My Garden

The lilies from H. W. Hyde and Son are always a spectacle. At the Harrogate Spring Show they won a Gold Medal this year and Best in Show last year plus a Gold Medal at last year's Chelsea Flower Show . This year they have one very special lily on show, a new double flowered Oriental Hybrid that's... Read more..

Amongst the luscious lilies on the display on the Hart's Nursery exhibit (Great Pavilion, C1) are two varieties which are so new that stock of bulbs is still being built up - but it's great to see them at the show in an early preview. ‘Melissimo' is amazing. An Oriental lily with absolutely... Read more..

Some gardeners find lilies difficult to grow. But according to Richard Hyde of H. W. Hyde & Son (Great Pavilion, G21), whose lilies won a Gold Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show this week, it's simple - just give them the right soil. All like good drainage, but some like acid soil and some like... Read more..