AGM:
Last
year’s minutes and an outline of the past year’s activities were read out and
adopted. The committee was thanked on
behalf of all members for the hard work and for the enjoyable and successful
programme of activities.
Friday
Forum helping to cover the country in yellow for le tour Yorkshire
As previously mentioned, RHS and Welcome to Yorkshire are
encouraging people to grow yellow plants to celebrate the Tour de France
in July. At the Friday Forum meeting this week, seeds were
distributed for members to sow and grow in order to create our own yellow
display for the event. For more ideas of
yellow flowers see http://letour.yorkshire.com/documents/tdf/rhs/RHSTurningYorkshireYellow.pdf
Plants
for shade in every season
Gill
told us how she manages a shady area in her own garden, which is really useful
to keep interest throughout the year in our own difficult patches. Gill’s area is shaded by two large cherry
trees.
January:
Interest comes from the foliage of the fern, Polystichum 'Bevis', hellebores and epimedium plus the primroses which
are dotted about.
February: The snowdrops, hellebores (stripped of their
leaves), epimediums and aconites are now in flower plus Pachyphragma,
Tellima and Early Sensation a daffodil which opens earlier than the others.
March: The snowdrops and hellebores are still in
flower and are joined by the rest of the daffodils. Other plants featuring at this time are Omphalodes verna 'Alba',
primula, azalea, pulmonaria, Bowles golden grass and the Spring Snowflake (Leucojum vernum).
Gill reminded
us that small plants can be planted at the back of the border in Spring as they
have little competition.
April:
The daffodils, Pachyphragma and
primroses are still performing and are then joined by geranium nodosum 'Whiteleaf',
geranium Spring Fling, corydalis and
tellima.
May: Now the cherry trees are in blossom, the
azalea is in flower as well as corydalis, digitalis, orange and yellow
epimediums and astrantia sunningdale variegated.
June: The geraniums continue to flower and the
philadelphus.
July/August: Stylophorum (like a yellow poppy) and clematis
Mary Rose
September/October: The Autumn colour is showing on the cherry
trees and other foliage plus Lamium galeobdolon.
Leeds
Flower Show is 150 years old
Elizabeth
told us how there will be a marquee set out with a miniature replica of the
first ever Leeds Flower Show which was held in 1864. The Leeds Mercury reported that it was held
in the Leeds Volunteer Rifles' Army drill hall in Oxford Place and attracted
huge pubic interest. The project will be
based on reports which exist from that time which state ‘ incorporating attractions including groups of flags
and shields, tastefully selected and arranged …….. and devices in artificial
flowers depending from the girders of the roof’ .
It is hoped to
reproduce some of the varieties of plants, flowers, vegetables and fruits which
were on display at that time. Pansies,
verbenas, fuchsias and 24 varieties of roses feature in the reports but it is
debatable whether they will they look the same as they did then.
Entries of the
various classes back in the day were from such well-known people as Lord
Londesborough of Grimston Park , Mr. John Hope Shaw, Mr. J G Marshall and Mr. F
W Tetley who were, of course, assisted by their gentlemen’s gardeners.
This year’s
Leeds Flower Show is being held atThe Grammar School At Leeds, Alwoodley
Gates, Harrogate Rd, Leeds,LS17 8GS on
August 2nd and 3rd.
Display
Table
There
were certainly signs of spring of the display table.
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| A beautiful assortment of spring plants from Ann's garden and a pot of S. Arnott snowdrops |
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| An arrangement of floating hellebores. In the centre is Penny's Pink which has marbled leaves in the Summer. |
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| Dorothy brought in her Orchid Dendrobium Berry Oda. The irises give a splendid splash of colour. |
Notice
Board
Advance
warning:
For the Good
Friday meeting on 18th April, members are asked to bring something
in the shape of a flower for the “Flower in any form” contest; arts, crafts,
baking etc all acceptable. Also, you are asked to grow some cress in an
eggshell and paint it up. Should be
interesting!
Paxton Plant
Market is on Saturday 31st May. Please
consider planting up and growing on for the sales table and, if you can help on
the day from 10 am, this would be appreciated.
Dates
for your diary
Next Friday
Forum Meeting: Please note The
meeting scheduled for 21st February has now been changed to a talk
on The Sex Life of Plants by Ben
Emmett.
Friends of
Paxton are meeting Monday from Midday. An hour or two or your time
to help maintain the premises are always welcome. If another date is more suitable for you,
please let us know.
In June, there
will be a Dig In at Paxton Garden; date TBA.
The Friday Forum meets on
the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month at 1.30pm at the Paxton Hall.
Paxton Horticultural Society is located at 186, Kirkstall Lane, Leeds LS5
2AB. The meetings are split between hands-on sessions, guest
speakers and garden visits. A regular feature is the "Plant Table"
where members are invited to bring their plants for discussion and
advice. Another feature is the "Sales Table where members bring
plants and cuttings and produce they have grown to sell at a small cost to help
the club funds. For further information, please use the comments box or log on to https://sites.google.com/site/paxtonhorticulturalsocietycouk/Home
