Blue ribbon terrarium by Lynn Cook & Troy Ray
Story # 127,
The area at the Philadelphia Flower
Show that displays specimen plants for judging is the most interesting to
me. It’s amazing that so many hobbyists devote
the energy required to grow top quality plants and manage the entry process
with the hope of a blue ribbon prize.
This year the challenge class was Sinningia‘Li’l Georgie’. The plants are
distributed through Meadowbrook Farm in the Fall and the challenge is to grow
it to perfection for the March show. 15 –
20 were entered and were grown well.
More ‘Georgie’s’ were shown off in
the big terrarium class by Lynn Cook and Troy Ray. The terrarium had Hemizygia ‘Candy Kisses’,
Selaginella ‘Brownii’ and Sinningia ‘Li’l Georgie’. It earned the Blue as it was excellent.
Lynn and Troy also had a domed
terrarium with a cluster of S. ‘Li’l Georgie’.
There is a category for returning
challenge plants from previous years.
Sinningia ‘Prudence Risley showed up there. I hope some ‘Li’l Georgie’ can return in next
years show.
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Sunday, March 9, 2014
'Li'l Georgie' shows up at the Philadelphia Flower Show
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