Perth SRGC Show 16th April 2016

[Maggi Young]

Nurseries attending the SRGC Perth Show on April 16th  will be :
Ardfearn,
Hartside
Aberconwy
Rumbling Bridge
MacPlants
Harperley Hall Farm and
John Owen

Show will be held, as usual, at Bell's Sports Centre,  Hay Street, Perth PH1 5HS ( by the North Inch)
 Plant sales open to the public at 11am Show open at 12 noon.

[Maggi Young]

No news out of Perth so far ... but it was  minus 5.4 degrees C  for Sue and George's journey there this morning with this car-load of plants   -


and this is Alan Gardner, photo by Sue Simpson Watt,  in deep concentration at a Perth Show Tea Table!

[Maggi Young]

With that, news from Andrew Radley of a fine success for him with Primula aureata ...  both the Murray-Lyon   and the Masterton Trophies!   Two for the price of one -  Well done Andrew!

[Maggi Young]

Wow, exciting news from Perth!  Last week's first time  Forrest Medal Winners, Jane and Alan Thomson have won Best in Show again!  From the Perth SRGC show today - pic by Chris Hinds - This seems to be the same plant that won the Forrest Medal in Edinburgh last week - it cannot win two Forrests in one season so it has been given "best plant in the show " and a Certificate of merit it seems? Two weeks in a row to win Best In Show for Jane and Alan Thomson- such a shame not to have two Forrest records though.

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The Thomsons' pleione bowl then Cyril's winning 3 pan in class 2 which received the Dundas Quaich. He also received a merit certificate for his Hymenoxys acaulis caespitosa. Sue Simpson- Wattt won the Cox trophy for best rhododendron  with R megeratun Bodnant form, then  another view of the winning Asiatic primulas.

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The  Bulb trophy went to Cathy & Barry Caudwell for Erythronium  helenae unfortunately partly hidden by another plant. Henry & Margaret Taylor's Fritillaria moggridgei won  the Joyce Halley award for best plant grown for seed. They also received the Perth trophy for most  points by a member/s of the local group. Peter Maguire received  a merit certificate  for an  interesting orchid Pterostylis curta.

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Finally  in  section I received  the Caird trophy for 6 large pans as well as the Middleton trophy for most first points. In a very good section 2 Francis & Margaret Higgins  again  came south to win the Perth salver for most points in section 2, the John Duff Memorial Prize for the best plant as well as a bronze medal and a certificate of merit for a very fine Primula Beatrice Wooster

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Time for a tour

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still on bench 1 side 1

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continuing

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towards the end of that bench

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still more as we round the corner with cushion plants

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side 2 Androsaces then various bulbs

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more bulbs then Asiatic Primulas

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end of bench 1 side 2