Here are the winning collections I photographed at the 2017 Southeast Regional Show held at Cheekwood Botanical Garden in Nashville, TN on March 25-26, 2017. Sorry, I did not photograph the large collections of the Kuduk’s Bozievich or Susan Basham’s first Watrous.
Red White Blue exhibited by John Beck, also the Purple Ribbon winner. Left to right: ‘Smooth Trumpet’ 1 W-Y, Wheatley; ‘Geometrics’ 2 W-Y, Du Bose; ‘Rapture’ 6 Y-Y, Mitsch; Weir 38-111 2 W-W, Weir; ‘Pink Silk’ 2 W-P, Mitsch.
Mini Red White Blue exhibited by Janet Loyd. Left to right back row: ‘Twinkling Yellow’ 7 Y-Y, Blom; ‘Chit Chat’ 7 Y-Y, Fowlds; ‘Baby Boomer’ 7 Y-Y, Heath; front row: ‘Tiny Bubbles’ 12 Y-Y, Heath; ‘Mary Poppins’ 10 Y-Y, Blom.
Historic Collection exhibited by Susan Basham. Left to right back row: ‘Geranium’ 8 W-O 1930; ‘Saint Keverne’ 2 Y-Y 1934, ‘Thalia’ 5 W-W 1916; Front row: ‘Silver Chimes’ 8 W-W 1916, ‘Beryl’ 6 W-YYO 1907.
Classic Collection exhibited by me: Left to right back row: ‘Fiji’ 4 Y-Y 1956, ‘Ice Cap’ 2 W-W 1967, ‘Tahiti’ 4 Y-O 1956; Front row: ‘Burning Torch’ 2 Y-O 1967, ‘Bunclody’ 2 Y-O 1963
Intermediate Collection exhibited by me: Back row, left to right: ‘Pink China’ 2 Y-P, ‘Reg Nichol’ 2 Y-YYR, ‘My Sweetheart’ 3 W-YYR; Front row: ‘Harpsichord’ 11a Y-P, ‘Clavichord’ 11a Y-W
Lavender Collection exhibited by me: Back row left to right: ‘Sundial’ 7 Y-Y, ‘Baby Star’ 7 Y-Y, ‘Endearing’ 7 Y/W-Y; Front row: ‘Crevette’ 8 W-O, ‘Little Rusky’ 7 W-GYO
Youth Collection exhibited by Jossalyn Varden: Back row left to right: ‘Tahiti’ 4 Y-O, ‘Purbeck’ W-YOO, ‘Crackington’ 4 Y-Y; Front row: ‘Whip-poor-will’ 6 Y-Y, ‘Bravoure’ 1 W-Y
Congratulations, Becky Fox!
Silver chimes is blooming as I write. Nothing since early February!
Thrilled to see so many blooms!
Jackie Turbidy