Events

RHS London march Flower Show

All images Tim Sandall/Toplinc Imaging

A floral celebration that spans the globe

The joy of spring continued in Westerminster this week with the third RHS London Flower Show of 2003. Once again exhibitors from around the country came to inspire the gardening public who attended this show. The exhibits ranged from tiny hepaticas and spring-flowering bulbs to giant tree ferns such as Dicksonia antarctica.

There was a first showing of a new strain of hose-in-hose primulas - the You and Me Series by Three Counties Nurseries from Dorset, as well as the first daffodil competition of this season along with exhibits of trees, shrubs and cut flowers.

The judges awarded three Gold Medals

The first was for an exhibit of trees and shurbs by Burncoose Nurseries from Cornwall. The second for Trevena Cross Nurseries' display of South African plants and the third for Dibleys display of begonias and gesneriads all of which helped to make this a most memorable show.

Streptocarpus 'Crystal Blush' is the third in the Crystal series from Dibleys Nurseries who's exhibit the judges felt was worthy of a Gold Medal.

Dianthus ' Raggio di Sole' - a perpetual flowering carnation - was just one of many staged by Steven Bailey Ltd along with hardy alstroemerias.

Part of an unusual exhibhit of Podocarpaceae exhibited by Country Park Nursery.

Hepatica nobilis was just one of the joys of a well-staged exhibit from Edrom Nurseries.

This Erica sessiliflora appeared with several other 'jems' on a display put on by the National Botanic Garden of Wales.

Compton Lane Nurseries stand of alpine and woodland plants featured this new almost yellow-leaved cyclamen called Cyclamen hederifolium 'Compton Gold'.

Here are the winning results.

Gold

Burncoose Nurseries: Trees & shrubs
Dibleys Nurseries: Begonias & gesneriads
Trevena Cross Nurseries: South African plants

Silver-Gilt Flora

Steven Bailey Ltd: Hardy alstroemeria & perpetual flowering carnations
Country Park Nursery: Podocarpaceae
Edrom Nursery: Bulbous plants
Harveys Garden Plants: Spring flowering perennials
National Botanic Garden of Wales: South African plants
Rushfields of Ledbury: Early spring plants
Sadlers Gardens: Restios
Brian & Pearl Sulman: Scented pelargoniums
Three Counties Nurseries: Polyanthus
Trehane Nursery: Camellias & pieris

Silver-Gilt Grenfell

Aries Export & Import Limited: Floral arrangements

Silver Flora

Bluebell Arboretum & Nursery: Trees & shrubs
Choice Landscapes: Conifers, pines, spring bulbs, alpines & rhododendrons
Compton Lane Nurseries: Alpines & woodland plants
Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants: Spring herbaceous perennials
P W Plants: Bamboos
Potash Nursery: Primroses
Rougham Hall Nurseries: Cut flower hardy perennials
Southcombe Gardens: Willows, grasses & herbaceous plants
Topiary Arts: Topiary & David Austin roses
Wilford Bulb Co Ltd: Liliums

Bronze Flora

The Botanic Nursery: Spring flowering shrubs, hardy perennials for underplanting
D'Arcy & Everest Ltd: Alpines & other plants
Mary Green: Evergreen foliage, winter stems & structure
W E Th Ingwersen Ltd: Alpines & other plants
Pennard Plants: Phormiums & shrubs
Rotherview Nursery: Camellia japonica & hybrids