Post by scrumpy on Jul 22, 2013 22:00:15 GMT
Been non stop since Saturday's show trying to catch up with all the jobs in the garden so no time to get a report until now.
Pictures definitely to follow.
I put 8 vases of 7 in. When I left at 9pm Friday I was on for 5 firsts. When I finally arrived on Saturday to get the results I discovered a load of other people had entered
Once I got over the shock of all the exhibits in my classes I ended up with one first and one third.
The first was for some Jimmy Shand....that beat 5 other entries, and the 3rd was for Millenium, against 6 entries. That was really pleasing because the standard and number of entries was better than the nationals. Exhibitors in my classes, the under 100 plants, came from Durham,Derbyshire, and Lanacashire, as well as a few more locals.
My 2 vases of 7, Millenium and Sir Jimmy, didn't look out of place but the competition was so good. Likewise my 3 vases of 7, when I put in my pink seedlings, Maroon seedlings, and a vase of Millenium. No chance with what I entered against the tried and tested varieties, but I achieved what i set out to do by getting them in. And my best blooms of the seedlings were on a par with the Gwendolines and White Frills. Just not 7 good enough.
My mixed vase of 7 comprised of 7 different coloured seedlings, 4 of which people showed a bit of interest in. They looked pretty good considering I had a choice of one spike for most of them, but again, some fabulous entries from the other exhibitors.
In the championship classes, entries were on a par with the nationals. Probably more. Some wonderful displays in the 12 vase, 9 vase, 6 vase of 15, and all the way down the divisions. Exhibitors again from all over the country.
Most of the exhibitors blooms suffered dramatically over the last week...stems reducing in length, 3 blooms per spike appearing so to get the entries that they did was a great achievement.
Looking forward now to next year. Plan is to save more seeds from the different colours, get a bit more organised with my planting out, and aim for 16 plants of 10 varieties. If just half come true they can all watch out
Pictures definitely to follow.
I put 8 vases of 7 in. When I left at 9pm Friday I was on for 5 firsts. When I finally arrived on Saturday to get the results I discovered a load of other people had entered
Once I got over the shock of all the exhibits in my classes I ended up with one first and one third.
The first was for some Jimmy Shand....that beat 5 other entries, and the 3rd was for Millenium, against 6 entries. That was really pleasing because the standard and number of entries was better than the nationals. Exhibitors in my classes, the under 100 plants, came from Durham,Derbyshire, and Lanacashire, as well as a few more locals.
My 2 vases of 7, Millenium and Sir Jimmy, didn't look out of place but the competition was so good. Likewise my 3 vases of 7, when I put in my pink seedlings, Maroon seedlings, and a vase of Millenium. No chance with what I entered against the tried and tested varieties, but I achieved what i set out to do by getting them in. And my best blooms of the seedlings were on a par with the Gwendolines and White Frills. Just not 7 good enough.
My mixed vase of 7 comprised of 7 different coloured seedlings, 4 of which people showed a bit of interest in. They looked pretty good considering I had a choice of one spike for most of them, but again, some fabulous entries from the other exhibitors.
In the championship classes, entries were on a par with the nationals. Probably more. Some wonderful displays in the 12 vase, 9 vase, 6 vase of 15, and all the way down the divisions. Exhibitors again from all over the country.
Most of the exhibitors blooms suffered dramatically over the last week...stems reducing in length, 3 blooms per spike appearing so to get the entries that they did was a great achievement.
Looking forward now to next year. Plan is to save more seeds from the different colours, get a bit more organised with my planting out, and aim for 16 plants of 10 varieties. If just half come true they can all watch out
I think growing fewer varieties with more of each to choose from is a good idea too.
