Events

RHS London april Flower Show

Late spring variety at the April RHS London Flower Show

All images Tim Sandall/Toplinc Imaging

Both the Lawrence and the Lindley halls in Westminster were filled with a variety of plants from all over the globe as The RHS staged its April show. As well as the floral exhibitors there were a number of plant competitions including those for the Daffodil Society, Tulip Society and the Alpine Garden Society. This was the biggest London show of the year so far and all those who attended in their hundreds certainly enjoyed the spectacle that awaited them.

The standard of exhibits was so high that the judges awarded 10 gold medals. These ranged from a wonderful display of fuchsias from White Veil, Southern hemisphere plants from Trevena Cross Nurseries, tree peonies from Kelways and auriculas from W & S Lockyer to name but a few.

With some of the rare and exotic plants on display this was a show not to be missed.

Part of the Gold Medal winning exhibit from Dibleys
Nurseries from North Wales

Streptocarpus 'Nia' is the latest introduction from Dibleys Nurseries

This stand of spring-flowering plants for sun, shade and moisture from Rushfields of Ledbury inspired the judges to award its efforts with a Gold Medal

Fuchsia 'Hawaiian Sun' was just one of the many beautiful blooms on the Gold Medal display from White Veil Fuchsias

Auricula 'Candy Floss' is a new introduction from W & S Lockyer who's exhibit the judges felt worthy of a Gold Medal

Sempervivum 'Red Flush' was just one on a whole stand of them exhibited by W E Th Ingwersen

Paeonia 'Nissho' is one of the new cultivars of tree peonies on display from Kelways which helped to win them a Gold Medal

Trevena Cross Nurseries from Cornwall put on a display of Southern Hemisphere plants which won a Gold Medal. This Telopea speciocissima was surely one of its highlights.

Here are the winning results.

Gold

Dibleys Nurseries: Streptocarpus
M C Dickerson/Choice Ornamental Plant Nursery: Japanese maples
Kelways Ltd: Tree peonies
W & S Lockyer: Auriculas
Long Acre Plants: Woodland perennials & ferns
Rushfields of Ledbury: Spring plants for sun, shade & moisture
Brian & Pearl Sulman: Pelargoniums
Trevena Cross Nurseries: Southern hemisphere plants
Wakefield & North of England Tulip Society: Genus Tulipa
White Veil Fuchsias: Fuchsias

Silver-Gilt Flora

Steven Bailey Ltd: Alstroemeria, carnations & pinks
Bluebell Arboretum & Nursery: Trees & shrubs
Foxgrove Plants: Spring flowering perennial plants
Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants: Late spring herbaceous perennials
Harveys Garden Plants: Late spring flowering perennials
P W Plants: Hardy bamboo & associated plants
Rotherview Nursery: Alpines & perennials

Silver Flora

Bloms Bulbs: Tulips
The Botanic Nursery: Lime-loving shrubs & perennials
Compton Lane Nurseries: Herbaceous & woodland plants
County Park Nursery: Pittosporum
Fibrex Nurseries Ltd: Hederas, ferns & pelargoniums
Hopleys Plants Ltd: Perennials plants & shrubs
W E Th Ingwersen Ltd: Sempervivums
Pops Plants: Show, alpine & border auriculas
Potash Nursery: Fuchsias & pelargoniums
Sadlers Gardens: Restios
Wilford Bulb Co Ltd: Liliums

Silver Knightian

Highdown Nursery: Herbs

Bronze Flora

Choice Landscapes: Conifers, pines, rhododendrons, bulbs, alpines
Cold Harbour Nursery: Perennials & grasses