Chrysanthemums Direct of Cheshire have put on a splendid display of cut chrysanthemums. Especially eye-catching is a combination of orange Chrysanthemum ‘Dutchy’ and white, green tinged and button-flowered
C. ‘Stallion’, but there were many others on display.
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Ron Scamp Quality Daffodils of Cornwall has put on a remarkable display of cut flowers, the cool weather intensifying the colours of some of the many different cultivars, some on display for the first time at this show. Here Ron is arranging individual flowers in a vase for the display.
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The display from Foxgrove Plants of West Berkshire is simple but effective and features splendid Epimedium ‘Flowers of Sulphur’, a woodland plant with sprays of pale yellow flowers held above dainty foliage. Hellebores and the dried standing foliage of Miscanthus provide contrast.
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Tale Valley Nursery of Devon provide an exciting exhibit featuring many choice plants. Lorraine Birchall here finishes a cool border of Leucojum avestium, with its white bell shaped flowers, little ground covering Cardamine trifolia and Beesia calthifolia with its lush, heart-shaped leaves.
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Alan Street of Avon Bulbs in Somerset putting the final touches to his superb display of bulbous plants including soft yellow Narcissus ‘Bath’s Flame’, N. ‘Lucifer’ with reddish central cups, creamy Tulipa ‘Purissima’ and the contrasting spires of annual honesty, Lunaria annua.
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Penny’s Primulas of Staddon Farm Nurseries in North Devon provides a delightful stand, featuring selections of Primula sieboldii, a charming, early flowering perennial native to Japan, but easily grown in moist, free-draining soil in light shade. The primulas are displayed below a pair of weeping cherries.
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Choice evergreen shrub Pseudowintera colorata ‘Red Leopard’ is on the stand of Eleplants Nursery of Sussex. It has creamy foliage, richly mottled with dark red and needs a warm, sheltered position in light shade and a well-drained, ideally acidic soil. It will also grow well in a pot.
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A lovely and unusual yellow flowered comfrey, Symphytum tuberosum is shown by Bordervale Plants of Ystradowen , Wales. It is low growing to around 20cm and will spread gently at the root and is said to be easily cultivated in soil that does not get too dry, in light shade.
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Trachycarpus princeps is a rarely seen but highly ornamental palm, closely related to widely grown T. fortunei (Chusan palm). It features rather blue-tinged, silver-edged fan shaped leaves and is said to be of similar hardiness to its more familiar cousin. Shown by palm specialists Ainsworth Displays of Hampshire.
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Brighter Blooms of Lancashire, specialists in bulbs and Zantedeschia (calla lilies) has put on a spectacular display of brightly coloured tulips, despite the cold weather this spring. Many of these bulbs had been specially brought on for the show in order to get them to bloom in time.
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