Joint SRGC/AGS Kendal Show 17th March 2018

[veteran vet]

Tommy Anderson had all of 1 mile to travel to get to the show so was feeling in good fettle, even more so with some fine plants on the bench including an AGS Medal in Class 1 in which
Saxifraga 'Cumulus' and
Callianthemum anemononoides were two fine plants
Tommy also had a lovely large pan of
Saxifraga 'Allendale Ghost' in 19
I saw a picture of Sue Simpson earlier, only saw her at the end of the show, hope she was not infectious!!. She had a nice 3 pan in the Large Saxifrage class 19
and these were Saxifraga 'Auguste Renoir, S x poluanglica and S. 'Allendale Elf'
Fritillaria chitralensis from Cyril Lafong (23)

[veteran vet]

Primula megaseifolia x juliae from Tom Green (4)
Hepatica nobilis var japonica from Chris Lilley (28) and
Hepatica acutiloba from Bob Worsley (30) another Cof M for the show
The Farrer Medal was won by a great pan of
Crocus vernus from Vic and Jan Aspland (29). They also had
Fritllaria kittaniae in 79, another Red Stcker

[veteran vet]

It was Brian Burrows birthday on the day though he tried to keep it quiet his friends made sure we all new and to boot he had not a bad day show wise
Primula allionii BB 03/3/8
Narcissus watieri (80).
Many of his Primula grown over the years were on display and
Primula 'Henry Burrow' from  Frank Hoyle (60) was a fine example
Celmisia hectori from Alan Furness (39) was the won the silver class and
Ozothamnus coralloides from George Young was judged the best foliage plant at the show and so won the Kirby Cup (40)

[Lawrence]

George who was selling Iberis pruitii, thought Toms plant was fabulous and would have loved one?

[veteran vet]

Ian and Maria Leslie made the long trip up from North Wales, I hope they got home safely, they brought a lovely
Corydalis macrocentra to class 69, earning a nice red Sticker
A plant that really attracted me was
Primula odontocalyx from Tom Green (56), would like a bit of that
Colchicum kesselringii from Alan Furness (76)
Iris nusairiensis from Lionel Clarkson (81)
Pieris nana 'Redshanks' from Ian Kidman (82)

[veteran vet]

Last couple of pictures
Hepatica 'Orihime' from Bob Worsley (70)
dionysia aretiodes 'Bevere' from Frank Dobson (108)

All in all a good show the way the weather was, lets hope for spring coming later in the new week

[veteran vet]

Lawrence, I can't remember who I bought the Iberis from, I will look at the label in the morning and post the info then

[ruweiss]

My sincerest thanks to the photographer for their good work they have done.
It is good to see these perfect plants, our weather is a nightmare!

[shelagh]

Had a phonecall from John Bunn today, due to accidents on the A66 he and his passenger Barry Winter didn't get home till midnight almost 9 hours after they left the Show.

[veteran vet]

George who was selling Iberis pruitii, thought Toms plant was fabulous and would have loved one?

Lawrence I bought the Iberis from Slack Top, cost all of £3

[Maggi Young]

Had a phonecall from John Bunn today, due to accidents on the A66 he and his passenger Barry Winter didn't get home till midnight almost 9 hours after they left the Show.

Oh my, that is  tough - thank goodness they were okay after all that.

[Maggi Young]

Photos from Jon Evans on the AGS site from Kendal Show - see here :  http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/atshows//Kendal+Show+th+March+/20450/?page=1

[Maggi Young]

Record of  Vic and Jan Aspland's Farrer Medal with Crocus vernus at  Kendal online now :

http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/Farrer-medal-Kendal2018.pdf

[Maggi Young]

Report of Kendal show - with photos  mostly from Stan da Prato - online now 
http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/Kendalshow2018.pdf

 Thanks to Sandy for assembling the Kendal reports for the main site from the forum  posts.