Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse

[Maggi Young]

Super photos, Luit.
I bought a couple of a red/burgundy leaved Eucomis and they have grown well but the leaves, which I was surprised at the length of ( they must be around 75cms at least) have been badly battered by the fierce gusting winds we have had lately. I just hope there is enough strength in them still to feed up the plants some more before winter.

The Lycoris is a great colour... have not seen that shade before.

[Lvandelft]

The Lycoris is a great colour... have not seen that shade before.

This week I heard, that it might possibly Lycoris traubii.

[Lvandelft]

This week there were many Lilium on the show, but I made my choice
for Dahlia, because it is their time of flowering now.
And again on show Bessera, with their elegant flowers.
Finally a nice pot with Sternbergia.

Bessera elegans                     
Dahlia Créme de la Créme             
Dahlia Geerling's Sorbet   
Dahlia Ginger Snap             
Dahlia Orange Head         
Dahlia Pugsley               
Dahlia Purple Pearl                 
Dahlia Silver City             
Sternbergia sicula Arcadian Sun

[ranunculus]

Beautiful images yet again, Luit. Our thanks once more.

[art600]

Luit

Thanks for continuing to bring us these beautiful images.

What a wonderful pot of sternbergia. 

[Maggi Young]

Luit, the images from Lisse never cease to amaze and delight me!
The Bessera flowers are so elegant but my eye was also taken by the clever way of holding them in the vase... effective and attractive... a good tip there for  displaying flowers with "thin"  stems .

The dahlias are perfect for this time...... the names are as good as the flowers, I think, lots of fun with some of them... but.... I really think that here in Aberdeen, "the silver city by the grey north sea"... we SHOULD be growing 'Silver City' 

Super pot of Sternbergia...I love these though I am  always puzzled by the naming of these bulbs... I am following closely the photos and names given in the Sternbergia thread.......sadly sometimes they are all just pretty yellowbulbs... I must do more work to learn this bulb's "life" !!

[Lvandelft]

The dahlias are perfect for this time...... the names are as good as the flowers, I think, lots of fun with some of them... but.... I really think that here in Aberdeen, "the silver city by the grey north sea"... we SHOULD be growing 'Silver City' 

Maggi,
I read that in UK Dahlia's are rather popular, so I thought maybe "Silver City" was first raised in Scotland.
But it seems that this one is raised by a certain Rev Brother Simplicius, Leicester UK. in 1969.
He was certainly impressed by the city of Aberdeen...
It's always so interesting to know some backgrounds of a plant.

[Martin Baxendale]

The dahlias are perfect for this time...... the names are as good as the flowers, I think, lots of fun with some of them... but.... I really think that here in Aberdeen, "the silver city by the grey north sea"... we SHOULD be growing 'Silver City' 

Maggi,
I read that in UK Dahlia's are rather popular, so I thought maybe "Silver City" was first raised in Scotland.
But it seems that this one is raised by a certain Rev Brother Simplicius, Leicester UK. in 1969.
He was certainly impressed by the city of Aberdeen...
It's always so interesting to know some backgrounds of a plant.

I think it's more likely that, as it was raised in Leicester, the dahlia was named for the city of Leicester which historically was a major centre for silver working with a high concentration of silversmiths working in the city and one of its most historical street named Silver Street.

[Jim McKenney]

Here's a closer look at Bessera elegans, which began blooming here in Maryland today.

[Jim McKenney]

Super pot of Sternbergia...I love these though I am  always puzzled by the naming of these bulbs... I am following closely the photos and names given in the Sternbergia thread.......sadly sometimes they are all just pretty yellowbulbs... I must do more work to learn this bulb's "life" !!

Maggi, where is the Sternbergia thread? I have several pots here with dubious names - I can use some help here!

[Maggi Young]

Jim, Sternbergia thread is here: http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1208.60

Really coveting a Bessera -  will have a word with Big John Amand, I think, he had some last year 

Martin, I expect you are correct, though when you are next in Aberdeen you may dine here using Aberdeen silver and we can show you OUR Silver Street and Golden Square!!

[Martin Baxendale]

Martin, I expect you are correct, though when you are next in Aberdeen you may dine here using Aberdeen silver and we can show you OUR Silver Street and Golden Square!!

That would be why you call it the silver city by the grey North Sea then, Maggi? I did wonder. The one time I visited Aberdeen, as a kid in the early 1960s, to help hand out CND leaflets outside the football ground on a cold, wet winter's day, I have to say I don't recall it being terribly silvery! 

[Maggi Young]

Now you are teasing me, Martin, you must know that the hometown of the Bulb Despot is famed for the sparkle and shimmer of the grey granite of its buildings ...shining silver  in the sunshine and clear light of the northeast................

[Maggi Young]

I can see the need for CND leaflets at Pittodrie mind.... many folks DO think the team could do with blowin' up!

[David Nicholson]

Yes, I thought it was odd to have the words 'football' and 'Aberdeen' used in the same sentence