The Launceston Horticulture Society's Late Spring Show was held on November 6 featured roses, irises and rhododendrons and here are the results of that glorious display.
ROSE SECTION
MACKAY PERPETUAL TROPHY - INTERMEDIATE
Winner: Mark Hardy
GRAND CHAMPION ROSE
Winner: Peter & Sue Zeeman Flower Name: "Mon Cherie"
RESERVE CHAMPION ROSE
Winner: M. & T. Squires Flower Name : "Parole"
BEST BLOOM IN THE OPEN ROSE SECTION
Winner: Peter & Sue Zeeman Flower Name: "Mon Cherie"
BEST BLOOM IN THE INTERMEDIATE ROSE SECTION
Winner: Sue Love Flower Name: "The Pope"
BEST BLOOM IN THE NOVICE ROSE SECTION
Winner: Ros Daly
BEST EXHIBIT IN MINIATURE ROSE SECTION - from classes 27 to 29
Winner: Rosie McCullagh
BEST CONTAINER OF MINIATURE ROSES
Winner: Peter & Sue Zeeman
THE SISTER XAVIER ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD - For the exhibitor with the most points in the Novice Rose Section
Winner: Freyr McCormick
Best Exhibit Certificates
Best Exhibition Pink - Winner: Sue Love
Best Exhibition Red - Winner: Peter & Sue Zeeman Flower Name: "Kardinal"
Best Exhibition Yellow, Gold or Buff shades - Winner: Peter & Sue Zeeman Flower Name: "Grandpa Dickson"
Best Exhibition White or Cream - Winner: Peter & Sue Zeeman Flower Name: "Frances Phoebe"
Best Exhibition Any Other Colour - Winner: Peter & Sue Zeeman Flower Name: "Just Joey"
Best Stem Decorative Rose
Winner: Peter & Sue Zeeman Flower Name: . "Just Joey"
Best Stem Cluster Roses
Winner: Peter & Sue Zeeman Flower Name: "Seduction"
Best Old Garden Heritage, Shrub & Species
Winner: Sue Love
Best David Austin Rose
Winner: Pauline Torrents
IRIS SECTION
GRAND CHAMPION IRIS
Winner: Noel Button
BEST OPEN IRIS
Winner: Noel Button
BEST INTERMEDIATE IRIS
Winner: Sue Love Flower Name: White & blue plicata
BEST NOVICE IRIS
Winner: Bill Bailey Flower Name: "Pink Self"
BEST IRIS OTHER THAN BEARDED
Winner: Noel Button Flower Name: Iris bulbous
Best Exhibit Cards
Best Bearded Iris, Amoena - Winner: Noel Button
Best Bearded Iris, Plicata - Winner: Noel Button
Best Bearded Iris, Variegata - Winner: Noel Button
Best Bearded Iris, Bi-colour - Winner: Noel Button
Best Bearded Iris, White or Yellow Shades - Winner: Noel Button
Best Bearded Iris, Blue or Purple Shades - Winner: Sue Love
Best Bearded Iris, Apricot, Orange or Pink Shades - Winner: Noel Button
Best Iris Other Than Bearded - Winner: Noel Button
Best Bearded Iris Floret - Winner: Noel Button
RHODODENDRONS & AZALEAS SECTION
GRAND CHAMPION RHODODENDRON
Winner: Noel Button
BEST OPEN RHODODENDRON
Winner: Noel Button
BEST INTERMEDIATE RHODODENDRON
Winner: Rosie McCulloch
BEST NOVICE RHODODENDRON
Winner: Erica Maxwell Flower Name: "Floral Dance"
BEST AZALEA
Winner: Gayle Carroll Flower Name: "Home Bush"
CUT FLOWERS SECTION
BEST EXHIBIT, OPEN CUT FLOWERS
Winner: Stephanie & Errol Imlach Flower Name: Paeonies
BEST EXHIBIT, INTERMEDIATE CUT FLOWERS
Winner: Vicki McCormack Flower Name: Mixed cut flowers
BEST EXHIBIT, AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANT
Winner: Rosemary Verbeeten Flower Name: Ozothamnus ledifolius
BEST EXHIBIT ROCK OR ALPINE SECTION
Winner: Irene Jordan Flower Name: Lewisias
BEST CLEMATIS
Winner: Irene Jordan
BEST EXHIBIT FOR 3 FLOWERS, SAME COLOUR, DIFFERENT SPECIES - OPEN TO ALL
1st: Stephanie & Errol Imlach
2nd: Pauline Torrents
CONTAINER GROWN PLANTS SECTION
BEST EXHIBIT - FOLIAGE
Winner: Noel Button Plant Name: Hosta
BEST EXHIBIT - FLOWERING
Winner: Noel Button
BEST EXHIBIT - CACTUS/SUCCULENT
Winner: Louise
BEST EXHIBIT INTERMEDIATE
Winner: Felicity Manion Plant Name: Multi-planted cactus/succulents
LONGEST BEAN
1st: Warren Prewer
2nd: Noel Button
JUNIOR LONGEST BEAN
1st: Cody Rigby
2nd: Erin Rigby
SCHOOL LONGEST BEAN
1st: Grade 5/6 Evandale Primary
FLORAL ART SECTION
OPEN
JOAN WARD TROPHY awarded to most outstanding exhibit in
Open floral art
Winner: Gayle Carroll For: Copper Glow
A white Christmas
1st: Marilyn Donald 2nd: Sarah Katarzynski
A diagonal line
1st: Rosie McCullagh 2nd: Sarah Katarzynski
Copper Glow
1st: Gayle Carroll 2nd: Rosie McCullagh
INTERMEDIATE FLORAL ART
MYRTLE BURROWS' AWARD for most outstanding exhibit in Intermediate floral art.
Winner: Alice Imlach For: Warm and Woolly Roses
Warm and woolly roses
1st: Alice Imlach 2nd: Suzanne Bullock
Highly Commended: Jannine Walker
Christmas in a box
1st: Alice Imlach 2nd: Suzanne Bullock
A diagonal line
1st: Suzanne Bullock 2nd: Betty Grace
AMATEUR FLORAL ART
BEST IN SECTION
Winner: Cheryl Calvert For: A diagonal line
Roses in the kitchen
1st: Cheryl Calvert 2nd: Sue Love
A diagonal line
1st: Cheryl Calvert
CHILDREN'S SECTIONS
BEST EXHIBIT OVERALL IN THE ENTIRE CHILDREN'S SECTION
Winner: Alex Bullock For: Two roses and a bud
6 years and under
A cup of rosebuds
1st: Darcy Standage 2nd: Lillian Skinner
Decorated garden trowel
1st: Lillian Skinner 2nd: Darcy Standage
7-10 years
My little spring garden
1st: Maisie Swift 2nd: Mabel Skinner
Make a Christmas card
1st: Maisie Swift 2nd: Mabel Skinner
11-14 years
Christmas bench topiary
1st: Alex Bullock 2nd: Noah Bullock - highly commended
Two roses and a bud
1st: Alex Bullock 2nd: Noah Bullock
