Newcastle - Ponteland SRGC/AGS Show 11th October 2014

[Maggi Young]

Lovely examples of Saxifraga fortunei from Chris Boulby and the Smethursts whilst mine in the garden sulk horribly. What am I doing wrong?

I don't know, David - but whatever it is, I'm doing it just a badly! Only got a couple of these  but the poor things are hanging on by a thread in comparison to those lovely show specimens.

 There was a huge Saxifraga fortunei from Tom Green as well, I think - which got a Certificate of Merit.

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I thought, the car will be safe – I’ve left the watch-dog in it!

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[ChrisB]

I don't know, David - but whatever it is, I'm doing it just a badly! Only got a couple of these  but the poor things are hanging on by a thread in comparison to those lovely show specimens.

 There was a huge Saxifraga fortunei from Tom Green as well, I think - which got a Certificate of Merit.

Hi David,  I keep mine in deep shade standing on concrete slabs, water less in summer, but more from late August when they start to put up their lush foliage.  They are never kept inside the greenhouse.  Here they are in all their glory today.  They will all be repotted whilst dormant.

[David Nicholson]

Hi David,  I keep mine in deep shade standing on concrete slabs, water less in summer, but more from late August when they start to put up their lush foliage.  They are never kept inside the greenhouse.  Here they are in all their glory today.  They will all be repotted whilst dormant.

Thanks for that Chris. I've only got a couple, one is I think 'Rubrifolia' and the other is 'Conwy Star' that I bought from Aberconwy earlier this year. Both are in the garden and were in the shade of a Viburnam 'Tinus' but I've recently decimated this to just a couple of feet high because it was riddled with Viburnam beetle. Neither of mine have ever looked particularly happy though. Maybe I'll try them in pots, ot perhaps in a trough and see if they do better. Yours looked lovely.

[Maggi Young]

Sandy Leven's show report is here : http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/Ponteland2014.pdf 
The report has been online for a couple of days but I forgot to post the link here -  Sorry!

[Maggi Young]

This is the local newsletter from the  Ponteland area - PNV-  Pont News and Views - see page 3 for photos and a report from Alan Furness  on the recent Ponteland show :

http://www.ponteland-tc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/PNV-Nov-14-issue-110.pdf

[ChrisB]

Great coverage and lovely photo too!