Huddersfield is early for me. Peter Forrow and others get loads of flowers for this show but I always seem to struggle. This year, Peter, fresh from his triumphs at Leeds and Bakewell, brought a large number of spikes and did extremely well, not only winning Best 300 with Star Performer but also winning other classes, especially the six class where his six Shalimar pictured below earned him Best Exhibit in the gladiolus show and was in contention for best exhibit in the whole show. this exhibit also contained the Best Primulinus. When you can do a six class with all the same cultivar it always has that special wow factor and these six spikes as an exhibit were stunning.
Terry Morris had Grand Champion (Sorry I missed it from my photos) and his mate Jim Moore also did well. I struggled along with some seedlings. The lilac and white one below got nowhere in the colour class it was in but then it was well underflowered. We'll have to see how it performs next year.
I was luckier with another seedling. pictured below which won the single prim class. The judge, Eric Anderton was very enthusiastic about this one but I thought it was a bit gappy. The photo doesn't show the true colours which are pale lemon with a pink blush then rose overlaid on a darker yellow. Hopefully it will go on to be productive.
Peter's prims were everywhere and here are just two from the many vases he staged.
This was a better show than last year when we were all running late and there were few entries.
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