Glasgow show at Milngavie 2 May 2009

[TC]

Just back from the Glasgow show at Milngavie -pronounced Mill-guy !  By common consent the star of the show was a delicate little Delphinium chrysotrichum var tsarongense.
Some pictures attached.

014 Gentiana acaulis
015 Haberleaferndai-coburgii 'Connie Davidson'
017 Pleione vesuvius 'Aphrodite'

[TC]

Last few

029 Primula elllisiae
Aquilegia flabellata nana
Delphinium chrysotrichum var tsarongense

[Anthony Darby]

Here are some general shots.

[Maggi Young]

Super photos, Tom; the light in that hall is good , is it not?

I see a great selection of good plants there, but perhaps the benches are not as full as one would have hoped  
We are finding that, although  plants are flowering heavily, many are going over very quickly this year ....perhaps others are finding that to, resulting in fewer plants on the bench.  

I'm wondering what will be in flower for the Aberdeen show in a couple of weeks ; perhaps it will be a fantastic foliage event?

Your opening shot of the gentian is delightful... speaks of spring in the mountains, for sure.  I do covet that wee Delphinium, what a corker ..... the flowers are like tissue paper with stamens of velvet.... I love it and I'm not surprised it was a big hit with others.  Is it from the "Veteran Vet"... George Young ?

I have heard that the Forrest medal went to Brian Davisdon, of Gatehouse of Fleet, for a Trillium.... though my jungle drums have not disclosed which trillium!  
Congratulations to Brain on this success.... Glasgow is proving a fertile medal hunting ground for him  

[Maggi Young]

Everything looks good, Anthony ......I see that our English chums were well represented in the hall 

I spot the hairy Northumbrian, Ian Kidman and Brian Burrow... and that's Alan Spenceley between them,(if I'm not mistaken..... I haven't seen Alan for ages)  talking to Cyril Lafong in pic 034.

[Anthony Darby]

Yes, a good show Maggi. The Forrest Medal was won by Brian's Trillium pusillum ozarkum. Ron McBeath was present with flowers and a bottle of Malt for his farewell to the Glasgow show. The prize giving was a happy event, although I'm not sure what put the wind up Ian (the Christie kind)?

150 Ian Christie and Brian Davidson, the Forrest Medal Winner
145 Stella Rankin in a haze
151 John Lee , Ian Bainbridge, President Ian Christie, and the nominated new president, Liz Mills
152 Ron McBeath
154 John Lee , Bill Robinson, the Show secretaries; Ian Bainbridge ; Ron McB.

[Anthony Darby]

Here's some more.
159 Richard Barr; Sandy Leven;  Henry Taylor; Bob Meaden
163 Cathy and Barry Caudwell; David Rankin
164 Stan da Prato
165 Alan Weepers, Liz Mills, ?, Jean Wyllie, Tom Green, Sam Sutherland, and Tom's pal
168 Cyril Lafong and Ian Kidman
173 Richard, Sandy, Henry,  Bob and Glassford Sprunt

[ranunculus]

Wonderful images Tom and Anthony ... many thanks ... it looked a super show.  Such a shame that all these shows are on the same day.

[Anthony Darby]

Here's some plants. My neck's getting sore, so I'll just post unnamed.

002  Primula auricula types 
006  Pyrethrum leontopdium; Townsendia incana
007  Townsendia incana
009  Fritillaria acmopetala
010  Paris sp.
011  Fritillaria bilfora
013  Dryopteris affinis crispa congesta
014   Cheilanthes  ? microphylla
015 Pleione vesuvius 'Aphrodite'
019 Iris sp.

[Anthony Darby]

Another lot.
022 Gentian acaulis
023 Androsace studiosorum 'Doksa'
024  Trillium sp
035  Sebaea thomasii
036 Primula mistissanica
037 Daphne petraea 'Idro'
049 Arisaema thunbergii Urashima
050 Arisaema sp
052 Clematis marmoraria hybrid
053 Fritillaria purdyi

[Anthony Darby]

BTW, isn't it 'Mull-guy'?


054 Iris sp.
055 Trillium pusillum
057 Astragalus sp  / Globularia sp in front
058 Eriogonum caespitosum
059 Meconopsis lancifolia
061  Penstemon uinthaensis
075 Delphinium chrysotrichum var tsarongense
062 Delphinium chrysotrichum var tsarongense.
064 Anemone lesseri

[Anthony Darby]

Some more.

066/067 Kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria) red form
069 /117 Orchis mascula
087 Daphne petraea Clone F
092 Iris sp
093 Fritillaria pyrenaica 'Bernard Tickner'
068 Celmisia and Aciphylla
072 Astragalus barrii
074 Meconopsis lancifolia

[Anthony Darby]

and more...
094 Primula aureata
096 /147 Iris   ? acutiloba
101 Oxalis sp
104   x Jancaemonda vandedemii
105 Haberlea 'Connie Davidson'
107 Arisaema griffithii
108 Santolina 'Lemon Fiszz'
111 Man Orchid (Aceras anthropophorum)
113 Androsace cylindrica x hirtella

[Anthony Darby]

and more...
115 Arisaema sp.
123 Tulipa sp
124 Fritillaria liliacea
127 Trillium grandiflorum Roseum / Trill. pusillum
129 Arisaema griffithii
171  /133  Androsace studiosorum
140 Calochortus sp
141 Sebaea thomasii
143 Paris sp

[Anthony Darby]

Penultimate lot. The cyps didn't make it to the show bench as I got lost! The last four were in the Botanics exhibit, although opinion was that the double was Trillium grandiflorum, not ovatum?

144 Arisaema sp.
162 Lewisia tweedyi, yellow form
170 Lewisia tweedyi
172 Androsace studiosorum 'Doksa'
083    2  cypripediums
Moraea alpina  ...x 2 pix
078  Tulbaghia sp
076 Trillium grandiflorum , double form