Horticulture Exhibitor’s Reception
Get Growing!
Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 5:30 p.m.
The Breakers Greenhouses
Bateman Avenue, Newport
Potential horticulture competitors are cordially invited to a reception hosted by the Horticulture Committee at the Preservation Society’s beautiful greenhouses. Learn more about the horticulture competitions, enjoy good food, good conversation and begin planning your winning entries!
Please RSVP by Thursday, March 7, 2013
E-mail: Events@NewportMansions.org or Telephone: (401) 847-1000 ext. 169
DIVISION I: INVITATIONAL GARDEN DESIGN
Invitation only - 6 Entries
Asian landscape design balances the elemental facets of the natural world: earth, fire, wood and water. Earth is represented through carefully placed stones. The color red, on garden elements like bridges, stands for fire. Trees and shrubs bring in wood, along with meticulously constructed wooden structures. Water can be present in many forms: a pond, a "sea" of gravel, or a dry stream bed. The aim would be to symbolize the natural world as a microcosm with a sense of restrained simplicity and serene beauty. The Newport Flower Show Committee will provide a sculptural piece for each Garden that must be incorporated into the design.
The Newport Flower Show Committee invites six competitors to create gardens on the front lawn of Rosecliff which interpret the range of Asian garden design, whether traditional or contemporary, for today’s landscape.
Division Consultant: Karen Barbera (401) 742-2680 / KLB7@aol.com
DIVISION II: CREATIVE OUTDOOR CONTAINERS
There are two categories of Creative Outdoor Containers:
Classes 1 – 5 & Class 10 will require pre-registration and will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. To reserve a spot, contact the class consultant listed below the class description. Please complete and e-mail the pre-registration form.
Classes 6 – 9 will not require pre-registration.
Class 11 is by invitation only.
Please read the
Horticulture Rules before entering your creative container.
All Creative Outdoor Containers, Classes 1 -11, will be passed and staged in front of Rosecliff, in the Cour d’ Amour.
Passing & Registration for entries in Divisions II & III
Thursday, June 20, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Class 1 Jade 4 Entries
As early as 3000 B.C. jade was known in China as ‘yu’, the ‘royal gem’. Within the enormous Chinese empire jade held a very special place, roughly comparable to that of gold and diamonds in the West. Cultures worldwide respected this gem, with its interplay of hardness and soft luster, but nowhere as significantly as in Asia. During the 1800s a mineralogist determined jade to be two different materials, nephrite and jadeite. Nephrite can be found in a creamy white form as well as a variety of green colors, while jadeite shows more variation in color, including blue, lavender-mauve, pink and emerald-green. Jadeite is rarer and documented in fewer than 12 places worldwide. Burma and Guatemala are the principal sources of modern gem jadeite, with the translucent emerald-green form being the most prized variety, historically and today.
Plant an oriental style container of your choice with all foliage plant material representing the various color(s) of jade. No accessories permitted. Entry will be displayed in full sun. Pre-registration required.
Class Consultant: Donna Lane (781) 769-3854 / donnamlane@verizon.net
Class 2
Canton – Chinese Export Porcelain
4 Entries
For over a thousand year period, ending with the fall of the Ming Dynasty in 1644, high quality porcelain was produced in China for the royal family and courts. When western trade began in the 1600s, these examples became the basis of early chinoiserie designs in Europe. Americans became involved in the china trade during the 1700s. Records show that porcelain was bought as non-spoiling ballast on English and American-bound ships, as well as for its commercial value. Porcelain ‘paved the ships’ hold. Ching-Te-Che`n, 400 miles north of Canton, was home to thousands of kilns and where the majority of the manufacturing took place. The blank, bisque-fired pieces were usually transported to Canton for painting and a second firing before being shipped to foreign markets. Standard patterns included Canton, Chinese Imari, Rose Medallion and Fitzhugh and were much desired by Americans. After 1891, “China” and “Made in China” was required by U.S. Customs on all Chinese porcelain imports.
Four competitors will plant a container of their choice with plant material depicting one of the Chinese Export porcelains listed above. Exhibitors will be chosen and patterns assigned on a first come basis. A 10” reproduction plate, a photo of which will be provided to the exhibitor upon registration, will hang beside each container. No accessories permitted. Entry will be displayed in full sun. Pre-registration required.
Class Consultant: Donna Lane (781) 769-3854 / donnamlane@verizon.net
Class 3
Calcutta – Basket Planter
4 Entries
India is the world’s largest producer of many exotic fruits, jute, millets, tea, lentils and other food staples, but most notably spices. Spices are harvested throughout this vast country with approximately 3 million tons being exported annually. Curries, initially created using regional combinations of spices mixed individually for each dish, became westernized and the recipe, more or less, standardized in the mid 1900s with the spread of Indian restaurants to the Western world. Most recipes for curry powder include coriander, turmeric, cumin, fenugreek and red pepper.
Create your own curry blend by planting a container of your choice with aromatic plants. Container must include at least one of the primary ingredients listed above. No accessories. Entry will be displayed in full sun. Pre-registration required.
Class Consultant: Donna Lane (781) 769-3854 / donnamlane@verizon.net
Class 4
Nanking – Scholar’s Garden
4 Entries
The classical Chinese scholar’s garden is enclosed by a wall and has one or more ponds, a rock garden, trees and flowers and an assortment of halls and pavilions within the garden, connected by winding paths and zigzag galleries. By moving from structure to structure, visitors can view a series of carefully-composed scenes, unrolling like a scroll of landscape paintings. Ornate openings in walls often frame stylized landscape compositions.
Design and plant a charming miniature scholar’s garden reminiscent of the Ming Dynasty period. The Newport Flower Show Committee will provide lidded boxes (approx. 24”W x 16”D x 18”H), which will be distributed at the Get Growing reception on Thursday, March 21, 2013. The enclosed garden will be viewed through the 24” W x 18” H front opening. While accessories are permitted plants must predominate. Displayed in part-sun at approximately 40” high. Pre-registration required.
Class Consultant: Donna Lane (781) 769-3854 / donnamlane@verizon.net
Class 5
Kyoto – Song Dynasty
4 Entries
The Chinese and Japanese created exquisite fans inspired by the beauty of nature. The Chinese fixed fan, pien-mien, means “to agitate the air.’’ During the Song Dynasty famous artists were commissioned to paint silk fans. In Japan fans were made by tying thin strips of hinoki (or Japanese cypress) together with thread. The number of strips of wood differed according to the person's rank.
Plant a fan-shaped wall box (18” W x 20” H approx.) with appropriate plant material. Boxes will be provided by The Newport Flower Show Committee and distributed at the Get Growing reception on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Fans will be displayed hanging in part-sun. Natural accessories permitted. Pre-registration required.
Class Consultant: Deborah Kelsey (401) 848-9135 / debkelseynpt@yahoo.com
Class 6
Gobi Desert
One of the harshest environments on the planet, with extreme temperatures and minimal rainfall, China’s Gobi Desert provides little encouragement to plant or animal life.
Plant a container of your choice with drought-tolerant plants. No accessories. To be displayed in full sun. No pre-registration required.
Class Consultant: Donna Lane (781) 769-3854 / donnamlane@verizon.net
Class 7
Katmandu – Troughs
In the tundra regions of Nepal and the Himalayas thousands of small, rugged, alpine plants flourish. Their brief life spans allow them to flower and seed in the short growing season, adapting to the harsh conditions of low temperatures, drought and ultraviolet radiation. Hundreds of species are traded for medicinal and aromatic uses, providing a source of income to the locals.
Provide a collection of alpine plants in a trough of your choosing. Natural accessories permitted. Displayed in full sun. No pre-registration required.
Class Consultant: Deborah Kelsey (401) 848-9135 / debkelseynpt@yahoo.com
Class 8
Bangkok
Bangkok is second worldwide, only to London, in terms of tourist visits per year. Like most of Thailand, the city has a tropical climate and is under the influence of the South Asian monsoon system, which creates primarily hot, but also rainy and even relatively cool, seasons during the year.
Plant a container of your choice with colorful flowers and foliage reminiscent of a tropical garden. Accessories permitted. Displayed in full sun. No pre-registration required.
Class Consultant: Deborah Kelsey (401) 848-9135 / debkelseynpt@yahoo.com
Class 9
Par Class
A container of three or more different species or varieties of plant material, which does not qualify for entry elsewhere in Division II. To be judged individually on design and horticultural merit. Displayed in full sun. No accessories. No pre-registration required.
Class Consultant: Deborah Kelsey (401) 848-9135 / debkelseynpt@yahoo.com
Class 10
Chaing Mai – Thai Floating Lantern Festival
12 Entries
The ancient Thai festival of Loy Katrong, or floating lanterns, is celebrated on the night of November's full moon. In the northern city of Chiang Mai hundreds of people assemble to float their banana-leaf containers, decorated with foliage, flowers and candles, down the Mae Ping River as a tribute to the Goddess of Water.
Twelve garden clubs will be invited to plant a living wreath with predominantly all foliage or all flowering plant material. The 20” (outside diameter) x 4” H wreath forms will be provided by The Newport Flower Show Committee and will be staged on lucite cubes in a shallow reflecting pool on Rosecliff's front lawn. Candle lanterns, also provided by the Show committee, will stand inside the wreaths. At the Get Growing reception, Thursday, March 21, 2013, wreaths and lanterns will be distributed and lots will be drawn to determine which challenge, either foliage or flowering, each garden club will pursue. Natural accessories permitted. Displayed in shade. Pre-registration required.
Class Consultant: Susan Ruf (401) 849-0296 / ruf@cox.net
Class 11
Chengtu - ‘Chinese Wilson’
6 Entries
British by birth, Ernest Henry ‘Chinese’ Wilson (1876-1930) became a plant collector extraordinaire during the late 19th & early 20th centuries. Introducing approximately 2,000 plants to the Western world, Wilson traveled the Far East, in particular China, gathering live plants which traveled with him in Wardian cases, along with botanical pressings and seeds. Working for the Arnold Arboretum during the years 1907, 1908 and 1910, Wilson collected woody and herbaceous plants from western China.
Six professional gardeners will be invited to plant large pots along Rosecliff’s driveway. Planting must incorporate at least three of Wilson’s finds. A list of Wilson’s discoveries will be provided by The Newport Flower Show Committee. Accessories permitted. Entry will be displayed in full sun. Invitation only.
Class Consultant: James Donahue (401) 683-1267 / jdonahue@newportmansions.org
DIVISION III: ORNAMENTAL PLANTS GROWN IN CONTAINERS
Division Consultant: Libby Moore (401) 635-2657 / libbymoor@aol.com
Passing and Registration for Entries in Division III, Thursday, June 20, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Remember: One plant per pot unless otherwise stated. Containers must be able to be staged with ease.
Topiary
(entries must have been trained by the exhibitor - multiple plants of same variety per pot permitted in 12, 13 & 14)
Class 12 Trained on a frame
Class 13 Trained on a stuffed form
Class 14 Standard pruned to tree form
Bonsai
Class 15 Trained in the Bonsai manner, container 6” and under
Class 16 Trained in the Bonsai manner, container over 6”
Annual, Perennial or Biennial
Class 17 Grown for flower
Class 18 Grown for foliage
Bulb, Rhizome, Tuber or Corm (multiple bulbs of same variety per pot permitted in 19 & 20)
Class 19 Grown for flower
Class 20 Grown for foliage
Begonia
Class 21 Any species or cultivar grown primarily for flower
Class 22 Any species or cultivar grown primarily for foliage
Fern
Class 23-Container 6” and under
Class 24 Container over 6”
Miniature or Dwarf Plant
Class 25 A mature example of a species or cultivar that is one of the naturally diminutive members of the genus.
Orchid (Must be in bloom. No hanging containers please)
Class 26 Novice Orchid Class (open to exhibitors who have not won a blue ribbon in the orchid class at The Newport Flower Show)
Class 27 Cattleya
Class 28 Paphiopedilum
Class 29 Phalaenopsis
Class 30 Other Orchid
Succulents
Class 31 Agave, container 6” & under
Class 32 Agave, container over 6”
Class 33 Aloe, container 6" & under
Class 34 Aloe, container over 6”
Class 35 Echeveria, container 6” & under
Class 36 Echeveria, container over 6”
Class 37 Euphorbia, container 6" & under
Class 38 Euphorbia, container over 6”
Class 39 Haworthia, container 6" & under
Class 40 Haworthia, container over 6”
Class 41 Other succulent
Jade
Class 42 Crassula, container 6” & under
Class 43 Crassula, container over 6”
Succulent Trio
Class 44 A collection of three different species and/or cultivars of succulents, in separate containers 6" & under, staged on a base or tray provided by the exhibitor. Photo Key card required
Genera
Class 45 Three or more different species and/or cultivars from one plant family. e.g. Apiaceae: Petroselinum (parsley), Illicium (anise), Anethum (dill). Separate containers, staged on a base or tray provided by the exhibitor. Photo Key Card required.
Tropical Terrarium
Class 46 At least three different species and/or cultivars in an enclosed container not to exceed 24” (diagonal inside measurement). To be judged for horticultural and artistic merit. Accessories permitted. Photo Key card required.
Terrarium Specimen (Multiple plants of same variety permitted)
Class 47 One species grown in an enclosed container.
Parent and Child
Class 48 A single plant exhibited along with the parent plant from which it was propagated, each in a separate container. Date and method of propagation must be specified on a 4” x 6” white index card (starting date, light source, medium used, repotting date, etc.) Both plants will be judged.
Propagation
Class 49 A single plant propagated by the exhibitor from seed, stem, leaf cutting or other method. Date and method of propagation must be specified on a 4” x 6” white index card (starting date, light source, medium used, repotting date, etc.)
Grand Dame (A plant noted for its age, owned by the exhibitor for at least 5 years)
Class 50 Grown primarily for flower
Class 51 Grown primarily for foliage
Twins
Class 52 Two matching plants, judged as a pair
Rose
Class 53 Standard Tree Rose
Class 54 Rose bush
Par
Class 55 An individual plant, owned by the exhibitor for a minimum of six months, which does not qualify for entry elsewhere in Division III. One entry per exhibitor. To be judged on horticultural excellence.
DIVISION IV: CUT SPECIMENS
Division Consultant: Lee Patterson (508) 785-8340 / aliciatp@comcast.net
Passing and Registration for Entries in Division IV
Thursday, June 20, 2013 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Cut specimens must be properly conditioned in order to survive the entire (un-air conditioned) run of the Show.
Stems may not exceed 40" in length. All stems should include enough foliage to indicate the overall health and vigor of the plant; two full sets of attached leaves are recommended. Also, length of stem should be proportional. All entries should be a single stem with foliage attached above the water line and must have been grown by the exhibitor.
Vases for staging your cut specimen will be provided by The Newport Flower Show. Please read the Horticulture Rules before entering your cut specimen. No entries will be passed after 4.00 p.m.
Judging criteria for cut specimens include: form, substance, condition, grooming and labeling. The Newport Flower Show reserves the right to remove cut specimens that have wilted.
Annuals and Biennials
Class 56 Annual or Biennial in bloom
Class 57 Annual or Biennial grown for foliage
Perennial
Class 58 Achillea
Class 59 Alchemilla
Class 60 Aquilegia
Class 61 Astilbe
Class 62 Astrantia
Class 63 Campanula
Class 64 Coreopsis
Class 65 Delphinium
Class 66 Dianthus
Class 67 Digitalis
Class 68 Leucanthemum
Class 69 Paeonia
Class 70 Salvia
Class 71 Veronica
Class 72 Other perennial in bloom
Class 73 Other perennial grown for foliage
Bulb, Rhizome, Tuber & Corm
Class 74 Allium
Class 75 Dahlia
Class 76 Iris
Class 77 Lilium Asiatic
Class 78 Lilium Oriental
Class 79 Lilium Other
Class 80 Other bulb, rhizome, tuber or corm in flower
Hydrangea
Class 81 Hydrangea arborescens
Class 82 Hydrangea macrophylla 'Endless Summer'
Class 83 Hydrangea macrophylla 'Nikko Blue'
Class 84 Hydrangea macrophylla lacecaps
Class 85 Hydrangea macrophylla mopheads
Class 86 Hydrangea macrophylla other
Class 87 Hydrangea paniculata
Class 88 Hydrangea quercifolia
Class 89 Other Hydrangea
Hosta
We're introducing the American Hosta Society classifications to divide classes. To measure leaf size, measure leaf-length by leaf-width to obtain the size in square inches. Do not include petiole (stem) in your calculations. (Hint: An undersized leaf of a variety listed as a large leaf may not be entered in the medium class.)
Class 90 Miniature less than 6”
Class 91 Small 6" to 29"
Class 92 Medium 30" to 63"
Class 93 Large 64" to 119"
Class 94 Giant 120" or greater
Class 95 Collection of 3 different varieties. Plant list required.
Fern
Class 96 Fern native to North America - single frond
Class 97 Other fern - single frond
Class 98 Three fronds of different varieties. Plant list required.
Species Roses
Class 99 Species (wild) Rose, one stem or spray
Old Garden Rose
Old Garden Roses are those classes that existed prior to 1867 and include Alba, Avershire, Bourbon, Boursalt, Centifolia, Damask, Hybrid Bracteata, Hybrid China, Hybrid Eglanteria, Hybrid Foetida, Hybrid Gallica, Hybrid Multiflora, Hybrid Perpetual, Hybrid Sempervirens, Hybrid Setigera, Hybrid Spinosissima, Misc OGR’S Moss, Noisette, Portland Tea.
Class 100 Old Garden Rose (climbing & non-climbing) one stem or spray (class to be subdivided by type)
Modern Rose
Modern Roses are those classes that came into existence after 1867.
Class 101 Floribunda, one stem or spray
Class 102 Grandiflora, one stem or spray
Class 103 Hybrid Kordesii, one stem or spray
Class 104 Hybrid Rugosa, one stem or spray
Class 105 Hybrid Tea, one stem or spray
Class 106 Large Flowered Climber and Rambler, one stem or spray
Class 107 Miniature and Mini-Flora, one stem or spray
Class 108 Polyantha, one stem or spray
Class 109 Shrub Rose, one stem or spray
Class 110 Other modern rose
Class 111 Unidentified Rose, one stem or spray of any rose whose name is not known
Woody Plant
Class 112 Broad leaf evergreen, in bloom
Class 113 Broad leaf evergreen, not in bloom
Class 114 Conifers - Cupressaceae Family (includes Calocedrus, Chamaecyparis, Juniperus, Thuja)
Class 115 Conifers - Pinaceae Family (includes Abies, Cedrus, Larix, Picea, Pinus, Tsuga)
Class 116 Other Conifers
Class 117 Woody vines – Clematis
Class 118 Other woody vines
Class 119 Deciduous woody plant in bloom – Cornus
Class 120 Deciduous woody plant in bloom – Spirea
Class 121 Other woody plant in bloom
Class 122 Deciduous woody plant not in bloom – Acer
Class 123 Other deciduous woody plant not in bloom
Native Wildflowers and Woody Plants
Class 124 Native wildflower, in bloom
Class 125 Native flowering shrub or tree
Collection
Class 126 Three or more cut flowers and/or foliage specimens, of different varieties, from your garden. To be displayed in the exhibitor’s clear glass vase. The bouquet is not to exceed 20" in height, including vase. Plant list required. To be judged on horticultural excellence.