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... Read more..

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... Read more..

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'... Read more..

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... Read more..

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... Read more..

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 ... Read more..

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... Read more..

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... Read more..

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... Read more..

Colourful flowers and tempting vegetables, plus an orchard full of fruit and the promise of autumn leaf colour to come - Wisley is looking wonderful this month. The Glasshouse is brimming with begonias amongst an outstanding display of temperate and tropical plants. Our brand new Visitor Guide and map... Read more..