http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News en-GB 60 http://webassets.rhs.org.uk/static/20130517_4/styles/images/rhs-logo.png http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:23:50 GMT RHS Website webmaster@rhs.org.uk (RHS Webmaster) http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Obituary--Peter-Beales Leading rose breeder Peter Beales dies, aged 76 http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Obituary--Peter-Beales Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:59:21 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Slugs-top-2013-pests-list Slugs and snails at top of list of pests for 2013, the RHS reveals http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Slugs-top-2013-pests-list Sat, 12 Jan 2013 15:57:52 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Ash-dieback-update The RHS - which participated in the Defra Ash dieback summit (Wednesday 7 November 2012)- welcomes the rapid action taken to combat the spread of the disease and believes it has a critical role in providing appropriate information to help the nation’s gardeners. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Ash-dieback-update Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:45:28 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Join-our-RHS-trials-team We are looking for keen gardening amateurs, members of the trade and gardening professionals to get involved with our Award of Garden Merit (AGM) plant trials. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Join-our-RHS-trials-team Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:14:54 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Dahlias-for-everyone RHS calls for gardeners to vote on their favourite dahlia. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Dahlias-for-everyone Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:35:01 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Blue-mint-beetle The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is calling on gardeners to watch out for the blue mint beetle - the latest pest to appear in the UK. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Blue-mint-beetle Fri, 03 Aug 2012 20:40:00 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Sweet-pea-trials-at-Wisley Visitors to RHS Garden Wisley can vote for their favourite sweet pea in the trials field this summer. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Sweet-pea-trials-at-Wisley Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:49:40 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/The-diversity-of-dandelions A study carried out by The National Museum of Wales finds there are more than 100 different species of dandelion found in the Cardiff area alone. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/The-diversity-of-dandelions Fri, 18 May 2012 15:22:30 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/www A golden snowdrop has been bought for 725 by Thompson & Morgan making it the world's most expensive. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/www Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:50:40 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/Plant-trials-and-awards/News/New-AGM-trials-announced The RHS has just announced which plants will be trialled for the Award of Garden Merit over the next two years. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/Plant-trials-and-awards/News/New-AGM-trials-announced Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:51:10 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Celebration-plantings-for-the-Jubilee-and-the-Olym Planting plans to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Celebration-plantings-for-the-Jubilee-and-the-Olym Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:59:31 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Lobelia-AGMs-announced The RHS has recognised five cultivars of Lobelia as strong, impactful garden plants granting them the Award of Garden Merit, following the 2011 Lobelia trail. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Lobelia-AGMs-announced Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:11:37 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Darwin-collection-brought-to-light A collection of fossilised plants discovered by Darwin has emerged from 165 years of obscurity hidden away in the vaults of the British Geological Survey. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Darwin-collection-brought-to-light Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:22:09 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Junipers-to-stage-a-comeback A campaign to save the nation's populations of junipers is boosting its efforts in Scotland following the success of projects to rescue the shrub from extinction in southern England. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Junipers-to-stage-a-comeback Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:08:08 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Discovery-made-on-Aquilegias-spurs New research has revealed how flowers adapt their own structures to match the needs of different pollinators. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Discovery-made-on-Aquilegias-spurs Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:39:45 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Dahlia-imperalis-flowers Giant tree dahlias Dahlia imperialis have been flowering, in some cases for the first time in many years, following the UK's second-warmest autumn on record. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Dahlia-imperalis-flowers Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:01:49 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Wild-conifers-threatened The latest updating of a list of the world's most threatened species has revealed a gloomy picture for conifers in the wild, with some species slipping towards extinction. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Wild-conifers-threatened Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:06:27 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Cycads-not--living-fossils New research has found living cycads are not survivors from the time of the dinosaurs, but evolved in the last 10-12 million years – long after dinosaurs disappeared. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Cycads-not--living-fossils Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:46:13 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/National-Conifer-Week Pines, spruces and junipers are being celebrated in October throughout a special week devoted to the diverse but much-maligned confier. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/National-Conifer-Week Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:38:24 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Winners-of-Dahlia-trial-s--people-s-choice- Dahlia 'Stadt Spremberg' wins people's choice at Wisley Flower Show 2011 http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Winners-of-Dahlia-trial-s--people-s-choice- Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:00:33 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/Plant-trials-and-awards/News/International-Trials-Conference-2011 Plant trials, hardiness, breeders’ rights and nomenclature have been hotly debated this week at the International Trials Conference 2011 hosted by the RHS. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/Plant-trials-and-awards/News/International-Trials-Conference-2011 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:44:55 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Improving-plants-for-gardeners Experts from all over the world are speaking or presenting papers at the inaugural International Trials Conference to be held at RHS Garden Wisley. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Improving-plants-for-gardeners Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:26:21 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/M-and-G-Chelsea-Garden The M&G Show Garden donates its large raised beds to primary school in South London allowing children to grow crops for school and local community. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/M-and-G-Chelsea-Garden Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:11:32 GMT http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Iris-day-cancelled Clare Austin cancels her iris field open days scheduled in June, as high temperatures this spring mean few plants are left in flower http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/News/Iris-day-cancelled Fri, 27 May 2011 14:45:53 GMT