San Jose C&S Society Show & Sale

[Jim_Mercer]

For those of you with Facebook accounts some interesting pictures here

[srboisvert]

Fabulous plants but even better pots!

[Phil_SK]

Their judging criteria really are different to ours in the UK, aren't they? Yes, some of those plants are fantastic but there are also some less-than-spectacular plants presented beautifully, in fancy pots. I always knew they got points for pots but this really brings home to me the importance they place on it. It's more like flower arranging than horticulture. (I'd rather see plants, even slightly scruffy plants with a bit of character, in battered old BEF squares any day. No prizes for realising I don't really 'do' shows!)

[Jim_Mercer]

Not many labels on show either

[Cactus Jack]

I wouldn't mind the cristate , the pots are great too . I think we should use more imagination on pots

[Hedge]

If I was interested in pots rather than plants, I wouldn't grow cacti - I'd be into flower arranging and interior design, not growing demanding plants that require car and attention for years - not that there is anything wrong with flower arranging and interior design. It's a different skill set and I would be sorry to see pots as part of the judging set

[Cactus Jack]

Part of the judging of cacti is the presentation which includes the pot .

[Liz M]

I found some of the pots so interesting, that I did not look at the plants. They looked home made and very nice too. I can see that very fancy pots do detract from the plants but the plants showed off the pots so well.

[Jim_Mercer]

I have found the rules for the show, staging (which I assume includes the pot) is only 5 points out of 100. Also plant names are required on the entry card but a label is not required in the pot.

http://www.csssj.org/members_corner/Sec ... _rules.pdf