

[Maggi Young]

Super photos and report, George - thanks for sharing.

 P.S. You can still post photos that are under the 200KB limit that are up to 760 pixels across- plenty big enough! 

[ruweiss]

Many thanks George for taking us to the show with
your beautiful pictures.

[ranunculus]

Just a few from Southport AGS Show ... no exhibitors I'm afraid ... I just tour the benches and take images that appeal.

Asarum maximum
Beautiful cypripedium
Campanula bellidifolia
Correa 'Dusky Bells'
Cyclamen foliage

[ranunculus]

A few more ...

[ranunculus]

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