AGS show Cleveland 2008

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thank you Diane and Martin - super pictures - almost like being there... except for the pub lunch of course... 

[ChrisB]

Some wonderful photos all, can't wait now for Hexham next weekend.....

[shelagh]

Caption competition Number 2, suggested by the man himself . 'OH I AM FED UP OF BEING MISTAKEN FOR TOM CRUISE'

[Maggi Young]

'OH I AM FED UP OF BEING MISTAKEN FOR TOM CRUISE'

Only to be expected I would have thought, when his wife is so like Ms Katie Holmes 

[Diane Clement]

Shelagh, I'm just trying to figure out if Diane is actually sucking her thumb! (pictures are undoubtedly post pub)

That's a bit cheeky, coming from one always with a dummy in his mouth. 
Post pub, of course -  it's the last crumbs of the butterscotch pudding I was FORCED to eat by a certain MartinR, very much against my will.
    

[Mick McLoughlin]

Thanks for the pictures Diane and Martin.
Another couple that turned over due to the covering of snow in Yorkshire.

Mick and Mandy

[Martinr]

Diane, it's either the red wine, the early rise or the advancing years................you had ginger & treacle not butterscotch!

[Maggi Young]

I think it quite understandable that folks would prefer to stay snuggled in bed with a warm spouse rather than drive around in the kind of weather we're getting at the minute!

Martin, are you sure Diane didn't have BOTH puddings? 

[Rob Potterton]

Diane. Very good looking Fritillaria (not acmopetala wendelboi). Where and when  did you get??

[Lesley Cox]

So the lady with her thumb in her mouth is OUR Diane? I wish this would be made clear when posting pics with Forum members in them, for the benefit of us who can't go to the shows. You don't look like your atavar Diane, I hadn't seen that you wear glasses. Probably because mine need replacing. Incidentally, thumb sucking can be cured quite easily by continually holding in one's hands, a heavy clay pot of Narcissus or something similar.

[Lesley Cox]

Caption for pic No 1 - "Can't that blasted man point his camera at someone else?"
or - "Don't you speak in that tone of voice to me, m'lad."

Caption for pic No 2 - "God I feel sick. Why did I eat BOTH those puddings?"

[Diane Clement]

Diane, it's either the red wine, the early rise or the advancing years................you had ginger & treacle not butterscotch!

All of those I expect 

Martin, are you sure Diane didn't have BOTH puddings? 

Definitely not, I'm on a diet 

You don't look like your atavar Diane, I hadn't seen that you wear glasses. Incidentally, thumb sucking can be cured quite easily by continually holding in one's hands, a heavy clay pot of Narcissus or something similar.

My "official" avatar is several years old, before failing eyesight set in.  Perhaps I better change it to something more suitable  ....

[Diane Clement]

Diane. Very good looking Fritillaria (not acmopetala wendelboi). Where and when  did you get??

Hi Rob, this is the plant we discussed on Saturday.  I got mine from Paul Christian, but there are several nurseries offering it, and they all look similar to mine, therefore I guess from the same source.  The picture in your catalogue shows the same plant, so I think the "trade" version is probably all the same as mine, and therefore not F acmopetala wendelboi.  However, it is a very good plant and has been much admired and will get a PC when it is named.  I've been asked to send a piece of mine to Martyn Rix so the mystery will be solved eventually and I will let everyone know. 

[Rob Potterton]

Dianne your Fritillaria is a little different to the F. acmopetala wendelboi we sell. From what i can see on your photo - as i didnt get to see it on the show bench Saturday - it has a very distinctive and attractive purple/brown stripe on the edge of the outer petals and also appears to have a slightly different shape of flower. I do like it.   

[SueG]

A bit late I know, (I didn't fancy coming into work just to post the pictures!) but I don't think these duplicate any of the other pics from the show - fortunately coming down from the north the weather wasn't too bad either way.
A couple of general views
Epimedium Ogisu
3 foliage celmisias
Sue