Gardening Scotland 2011

[Carol Shaw]

Just a reminder that this time next week a team of us will be manning (or peopling to be pc) the Joint Kevock/SRGC stand at Gardening Scotland. If you are going to the event please get in touch if you are willing to help out for an hour or so. You will get to wear an exclusive edition canary yellow sweatshirt and be able to brag to all your friends that you were on the stand.   

[Maggi Young]

Those of you who have been delighted by the Chelsea "flower of the year" will be pleased to know that the Scottish nursery of Elizabeth MacGregor will have some plants for slae of this at Gardening Scotland ( and some at Tatton Park, they hope)

Elizabeth MacGregor's Nursery
Ellenbank
Tongland Road
Kirkcudbright
DG6 4UU

Phone: 01557 330620  
Email: info@elizabethmacgregornursery.co.uk
Website: http://www.elizabethmacgregornursery.co.uk/
Please note that orders are only sent during March, April and May
Last order date - Saturday May 7th 2011

May 24th ...just announced that our new Anemone 'Wild Swan' has been awarded 'RHS Chelsea 2011 Plant of the Year'  Small numbers available this summer at Gardening Scotland and Tatton Park, next year by mail-order.

[mark smyth]

Does anyone know what the two parents are? I hope those who had the chance to buy it did.

I want it now  Maybe some kind forum member would run to the stand to grab one for me. Maybe I should fly in

[Maggi Young]

The plant is often refrerred to as Anemone rupicola 'White Swan'


http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/blogs/graham_rice/archive/2011/05/27/anemone-wild-swan-2011-chelsea-new-plant-of-the-year.aspx   Graham Rice  quotes rupicola as one parent and says the other parent is not sure.

An American nursery with E.M's photos of the plant says:

Anemone “Wild Swan” ™
“Wild Swan” has large 50-75mm (2-3 in.) size flowers held well above the foliage, pure white on the face with strong blue banding on the reverse of the petals.  The flowers have a nodding habit early morning and in the evening, so this blue banding characteristic is very showy.  The flowers open outward facing during the day.  Flowering starts late April  to June and produced continuously until late autumn or frosts.   

“Wild Swan” plant occurred in a planned seedling program in a batch of Anemone seedlings.  It was obvious at an early stage that it was a hybrid with much more vigor and much larger than its seed parent.   Anemone “Wild Swan”™ flowers extremely long and would be a spectacular feature in a herbaceous border, and also makes an excellent container plant.   This plant is sterile, a tissue culture essential, roots well from cuttings but little cutting material is produced and division is only possible after 3 to 4 years.   

Color: Pure white face,  white with about 42% violet-blue bars on reverse Foliage color: green
Foliage height 40-45 cm or 16-18 in
Flower height 50-60cm or 20-24 in

Color: White with violet-blue
Blooming Season: Late Spring continuous to Fall
Mature Height: .5 -.6 m (20-24 in)

As well as E. M's nursery, and Hardy's garden Plants who took it to Chelsea, it  is also available from  http://www.hayloft-plants.co.uk/anemone/wild-swan-3-young-plants/prod5345.html 
£22.50 !!

 

[mark smyth]

Thanks Maggi.

I looked at airfares - too tempting to fly in for the day

[Carol Shaw]

So we will see you at GS next weekend Mark?

[mark smyth]

I'll have to give it some good thought this evening. Malvern is also a possibility

[Hoy]

Doesn't Ryanair fly there? I can go to London from home for less than 20£ on a lucky day (the train from Stansted is more expensive I believe)

'White Swan' is not unlike this one from my garden:

[mark smyth]

Ryanair huffed and pulled out of N Ireland

[Carol Shaw]

How annoying 

[Carol Shaw]

Reminder to anyone who is visiting GS, especially those who will be on the stand. Bring your own bottled water with you... you can buy a whole pack of half litre bottles in your local supermarket for less than you will pay for one bottle on site and the water in the big cow byre is not for drinking!

[FrazerHenderson]

List of nurseries showing in the Floral Hall. It does seem less than last year indeed checking through records there were over 80 nurseries in 2001 (notable absentees now include Christies, Ingwersen, Lincluden, Southfield, Park Green, Glendoick, Edrom, Southwest Carnivorous Plants, Matthewman Sweetpeas, Hippopottering Downderry Lavendars, RV Roger, Foxgrove, Glenedd violets...). Perhaps nurseries are succumbing to the onslaught of the garden centres.

Alan Clark  Rhododendrons
Bell Nursery
Binny Plants
Bluebell Arboretum & Nursery
Border Belles
Bowden Hostas
Brookfield Plants
Cairnsmore Nursery
Chrysanthemums Direct
Craig House Cacti
D’Arcy & Everest Alpines
David Stead Orchids
Dibleys Nurseries
Elizabeth Macgregor
Fir Trees Pelargonium Nursery
Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants
Harperley Hall Farm Nurseries
Harts Nursery
Hartside Nursery Garden - Alpines
Hooksgreen Herbs Ltd
Hoyland Plant Centre
Jacques Amand International
JBA Seed Potatoes
Just Airplants (Shamac Ltd)
Kevock Garden Plants - Alpines
Letham Plants
Macplants
Mainshill Plants
Oaktree Nursery
Pheasant Acre
Philip Tivey & Son
Plantagogo/Jubilee Cottage Nurseries
Primrose Bank Nurseries
Priorswood Clematis
Proudplants
Roualeyn Nursery
Southern Skies
Taylor’s Clematis
Tinnisburn Plants
Two Plants
Wattston Bonsai
Woodside Plant Centre

[Stan da Prato]

some snaps from the first stages  of setting up of  the club/Kevock stand earlier today

[mark smyth]

how is the stone attached to the wooden boxes?

[Maggi Young]

By jove, that looks promising already.  

I love the glorious flowering Saxifraga that is almost the same size as Ian Pryde in pic 012   I spotted it off to the mid left in pic001 but it looks even bigger in situ! Fab!!
Hope all the set-up goes well.... well done to all those pitching in to help. Good luck!!