Aberdeen show 2011

[Maggi Young]

another couple of hundred pix to come soon, Chris!

[Pascal B]

To me that Pleione hookeriana looks more like P. chunii?

[Peter Maguire]

Looking at Angie's Cypripediums, if the two pan entry is likely to be Karl Heinz and Emil, I would agree that Emil is the one at the front, they generally seem to have a yellow pouch with/or without variable amounts of red staining/spotting - nice form that.

Angie, you've been asking questions on the forum about Cypripedium growing - it's us who should be asking you.

[Maggi Young]

Here we go with my photos... they're not great, but I hope you'll get a flavour.... most were taken before or during judging.....

 in  pic a2 is Show Steward John Lupton - he and Rosemary keep hoping for time off from this task for good behaviour... but they're  too good at the job... so they must work on!  

The "head" in pic a3 is Ian the Bulb Despot, exercising his despotic tendencies as a show secretary, for a change  
a4 Ian greets Ian.... two show secretaries and former SRGC Presidents, Ian the First and Ian the Second ( Young and Bainbridge) greet eachother in the time honoured fashion... with a big hug!


a8  to the left....two pans Crassulaceae in Section  II ... Graham Catlow shows more of his decorative plantings

and in a9... Graham's Saxifraga montanum was much admired

[Maggi Young]

next batch.....
 a13 is Ian's tea cup.....we do not  like to be wasteful in Aberdeen so, although we use disposable cups and bowls, those of us who will be around all weekend mark our names or initials on a cup to last us through the event.  
Angie's had a big smile on it and it seems Ian had time to decorate hiw with trees, clouds, hills and a self portrait.......  

[Darren]

Angie - congratulations on doing so well. Your Cyp macranthos looks wonderful and fully deserving of the award!

[Maggi Young]

next batch....

 a20 is Angie's entry for class 63, which won her the Brian Bull Trophy.
 a21 is Isobel McWilliam's lovely Celmisia
a22 includes Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears' ... Graham Catlow's, I think
a23 show Angie's two pan and some other plants
a24 is Graham Catlow';s super presentation of Pinguicola grandiflora
a25 another Section II class
a26 and a26a is a very nice white Primula sieboldii from Lois Thompson. .... still these are Section II
A jump to Section I and three pans of Podophyllums from Jim and Janet Paterson  from Dundee..... you'll see more of the Patersons and their super plants later!

They were pipped to the trophy for most points in Section I by Stan da Prato, who managed an extra 10 points to win the Walker of Portlethen Trophy again. 

[Maggi Young]

ten more....

a28 bench with conifers etc
a29 Daphne petraea 'Tremalzo'
a30 Roma's Rhohodendron camtschaticum
a31 Stan's white "azalea"... he'll need to remind me of the name!
a32   John Lupton's Aeonium ... you'll see another pic and its name later!
a33  lovely soft , furry Corydalis tomentella from Nick Boss
a34 Sarcocapnos ..perhaps enneaphylla, I  forget! from Margaret and Henry Taylor
a35 Nomocharis
a35a Brimuera amethystina alba
a36   nice fat Picea!

[Maggi Young]

and again....

a38    really bad pic of this Arisaema...... ? A.  flavum
a39    Tritelia ixioides from the Bainbridges
a40    Calanthe tricarinata
a41 Dodecatheons and primulas
a42   more primulas
a43 Primula waltonii, rear,  P. gemmifera from SSSE seed, front
a44 more primulas... P. japonica ....pinkish... won the Craig Cup for best Primula    with the tall P. tangutica beyond it
 
a45  more primulas... a P. cockburniana from Joan Rowe and Ian Christie's deep P. sieboldii
a46 close- up of Ian's sieboldii
a47 Arisaemas

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thanks a lot for the pix, Graeme, Ian and Maggi and many congratulations to Angie on doing so well !

Brings back fond memories of last year's visit !
Great to see a lot of familiar faces again !

And my word... what a display on Ardfearn's sales stand !!   
Seems like we missed a lot !
Must try again.. 

[Anthony Darby]

Here is the Cyp of Angie's that I thought had the wrong name..... is it the front one that is 'Emil'?

Yes, the front one is 'Emil'.

[Maggi Young]

the next.....
a53 bench with cyps.... 'Karl Heinz' and, now we know it's 'Emil'
a54 Maiheunia patagonica from Carole and Ian Bainbridge
a55 Cytisus decumbens
a47 Arisaemas
a48 Androsace robusta var. gracilis. Kashmir. Nick Boss
a49 Zaluzianskya ovata
a50 Saxifraga cebennensis, Nick Boss... this won a Certificate of Merit.
a51 white saxes
a52 Lewisias

[Maggi Young]

next set....
 a56 Erinus alpinus and Geranium 'Lawrence Flatman'
a56a close-up of  Geranium 'Lawrence Flatman'
a57 Anemone , Paris etc.
a58 Cypripediums  etc
a59 Fern, Epimedium etc
a60 bench... Rhodohypoxis , Pinus, Salix boydii.....

a61 Cymbalaria muralis ... part of Stan da Prato's "three pans native to Scotland"

a62 Athyrium niponicum pictum, Scutellaria laetoviolacea,  and the TINY Viola vercunda yakusimana

a62a really awful close-up of the Viola... it's flowers are about 5mm across and its litte leaves around 6mm.

a63 bench with Erigeron

[Maggi Young]

now....
a64  Rhododrendron 'Manuska' 'Maruschka' left and Leiophyllum buxifolium var. hugeri
a65  buns
a66  bench view
a67  all sorts, including Silene hookeri var. bolanderi with Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale from Cyril the Squirrel in front of it... then the large spiny Maihuenia patagonica with Petrophytum hendersonii in front,from Carole and Ian Bainbridge, then Azorella sp and Lewisia pygmaea to the right, the last two from Nick Boss.  These were the entries in the "two pans, distinct, native to the Americas" class

a68  assorted cushions
a69  assorted foliage

a71 bench view

[johnw]

now....
a64  Rhododrendron 'Manuska'  left and Leiophyllum buxifolium var. hugeri

Maggi - I think it should read R. 'Maruschka', a Hachmann evergreen azalea hybrid with splendid autumn colour.

johnw