RHS Chelsea Flower Show

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

RHS plans virtual Chelsea Flower Show after coronavirus cancellation to fill "immense hole"

20 March 2020 , By Matthew Appleby

The RHS is to run a virtual Chelsea in May 2020.

Have you got a field for us to stage our Chelsea Flower Show Pyramid? - asks Peter Seabrook

19 March 2020 , By Mattehw Appleby

Garden writer Peter Seabrook is looking for a venue to display his RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2020 display after the RHS cancelled all its shows from April-June because of the threat of coronavirus.

Coronavirus RHS Chelsea Flower Show cancellation brings anxiety for growers

17 March 2020 , By Matthew Appleby

A RHS Chelsea Flower Show grower says it will be impossible to hold plants until 2021.

HTA cancels National Plant Show because of coronavirus threat

25 March 2020 , By Matthew Appleby

The 16-17 June Stoneleigh show is off and joins a string of events including Dutch FlowerTrials and RHS Chelsea Flower Show that have already been cancelled.

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

Opinion... Why flower shows need to evolve

18 April 2018

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

Hillier announces five new plants for 2020

1 April 2020 , By Matthew Appleby

RHS pushes back Bridgewater opening and Wisley developments until next spring

1 April 2020 , By Dan Symonds

RHS chelsea flower show on twitter

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