Leftwood said:Look at the foliage of the white lily in the left bouquet, second white from the bottom - ciliate edges?

Aha, if only it were! That's variegated wallflower foliage. Used to be known as Cheiranthus,
but now Erysimum.

Every flower in this bouquet is a winner!

I'm grateful for all the seed I've been given or acquired from some wonderful breeders - especially now in the henryi stuff, I have the material now for some promising breeding and enough to pick for shows. Those flowers survived being strewn around the boot of my car, then clumsily reassembled at the hall... I have a long way to go when it comes to flower arranging!!

This one is gorgeous, Della! The colors are so incredibly rich!

Isn't it just!? Happy you like it!

I have some more pics to go through and process, and my home looks like a mini flower show now I've brought everything back! It was a wonderful show. But time to relax!

gwhizz said:This is the thing Rick..we are so lucky to be able to grow such brilliant..undiseased plants..When the growers converge on 1 show in Tasmania..the quality & talent is incredible.all walks of life with one thing in common...Friday night I sat back & thought.." my god Im a lucky man"..

Well..the show is over for another year.. Ive been out & looked at my sexy new blooms ..unpacked the Auto..been cruising the blooms with pollen ..drinking beer.. & generally riding the highs from the show.. Love my grand daughter too..

A few more pics from the show, first up the Champion single bloom, a baby of Anthony's grown by Clare Sneddon:


And... some nice seedlings from Janelle and John Noble:


And... all sorts of delights!

dellac said:A few more pics from the show, first up the Champion single bloom, a baby of Anthony's grown by Clare Sneddon:


And... some nice seedlings from Janelle and John Noble:Pollen parent of that 1st seedling..


And... all sorts of delights!

That addition is the pollen parent of the first seedling.

Nice one, Anthony .

It sure is a great dad, Anthony, you passed on some excellent genes!

Wow !
So thrilled for your successes.
The colors and style bring beauty to a new level.
Congratulations to the winners.

dellac said:Well deserved! It was a lovely stem, came close to being Grand Champion!

It was very hard to judge this year. Usually something stands out head and shoulders above the rest, but not this time. A stem of 'Kaveri' from Rod Barwick (Glenbrook Bulb Farm) took the honours.

The Grand Champ's table:

I made a mistake; 'Kaveri' wasn't from Rod, it was from Nathan Barwick, who grows some beautiful and rarer species on the slopes of Mt. Wellington. Apologies.

From the kid's entries, goodnight!