Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse

[Boyed]

Wonderful photos, Luit!

Colchicums are great! I like 'Poseidon' the best. Dark-coloured cultivars as 'Conquest' and 'Violate Queen' are also appealing. I have no words about 'Harlekijn' - very odd-ball exotic variety, which deserves growing. I obtained some bulbs of it last year, but they didn't come up. Sometimes it happens, especially beacuse of late shipment. But generally the bulbs don't die, but split into several smaller ones. Must check them in these days.

Amarygia parkeri Alba is an inetersting plant. Never seen it before. Resembles somwhat amaryllis.
Tritonias look nice.

Thanks for showing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[David Nicholson]

As usual, lovely pics Luit. Whenever I see pics of Colchicum I always wish I had grown some but the leaves do put me off.

[Hagen Engelmann]

Luit, thank  you for your autumn greetings with these a lot of autumn flowers. Your colchicum series is a pleasure. Could you show us a few more some times later???

[Boyed]

As usual, lovely pics Luit. Whenever I see pics of Colchicum I always wish I had grown some but the leaves do put me off.

David,
the leaves??? To me, they are very nice and make a good display in the garden during spring, especially those with very robust big leaves. Some people grow hostas for garden decorations, but I think that colchicums are also not bad for this purpose.

[Ragged Robin]

Lovely postings from the Lisse Flowershow, Luit, the Colchicums are all so attractive in their own way and Conquest is a gorgeous dark colour with light stems.  Crocosmia and Nerine filifolia outstanding too - thanks

[Lvandelft]

Today I made pictures of the following plants at the show.
In the Show Hall the temps are kept around 15˚C ,which means that there is
much ventilation needed, therefore some flowers never stand still, like here the
Crocosmia and these pictures are a bit blurred.
                                           
Crocosmia John Boots             
Crocosmia Mistral             
Dahlia Hamari Gold     
Dahlia Hillcrest Matt 1             
Dahlia Hillcrest Matt 2             
Dahlia Striped Vulcan 1         
Dahlia Striped Vulcan 2           
Dahlia Sarah Mae

[Lvandelft]

next

Rhodophiala advena               
Dahlia Henriëtte 1             
Dahlia Henriëtte 2               
Zephyranthes candida               
Zephyranthes candida cl               
Scadoxus multiflorus

[Maggi Young]

No problem with those smart Dahlias blooms moving in the breeze... they are too sturdy for such movement!  I must say, I do find these Dahlias strangely attractive......I am quite converted to them!

[Ragged Robin]

Sarah Mae is absolutely wild   I really like it, although normally I prefer the deeper reds and simpler forms, the others remind me a little of Elizabethan ruffs - starchy and upright! My Mother used to grow Dahlias for the local market and I do remember loving the cactus ones with sparkling dew on them as I cut them  

[Lvandelft]

Luit, thank  you for your autumn greetings with these a lot of autumn flowers. Your colchicum series is a pleasure. Could you show us a few more some times later???

Hagen,
during the last weeks I made pictures of flowering Colchicum at the Connoisseur Collection.
There are some which come origially from P. Visser.
You may see them there now.
Here is the link:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1331.msg109594#msg109594

[Hagen Engelmann]

Thank you for the tip, Luit. The pics are very helpful.

[johnw]

Luit - I recall the fantastic show of Nerine bowdenii at Lisse last year. You posted from the Show on the 14th of October. Will they have another display of them next week?

johnw

[Lvandelft]

Hi John,
if you would have looked at the Events pages (Discussion Weekend) you might have seen that I
was there and I will not be able to know what's going on at Lisse.
Driving slowly down from Scotland through British rural countryside is a chance which we have taken instead of flying home quick       

[Lvandelft]

The Monday before we left for the Discussion Weekend I made pictures
of the Show, but had no time left to send them then.
It was a nice show and there were a lot of variable entries.
Many flowers, like Watsonia were never shown before here.

Batch one:

Oxalis Ken Aslet
Crocosmia [?] Jackanapes                 
Crocosmia Constance                     
Crocosmia Star of the East               
Echinacea
Echinacea Hot Summer               
Echinacea Irresistible                   
Echinacea Orange Luxury               
Echinacea Razzmatazz                   
Echinacea Summer Breeze

[Maggi Young]

These Echinacea are startling colours.... they speak loudly of summer when the autumn is coming! Really cheerful flowers........how nice it would be to have some space for these plants.