RHS Chelsea Flower Show

News, views and background on this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 medallists announced - Sturgeon wins best in show

21 May 2019 , By Matthew Appleby

Show garden designers have been given their medals at the 2019 Chelsea Flower Show.

Chelsea new plant award winner tipped to sell 500,000 worldwide

20 May 2019 , By Matthew Appleby

'Sedum Atlantis' has won the RHS Chelsea Flower Show new plant award for 2019.

Which plant will win the RHS Chelsea Flower Show new plant of the year?

9 May 2019 , By Matthew Appleby

Wyevale Garden Centres identifies RHS Chelsea Flower Show plant trends

16 May 2019 , By Matthew Appleby

Wyevale Garden Centres says it has identified the "affordable, accessible and easy-to-grow Chelsea favourites that gardeners can readily introduce to their outdoor space this summer".

Analysis and comment

RHS Chelsea Flower Show new plants: how do they find their showcase?

28 May 2018 , By Matthew Appleby

How Hillier uses the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to promote sales

3 May 2018 , By Matthew Appleby

Opinion... Co-operation is industry's best card

6 June 2018 , By Peter Seabrook

Opinion... Why flower shows need to evolve

18 April 2018 , By Peter Seabrook

New Plants 2019

Streptocarpus 'Gold Rose'

Streptocarpus 'Gold Rose', which flowers 10 months a season, will launch at Chelsea.

Clematis 'Charmaine'

Clematis 'Charmaine' was launched at the 2016 RHS Chelsea Flower show.

Rosa 'Sweet Syrie'

Harkness Roses' Rosa 'Sweet Syrie' was on the longlist for the prestigious RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year award.

Plant of the Year 2018 Finalists

Hydrangea hybrid 'Runaway Bride'

Ushio Sakazaki came upon a remote Asian species of Hydrangea in the wild, and crossed this with the well-known Hydrangea macrophylla.

Clematis 'Tranquilite' (Raymond Evison)

A plant named to acknowledge the wonderful care that people receive at Les Bourgs Hospice in Guernsey.

Acer palmatum 'Metamorphosis' (Burncoose)

The distinct yellow leaf in spring sets METAMORPHOSA apart.

Hydrangea 'Gold Rush' (Hillier)

A handsome plant as a subspecies with the added season of interest being the large, velvety, flame orange spring leaves that mature to strong golden-yellow early summer.

Tomato 'Shimmer' (Pennard Plants)

A red, gold and green striped plum tomato with exceptional taste and high levels of lycopene.

Salvia 'Kisses and Wishes' (Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants)

This was discovered as a mutation from Salvia 'Wendy's Wish' by Sarah Jane Knott of Southwater.

Viola 'Bridie' (Victorian Violas)

This unique scented viola has attractive frilled, pale primrose petals edged with violet and offers versatility for planting on the patio or in the garden.

Pepper 'Lemon Dream'

A companion plant to 'Tangerine Dream' but more compact.

Zantedeschia 'Flirt' (Brighter Blooms)

Zantedeschia 'Flirt' was bred in New Zealand by Andrew Wearmouth.

Phormium 'Blondie' (HTA/Wyevale Nurseries)

This new cultivar is a sport selection that was spotted in a crop of Phormium subsp. hookeri 'Cream Delight' in Tauranga, New Zealand back in 2011.

Dahlia Lubega Tricolour (Thompson & Morgan)

Representing a major colour breakthrough as the red, yellow and white areas on the petals give blooms an ever-changing appearance through the flowering period.

Sunbelievable ''Brown Eyed Girl'

The first cutting raised annual sunflower to reliably bloom without stopping for 6 months.

Garvinea Gerbera Sweet Sunset

The first bicolour cultivar in this series and the benchmark for the future.

Clematis 'Sarah Elizabeth' (Raymond Evison)

This is a breakthrough as far as pink flowered clematis go.

Powerdaisy Tango (HTA/Kerley)

The first orange Calendula that flowers all season.

Isotoma axillaris 'Fizz n'Pop Glowing Purple'

Isotoma axillaris 'Fizz n'Pop Glowing Purple' is the largest flowered Isotoma with the deepest unfading purple flowers to date.

Rosa EMILY BRONTË ('Ausearnshaw')

David Austin was asked by The Brontë Society to name this rose to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of the esteemed novelist, Emily Brontë.

Malus toringo 'Aros'

Malus toringo 'Aros' was bred in Denmark by Karsten Jensen, a passionate and knowledgeable plantsman and nurseryman.

Eryngium 'Blue Waves'

Eryngium 'Blue Waves' has big showy bracts in scale with stem height.

Polemonium 'Kaleidoscope' (Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants)

Hardy perennial, flowering spring to early summer.

RHS Chelsea Flower Show News

University of Reading RHS Chelsea exhibit identifies windmill palm and Argentinian vervain as potential invaders

24 May 2019 , By Matthew Appleby

Garden centres prepare for National Children's Gardening Week

24 May 2019 , By Matthew Appleby

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