AGS Harrogate Show 26 April 2008

[Diane Clement]

Thanks to Mick for his pics.  Here's a few more of mine
General views of the benches

[Maggi Young]

What a nice display, thanks for the photos, Diane and Mick.

The Erythronium thatwas unknown, by the name "kinfanus", is, I rather think, the hybrid from our own Susan Band, actually named 'Kinfauns'. (it is a cultivar name  rather than a species, as the seemingly latinised "kinfanus" would suggest!)

[Diane Clement]

Androsace studiosorum "Doksa" and A helvetica x pubescens
Androsace alpina

Primula "white Lady"
Primula albenensis

[Diane Clement]

Meconopsis delavayi
the much admired Correa reflexa nummularifolia shown by Shelagh and Brian Smethurst
Fritillaria liliacea

[Diane Clement]

Some good plants raised from seed
Fritillaria epirotica
Shortia soldanelloides
Berneuxia yunnanensis

[Diane Clement]

Ericaceae:

Leiophyllum buxifolium
Rhododendron campylogynum Myrtilloides
Cassiope Randle Cooke

[Diane Clement]

Hotly contested 3 pan mixed - one shrub, one non-shrub and one foliage.  In Miss World style,
Third place: Shelagh and Brian Smethurs
Second place: yours truly
First place: Cecilia Coller

[Diane Clement]

It's lunchtime now. 
Picnic for the Dowers and the Smethursts, chips for MartinR.  A bottle of pop or two for accompaniment.
Carol Kellett tries a sausage
Tony Lee (Chief Lurker) and Harry Roberts (King of the Rhododendrons) compare lunchboxes
Tony isn't so sure about the contents of his
and whilst all this is going on, Shelagh is scoffing the cake

[Lvandelft]

Diane and Mick, thank you for these Show pictures.
Wonderful!!!!!!

[ranunculus]

Super images....many thanks to Diane and Mick for showing us what we missed.

[Diane Clement]

Diane and Mick, thank you for these Show pictures.
Wonderful!!!!!!

Thanks, I have a few left, they will have to keep until tomorrow

Super images....many thanks to Diane and Mick for showing us what we missed.

AAHH  and where were you, Mr Buttercup??  Are you back in the country and did you have a good holiday, and if so, where are all the pics?

[Lesley Cox]

And from the AGS show, waiting for a caption
(Fellow forumist Sue Gill ... what is she doing ...       )

Knit one, slip one, drop one.....

[ChrisB]

I think you got the 'flavour' of the show completely, Diane, many thanks!  Was there Thursday and scoffed the best plants from the nurseries, but of course missed the alpine show ah well, you can't have everything in this world....

[johnw]

Diane - Thanks so much for posting the wonderful Harrogate pictures. It was great to see Berneuxia yunnanensis, so different than B. thibetica.  And that lovely frilly S. soldanellloides, well!

johnw

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thanks Diane and Mick ! 

Lovely to visit yet another show full of growing skills !