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News, views and background on this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
More top designers to return to 2019 RHS Chelsea Flower Show as children theme emerges
There could be more show gardens at next May's RHS Chelsea Flower Show as more event veterans emerge as designers for next year.
Chris Beardshaw wins Best in Show at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018
Chris Beardshaw has won Best in Show at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018, with The Morgan Stanley Garden for the NSPCC, built by Structure Group.
Thompson & Morgan hydrangea first in RHS Chelsea Flower Show plant of the year
Hydrangea hybrid Runaway Bride 'Snow White' has today been awarded RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year to top a trio of commercial launches in the top three places.
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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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