Events
RHS November London Flower Show
Report and images: Tim Sandall
The Lawrence Hall was decked with autumn colour and seasonal flowers as a number of exhibitors ended what could be described as a 'difficult year'. This however did not prevent this show from being any less spectacular than others. Visitors were treated to a high standard of displays ranging from trees, shrubs, grasses, cut flowers and succulents. There was also a botanical art competition, an apple competition and a superb range of cut material in the ornamental plant competition, as well as a seasonal flower arrangement staged by NAFAS. Visitors had plenty to enjoy at this show and those who braved the colder weather must have felt it very worth while. The judges awarded three Gold Medals for displays of trees and shrubs, cyclamen and topiary.
This perfect example of Cyclamen F1 hybrid 'Miracle Salmon' helped Potash Nurseries from Suffolk to win a Gold Medal for its display of Cyclamen cultivar
Bluebell Arboretum & Nursery from Ashby de la Zouch won a Gold Medal for its exhibit of trees and shrubs
Topiary Arts from Middlesex was awarded a Gold Medal for an exhibit of topiary
Beautiful autumn colour in part of the ornamental plant competition
A selection of pumpkins and seasonal vegetables staged by the Trials Department from RHS Garden Wisley
Dibleys Nurseries showed a new Streptocarpus cultivar which is to be named by charity auction in aid of the NSPCC
Rougham Hall Nurseries from Suffolk staged an exhibit of fruit and information on growing fruit including this impressive basket of apple 'Howgate Wonder'
Here are the winning results
Gold
Bluebell Arboretum & Nursery: Trees & shrubs
Potash Nursery: Cyclamen
Topiary Arts: Topiary
Silver-Gilt Flora
The Botanic Nursery: Perennials
Dibleys Nurseries: Foliage begonias & gesneriads
Foxgrove Plants: Ornamental grasses
Pembroke Farm Nursery: Succulents & exotics
Pennard Plants: Foliage plants
Trehane Camellia Nursery: Camellias
Wilford Bulb Co Ltd: Cut flowers from bulbs
Silver Flora
Choice Landscapes: Conifers
Mary Green: Evergreen foliage & ferns
The Old Walled Garden: Hardy, tender & rare plants
Southcombe Gardens: Container plants
Silver Grenfell
NAFAS: Season of mists & mellow fruitfulness
Silver Hogg
Rougham Hall Nurseries: Fruit & information on growing fruit
Bronze Flora
Jacques Amand International: Autumn flowering bulbs
W E Th Ingwersen Ltd: Late autumn flowering & foliage plants
Botanical art awards
Gold
Hilary Buckley: An Anglesey calendar in coloured pencil
Elbe Joubert: Western Cape land & sea plants in watercolour
Kimiyo Maruyama: Trees of Pinaceae in watercolour
Silver-Gilt Grenfell
Rachel Britton: Conifers in watercolour
Nicola Butler: Cider apples in watercolour
Adriana Morgante Giornetti: Roses in watercolour on parchment
Yvonne Glenister Hammond: Tulips in watercolour on paper
Jane Howell: Clematis in watercolour
Norio Mizukami: Rosaceous fruits & flowers in watercolour
Annie Morris: Wild fruits
Sheila Stancill: Watercolours of fruits on vellum
Hedvig Wright Ostern: Spring flowers from Norway in watercolour
Silver Grenfell
Laurie Andrews: Spirals in plants in watercolour
Sheila Clarke: Poisonous plants & fungi in watercolour on vellum
Shirley Gumpel: Flowers from trees in watercolour
Robert Howe: Phragmipedium orchids in watercolour
Leicestershire Society of Botanical Illustrators: Vegetables in watercolour
Dolores Skowronski-Malloni: Passiflora in pen, ink & watercolour
Miyako Takahashi: Japanese vine plants in watercolour
Mary Tarraway: Winter in the garden in watercolour
Bronze Grenfell
Margaret Sanderson: Watercolour paintings of introduced plants
Doreen Wright: Fuchsias in watercolour & pencil