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The Indiana Daffodil Society held their show at the usual Hamilton Center Ice Arena in Columbus Indiana on Friday April 15th.
this venue is perfect for flower shows as it can be as cold as requested within reason and it visited often by a large demographic of the community. I was blessed enough to walk an elderly Mom and her daughter around the show explaining details of the show function and giving them information all about daffodils, divisions, scent, sizes and other attributes that seemed to impress them quite a bit. When I gave them a stem of “Scented Breeze” they were quite impressed at the Rose scent. By the time we had finished up the walk around the show, it seemed that they were interested in joining the local society AND the ADS! I came prepared for a New Zealand award at this show but seems this was not available this time. There were several stems of NZ raised blooms, a couple of them were a Div 8 seedling from Brogden Bulbs, AND a beauty of a Red Pink “Luvit” by the late Graham Phillips. I’m sure he’s smiling about now.
I must apologize for missing 2 of Kathleen Simpsons great ADS wins for both the Purple and the Havens winners. By the time the judging is over, my job has yet to begin, so it’s a challenge to get all the ADS wins when they aren’t all on the same table. I’m sorry Kathleen! your flowers are always the creme de la creme! Photos below. Also, it looks like I cut off the left most column of flowers in the Throckmorton winner. This was Lynn Slackmans, Apologies to Lynn as well. They were all gorgeous blooms.
There is a very active group of youth exhibitors in this society and their flowers reflect their interest!
My last show was at Joe Hamms barn this past weekend. This was another outstanding show. More details when I post those winners. Another challenging time as I forgot my background.
Best In Show – Winks, exhibited by Gary Knehans
The 3 stem Intermediate AND White Ribbon for the best standard 3 stem in show. Lemon Honey, exhibited by Sue Luken.
The standard Rose Ribbon winner for the best seedling in the show. This was my entry. A 2WWY-O, The parents are All American X Geometrics.
The Mini Best in Show. “Little Mary Lou”, from the winning Lavender ribbon collection of 5, exhibited by Kathleen Simpson.
The Mini White Ribbon for the best entry of 3 minis in show. The flower is “Xit” exhibited by Jim Wilson.
Youth Single Stem – Rapture, exhibited by Olivia Rocky.
The Small Growers Ribbon was this specimen of Bald Eagle, exhibited by Miranda Rocky.
The 3 Stem Youth award winner was Fly Half, exhibited by Olivia Rocky.
The 5 stem youth award winner contained the flowers of: Ceylon, Teal, Symphonette, Golden Echo & Magic Lantern. exhibited by Thomas Kincaid.
Classic Single Stem and Cultivar, Camelot, exhibited by Suzy Wert.
3 stem Classic Winner, Golden Dawn, exhibited by Lynn Slackman.
The Maroon Ribbon winner, exhibited by Suzy Wert with the flowers of Lighthouse Reef, Lyme Bay, Flight Path, Satchmo & Lemon Silk.
The Watrous award is given to the best collection of 12 mini daffs from a certain number of divisions. This was exhibited & won by Suzy Wert.
The Throckmorton Award, is for the best entry of 15 stems, all different classifications. Exhibited by Lynn Slackman. I apologize for this image as it seems that I cut off the left column of flowers. It was a beautiful collection for sure!.
The Red White & Blue ribbon was awarded to a collection with the flowers of (from top left) Seedling 2W-WWP, French Robin, Silent Pink, Seedling 2W-WWP and Charles Wheatley #9 2W-P.
The Quinn collection winner for the best of 24 stems of Daffodils from at least 5 divisions. exhibited by Suzy Wert.
IDS offers a class for a collection of 5 different pink cupped daffodils. The winner had flowers of, from the top left, Beautiful Silk, Fulfillment, Silent Pink, Arctic Pink and Pink China.
The Mini Red White and Blue Collection for 5 minis all bred in America The flowers are 3 poet seedlings (bred by the exhibitor) lower row, hummingbird and Mary Poppins. Exhibited by Suzy Wert.
Graham Phillips wonderful “Luvit” from the Bozie collection winner.
The Lavender Ribbon for the best 5 stem Mini entry in show. Exhibited by Kathleen Simpson with flowers of Hawera, Bellinger 09-12 #7, Little Mary Lou, Bellinger 09-12 #10 and Angels Breath.
The 5 stem intermediate award, with flowers of “Winks, seedlings 300, 301, 299 & Pink Sunday” exhibited by Gary Knehans.
The Bozievich Award, From top left, flowers are: French Robin, Brogden seedling 8W-Y, Rose Ribbon Winner (All American X Geometrics), Dena
Center Row from left, Fulfillment, Luvit (G. Phillips), Glen Alladale, Pacific Rim.
Lower Row from left, Scented Breeze, Margaret’s Grace, Magic Lantern, and my Seedling.