Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse

[Maggi Young]

The collages were a good idea - great impact. Seems like some  exciting  new colour breaks there.

[Lvandelft]

Colourful displays this week in the Show Hall.
A specific product-week of Crocosmia showed us a unique presentation of the most Crocosmia in production in the Netherlands at the moment, and people can see many novelties showing the development in breeding Crocosmias.
Below some group pictures and a few of the many vases:
   
Crocosmia

[Lvandelft]

Crocosmia                               
Crocosmia Anna Marie                     
Crocosmia Babylon   

[Lvandelft]

Crocosmia Columbus                       
Crocosmia Constance                   
Crocosmia Cristina                       

[Lvandelft]

Crocosmia CTL 122013                       
Crocosmia CTL 132014                 
Crocosmia Honey Angel

[Lvandelft]

Crocosmia Lady Ann                       
Crocosmia Orangeade                     
Crocosmia Harlequin

[Lvandelft]

and a picture of an interesting Impatiens and some groups of beautiful dahlias.

Impatiens niamnianensis   
Dahlia                                   
                           
         

[fermi de Sousa]

Wow, Luit,
the Dutch seem to have really taken to Crocosmia! or were they hybridised elsewhere?
Impressive range of colour forms,
cheers
fermi

[annew]

I love the modern Crocosmias, and grow a lot as they are so good at this time of year. Columbus took my fancy.

[freddyvl]

It was a privilege to observe the Crocosmias (Dahlias, ...) in the flesh with a expert as a guide. Also the background information we got was worth the effort. A picture says something but unfortunately not everything. Thanks Luit !

[Lvandelft]

Wow, Luit,
the Dutch seem to have really taken to Crocosmia! or were they hybridised elsewhere?
Impressive range of colour forms,
cheers
fermi

Hello Fermi, the majority of the shown Crocosmias were bred in Holland. As far as I know there are three  breeders here trying to innovate.
I have no idea if any breeding is done in other countries.

It was a privilege to observe the Crocosmias (Dahlias, ...) in the flesh with a expert as a guide. Also the background information we got was worth the effort. A picture says something but unfortunately not everything. Thanks Luit !

Freddy, I'm very glad you liked it and it was very nice to meet you and your wife. And it was no trouble at all  to show you around. 

[Maggi Young]

Wow Freddy! You are a lucky man -what a great opportunity 

These displays never fail to excite me -even through a computer screen!

I thought that the Crocosmia  CTL 122013 was very beautiful with such a full flower and great colour.

[freddyvl]

Yes Maggi it’s always a great pleasure and exciting such displays, in this case Crocosmia. Last weekend Mark and Lauri Fox (the NCCPG National Collection Holders of Crocosmia) had their annual Open days. Also their it must have been a real floral display that was more than worth a visit.
It’s a genus that is certainly undervalued and which will be more important in the future. It has a greater variety than most of us think. They also flower in a period  when few other perennials do.
Such displays are also more interesting and more instructive in the presence of real experts, people who are already sitting in the ‘art’ from an early stage. I always regret that when they passed away also their enormous knowledge past away, mention the death of Ruby Baker and Phil Phillips of the past week !

[Maggi Young]

I know what  you mean Freddy. Luckily Phil and Gwen Phillips have had the foresight to pass on their archive of slides and all travel notes to the care of SRGC and we will be able to have that preserved for the future.  It would indeed have been too sad to lose  all that information.

[Lvandelft]

Some pictures of last Monday. Without Dahlias the Show Hall would be rather empty. 
                                 
Dahlia                                   
Dahlia Small World                 
Dahlia Contraste