MEDALS GIVEN FOR FLOWERS

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31836, 14 November 1968, Page 18

MEDALS GIVEN FOR FLOWERS

A display of brilliantly coloured bedding plants and floristry by M. A. Cox and Son won the Royal Horticultural Society's silver medal at the Canterbury Horticultural Society’s display at the Christchurch Show yesterday.

The bedding plants, arranged on either side of the floral display. range from tiny white and mauve dwarf alyssum to bright orange and yellow marigolds. A large section is made up of royal blue. yellow, bronze, maroon and white violas. Tall pink and white fuchsias contrast with the smaller plants and provide a frame for the exhibit.

The floristry of intricate posies, sprays, and wreaths includes carnations, tulips, lilies, roses, irises and gladiolii. At the base of these arrangements arc potted fuchsias and ferns. Another silver medal was awarded to the Canterbury Alpine Garden Society for its display of rock garden flowers. More than 150 delicate flowers and plants included in this display are attractively arranged against a background of moss, rock and gravel. About 45 different varieties of rhododendrons and azaleas won the Royal Horticultural Society’s bronze medal for Mr and Mrs J. Murdoch, of Ashburton. This display, with its flowers ranging from whites, pinks and yellows to scarlets and reds, forms a vibrant splash of colour at one end of the tent.

Golden Sonne. Wilfrid Pickles, Red Lion. Papa Meilland and Super Star are some of the varieties included in a display of 42 varieties of roses by the Canterbury Rose Society. This display won the Royal Horticultural Society’s bronze medal. A display of clematis, arranged in the spokes of a large wheel and framed by upright plants, won a bronze medal for Ocean View Nurseries. The more subdued colours of those flowers, including blue, purple, white and mauve, provides an interesting contrast to the strong colours of flowers in the rest of the display. Four different varieties of iris being shown for the first lime in Canterbury are a feature of a large exhibit of about 60 varieties sent by Mrs A. T. Malcolm, of Nelson. This exhibit is included in a display by the Christchurch Iris Circle, which won the Canterbury Horticultural Society’s award of merit. The new varieties, which have been sent from England for Mrs Malcolm, include Fashion Drama, purple with orange markings on a white centre: High Life, a large deep purple variety with faint tinges of yellow in the centre of the petals; Golddn Years, sunshine yellow and Gay Light, clear bronze. A certificate from the Canterbury Horticultural Society was awarded to L. J. Mitchell and Company for a display of specimen trees and ornamental shrubs. Along one side of the .tent is an impressive display of 35 arrangements by garden clubs from Ashburton to Leslie Hills. Amuri. This display is divided into three sections. "The Blues,” ‘Free Expression” and “Green Magic.” All the exhibits are of a very high standard and many original and creative arrangements of flowers and greenery may be seen.

A pottery exhibit including many different types of floral containers is being displayed at the flower show by a Christchurch store.