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RHS Chelsea Flower Show
News, views and background on this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
Hortus Loci growing for 'first' RHS Chelsea Flower Show organic show garden
Chelsea Flower Show 2020 is set to be the most environmentally-friendly ever, with the first organic show garden set to be at the event.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 medallists announced - Sturgeon wins best in show
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
'Sedum Atlantis' has won the RHS Chelsea Flower Show new plant award for 2019.
Analysis and comment
New Plants 2019
Streptocarpus 'Gold Rose'
Streptocarpus 'Gold Rose', which flowers 10 months a season, will launch at Chelsea.
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.
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.
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.
Polemonium 'Kaleidoscope' (Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants)
Hardy perennial, flowering spring to early summer.
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English Heritage Eltham, London (Greater)
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