Standard Flower Show winners announced

Published 7:31 pm Friday, April 22, 2016

Officials cut the ribbon to open the 95rd annual Standard Flower Friday at the Thomasville Garden Center. The show is o pen from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Division 1 — General Horticulture

Section A — Container grown/blooming — NGC Grower’s Choice Award

Plant — Cliva Miniata

Winner — Millie Faircloth, Killarney Queen

Section B — Container grown/foliage — NGC Grower’s Choice Award

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Plant — Asplenium Nidus, Bird’s Nest Fern

Winner — Millie Faircloth, Killarney Queen

Section C — Shrubs — NGC Arboreal Award

Plant — Baptisia (Carolina Moonlight)

Winner — Millie Faircloth, Killarney Queen

Section D — Trees — NGC Arboreal Award

Plant — Liriodendron Tulipifera

Winner — Eileen Webb, Briarcliff

Section F — Bulbs, Corms, Rhizomes, Tubers — NGC Award of Merit

Plant — Hyacinthoides (Daffodil)

Winner — Elaine Mays, Briarcliff

Section G — Annuals — NGC Award of Merit

Plant — Daucus carota (Queen Ann’s Lace)

Winner — Mary Phillips, Magnolia/Moultrie

Section H — Perennials — NGC Award of Merit

Plant — Anethum graveolens (Dill)

Winner — Margaret Singletary, Killarney Queen

NGC Horticultural Excellece Award in memory of Abbie Clements

Plant — Cliva Miniata

Winner — Milli Faircloth, Killarney Queen

NGC Sweepstakes Winner (Most Blue Ribbons)

Winner — Milli Faircloth, Killarney Queen

Horticulture entries — 246

Briarcliff — 46 entries

Killarney Queen — 62 entries

Lady Banks — 8 entries

Rambler Rose — 28 entries

Pat Johnson Perpetual Trophy Winner — Killarney Queen

Division II — Designs

Section A — Eligible for Table Artistry Award

Class 1 — Dinner with Barnum and Bailey (Functional Table for Three)

First place: Ann Lattay, Killarney Queen

Second place: Diane Davis, Briarcliff

Third place: Sugar Blount, Rambler Rose

HM: Martha Hanway, Lady Banks

Class 2 — Lunch on the Midway (Exhibition Table, Type II with plant material)

First place: Carla Inman, Rambler Rose

Second place: Gale Milton, Briarcliff

Third place: Vicky Johnson, Killarney Queen

HM: Whitney Marshall, Lady Banks

Class 3 — Breakfast at the Royal Circus in London (Capsule functional table — one place setting)

First place: Mary Jane Bacon, Briarcliff

Second place: Pam Webster, KIllarney Queen

Third place: Jeannie Hamil, Lady Banks

HM: Julia Singletary, Rambler Rose

Table artistry award winner — Ann Lattay, Killarney Queen

Section B — Eligible for Designer’s Choice Award

Class 4 — Bring in the Clowns (creative design)

First place — Nina Nicholson, Briarcliff

Second place — Jimmy Singletary, Killarney Queen

Third place — Gina Shumake, Rambler Rose

HM: Betsey Jones, Lady Banks

Class 5 — Animal Acts Galore (creative design)

First place: Jean Stone, Rambler Rose

Second place: Mary Tomlinson, Killarney Queen

Third place: Kelly Jones, Lady banks

HM: Marie Andrews, Briarcliff

Class 6 — The Flying Trapeze (hanging design)

First place: Sherriee Kinsey, Lady Banks

Second place: Lynn Freedman, Briarcliff

Third place: Mary Mustian, Killarney Queen

HM: Randi Wortman, Rambler Rose

Designer’s Choice Award winner: Sherriee Kinsey, Lady Banks

Thomasville Garden Club Awards:

Milli Faircloth Perpetual Trophy: Diane Davis, Briarcliff

Elva Scott Perpetual Trophy: Pam Webster, Killarney Queen

Ella Rosenberg Perpetual Trophy: Mary Tomlinson, Killarney Queen

Josie B. Neel Award: Killarney Queen

Division III — Special exhibits, youth horticulture

Section D-1, Container grown, Green Thumb Award

Plant: Sweet Pea, Isaiah Palacios, Jerger School, first grade

Section D-2, shrubs and trees, Sunshine Award

Plant: Chionanthus Virginicus, Claire Finger, Jerger School, age 8

Section D-3, decorative foliage/vines, Soil Diggers Award

Plant: Foliage (Vine), Perrin Harper, Jerger School, age 7

Section D-4, cut flowers, Chrysalis Award

Plant: Hippaestrum (Amaryllis), Cole Warren, Brookwood School, age 9

Round Up Award Winner (most blue ribbons)

Elise McPherson, Brookwood, 16 blue ribbons

Total youth horticulture entries: 116

Division III — Special exhibits, educational exhibit

Exhibit 1 Pogo Sticking — exhbit about frogs

Red ribbon for second place: Exhibited by Lady Banks/Rambler Rose

Exhibit 2 Stars and Stripes Forever — exhibit about pollinators

Blue ribbon for first place: Exhibited by Briarcliff/Killarney Queen

Educational award: Briarcliff/Killarney Queen

Awards of Appreciation

Section A — gardens, nurseries

Class 1 — NeSmith “Bale Ring”

Class 2 — Thomasville Nursery “Mud Show”

Section B — commercial florist

Class 3 — Thomasville Flower Shop “Speck”

Class 4 — Singletary’s “Under the Stars”