1. Planning & Planting for Petite Standard Flower Show

2. Luray Garden Club Petite Standard Flower Show
Friday May 11, 2012 Saturday May 12, 2012
Times to be determined
Location: Train Depot
Theme: Celebrate Luray’s Bicentennial
Can anyone come up with a catchy title?

3. General Flower Show Guidelines
All exhibits must be fresh and grown by the exhibitor.
Cut annuals and biennials must have been in exhibitor’s possession for at least 90 days. Exception: plants grown from seed, seedling or immature (young) transplants.
Container-grown plants must have been in exhibitor’s possession at least 90 days.
Exceptions: Multiple and combination plantings must have been growing together and in exhibitor’s possession at least six weeks.
Bulbous plants must have been grown from planting of bulb, tuber, corm, etc., or a minimum of 90 days.

4. Design Rules
Fresh or dried plant material, foliage, fruits, vegetables, flowers and branches need not be grown by exhibitor.
No artificial flowers, fruits, vegetables or foliage allowed in show.
Fresh plant material may not be painted, dyed or tinted.
Plant material treated to alter its exterior appearance may be used only in its dried state

5. Horticulture Rules
Exhibitor must have been grown, groomed and labeled Horticulture entries correctly.
Botanical name, genus and species and variety/cultivar should be listed, when available. The common name may be added.
Cut specimens should not have foliage below water line.
Plant material may not be altered by the application of oil, commercial “shine” products, etc. that may artificially change the natural color and texture.
All exhibits will be judged by the Scale of Points provided in this schedule and found in the 2007 Edition of Handbook for Flower Shows pgs

6. SAMPLE Petite Design Schedule
Class 1. “Warm Sunshine” 4 entries
Miniature design not to exceed 5” in all dimensions. To be staged in a black niche 6” H X 6” W X 6” D. Designer’s choice of materials.
Class 2. “Gentle Breezes” 4 entries
Small design not to exceed 8” in all dimensions. To be staged in a 10” X10” square area. All dried material to be used. Container (a shoe) provided by the committee.
Class 3. “Spring Peepers” 4 entries
Small design not to exceed 8” in all dimensions. To be staged in a 10” X 10” square area. Fresh plant material dominant.

7. Container Plants must be in
SAMPLE Horticulture
Perennials
Crocus
Iris
Narcissus
Tulips
Viola
Any other
Flowering Container Grown Plants
Begonia – Wax
Oxalis
Rosa
Miniature Roses
Saintpaulia
Miniature African Violet
Any other
Container Plants must be in
6 inch pots

8. SAMPLE Horticulture Cacti / Succlents Container Single Green Plant
Lithops-Living Stones
Crassula
Sedum
Mammellaria
Haworthia
Other
Container Single Green Plant
Hedera – Ivy
Helxine - Baby’s Tears
Pilea - Aluminum Plant
Tolmeiai - Piggyback Plant
Other
Arboreal-Dwarf/ Miniature Trees /Shrubs
Buxus - Boxwood
Cotonaster
Juniperous - Juniper
Picea - Spruce
Other

9. Miniature or Dwarf? Who Decides?
Grower / Hybridizer
Look at the tag-if it says dwarf-go with it
Don’t just look at the plant growth
Look at Species Name
“nanus” “nana”= dwarf
“minima”=smaller
“minor” or “minus”= smaller
“minutus”= very small
Cultivar Name – May give you a clue
For example: Tiny Tim, Lilliput, Baby Doll

10. Choose from a Vast Array of Miniatures
Begonias
Bromeliads
Ivy
Hostas
Roses
Daffodils
African Violets
Daylilies
Cacti
Dwarf Hollies

11. Miniature Bulbs

12. Daffodil Jonquilla New Baby
Minnow

13. Jet Fire Dwarf
Rip Van Winkle

14. Narcissus Baby Boomer
February Gold

15. Narcissus Blushing Lady
Narcissus Tete a Tete

16. Miniature Daffodils
Narcissus Kokopelli

17. Miniature Hostas www.hostasdirect.com/hosta-info/mini-hostas/ Dew Drop
Eleanor Lachman

18. H. 'Kinbotan'
H. 'Teeny-weeny Bikini'
H. 'Blue Mouse Ears'
H. 'Cherish'

19. Gardening with Mini Hostas
The AHS does not allow a hosta to be considered a mini hosta unless the leaf size is smaller than 6 square inches. 
This means that hostas that are commonly regarded as minis by clump size are disqualified by leaf size.
Mini hostas do well in pots or containers. (They still need to be overwintered like any hosta.)

20. Miniature Roses Rosa ' Winsome ' Rosa ' Cupcake '
Rosa ' Heartbreaker '
Rosa ' Santa Claus '
Rosa ' Starla ' 1
Rosa ' Lemon Drop '

21. Dwarf Perennials Dwarf Hairy Penstemon Dwarf Bleeding Hearts
Astilbe simplicifolia 'Sprite'

22. Achillea lewisii King Edward
Ameria Bloodstone
Aster Snow Cushion
Dianthus Barbatus Indian Carpet
Coreposis Moonbeam
Heuchara Canyon Melody

23. Some Petite Design Ideas
Note from Gretchen:
Looking at a petite design . .
You should not be able to tell it is petite. It should be in such proportion that it looks like a normal design.

24. Does this fit the criteria?
It appears the red flower is not petite by just looking at it. This probably would depend on the show schedule as to the type of design.

25. Background for a petite design will vary according to schedule
6 x 6 inch x 8 inch x 10 inch
Design must stay within those boundaries and look like a “regular design.

27. According to Gretchen:
If this design is using a normal size teacup, this would NOT be considered a petite design.

28. If this is a very small demitasse cup and the flowers are petite varieties, this would work.
This one flowers look petite but are they? It is hard to tell if the cup is a normal one or not.

30. What do you think about this one?
Petite or Not???

31. 2005 Flower Show

32. Designs From Past Flower Show

33. Designs From Past Flower Show

34. Designs From Past Flower Show
Miniature Designs, but not necessarily Petite Varieties

35. Lots to Think About Consider your plant material choices
Make sure you purchase petite / dwarf varieties
Start looking around now for vessels you might want to try with a petite design
All designs are either Small or Miniature and the Horticulture is miniature, dwarf or naturally small in growth.

36. Some Web Sites to Visit
Do a GOOGLE Search for: Dwarf Plants or Terrarium Plants