Prize awarded...

At last the prize for naming the plant has been received by William White family in the Midlands.

The winning name being 'Mistral' - inspired by the winds that whipped up during the performance outside the Natural History Museum.

The prize was the first cut stem taken from the plant, plus
special chocolates.

Inspired names......

Thanks to everyone for the fabulous names which rival any plant label names.

Explorer             Sarah            Grace                          GM
Plantastic           Freddie          Car Plant                      Tamla

Wanderer             John             Trundleweed                    Jan
Hooveronimous        Ian              Morph

Florian              Stephanie        Stranger                       Steven

Morrissey            MM               Sojourner Truth.               Susanne

Changeling           lionpops         Euphrasia Eye-bright           Claudia

Poly                 MD               Black Night                    Caroline

Dizzy                CB               Pipe Dream  Pipio insolitus    LS

Barton’s Bloomers    AM               Lazylizzie
Wheel-plant                           Botanical Billy                Haywain
Doobiesaurous        Alex             Horace                         Stuart
Black turn ripples   AV               Contraption                    LL
Venus pie trap       Malia            Whirling Dervish               SG
Mistral              WW               Rhododendroid Perambulenta     WMB

Steamwheel           Anon             Everything Out                 Joe
Hector               Ian              Beauty form the Beast
Mobile Gimigog       Ireland          Spiderplant                    LL
         

The winning name was 'Mistral' - inspired by the  breeze that picked up outside of the Natural History Museum which suddenly began to turn the flower heads assembled from various fans. 

'Mistral' was put forward by William White - please let me have your postal address your prize awaits - the first cut flower stem and a collection of artisan chocolates.

North Tyne Valley artist shows 'plant' at Chelsea Flower Show - Environment - News

North Tyne Valley artist shows 'plant' at Chelsea Flower Show - Environment - News

The Heavy Plant Crossing preparations have not gone unnoticed . Word has reached  Newcastle, specifically the Environment correspondent of The Journal, Tony Henderson who has put the word out for their readers to come up with suggestions to name the Plant before it reaches Chelsea. The winner will  receive the first cut flower stem from the plant along with a very fine box of chocolates. To enter leave your suggestion on leave your suggestion on the competition page http://heavyplantcrossing2012.blogspot.co.uk/p/competition.html

Selection decisions

With only two weeks to go before I will be  entering the plant in the RHS Chelsea 2012 Plant of the Year, I am making crucial final decisions as to which elements of the plant work best to gain those all important points. 


The black poly pipe stem structure definitely supports the multi flower head form well and allows for the plant to be reconfigured easily as it hybridizes away.


The intense shiny black stems and the grid leaves, make a bold dramatic effect, to set off the flowers, unusual and rare in the botanical world. 





The only other plant I know of coming close to this colour is Ophiopogon Nigrescens





 

Tens of flower heads are being trialed - assembled from black plastic cogs,fans, with red electrical wire stamens.



Today's studio decisions will help me begin to classify the plant and fill in the all important CFS FORM 19, to enable me to enter Chelsea.