COMMITTEE

RULES

Notes to Exhibitors:

If possible please use clear glass containers for specimens of annuals and perennials and the specials as this helps the judge to examine entries without lifting the plant material.

Please take a few moments to groom your entry of damaged flowers, leaves and spent blooms.

A good specimen gladiolus has a straight stem and 1/3 open florets, 1/3 buds showing colour and 1/3 buds not showing colour. Flowers should face front with a gradual taper.
 

ENTRY SECTIONS

ANNUAL SECTION
Remember - the exact number of specimens called for must be shown. Only self-foliage is permitted to be attached. Name the cultivar when possible.
 

1. Asters, 3 blooms, 1 cultivar.
2. Bachelor buttons, 5 blooms.
3. Calendulas, 3 blooms, 1 cultivar.
4. Spider flower (cleome), 3 stems.
5. Cosmos (C. bipinnatus), any colour, 3 sprays.
6. Cosmos (C. sulphurous), any colour, 3 sprays.
7. Dahlias, pompon type, 3 blooms, 1 cultivar.
8. Dahlias, decorative type, 3 blooms, 1 cultivar.
9. Marigolds, 7 cm or over, 3 blooms.
10. Marigolds, under 7 cm, 5 blooms.
11. Nasturtiums, 5 blooms, own foliage.
12. Lavatera, 3 stems.
13. Pansies, 5 blooms.
14. Petunias, solid colour, 3 sprays.
15. Petunias, bi-colour, 3 sprays.
16. Portulaca, 3 stems.
17. Salvia, 3 spikes.
18. Snapdragons, 3 spikes.
19. Statice, fresh, 3 stems.
20. Strawflowers, fresh, 3 stems.
21. Sunflowers, solid colour, 3 stems.
22. Sunflowers, bi-colour, 3 stems.
23. Sweet Peas, mixed colours, 3 stems.
24. Zinnias, 7 cm or under, 5 blooms.
25. Zinnias, over 7 cm, 3 blooms.

26. Aster, 3 stems.

27. Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta, hairy, rough leaves and stems, 5 blooms.
28. Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia fulgida, smooth leaves and stems, 5 blooms.
29. Chrysanthemum, I cultivar, 3 sprays.
30. Coneflower, 3 stems, purple.
31. Coneflower, 3 stems, any other colour.
32. Cornflower (perennial Bachelor’s Buttons), 3 stems.
33. Gaillardia (Blanketflower), 3 stems.
34. Rose, floribunda, 1 spray.
35. Rose, hybrid tea, 1 stem.
36. Rose, mini, 1 spray.
37. Rose, modern shrub, named, 1 spray.
38. Rose, any other cultivar, named, 1 stem.
39. Statice, 3 stems.
40. Sweet pea, 3 stems
     

ANNUAL SECTION
Remember, you don’t have to have a garden to enter your potted plants!

41. African Violet, double.
42. African Violet, single.
43. Any Potted Plant, not listed, named.
44. Begonia, Rex (grown for their decorative patterned leaves).
45. Begonia, Tuberous (grown from a tuber).
46. Busy Lizzy (impatients).
47. Cactus, named.
48. Coleus.
49. Dish Garden, max. pot size 14 inches
50. Fern, named.
51. Geranium (pelargonium) in bloom.
52. Flowering planter that you designed and planted yourself, minimum 3 types of plants.
53. Ivy.
54. Orchid in bloom, named.
55. Succulent, named.

SPECIALS

56. Love-lies-bleeding, 1 stem.
57. Begonia (tuberous) 1 stem – only the large male bloom should be exhibited, without the two smaller female blooms on each side.
58. Bells of Ireland, 1 stem.
59. Celosia, 1 stem.
60. Coleus, 1 stem.
61. Collection of 3 or more cultivars of any one type of flowers.
62. Dahlia, 1 bloom over 12 cm.
63. Day lily, 1 stem.
64. Flowering vine, in bloom, minimum length 40 cm. outside the vase, named.
65. Gladiolus, mini (florets under 9 cm) 1 spike.
66. Gladiolus, large (florets over 9 cm), 1 spike.
67. Heuchera Leaves, 3, same variety.
68. Heuchera Leaves, collection of different varieties.
69. Hosta Leaves collection, 5
70. Largest flower (excluding sunflowers).
71. Most fragrant flower.
72. Phlox, 1 stem.
73. Rose, 1 bloom, floating in water (you may add foliage).
74. Any other annual or biennial not listed above, 1 stem, named.
75. Vase of annuals or biennial flowers, 2 of each, minimum of three varieties, named.
76. Any other perennial or shrub not listed above, 1 stem, named.
77. Vase of perennials and/or shrub and/or ornament grasses.
78. Vase of flowering shrubs.
     

ARRANGEMENTS

79. “A Bloomin’ Good Time” – a floriferous arrangement, maximum size 30 cm.
80. “Treasures of the Earth” – an arrangement in a basket using flowers, vegetables and/or fruit.
81. “Life on the Rocks” – an arrangement incorporating rocks with two colours of flowers and complimentary foliage.
82. “Tipsy Teacup” – An arrangement using a cup and saucer.
83. “By the Sea” – An arrangement of flowers, shells, etc. to suggest the sea shore.
84. “Small Joy” – An arrangement between 5 and 12.5 cm in any direction.
85. “Two-sies” – Co-coordinated arrangements in complimentary containers.
86. “Autumn” – A one sided foliage design arrangement in a pumpkin.
87. “Exotic Lagoon” – a water viewing design, using no more than 3 flowers.
88. “Wooden’t it be Nice” – An arrangement using driftwood or tree roots.