The ROSE SHOW 2019 - The Heart of the Greyton Rose Fair

Rose Entries 25 October 2019

Rose Show 26 & 27 October 2019

 

All you need to know about entering your roses

• Exhibition of roses to be held in DRC Hall

• Enter your garden roses according to the categories below (the more the merrier)

• R5 per entry (Towards our projects)

• Specimen roses to be brought to the DRC Hall between 1200 and 1500 on Friday 26 October

• Judging will take place between 1600 and 1700 on 25 October

• Prize giving – winners will be announced @ 1800 at Fiore Garden Centre -  All Welcome!

• Super prizes for all categories plus Champion Rose and Best Exhibit

• Roses will be viewed by the public on Saturday 26 & 27 October. Saturday 0900 – 1600. Sunday 1000 - 1500

 

CATEGORIES

HYBRID TEA SPECIMEN BLOOMS

• One rose - red

• One rose - tinted or bi-coloured

• One rose - white or cream

• One rose - soft pink

• One rose - cerise (dark pink)

• One rose - yellow

• One rose - orange

• One rose in full bloom (stamens visible) any colour

• One rose - best perfume

• Three roses - one variety (3 stages, bud, perfect, full)

• Three roses - three varieties (perfect stage)

• Bowl of roses - any variety ( 5-12 stems)

 

 

FLORIBUNDAS

• One stem (the more blooms the better)

 

HERITAGE OR OLD-FASHIONED TYPE

• One stem

• Three stems

 

NB.  Please name your specimens

 

TIPS FOR EXHIBITORS

Roses will be judged on:

• Form/shape of bloom – (symmetrical, between 1/2 and 2/3 0pen for perfect bloom)

• Freshness and purity of colour

• Stems -  firm, long;  and leaves  -  healthy, disease-free

• Do not remove any petals or thorns!

 

Any rose related queries, phone Jeremy Ann Hopkins 028 254 9220

Greyton Businesses have been asked to contribute to the overall display with a floral arrangement to the theme of “Abundance”.