Events

RHS London October Flower Show

The October London Flower show was a feast of autumn colour which filled both the Lawrence and the Lindley halls. Exhibitors from all over the country gathered to show that autumn has well and truly arrived in the horticultural world. In what could be described as a difficult year for growing, it was a delight to see such an array of healthy, well grown plants.

This was a show to interest all visitors. Along with the usual floral exhibits, there was a competition of vegetables that could only be described as superb. There was a competition of ornamental cut flowers, and also an exhibition of plant photography by some of the countries leading photographers, as well as the results of the RHS photography competition.

Finally there was a competition of fruit that would delight anybody. The centrepiece being an exhibit of more than 200 cultivars of apples staged by the fruit department from RHS Garden Wisley. This truly was a great autumn show and the judges awarded seven Gold Medals.

The next RHS London Flower Show will run on Friday 12 and Saturday 13 November.

Stipa brachytricha - one of the ornamental grasses that helped Foxgrove Plants win a Gold Medal

A Gold Medal winning exhibit of ornamental grasses from Foxgrove Plants from Newbury

	Chirita 'New York' -one of many exhibited by Dibleys Nurseries from North Wales who were awarded a Gold Medal
	One of the displays of Chinese bonsai and penjing from Phek Khee Bonsai which was awarded a Gold Medal
	Gentiana 'Striped Sapphire' was just one of the autumn gentians exhibited by Edrom Nursery who the judges awarded a Gold Medal
	Churchtown Nurseries from Cornwall - whose display of restios and ornamental grasses including this Thamnochortus cinereus - were awarded a Gold Medal

	An exhibit of autumn gentians and associated plants by Edrom Nurseries worthy of the Gold Medal it was awarded
	Part of the amazing exhibit of 200 apple cultivars from the Fruit Department at RHS Garden Wisley
	Members of the public admiring the Gold Medal winning display of gentians and foliage plants exhibited by Hartside Nursery from Cumbria

Here are the winning results

Gold

Dibleys Nurseries: Chirita
Edrom Nursery: Autumn gentians & associated plants
Gerald Edwards: Top fruit
Foxgrove Plants: Ornamental grasses in terracotta pots
Hartside Nursery Garden: Gentians & foliage plants
Phek Khee Bonsai: Chinese bonsai & penjing

Silver-Gilt Flora

Angarrack Nursery: Autumn flowering perennials, ornamental grasses & shrubs
Bluebell Arboretum & Nursery: Trees & shrubs
Choice Landscapes: Conifers
Devine Nurseries: Gladioli
Mary Green: Display of autumn colour & evergreen foliage including ferns
Kannonchiku: Dwarf palms
Long Acre Plants: Ferns & woodland perennials
Pembroke Farm Nursery: Cacti & succulents
Potash Nursery: Cyclamen
Rougham Hall Nurseries: Cut flower asters

Silver-Gilt Grenfell

Ichiyo School of Ikebana: Japanese floral art

Silver Flora

Avon Bulbs Ltd: Autumn flowering bulbs
The Botanic Nursery: Lime tolerant plants
Churchtown Nurseries: South African restios, ornamental grasses & late flowering perennials
Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants: Autumn flowering herbaceous perennials
Rushfields of Ledbury Ltd: Late summer & autumn perennials
Southcombe Gardens: Foliage garden
Wilford Bulb Co Ltd: Cut flower lilies

Silver Hogg

Dorset Blueberry Company: Autumn colour blueberries & cranberries

Bronze Flora

W E Th Ingwersen Ltd: Autumn flowering rock & hardy plants
Pennard Plants: Plants from New Zealand that can be grown in the UK

Bronze Knightian

Highdown Nursery: Culinary, medicinal & aromatic herbs

Photographic exhibits

Gold

Boo Beaumont Photography: X-ray images of flowers
Gary Rogers: French potagers

Silver-Gilt Grenfell

Gordon Rae: Autumn
Niki Simpson: Botanical details of Digitalis purpurea

Silver Grenfell

Blackpool and the Fylde College: Botanical photographs
Derek Harris: Botanical portraits
Richard Loader: There's always a spider
Allan Pollock-Morris Ltd: Gardens in autumn & winter
Derek St Romaine: Plants & gardens of Barbados

Bronze Grenfell

Torie Chugg: Abutilon
Roger Grindley: Wildflowers on the farm
Philip Smith: Giardini di Ninfa