Southport AGS 21st May

[veteran vet]

Leptospermum scoparium nanum....Anne Vale...up here it never comes through the winter but still is a nice plant
Trollius pumilus....Ian Leslie...every time I see it I say what a nice plant yet I still have not tried it....more fool me
Ramonda myconi alba...Cecilia Coller...for once the flash pic does the exhibit some justice

[veteran vet]

There were few lewisia on display this year at Southport, it is usually the the flower power of the show, However Martinr, forumist and lewisia addict did manage to drag a few L rediviva along just to remind us of how to do it...these were part of a three pan and I did try both flash and hall light to produce the right colour...in the end I went for sharpness of picture so flash won the day
Dianthus brevicaulis...Alan Furness...taken non flash as I felt nearer the true colour, was awarded a P.C. by the Joint Rock
Best plant in an under 19cm pan was won by Ian Leslie with
Edraianthus dinaricus 

[veteran vet]

Avid show photographer and forumist Cliff Booker still manages to find time to produce the show plant and here he had
Edraianthis serpyllifolius on display
Campanula carpatha...a lovely plant shown by Anne Vale
Dianthus 'Eileen Lever'....Margaret Pickering

[veteran vet]

There were a couple of Delphiniums on display, I am afraid I found them difficult to photograph but nothing ventured nothing won ( a good motto for those who need encouragement to stage plants at shows) so
Delphinium beesianum...John Bunn...I must persuade him to use smaller labels on his exhibits...get in the way of a pic and also look odd on a small plant
Delphinium aff smithii ...Ian Kidman...shown in 'new in cultivation'..grown from seed was an interesting delphinium...there was no one at the show who could say yes it is etc but hard to get a good photograph in situ in the show hall
Scutullaria parviflora alba....Cecilia Coller
A new plant on me, sorry re the poor picture, possibly others will have better
Prostanthera dentatum.... M & S Lloyd
Genista pilosa minor...Barry Winter ...adding a bright yellow splash of colour to the hall

[veteran vet]

Primulaceae were in short supply but Ian Kidman came up trumps with
Primula bracteata
Eriogonum gracilipes...Brian Burrow...as good a specimen as I have seen on a show bench
Calochortus tomiei...Ian Leslie (he had a good show day)...one flower out of focus but two out of three aint bad as MeatLoaf says
Calceolaria darwinii ...Keith & Rachel Lever...sold a lot of plants they did, even Keith was smiling!!!

[veteran vet]

Rob Price likes the Americans so
Penstemon hirsutus was in his field of interest..plant was better than the picture suggests
In the rare in cultivation section were some interesting plants. Brian Burrow won the class with
Raoulia grandiflora and I also attach his notes
Rhododdendron campylogynum shown by Pamela Anderson caught my eye...sorry Tommy

[veteran vet]

Last two, both of the same exhibit, again in Rare in Cultivation...shown by the Dower clan, better known for humping large troughs into shows, this was a considerably smaller pan...a one hand job rather than two person carry but still nice
Saxifraga pacumensis...has been in cultivation before but some time ago...China if I remember correctly

[ranunculus]

Many thanks George, a wonderful report.  I too had to wait to post my images as I am now lying on a comfortable bed in a wonderful hotel in Potes in the Picos de Europa.  It is 11pm and I am well fed and well G & T'd and ready for a good nights sleep.  I took pictures of many of the same plants as you, but as they were sorted and resized during the flight from Stansted then I am loathe to omit them.
I haven't got the same wealth of info' as you (how do you cope with so much data  ), but will post the pictures anyway.
Please be so kind as to refer to George's wonderful report for exhibitor and plant identities.

Alstromeiria
Arisaema elephas
Asarum foliage
Calochortus close-up
Campanula aucheri
Campanula carpatha
Campanula
Dactylorhiza 'Harold Esslemont'
Daphne jasminea
Delphinium close-up

[ranunculus]

Another batch ...

[ranunculus]

Final batch for this evening ... more to follow later.

[angie]

Brilliant pictures. I have never seen a Delphinium like that before 
Can't wait to see more, thanks.

Angie

[ranunculus]

Many thanks Angie ... glad you are enjoying them.

[ranunculus]

 ... more from Southport ...

[Martinr]

Cliff, you're supposed to be on holiday!!!!!!! Tell Sue she has my permission to throttle you for tapping keyboards at dawn

[Palustris]

Be a while before I go through my pictures, too much else to do in the garden, unless of course it rains. Hah!
At least I met Martin, but George Young escaped me.