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Division I

Division I

HORTICULTURE

For Information Email Leslie Crawford

Eligible for Award of Horticultural Excellence

2019 Winners

Section A – ROSES (ROSA)

For Information Email Rita Perwich

Section judged by American Rose Society Judges

Eligible for Award of Merit (Best Rose Exhibit)

AWARDSBest Coronado Grown Rose | Best Hybrid Tea | Best Floribunda | Shrub or Old Garden Roses | Best Three Roses | Best Six Roses | Best Novice Rose | Best Novice Spray | Best Novice Three Roses | Best Fragrant Rose | Best Miniature Rose | Best Floating Rose | Best Climbing Rose | Best Rose Spray | Best Open Stamen Rose | Best Child’s Rose | Best Rose Exhibit
  1. Rose entries, except for Class 36 (children), must have been grown by the exhibitor and, except for miniature roses, must be shown in containers furnished by the Coronado Floral Association.
  2. Judging will be done by American Rose Society (ARS) judges using ARS criteria.
  3. All roses must be named. Unnamed or misnamed roses will be penalized. Entries must be in the proper class. Entries will normally be displayed in alphabetical order of variety name. Each variety in each class shall constitute a separate class to be judged separately.
  4. Entries will be received Friday from 4-6pm and on Saturday from 6:30-9:30am.
  5. Rose entries will NOT be accepted after 9:30am.
  6. Wedging may be added to the container to hold roses upright. An entry may be penalized if wedging material extends above the top of the vase according to the degree of distraction. Wedging must allow for the addition of water to the exhibit.
  7. No one rose entry may win more than one top award.
  8. An exhibitor may enter more than one entry in a class, provided that the entries are different varieties.
  9. A novice is a person who has won no more than three (3) blue ribbons in any rose show. A winner in a Novice Class may no longer enter roses in that class.
  10. Children who have won the Best Rose in Class 36 award and/or any number of blue ribbons, may continue to enter roses in Class 36. Children may not enter any other class, unless they grow the rose themselves.
  11. A spray is defined as a “group of florets on a single stem with at least two or more blooms.” A bud showing color is not a bloom.
  12. All entries, other than floating roses and climbing roses, should have a minimum of two sets of five-leaflet leaves, preferably more.
  13. Any class calling for one bloom must be exhibited without side buds. Exception: one bloom specimens in Old Garden Roses, Climbers and Shrub Roses may be shown with side buds. An exhibitor may remove unwanted growth.
  14. Stem-on-stem is permitted only in Old Garden Roses and Shrub Roses. In all other classes stem-on-stem entries will be disqualified.
  15. All entries become the property of the Coronado Floral Show and may be auctioned on Sunday at 4pm.
Coronado Grown Rose
Class 1. One exhibition quality bloom (no side buds permitted) grown in a Coronado garden (no climbing or floating roses may be entered in this class).
Hybrid Tea and Grandifloras
Note: Classes 2-7 must be shown without side buds
Class 2. One bloom
Class 3. One bloom fully open, stamens showing
Class 4. Three blooms, one variety
Class 5. Three blooms, different varieties
Class 6. Six blooms, one variety
Class 7. Six blooms, each a different variety
Class 8. One spray
Floribunda and Polyanthas
Class 9. One bloom
Class 10. One spray
Class 11. One bloom fully open, stamens showing
Class 12. Three blooms, one variety
Class 13. Three sprays, one variety
Class 14. Six blooms, one variety, one bloom to a stem
Class 15. Six sprays, one variety
Heritage and Old Garden Roses
Class 16. One bloom or spray (stem-on-stem and side buds permitted)
Shrub Roses
(Side buds and stem-on-stem permitted)
Class 17. One bloom
Class 18. One spray
Class 19. Three blooms
Class 20. Three sprays
Class 21. Six blooms or sprays
Climbing Roses
(Side buds permitted)
Class 22. One bloom
Class 23. One spray
Class 24. Three blooms or sprays
Novice Classes
Class 25. One exhibition quality bloom, no side buds permitted. No miniature, miniflora, floating, or climbing roses may be entered in this class.
Class 26. One spray. Entries may include climbing roses but not miniatures or miniflora.
Class 27. Three blooms or three sprays, one variety. Entries may include climbing roses but not miniature or miniflora roses.
Miniatures and Minifloras
Class 28. One bloom (without side buds)
Class 29. One spray
Class 30. Three blooms on three stems (without side buds)
Class 31. Three sprays on three stems
Most Fragrant Rose
Class 32. One bloom of any rose to be judged 70% on fragrance and 30% on appearance.
Floating Roses
Class 33. One large bloom, no foliage, floated in a 6-inch bowl
Class 34. 3 miniature or miniflora blooms of any type, no foliage, floated in an 6-inch bowl .
Class 35. Bouquet Bowl: Five or more blooms of any type, no foliage, floated in an 8-inch bowl.
Child’s Rose
Class 36. One bloom (without side buds) or spray, selected, cut, prepared and entered by a child 13 years or younger

Section B – CONTAINER GROWN PLANTS

For Information Call Pearl Szymanski (619) 871-3278

FLOWERING PLANTS

Eligible for Grower’s Choice Award (Best in Container Flowering Plants)

AWARDSBest Potted Flowering Plant | Best African Violet | Best in Growing Plants | Best Amaryllis in Sections B & E | Best Geranium

Class 37. Pelargonium and Geranium
A. P. hortorum (Zonal)
B. P. domesticum (Martha Washington, Lady Washington)
C. P. Peltatum (Ivy Leafed)
D. Scented
E. Any other Pelargonium, Geranium
Class 38. Saintpaulia (African Violet)
A. Single blossom
B. Double blossom
C. Any other African violet
Class 39. Begonias sp.
Class 40. Hippeastrum (Amaryllis)
A. Single planting
B. Multiple planting
Class 41. Any other Blooming Plant (single specimen)
Class 42. Mixed Planting, Flowering
Class 43. Bromeliads All species and genera except Tillandsia
Class 44. Tillandsia

HANGING PLANTS

AWARDSBest Hanging Plant

Plants displayed on racks provided under a tented covering.

Class 45. Fern
Class 46. Platycerium bifurcatum (Staghorn Fern) Size limit 3’x4’ maximum
Class 47. Any other Blooming Plant (hanging)
Class 48. Any other Foliage Plant (hanging)
Class 49. Mixed Plantings
A. Foliage
B. Blooming
C. Foliage and blooming

FOLIAGE PLANTS – CONTAINER GROWN

AWARDSBest Fern

Class 50. Herbs
A. Single planting
B. Mixed planting
Class 51. Fern
Class 52. Any other Foliage Plant
Class 53. Mixed Planting of Foliage Plants
Class 54. Mixed Planting of Foliage and Blooming Plants
Class 55. Special Containers (accessories permitted not to exceed 14-inch inside diameter)

Section C
CUT FLOWERS FROM ANNUALS

Section D
CUT FLOWERS FROM PERENNIALS

Information all Cut Flowers, Herbs, Arboreals: Josee Cox (703) 403-3986
Co-Chairs: Josee Cox, Sara Jane Wilson, and Lou Ann Fitch

Eligible for Award of Merit (Best Cut Flower, Annuals)

AWARDBest in Cut Flowers Sections C, D & E

Class 56. Consolida ambigua (Larkspur) – 1 stem
Class 57. Tropaeolum (Nasturtium) – 1 color, 3 stems
Class 58. Viola (Pansy) – 1 color, 3 stems,
Class 59. Limonium sinuatum (Statice) – 1 stem
Class 60. Lathyrus (Sweet Pea) – 1 color, 3 stems
Class 61. Any other Annual, named

Eligible for Award of Merit (Best Cut Flower, Perennials)

Class 62. Papaver (Poppy) – 1 color, 3 stems
A. Eschscholzia californica B. Any other
Class 63. Strelitzia reginae (Bird of Paradise) – 1 stem
Class 64. Camellia japonica (Camellia) – 1 stem
Class 65. Coreopsis (tickseed) – 3 stems
Class 66. Scabiosa (pincushion flower) – 3 stems
Class 67. Limonium perezil (Statice or Sea Lavender) – 1 stem
Class 68. Echium fastuosum (Pride of Madeira) – 1 stem
Class 69. Vines – 1 stem 10” to 30” from tip to cut end, named
A. Blooming B. Non-Blooming
Class 70. Pelargonium and Geranium – 1 stem, 2 or more attached leaves
A. P. domesticum (Martha Washington)
B. P. hortorum (Zonal Geranium)
C. Scented (no bloom required) D. Any other Pelargonium, named
Class 71. Delphinium (D. belladonna) – 1 stem
Class 72. Any other perennial, named

Section E – CUT FLOWERS FROM CORMS, BULBS, TUBERS

Section F
HERBS

Eligible for Award of Merit (Best Cut Flower, Bulb, Corm, or Tuber)

AWARDSBest Cut Orchid | Best Amaryllis Sections B & E

ONE STEM
Class 73. Alstroemeria (Peruvian Lily)
Class 74. Narcissus (Daffodil)
Class 75. Hippeastrum (Amaryllis)
Class 76. Zantedeschia (Calla) – one stem
A. white B. green C. miniature – 3 stems
Class 77. Iris
Class 78. Lilium (Lily)
Class 79. Watsonia
Class 80. Orchid
A. Cymbidium
B. Any other
Class 81. Any other Corm, Bulb, or Tuber

Herbs may be Culinary, Medicinal, and/or Aromatic

ONE STEM

Class 82. Lavandula (Lavender)
Class 83. Rosmarinus (Rosemary)
Class 84. Salvia (Sage)
Class 85. Any other cut Herb

Section G
ARBOREALS

Section H
BONSAI & HON NON BO

Eligible for Arboreal Award

Maximum length: 30-inches from tip to cut end and must include several nodes & apical tip

Class 86. Flowering Branch
A. Bougainvillea
B. Callistemon (Bottlebrush)
C. Proteaceae, (Leucadendron, Protea, Grevillea, Leucospermum)
D. Any other flowering branch

Class 87. Foliage Branch
A. Pittosporum
B. Any other foliage branch

Class 88. Fruited/Berried or Coned Branch
A. Loquat

Information: Janie Beck, (619) 435-2599

Section is NOT judged by NGC Flower Show Judges
JUDGING IS FOR AMATEUR EXHIBITOR ENTRIES ONLY

AWARDSBest in Bonsai | Best in Hon Non Bo | Best in Saikei | Best in Tieu Canh

Class 89. Small Bonsai – under 12 inches
Class 90. Large Bonsai – over 12 inches
Class 91. Hon Non Bo (Tray Landscapes)
Class 92. Tieu Canh
Class 93. Saikei

Professional exhibitors are welcome but exhibits will be displayed as “Display Only”

Section I
ORCHIDS

For Information Email Deborah Halliday

Section J
CONTAINER-GROWN SUCCULENTS

For Information Jeff Howard (619) 203-7232
AWARDSBest Orchid | Best Cattleya | Best Cymbidium

Class 94. Cattleya
A. Hybrid     B. Species
Class 95. Cymbidium
A. Hybrid     B. Species
Class 96. Dendrobium
A. Hybrid     B. Species
Class 97. Epidendrum
A. Hybrid     B. Species
Class 98. Oncidium
A. Hybrid     B. Species
Class 99. Paphiopedilum (Lady’s Slipper)
A. Hybrid     B. Species
Class 100. Phalaenopsis (Moth Orchids)
A. Hybrid     B. Species
Class 101. Vanda
A. Hybrid     B. Species
Class 102. Other named Orchid
A. Hybrid
Class 103 Other named Orchid
A. Species

Information: Jeff Howard, (619) 203-7234

Theme: THE DESERT BLOOM

AWARDSBest in Section J | Best in Sections J & K

Class 104. Aeonium (e.g. Schwarzkopf, Cyclops)
Class 105. Agave (Century Plant)
Class 106. Aloe (Aloe Vera, Burn Plant)
Class 107. Crassula (Jade Plant and others)
Class 108. Echeveria (Hens and Chicks)
Class 109. Euphorbia
Class 110. Gasteria
Class 111. Grapetolatum (ghost plant)
Class 112. Graptoveria
Class 113. Haworthia
Class 114. Kalanchoe
Class 115. Pachyveria
Class 116. Portulcaria (Elephant’s Foot)
Class 117. Sanseiveria (Mother-in-Law Tongue)
Class 118. Sedum (Jelly Beans, Burro’s Tail)
Class 119. Stapelia (Carrion Flower)
Class 120. Any Crested succulent
Class 121. Any Montrose form succulent
Class 122. Any other Succulent

Section K
CONTAINER-GROWN CACTACEAE

Section L
CACTUS/SUCCULENT DISH GARDENS

AWARDSBest in Section K | Best in Sections J & K

Class 123. Cephalocerus (old man cactus)
Class 124. Echinocereus (rainbow cactus)
Class 125. Ferrocactus (fish hook cactus)
Class 126. Mammillaria (nipple cactus)
Class 127. Opuntia (paddle cactus)
Class 128. Shlumbergera (Christmas, Easter cactus)
Class 129. Any Crested Cactus Class 130. Any Montrose form Cactus
Class 129. Any Crested Cactus
Class 130. Any Montrose form Cactus

Miniature landscape in an open container

Eligible for Grower’s Choice Award (Best in Dish Gardens)

May include one or more accessories (figurines, rocks, driftwood). Must have been growing together and in exhibitor’s possession for at least six (6) weeks.

Class 131: All succulents (NO cactus)
a. container up to 12″ inside diameter
b. container 12-14″ inside diameter
c. container more than 14″ but not to exceed 10-inches inside diameter
Class 132: All cactus (NO succulents)
a. container up to 12″ inside diameter
b. container 12-14″ inside diameter
c. container more than 14″ but not to exceed 10-inches inside diameter
Class 133: Combination succulents and cactus
a. container up to 12″ inside diameter
b. container 12-14″ inside diameter
c. container more than 14″ but not to exceed 10-inches inside diameter

Section M
CACTUS AND SUCCULENT PLANTERS

Division I OVERVIEW

A group of plants grown in an indoor or outdoor container.
Three (3) or more succulent/cactus of different types grown together for artistic effect. Must be in owners care for at least six (6) weeks.

Accessories NOT permitted.

Class 134: All succulents (NO cactus)
a. container up to 12” inside diameter
b. container 12-14” inside diameter
c. container more than 14” but not to exceed 10” inside diameter
Class 135: All cactus (NO succulents)
a. container up to 12” inside diameter
b. container 12”-14” inside diameter
c. container more than 14” but not to exceed 10” inside diameter
Class 136: Combination succulents and cactus
a. container up to 12” inside diameter
b. container 12”-14” inside diameter
c. container more than 14” but not to exceed 10” inside diameter

Section A   Classes 1-36
Section B   Classes 37-55
Section C   Classes 56-61
Section D   Classes 62-72
Section E   Classes 73-81
Section F   Classes 82-85
Section G   Classes 86-88
Section H   Classes 89-93
Section I   Classes 94-103
Section J   Classes 104-122
Section K   Classes 123-130
Section L   Classes 131-133
Section M   Classes 134-136

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