Division 7 - Horticulture 

Home & Garden

Home

1. Red River Valley Fair General Rules apply except as noted.
2. Ribbons are awarded in each of 3 separate sub-divisions: ADULT, YOUTH (age 18 and under), and MASTER GARDENER. Youth Participation Certificates will also be awarded.
3. Lamar County Master Gardeners award $50 in cash prizes ($25, $15, and $10) to the 3 individuals in the Adult subdivision and to the 3 individuals in the Youth subdivision earning the most points based on ribbon placements for their Horticulture entries
   1. Blue Ribbon:    3 points
   2. Red Ribbon:     2 points
   3. White Ribbon:  1 points
4. Master Gardeners and families as well as Red River Valley Fair Board members and families are not eligible for cash prizes; Master Gardener sub-division is judged separately for ribbons only.
5. This flower show is open to all amateur gardeners and members of all garden clubs.  It is not a sanctioned Garden Club meet.
6. 3 exhibits may be entered per sub-class.
7. Entries must have been in the exhibitor’s possession for at least 3 months.
8. Entries must be the work of the exhibitor in whose name they are entered.
9. All entries must be free of disease, insects, and other pests.  Any entries deemed hazardous to other entries will be disqualified and removed.
10. Exhibitors are asked to identify each entry with the botanical name, common name, or both.
11. All entries must be checked in on Monday, September 28, 2009, between 12 Noon and 6 PM.  Containers will be provided for cut flowers.
12. All entries remain on display throughout the fair and must be picked up on Sunday, October 4, 2009, between 1 PM and 3 PM.
13. Security service is provided.  Every precaution will be taken to protect all articles.  Under no circumstances will the Red River Valley Fair Association and assistants be responsible for damage, theft, breakage, or any other type of loss, and it is upon these conditions that exhibits are entered and received for show in the Fair.
14. Entries are judged on the following scale.
    1. Eye appeal – 40 points
    2. Freedom from disease – 20 points
    3. Freedom from insect damage – 20 points
    4. Freedom from other environmental damage – 20 points
15. There will be no exceptions to the rules; judges’ decisions are final.

Class A – Potted Plants

1. African Violet-Miniature
2. African Violet-Standard
3. African Violet-Trailing
4. Begonia
5. Caladium
6. Coleus
7. Dieffenbachia
8. Dracaena
9. Episcia
10. Fern-Asparagus
11. Fern-Boston
12. Fern-Other
13. Ficus
14. Geranium
15. Hibiscus
16. Ivies
17. Orchid
18. Philodendron
19. Pony Tail
20. Schefflera
21. Syngonium
22. Misc.

Class B - Hanging Basket

23. Airplane Plant
24. Begonia
25. Bougainvillea
26. Fern-Asparagus
27. Fern-Boston
28. Fern-other
29. Ivies
30. Jew
31. Portulaca
32. Purslane
33. Misc.

Class C – Garden in a Container

34. Three or more plants

Class D – Cacti & Succulents

35. Aloe Vera
36. Cereus
37. Crassula
38. Epiphyllum
39. Euphorbia
40. Haworthia
41. Sanseviera
42. Sedum
43. Sempervivum
44. Misc.

Class E – Roses (Single Stem)

45. Antique
46. Climbing
47. Floribunda
48. Hybrid Tea
49. Miniature
50. Shrub
51. Misc.

Class F – Cut Flowers, Perennial (Single Stem)

52. Abelia
53. Althea
54. Azalea
55. Black-eyed Susan
56. Canna
57. Chrysanthemum
58. Coneflower
59. Coreopsis
60. Crape Myrtle
61. Daisy
62. Daylily
63. Dianthus
64. Gardenia
65. Geranium
66. Grasses
67. Hibiscus (Hardy)
68. Honeysuckle
69. Hydrangea
70. Lantana
71. Liatris
72. Phlox
73. Salvia/Sages
74. Turk’s Cap
75. Verbena
76. Yarrow
77. Misc.

Class G – Cut Flowers, Annual (Single Stem)

78. Calendula
79. Cleome
80. Celosia
81. Cosmos
82. Coleus
83. Daisy
84. Grasses
85. Geranium
86. Gomphrena/Globe Amaranth/Bachelor’s Button
87. Hibiscus (Tropical)
88. Marigold
89. Petunia
90. Periwinkle/Vinca
91. Salvia/Sages
92. Shrimp Plant
93. Snapdragon
94. Sunflower
95. Zinnia
96. Misc.

 Home & Garden

Home