It was great to watching people enjoy new flower colours and styles at the Wanganui Horticultural Society's Summer Show on Saturday, organiser Wayne Hughes says.
"People were quite amazed with the colours that were there. I think the public enjoyed it."
Winning most of the gladioli categories and showing the champion gladiolus, Rosey Glow, was just a bonus for Mr Hughes.
The big plant breeding competitions of the past were gone, he said, and shows these days were more about display than competition.
The other thing that stood out for him about the show in the Whanganui Intermediate School Hall was the way the flowers stood up to the heat. It was 30C outdoors at mid afternoon, and only a few had started to wilt by the end of the day.