AGS East Anglian Show - 1st May 2010

[Brian Ellis]

Class 42 3 pans rock plant, distinct genera
Cecilia Coller - Lamium armenum, Androsace barbulata, Pleione versailles x P. bulbocodioides ‘El Pico’

Class 43 1 pan rock plant in flower
Cecilia Coller - Pleione versailles x P. bulbocodioides ‘El Pico’

Class 44 4 pans rock plants, distinct, two in flower, two
for foliage effect
Cecilia Coller -  Saxifraga fortunei Mt Machi, Primula marginata, Clematis Marmoraria, Androsace villosa var. jacquemontii

[Brian Ellis]

Last ones I'm afraid, all breathe sigh of relief ...unless I can get some from upstairs tomorrow

Class 45 1 pan Primulaceae excl. Androsace
Cecilia Coller - Dodecatheon pulchellum

Class 46 1 pan Androsace
Alan & Janet Cook - Androsace helvetica x pubescens

[Maggi Young]

from Reply 10 on page 1:

Class 22 1 pan dwarf shrub, in flower, excl. Ericaceae
Ruth & Alan Jones - Daphne gemmata

Looking at this plant, I notice that it has five flowers rather than the regular 4 for Daphne.... it seems that this places the plant as Wikstroemia gemmata.... my lack of knowledge in such matters was improved by the notes accompanying a plant in the SRGC Glasgow show today!  I'll post the notes, but I'm afraid they are rather faint....

[Maggi Young]

So many lovely plants... thanks for the pix, Folks! I'll enjoy studying them at leisure tomorrow.

[Graham Catlow]

Looks like this was an excellent show from the wonderful photos by both Gail and Brian.
I am always drawn to things planted in a more natural way an as such the Androsace vandelli is my favourite from the selection. Although all the orchids are not far behind.

Graham

[arisaema]

Agreed, fantastic plants and fantastic pictures - thanks for posting!

Class 18 1 pan Ranunculaceae
Cecilia Coller

Did you catch the name of this... Thalictrum?

[Brian Ellis]

Sorry this is the nearest I could get, perhaps someone else took proper notes

[Gail]

Thalictrum orientale, I think.  There is a picture of a lovely deep pink form at Oxford Botanics here; http://www.robhaines.co.uk/imagepages/image145.htm

[arisaema]

Thank you both for the name!

[shelagh]

Wonderful pictures from Wymondham thanks.  I do miss the East Anglia Show it is such a pity that it now clashes with East Cheshire.

[Richard Green]

As a naturalised Scot, I was at the Glasgow Show yesterday, but I always keep an eye on the Est Angian show reports as I am Nofolk born and bred, and my sister lives only a couple of miles from the show venue.  It looked like a wonderful display.  Can someone give me some more info on the strange "aroid with no name" in post 1 above?  It doesnt look hardy enough to exist in my garden up here.

[arisaema]

That's a dead horse arum, Helicodiceros muscivorus. Did it stink?

[Richard Green]

Thanks, I had not seen this plant before.  A quick google reveals that it is native to Corsica and Sardinia, and should survive in cold greenhouse conditions in Britain.  I am less keen on it now as I assume the name indicates it is one of the smellier members of the family

[Brian Ellis]

I think the label said Dracunculus muscivorus, it didn't stink but Cecilia said she had not put it in to an earlier show because it would have evacuated the hall   I rather liked the foliage, much nicer than D. vulgaris, anyone know a supplier?

[Lesley Cox]

I believe it is pollinated by blowflies which probably says it all. I have had it a couple of years and it hasn't flowered yet. Maybe hoping it never does?

Thanks Brian and Gail for such a feast of fotos. Such magnificent plants and of course I want the Iris afghanica (split it with you Gail? ) but I was very taken with the beautiful Calanthes and intrigued by the Androsace seedlings in the cutaway pot. I assume the pot was cut with a concrete saw of some kind, some compost put in the base then the slivers of rock, the seeds inserted among them. Perhaps the exhibitor could post a note here about it and why?