AGS - SHOW - HARLOW 01/03/2008

[Diane Clement]

Ah, Saturday pub lunch at a show. I think I miss that more than the shows! So it's polish the pots of some mediocre plants, pack the car, Loughborough here we come. Warning to those who can't come. The post show photographs will all be a funny colour due to the lighting in the hall.

Uh huh, the thought of a pub lunch (with a possible glass or two of amber liquid)  has woken Martin up. 
Of course my plants will definitely be mediocre but the pub lunch and associated banter will justify the early start and lack of red stickers!  And then there's always Blackpool to look forward to ... (with possible Scots invasion, but it's an even year, so AGS rules apply, no corydalis or cyclamen in bulb classes      )
See you there.   

[ian mcenery]

See you there Diane - mine is a pint!!

[Maggi Young]

Here is a note referring back to page two of this thread:
Re: AGS - SHOW - HARLOW 01/03/2008
« Reply #18 on: March 03, 2008, 05:05:46 PM »
Primula allionii 'Air'      Edit : P. allionii 'Pink Aire'
Primula allionii 'Gilderdale Glow' (not sure about this name  ) Edit:this plant previously Primula from Hartside, known as HNG12, renamed as 'Gilderdale Glow'

Saxifraga.... (missed the name - but it was a real giant !)Edit :  It is indeed a giant... it is  Saxifraga 'Tenerife' a wonderful dome in a 36cm pot! Shown by AGS stalwart, David Hoare, who was kind enough to get in touch to clue me in on these details. M

I congratulated David on his lovely plant of Saxifraga 'Tenerife' and asked what size of pot it was in.....36cms is the upper size limit for pots in AGS shows.... this plant, which won a Farrer Medal for David a couple of years ago, is now living happily in one of Len Cheeseman's bespoke pots... a gift for this particular plant. I believe Len has given up making these fine pots... more's the pity, I say!

Many thanks to David for taking time to give me these useful details to enrich our "virtual" expereince of the show !

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thanks for enlightning me Maggi ! 
And have fun all those going to Loughborough next week-end ... I wouldn't have minded a pint either.

[David Nicholson]

Here is a note referring back to page two of this thread:
Re: AGS - SHOW - HARLOW 01/03/2008
« Reply #18 on: March 03, 2008, 05:05:46 PM »
Primula allionii 'Air'      Edit : P. allionii 'Pink Aire'

Of course it is, I looked at my picture of 'Pink Aire' and still typed 'Aire Mist'

[mark smyth]

Who was selling Eranthis 'Orange Glow'

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Hi Mark,

Hythe alpines sold it - three 3 year old seedlings in a pot.

David,
I had doubts about different names after my return - but on this Primula I'm quite sure it just carried the label "Air"... 

[ian mcenery]

Luc maybe Air waves ?

[Luc Gilgemyn]

No Ian - it was marked just "AIR"
Though I saw plenty of waves on the ferry....

[Maggi Young]

There is I think, a variety P.  'Aire Waves' , but I am assured by David Hoare, whose plant this is, that it is 'Pink Aire'