Events

RHS March London Flower Show
13-14 March 2007

Theme: Mediterranean plants

Show report & images: Tim Sandall

The show was bursting with colour from spring-flowering bulbs and other plants, creating a horticultural haven. There were also the hot colours of the Mediterranean, as some specialist growers brought a taste of summer holidays to our chilly spring climate.

The scent of spring filled the air in a small part of Westminster as the RHS staged its March London Flower Show. Thirty exhibitors from all over the country converged on the Lawrance Hall and delighted visitors with a dazzling display of spring's finest plants and flowers. As well as the usual floral exhibits, Peter Seabrook form The Sun newspaper staged a garden to celebrate his 30 years as gardening editor with the paper.

The judges awarded four Gold Medals to the floral exhibits and the show also contained an impressive Camellia Competition.

Part of Burncoose Nurseries' Gold Medal-winning display of trees, shrubs and ornamental plants (left).

Ashwood Nurseries from the West Midlands won a Gold Medal for its impressive display of hepaticas.

J S Pennings staged this exhibit of perfect hyacinths and was rewarded with a Gold Medal (left).

It made a nice change to see a garden staged at the Horticultural Halls - The Sun Pallet Crate Garden staged by Peter Seabrook.

Judging the Camellia Competition.

The winners

Gold

Ashwood Nurseries: Hepaticas
Burncoose Nurseries: Trees, shrubs & ornamental plants
Churchtown Nurseries: Restios & South African plants
J S Pennings: Hyacinths

Silver-Gilt Flora

Broadleigh Gardens: Miniature daffodils & other spring bulbs
Farmyard Nurseries: Hellebores & woodland plants
Oak Tree Nursery: Ornamental grasses & grass-like plants
Pembroke Farm Nursery: Succulents & exotics
Potash Nursery: Primroses
Brian & Pearl Sulman: Pelargoniums
Trehane Camellia Nursery: Camellias & pieris
Wilford Bulb Co: Liliums

Silver Flora

Jacques Amand International: Spring-flowering bulbs
Avon Bulbs: Spring-flowering bulbs
Bluebell Arboretum & Nursery: Trees & shrubs
Choice Landscapes: Alpines & bulbs
Coghurst Camellias: Camellias
D'Arcy & Everest: Alpines
Dibleys Nurseries: Begonias & gesneriads
Fibrex Nurseries: Hederas, hardy ferns & pelargoniums
Foxgrove Plants: Spring-flowering perennial plants
Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants: Spring-flowering herbaceous perennials
H W Hyde & Son: Tulips
The Old Walled Garden: Southern Hemisphere plants
Pazuzu Extreme Flora: Tropical plants
Rougham Hall Nurseries: Primroses
Southcombe Gardens: Cut willow, violets & herbaceous plants
The Sun: The Sun Pallet Crate Garden

Bronze Flora

The Botanic Nursery: Drought-tolerant plants
W E Th Ingwersen Ltd: Early spring-flowering alpines & bulbs
Pennard Plants: Plants from the Southern Hemisphere