A Happy New Year to all my Gardening Friends Worldwide.  Here are a few plants I'm looking forward to growing in 2014.

Mary Ann Morgan                                                                                                                           Patton

              Winter Wonderland                                                                                                            McTell

Here are some photos from John Nevill taken at the Northern Group Show 15-16th November 2013    

Andy Whickham's 12 blooms.                                                        

John Nevill's 9 blooms Large & Medium

Chris Gartland's 12 Mediums.

Ian Moss's 9 Mediums.                                                                                                                McTell 2nd in the seedling class grown by Micky Potts.

Patton re-classified Section 1, bred by John Nevill and grown by Micky Potts.     John Nevill the breeder of McDowell with Ian Moss grower best Medium.

Here are some photos from last weekends show.

My  6 Large Exhibition Blooms. 2 Silver Gigantic, 1 Amber Gigantic, 1 Primrose Jessie, 2 Golden Gigantic, This entry was awarded the NCS Bronze Medal. Harry Godden's 6 Medium Exhibition, 3 Lundy & 3 Yellow Lundy.  Keith Whitmarsh entry was awardeded the NCS Silver Medal, William Florentine, Peach Fairweather & Pauline White.

Mike Sheppard's vase of Mancetta Symbol.                                                                      Dave & Val Thorringtons 6 Fantasies, 4 Evans Dream & 2 Wind                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Dancer.

Harry Godden's Red Woolman's Glory.             Keith Whitmarsh's Fairweather's shown as incurves.   my Bronze, Golden & Silver Gigantic's

Considering the early season we had quite a good show at Swansea last Sunday.

My 6 Large Exhibition, 2 Amber Gigantic, 1 Bronze Gigantic, 1 Duke of Kent, 1 Golden Gigantic.

  John Hobbs's John Hughes's

John Hobbs's William Florentine, Bronze William Florentine & Salmon Fairweather.

Terry Beynon's John Hughe's and Golden Woolmans Glory.

My Mixed entry of Coral Patrica Millar, Salmon Fairweather and Bronze Gigantic

Mark Ashton's sprays. Robeam, Ryflare, Cream Ryski.

Best vase of Incurved, White Fairweather, grower Cyril Powell.

Best Vase Intermediate, Salmon Pauline White, grower Howard Thomas

Mark Ashton's basket of Zoe Russell and Golden Woomans Glory.

John Letts 6 fantasies, 2 Senkyo Kenshin 4 Senkyo Karau.

Ken Morgan's vase of Sheila Coles.

Jim Prosser's vase of Red Woolmans Glory

Just got back from Dowlais Show.  In case your wondering Dowlais is a historic iron makeing and coal mining district of Merthyr Tydfil. Merthyr was big when Cardiff was just a small village and the Rhondda Valley was just a farming valley prior to the descovery of coal.

Here's some of the best exhibits.

Mark Ashton's Silver Medal Exhibit of Robeam & Cream Ryski       John Hobbs Bronze Medal Entry of William Florentine & Primrose John Hughes.

Bryn Stonebridges Certificate of Merit Entry of Rose Patricia Millar                                              Cyril Powell's White & Peach Fairweather.

John Hobb's Certificate of Merit entry of Peach Fairweather.                                                    Phil Little's Brierton Sunsett & Mason's Bronze

Bryn Stonebridge's Cossack.                               John Lett's 6 Fantasies, Senkyo Karau & Salhouse Joy.

Phil Little's Peter Anderton and single Gladeye.    Phil Little's Brierton Sunsett, Mason's Bronze & Brierton Festival.