Edinburgh show

[Stan da Prato]

Some plants that  would have gone and some that would not but may help brighten the page. The generally cool conditions  mean many plants have lasted  but I've tried  to ring the changes where possible.
class 1 six small pans all primulas -   P Wanda; P Aire Mist
P Netta Dennis; P Pink Ice; P Tinneys Moonlight; P vulgaris Tagetos

class 2 three pans different genera- Rhodo Pintail; Sax Frank Sinatra; Tulipa Scarlet Baby

class 8 three Euro natives- Primula elatior; Hyacinthoides italica; P veris

class 9  two Asiatic primulas - P X Kewensis (not really hardy) ; P warshenewskiana

class 14 two European primulas - forms of the Lace series

[Stan da Prato]

class 19  three foliage all Cheilanthes (ignoring recent name changes )  C eatonii, C distans; c eckloniana

class 22-23 one cushion half in flower! Armeria juniperifolia

class 25 one hellebore - H Silver Dollar

class 27 six bulbs - Hyacinthoides italica; N Elka; T humilis
N PicoBlanco; Crocus vernus  albiflorus; Corydalis solida

class 28 three bulbs different families- N Tete a Tete; T turkestanica ; Puschkinia libanotica

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class 38 two wild  Narcissus- N moschatus; N pseudonarcissus  lobularis

class 39 two hybrid daffs -another N Elka; N lost label!

class 44 two Liliaceae - Frit uva vulpis; T praestans Fusilier

class 45 two amaryllids  N minor; N nanus

class 46 an amaryllid other than Narcissus - Ipheion sellowiana

[Stan da Prato]

class 47 two Asparagaceae - Chionodoxa sardensis; Scilla bifolia

class 52 one rhodo  Cream Crest

class 53 two ericaceous - Gaultheria (was Pernettya) mucronata male and two female plants

class 54  one eric not a rhodo - Calluna vulgaris Spring Torch

class 56 Boraginaceae- Pulmonaria still in ground

[Stan da Prato]

class 58 grey leaved - cactus  spines  are not considered foliage however this mature  Mammillaria candida is a nice plant given to me some years  ago  by Vera Reid

class 60  one tulip -another T humilis

class 61 one succulent -the monocarpic Aeonium tabuliforme is not hardy but  an interesting   plant

class 63 two conifers - Chamaecyparis pisifera Nana Aurea; C obtusa Nana Aurea

Class 64 one conifer - Picea mariana nana

[Stan da Prato]

class 68  catch all class -Polygonum (Bistorta) tenuicaule

class 78 two Australs - Calocephalus (Leucophyta) brownii; Raoulia australis

class 77 three to show variation -3 forms of Cryptomeria japonica

class 78 open  ground -this sax was (electronically) at   Stirling but is still in the ground!

class 79 mini garden losing  flowers now

[Herman Mylemans]

Beautiful show Stan! 

[Maggi Young]

Some  plants  from Sue  Simpson which might have  gone to  Edinburgh today ....


Correa pulchella Pink Mist



Correa reflexa var  nummularifolia



Dionysia  'Marika'



Hepatica 'Millstream Merlin'

 

[Maggi Young]

and...

Primula  'Broadwell chameleon'



Primula 'Waxenstein'


Saxifraga  'Zlata Praha'


Saxifraga 'Tysoe  Dream'


Saxifraga 'Marsyandi'

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Now that would have been another great show !
Thanks Stan : stupendous plants, many congratulations.

@ Maggi, thanks for showing us Sue's plants : pure talent  that is.

I think this show might continue, will close here... 

[alant]

Millstream Merlin will have to wait until next year now.  If I have to put it into a bigger pot I fear I won't be able to lift it!

[Maggi Young]

Alan T  - That  Millstream Merlin is  superb!!  Well done  for  having it  look so  perfectly healthy !

[Maggi Young]

Some  more  of  Sue  Simpson's  plants which didn't  have  an  Edinburgh show  to  go to....


Anisotome  imbricata var  imbricata


Benthamiella patagonica


Draba osstenica


Hepatica japonica 'Anju'


large  prim. marginata form

[Maggi Young]

also from Sue  ...

Lewisia cotyledon hybrid


Narcissus bulbocodium


Narcissus


Prim allionii  'Crusader'


Prim allionii hybrid

[Maggi Young]

more ...


Primula allionii - a  Lindum variety


primula  'Lindum Celebration'


White  primula  marginata  form


 maybe  White  Linda  Pope ?


 Primula allionii form white