PHS Top Vase 2023

  • Show: 2023
  • Name: PHS Top Vase
  • Criteria: Best in Top Vase category 23
  • Judges for 2023: Hazel Chant
The Judge's choice from this category

23. The Petersham Top Vase sponsored by Petersham Nursery

Rules:
  1. The Top Vase class is for a vase of mixed flowering stems containing a total of between 5 and 10, taken from a minimum of two different kinds of plants. Please note that it is two different KINDS of plants, two varieties of the same plant are NOT two kinds (e.g. Pinks and Sweet Williams are both Dianthus, so would not be classed as different kinds).
  2. The display is judged out of a total of 35 points, split into: 25 points for the colour, form, condition, quality and freshness of the flowers on display, and 10 points for the overall presentation and effect of the flowers in the vase. The vase will be viewed from all directions. Judging of flowers should be to the normal rules used for other classes.
  3. Stems used in the display must be showing flowers only; no seed heads or berries will be allowed.
  4. The vase can be any shape and size and made from any material, but must be in proportion to the display. No marks are awarded for the vase itself.
  5. No accessories such as bows and additional foliage will be allowed. Foliage which is growing naturally from the flowering stem, and still attached to that stem, is allowed. No dried or silk flowers allowed. Packing material – including florists’ foam – to keep the stems in place is allowed.