Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse

[Lvandelft]

Here some pictures from Monday May 4th.
Narcissus and Tulips are almost over now, but there were some nice entries.


Arisaema sikokianum                           
Hymenocallis harrisianum             
Iris Broadleigh Elisabeth           
Iris x Orion                               
Veronica prostrata Blue Sheen                 
Oxalis rubra Pink Dream                   
Phlox divaricata White Perfume           
Iris aphylla fieberi
Narcissus Lancaster     
Tulipa Tequila Sunrise Hemisphere     Edit L.

[Maggi Young]

Another good Monday, I see, Luit 
 The Hymenocallis is intriguing... like an alien creature /flower ..... fascinating with the sculptural form .... those super anthers

I have tried a number of the "Broadleigh" Irises..... none of them grew here 

[Lvandelft]

Another good Monday, I see, Luit 
 The Hymenocallis is intriguing... like an alien creature /flower ..... fascinating with the sculptural form .... those super anthers

I have tried a number of the "Broadleigh" Irises..... none of them grew here 

Maggi this Iris was grown in a pot in a cold glasshouse. But I think they are not good garden plants,
because the flowers fade very fast and they have always brown leaf points.
I show another picture with a better flower but brown leaves.
And a close up of Hymenocallis harrisianum. But could not really catch the beauty there.

[Lesley Cox]

Tulipa 'Tequila Sunrise' is VERY well named. I remember a certain morning after the night before when tequila was the drink of choice and the morning showed many bleary and bloodshot eyes among a group of friends.

[Lesley Cox]

A good plant breeder will refrain from introducing plants which have such obvious defects as browning foliage when the flowers are out. Flower beauty is not and should not be, the only criterion when judging a new plant.

[Boyed]

Luit,

Wonderful photos! Hemynocallis looks quite special and elegant. I think it would be perfect for flower arrangements.

The tulip variety is very colourful and catchy. But I should say that it is Triumph tulip 'Hemisphere'. It immediately caught my attention when I first saw it last year among the pictures of a tourist, who were in Kokenhof (no plant are alike).  'Tequila Sunrise' is equally beautiful Triumph tulip with Darwin shape of flower - yellow with red edge. Pictures are presented below.

[Lvandelft]

Thank you Zhirair! I must have mixed the label pictures when naming my series.  
They were both there in the show, but the other picture was not good at all.
I will change my posting then!

[Lvandelft]

Some pictures of this week, to start with a very interesting Babiana. Never seen before.

Babiana tubulosa                           
Babiana Zwanenburg's Glory               
Iris TB Blazing Sunrise           
Iris TB Immortality                 
Iris TB Morning Show           
Iris TB Patina               
Iris TB Peach Jam               
Lilium tsingtauense               

[Lesley Cox]

'Patina' is my most favourite TB Iris, the old antique colours look wonderful in a large, pottery jar.

[Lvandelft]

This week had Heuchera and Hosta as special themes. I pictured some of both

Heuchera Caramel                     
Heuchera Dark Secret             
Heuchera Peach Flambé             
Heuchera Tiramisu           
Hosta Blue Mouse Ears           
Hosta Ghostmaster           
Hosta Invincible               
Hosta Mighty Mouse               
Hosta Orange Marmelade         
Hosta Whirlwind 

[Lvandelft]

One grower showed a Dichelostemma. There are some arguments about the naming, if it's D. capitatum
or D. pulchellum. This one was collected by the grower together with Jane McGary in Oregon.

Dichelostemma pulchellum

Among the other entries was a group of Hyacinths. The grower prepared a lot of these to
bring to the Chelsea Show and showed some pots here too.

Hyacinthus Group                 

There was a nice entry of Iris again

Iris TB Arpege             
Iris TB Pinnacle                   
Iris TB Skyfire                   
Iris TB Superstition                 
       
and some varied other entries.
Paeonia Lemon Chiffon             
Paeonia Mackinac Grand 
Tulbaghia cominsii x violacea     
Scilla litardierei

[Lesley Cox]

Some great plants in there Luit. I specially like the coloured leaf Heucheras. 'Dark secret' would fit in well in the new black garden I'm planning, as would the TB Iris 'Superstition.'

[Joakim B]

Very nice ones Luit.
Will these be masspropagated so that they will be available in many/most garden centers? In a few years time. They would greatly improve the ones that are here now.
Hope this is the case since some would be very welcome in my garden. 
Kind regards
Joakim

[Lvandelft]

Did you mean Iris Joakim? Heuchea and Hosta are already masspropagated in a way that there are more than enough in trade.

[Joakim B]

Luit I was thinking of the nice ones You showed that are much nicer than what usually exists of the Heuchea and I hoped that the Iris and Paeonia that are very nice also would be mass propageted so that they would be more easily available. Paeonias only come in three colours (white, pink and red) here and they might not even come true as doubles.

So I hoped that these nicer versions would be more available. Maybe I am in a slower end of the trade so that it takes long time for new things to show up but I live in the hope that they do eventually. I think they end up here if they are mass produced but not if they are only produced by smaller producers.
I thought that the show showed what the future of the mass market would be even if not all will be mass produced it shows the trends of the future?
Thanks for the pics and reports
Joakim