Events

RHS April London Flower Show

Report & images: Tim Sandall

The April London Flower Show which filled both the Lawrence and the Lindley Halls in Westminster contained just about everything a keen gardener could wish for. As well as the usual high class nursery exhibits containing plants from around the globe, visitors could enjoy the daffiodill competition, camellia competition, alpine plant competition as well as floral art exhibits and cut flowers.

The colour and smells of the show gave a real boost to the gardening year and also displayed some plants that had never been seen before. One of the high lights of the show had to be a display of Lathyrus vernus displayed by Matthewman Sweet Peas which contained many plants never exhibited before. The quality of the show was so high that the judges awarded an impressive 12 Gold medals.

Ainsworth Displays Gold Medal winning exhibit of palms

A display of miniature daffodils from Broadleigh Gardens who were awarded a Gold Medal

A beautiful display of perennials that won Harveys Garden Plants a Gold Medal

An impressive display of Lathyrus vernus by Matthewman Sweet Peas which was awarded a Gold Medal by the judges

A Gold Medal winning display of daffodils from Ron Scamp

Trevena Cross Nursery from Cornwall staged this Gold Medal display of southern hemisphere plants

The alpine garden plant competition

The camellia competition

Judging the daffodil competition

Camellia japonica 'Spring Formal' on the Gold Medal winning stand of Trehane Camellia Nursery from Dorset

Lathyrus vernus 'Rainbow' - just one of the many perennial sweet peas displayed by Matthewmans from Pontefract

Paeonia ‘Golden Isle’ from the Gold Medal winning exhibit of tree peonies by Kelways

This first showing of Pelargonium 'Suffolk Coral' helped Brian & Pearl Sulman win a Gold Medal

Here are the winning results

Gold

Ainsworth Displays: Palms
Bluebell Arboretum & Nursery: Trees & shrubs
Broadleigh Gardens: Daffodils
Burncoose Nurseries: Trees, shrubs & ornamental plants
Dibleys Nurseries: Streptocarpus, begonia & houseplants
Harveys Garden Plants: Perennials
Kelways Ltd: Tree peonies
Matthewman Sweet Peas: Lathyrus vernus
Scamp Daffodils: Daffodils
Brian & Pearl Sulman: Pelargoniums
Trehane Camellia Nursery: Camellias & pieris
Trevena Cross Nurseries: Southern hemisphere plants

Silver-Gilt Flora

Choice Landscapes: Conifers
Churchtown Nurseries: Restios & perennials
D'Arcy & Everest Ltd: Alpines
W & S Lockyer: Primula & auricula
Southcombe Gardens: Early flowering perennials
Three Counties Nurseries: Aquilegias
Wilford Bulb Co Ltd: Lilies

Silver-Gilt Grenfell

Somerset Postal Flowers: Freestyle & contemporary floral arrangement

Silver Flora

Jacques Amand International: Spring flowering bulbs & shrubs
Angarrack Nursery: Shrubs & perennials
The Botanic Nursery: Hardy plants
Foxgrove Plants: Spring perennials
Mary Green: Spring border display
Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants: Spring flowering herbaceous perennials
Long Acre Plants: Perennials & ferns
Pembroke Farm Nursery: Succulents & exotics
Pennard Plants: Shrubs & perennials
Potash Nursery: Fuchsias & pelargoniums
Rougham Hall Nurseries: Cut flower perennials
Rushfields of Ledbury Ltd: Early flowering perennials

Silver Knightian

Highdown Nursery: Culinary, medicinal & aromatic herbs

Bronze Flora

Cold Harbour Nursery: Grasses, bamboos & early flowering perennials
W E Th Ingwersen Ltd: Sempervivum & jovibarba
Rotherview Nursery: Alpines & perennials