My Garden

Last year the Rose of the Year , Lucky , was a Fryer's rose and although they year they don't have Rose of the Year Fryers do have two fine new varieties launching here at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show . Both are Floribundas. ‘Super Trouper' , named for the ABBA song, is a vivid coppery... Read more..

As the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show - the largest flower show in the world - approaches I'm beginning my series of posts about the new plants introduced at the Show. I'll be posting here every day until Sunday 12 July, when the show closes, bringing you news and pictures of all the new plants... Read more..

Over in the Tudor Rose Festival marquee at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show the award for the best exhibit went to Mattocks Roses who also introduce a lovely new Hybrid Tea. Rose Pink Perfection ('Korpauvio') is a neat-growing plant featuring high-centred pink flowers which open widely and... Read more..

The Tudor Rose Festival is one of the highlights of the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show and many of the rose nurseries who are exhibiting there have new roses on show. Style Roses from Lincolnshire have a fine new Hybrid Tea raised by Edward Smith, it's called ‘Bride and Groom' . It reaches... Read more..

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... 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..

Peter Beales Roses is a rose nursery best known for its invaluable collection of old roses and for following in the footsteps of Graham Stuart Thomas in bringing information on old roses to a wider public. But Peter Beales Roses also breed and introduce new roses and after some fine new introductions... 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..

Rose nurseries make a big deal about the Rose of the Year - and quite right too. Each year they all vote on the best new rose and it's launched at the Tudor Rose Festival here at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show . The winner for 2010 has just been announced - Absolutely Fabulous ('Wekvossutono'... Read more..