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OK, this really is the last new Hampton Court Palace Flower Show plant. The trail has gone cold on the new astrantia I spotted but one slipped through the net along the way: Harkness Roses finally introduced the last of their new roses for the year, Red Hat Lady (‘Harpeep') . This was held back from...
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Details of one of the last new plants I spotted at the recent Hampton Court Palace Flower Show have come in, it was nestling in a crevice, on a rock face, at the back of the Alpine Campanulas exhibit in the Plant Heritage Marquee and after recovering from the ardours of the show Sue Wooster, of Alpine...
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Finally, the last of the many new heucheras (and Heuchera relations) introduced by Plantagogo at the recent Hampton Court Palace Flower Show . They had eleven new varieties on sale at the Show, all originating at Terra Nova Nurseries in Oregon (no retail sales), and this is the final trio. Heuchera ...
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Following the award to the National Dahlia Collection of the award for the best floral display at the Chelsea Flower Show , I headed for their exhibit in the Plant Heritage Marquee at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show last week to check out their new plants. And there I found another new dahlia, raised...
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As well as the delightful new petunias shown by The Sun at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show , they also showed verbenas. The Sun's Steve Bradley told me that all the verbenas on show were unusually hardy, as hardy as the very tough ‘Homestead Purple' and also ‘Seabrook Lavender' which...
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The 2009 Hampton Court Palace Flower Show finally finished yesterday and today the weary exhibitors, some of whom worked late into the night dismantling their exhibits, prepare to head home. And your weary correspondent sets out on his last day of reports on the new plants seen at the Show. In the Floral...
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Plantagogo are Heuchera specialists and are introducing eleven new varieties of Heuchera and related plants at this year's Hampton Court Palace Flower Show . Next up are two more that originate from Terra Nova Nurseries over in Oregon (no retail sales). The leaf colour of Heuchera ‘Sugar Plum'...
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As the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show draws to a close, many of the rarest and most interesting plants are to be found in the Plant Heritage Marquee as holders of National Collections of plants as varied as cannas and camellias show off their treasures. Barrie Clarke, whose "day job" is as...
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There are lots of interesting plants, new and old, in the Growing Tastes marquee at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show including garlic and grafted vegetables. And on the Marshalls stand there was a new strawberry and new variety of rocket. The strawberry is still grown under its reference number of...
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As the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show enters its final day two new Floribunda roses continue to take the attention of visitors on the Pococks Roses exhibit in the Tudor Rose Festival . Rose ‘Durrell' is a very unusual colour. With coppery red young growth, each semi-double flower is deep red and...
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The world is bursting with petunias. Plant breeders all over the world are producing new varieties but an especially charming new series was launched this week at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show on an exhibit sponsored by The Sun newspaper. Many breeders just go for larger and larger flowers but...
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In addition to their exhibit in the Floral Marquee at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show , Mickfield Hostas also had one of the outdoor Plant Plots - and there, on the sales table, they featured their Collectors' Corner with at least four brand new hostas. Hosta ‘Extasy' (below, click to enlarge...
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H W Hyde won the award for the Best Exhibit in the Floral Marquee at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show this week - and the award was very well deserved. Their carefully staged exhibit of beautiful lilies grown in individual pots was just stunning. I watched Richard Hyde as he moved the potted lilies...
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Dibleys are best known for their wonderful displays of Streptocarpus here at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show , and at Chelsea , but some of their other specialities are also on display. There's a spectacular display of begonias with, in a most prominent position right at the front, one of the...
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C & K Jones have some great new roses at this year's Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. Earlier I talked about ‘Josephine' and about their Rose of the Year ‘Absolutely Fabulous' . But I also took a look their other two newcomers. One of the recurring themes of the new roses introduced...
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