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Just thought I’d let you have some more facts and figures about the new RHS Plant Finder, which came out last month. In particular, news of some of the new entries in the 2013 edition, new plants available for the first time. First of all, there are exactly 4,329 new entries. As last year, Hemerocallis...
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Yesterday saw the launch of the 2013 RHS Plant Finder, now with over 75,000 entries and over 4,300 new additions for this year. Of course, some of these additions are plants that are returning but the majority are new plants, first time entries. It’s always instructive to take a look at the new plants...
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Last summer at the National Plant Show , Dianthus Memories ('WP11 GWE04') won the award for the Best New Plant Introduction . Having won the top award at a trade show, recently it was a deserving runner-up in Chelsea’s Plant of the Year competition. The journey began eight years ago when Whetman...
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The winner of this year’s Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year award is Digitalis Illumination. In second place came Dianthus Memories and in third place came Hyacinthus orientalis 'Royal Navy'. I have to say that I’ve been enthusing about Thompson & Morgan ’s Digitalis Illumination ('Tmdgfp001'...
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The new edition of the RHS PlantFinder will be out very soon and this year the most useful plant reference book of them all includes some very appealing new introductions. Here’s a quick look at the most popular of the new plants appearing in the RHS Plantfinder for the first time this year, these four...
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Ninety three plants were entered for New Plant Awards at this week's second annual National Plant Show . The judges picked a winner, and the visitors also picked their favourite. The Best in Show award went to Dianthus 'Memories'. This pure white garden pink was raised by Whetman Pinks in...
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Continuing my run down of all the finalists for the 2011 Plant of The Year award, given at this year's Chelsea Flower Show, we come to shrubs and an ornamental grass (above, click to enlarge). Hydrangea Avantgarde ('Hedi') is a traditional mophead hydrangea – but with three special qualities...
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The winner of the Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year award for 2011 was announced earlier this week. Members of all the RHS specialist plant committees chose the winner from the finalists nominated by the RHS Plants Advisory Committee, I listed the twenty finalists here a few days ago. The winner...
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Yes, the new edition of one of the most important garden books ever published, the RHS Plant Finder , is now out – both in its print edition and online . This – I hardly need remind you – is the book that does two very important things. Firstly, it tells you which nurseries stock which plants. In this...
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Yes, the first ever black petunia. And it’s not just dark purple, it really is black with just a hint of purple in some conditions. Launched with the catch line “Black goes with everything”, this is a breakthrough from one of the world’s leading petunia breeders; they’ve bred many of the varieties we...
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I’ve again been checking up on the new plants released at this year’s Hampton Court Palace Flower Show , which runs till Sunday. So far there are two batches of choices on the RHS website: New Roses – with the focus on healthy varieties. New Flowers – climbers, perennials and annuals And coming soon...
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I’m delighted to say that the 2010/2011 RHS PlantFinder is now available online . This is great news. Now we can get all the latest plant availability information and all the latest updated plant names online – and it’s free! You don’t even have to be a member of the Royal Horticultural Society . It...
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This is such an exciting time of the year. Not just because it’s spring at last, but because on Thursday (1 April) the new RHS PlantFinder will be published. As well as over 73,000 plants in all (almost 2,000 more than last year) and over 600 nurseries, the brand new 2010/2011 edition includes an amazing...
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Eremurus , or foxtail lily, is one of the most dramatic of garden perennials. Tall slender spikes are lined with hundreds of starry flowers in white, pink, yellow and orange shades. But this is a case when it’s important to choose named plants, don’t raise plants from seed unless you don’t mind what...
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