Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse

[Lvandelft]

Lesley, probably there is a heat wave in Europe by then  but better pack some woollies, because you never know here 

About the Iris reticulata I was told that White Caucasus is still difficult to obtain, even in Holland.

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Normally one would expect an explosion of yellow on this special day for narcissus entries, but this year all is different.
For forced flowers to late and for flowers from outside to early.
But there was a nice entry wioth some species and a few cultivars:

Narcissus               
Narcissus eugeniae                   
Narcissus minor                       
Narcissus nanus

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Narcissus Englander   
Narcissus Mite

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and some various entries

Iris ret.   
Anemone nemorosa Wisley Pink         
Galanthus nivalis March Sunshine
Clematis marmoraria x petriei                               
Muscari Peppermint

[annew]

Narcissi! Yellow fever is here at last!

[Armin]

my personal favourite - Narcissus minor Nice windmill 

[Lvandelft]

Some more narcissi this week at the Show: 
                     
Narcissus Bright Corsage
Narcissus Dear Love

[Lvandelft]

A nice entry with some miniatures:

Narcissus Minicycla
Narcissus Betty Mae           
Narcissus cordubensis                           
Narcissus Diamond Ring                           
Narcissus tazetta subsp. italicus   

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We saw some vases with double flowered Fritillaria persica:

Fritillaria persica dubb.

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some more various interesting entries:

Muscari neglectum Iran 
Corydalis integra                     
Hyacinthus orientalis subsp. chionophyllus 

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and finally there was a bowl with cultivated mosses, planted in autumn with some scillas, a little Zen garden:

Scilla bifolia Rosea   

[John85]

That clematis marmoraria X petriei looks so nice and very compact compared with other pictures I have seen.Are there different clones or cvs? Or was the grower cheating and was it sprayed with CCC or something similar?

[Lvandelft]

That clematis marmoraria X petriei looks so nice and very compact compared with other pictures I have seen.Are there different clones or cvs? Or was the grower cheating and was it sprayed with CCC or something similar?

This form was a while in production in Europe and is a creeper. I tried it myself in the garden and being wintergreen, after the winter months it was often severe damaged by frosts but not dead.  It had to start again but I rarely saw flowers then because the new young shoots did not make them in spring. Nowadays there are more hybrids in production, mostly climbing forms with bigger flowers and they are even less hardy outside in our climate.
Here is a link:
http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Clematis/marmoraria

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Many narcissi this week again, here just a few pictures:

Narcissus                           
Narcissus willkommii 

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There was a pot with a very interesting South African bulbous plant: 

Albuca polyphylla Augrabis Hill