Kendal SRGC/AGS Show 12th March 2016

[Maggi Young]

George,  your Iris pamphylica is a thing of great beauty.

[veteran vet]

Thank you Maggi, it came to me via Eric Watson in 2004, still has his label in the pot where he says the collection was Wendelboi 207...I assume that is who it is as all it says on label is Wend 207, Izmir which I take to be the collection area.
It is one of my favourites has taken all this time to build up to 8 bulbs, sadly has not set seed with me but plan to try some tickling with the brush this time. It is a relief each year to see new growth appearing at the surface of the grit.

[Maggi Young]

An impeccable provenance, George, from Eric and  Per Wendelbo!

[Maggi Young]

Sandy Leven's Farrer Medal report from Kendal is online  ....... HERE    

All Show Reports are on the main site  HERE

 Sandy's  lovely pic of Shelagh and Brian Smethurst  - I believe this  win was their third Farrer Medal 

 

[Tristan_He]

Thoroughly enjoyed the show and spent far too much on plants! Here are a few snaps of things that others don't seem to have taken. These are just things that caught my eye - I'm not particularly into the categories and prizes.


Iris 'Lady Beatrix Stanley' welcomed you into the hall. Presumably with a butler to offer a glass of wine and a vol au vent.


An obscene amount of the very beautiful Fritillaria carica.


There were some very nice petiolarid primulas. 'Netta Dennis' was the best I think (yes I know it's already been seen up thread but the farina on this bears a second look)


I liked Primula nana alba too. Ended up buying 3 petiolarids from Hartside Nursery off the back of this. We'll see how they do.


For dessert... a trio of Primula allionii.

[Tristan_He]

Lots of Dionysias. For some reason those perfect cushions covered with flowers look vaguely extraterrestrial.









And the Dionysia mothership:



I think the judges need to show more attention to detail though - upside down first sticker? Whatever next? 

[Tristan_He]

I really liked this Trillium chloropetalum - called Val Mulvihill I think (not easy to read the label)? Somebody had thoughtfully exhibited a Rhododendron behind it creating a nice woodland atmosphere. Unfortunately Trilliums are really difficult to grow up on my windy hill as the foliage tends to be damaged by wind and the stems chewed by slugs. But I did manage to lay my hand on some of the dwarf kinds at Kendal, which should at least be more wind resistant.



Very nice pot of Trillium nivale - looks like the judges thought so too!


Mini garden. I suspect this is a lot harder than it looks.


Corydalis solida cultivar - George Baker perhaps? I forgot to check. Anyway a very nice specimen of one of my favourite groups of plants.

Anyway, had a really good time and thoroughly enjoyed myself, thanks to all the organisers!

[Dave M]

I've had that miniature garden going about 5 years now and apart from a bit of pre-show tidying it's pretty much low maintenance. Most of the plants went in pretty small and have grown on nicely, I've not had to do much movement yet. It gets a splash of diluted tomato feed 2 or 3 times a year and plunged in damp sand bed most of the year. The only issue is small slugs hide in the tufa and come out at night to eat the sax flowers so some night time vigilance is needed about now.

[astragalus]

It is a lovely little garden and worth any amount of effort.  That's interesting that it spends most of its time in a sand bed.  Do you do that with other potted plants as well?  Does it help keep it moist?  And do you water the pot or the sand??

[Dave M]

I mean sand plunge in the alpine house. All my (clay) pots are plunged in sand. It does get some time outside in a sheltered spot post flowering but I tend to keep it under glass before flowering to keep the flowers in good condition for showing. Plunges are damp in the growing season and I also overhead water to give the highest plants a good drink. It gets a feed in dilute tomato feed about 2-3 times per year.

[Tristan_He]

It looks great anyway Dave. And that's a good deal more maintenance than any of my troughs get!

[Maggi Young]

Sandy Leven's Kendal Medal Report  is here
 And his Kendal Show report is  HERE 

Thank you, Sandy!