Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse

[Brian Ellis]

Interesting is that Dutch Irises are named by an Englishman and English irises are actually Spanish Irises

No wonder I'm confused   Thanks for those links Luit, Rev. Joseph Jacob seems an interesting chap.

[fermi de Sousa]

Some interesting new Dutch iris, Luit.
It may be awhile before they are available here,
But maybe someday!
cheers
fermi

[Lvandelft]

Some interesting new Dutch iris, Luit.
It may be awhile before they are available here,
But maybe someday!
cheers
fermi

Just a few of  those will make it Fermi 

[Lvandelft]

Most irises of last week were still in the show hall and looking good, but there were some new entries with other plants.
First some nice pots Rhodohypoxis:

Rhodohypoxis tetraploid White                                           
Rhodohypoxis New Look                               
Rhodohypoxis Perle                               
Rhodohypoxis Hinky Pinky                                   
Rhodohypoxis tetraploid Helen                           
Rhodohypoxis Orizuru

[Lvandelft]

and some other bulbous plants:
view     
Lilium martagon hybr. Arabian Night                   
Oxalis lasiandra
Tulbaghia comminsii x violacea

[Lvandelft]

and finally, not bulbous, a little creeping honeysuckle:

Lonicera crassifolia Little Honey   

[Lina Hesseling]

What a lovely Honeysuckle! It is so nice compact.

Lina.

[Onion]

And hard. Survived in little pots the last winter. But we have only L. crassifolia. 

[Lvandelft]

And hard. Survived in little pots the last winter. But we have only L. crassifolia. 

Uli, I don't know how hardy this plant is. A friend had some years one in a big pot outside in the garden, but - 18 C seemed to much, so it is completely dead.
This (my) pot was some weeks in the cold greenhouse just during the severe frost period.
I have seen it in a garden with peat blocks in the shade together with  plants which like such places, but don't know if it survived there.
Normally I would say yes, because the chance of drying out during severe frost is much less in peatbeds.

[Lesley Cox]

What a lovely Honeysuckle! It is so nice compact.

Lina.

But is it fragrant?

[WimB]

But is it fragrant?

Lesley, that's its one minus point...no fragrance at all. I have it in my garden since two years (see here: http://www.vrvforum.be/forum/index.php?topic=65.msg28141#msg28141) and thus far it's very well behaved!

[Lvandelft]

Lately no reports of the show for several weeks due to longer, much needed  holidays.
Despite the lower temps here and the windy weather we could enjoy the Show Hall, filled with
many different flowers.
Here some views of the hall:

[Lvandelft]

This Monday there two special competitions, one of Agapanthus and one of Gladiolus.

Gladiolus 1                               
Gladiolus 2                                 
Gladiolus mixed
Gladiolus 3

[Lvandelft]

and some pics of smaller hybrids:

Gladiolus small 1                         
Gladiolus small 2                           
Gladiolus small 3 

[Lvandelft]

Some pictures now of Agapanthus. There were some very good filled pots of (still) nameless hybrids.
And the third picture shows some damage on the stems by hail some days before.
Agapanthus 1                               
Agapanthus 2                             
Agapanthus Megan's Mauve