Events

RHS October London Flower Show

Autumn brilliance

Report & images: Tim Sandall

The RHS October London Flower Show was held in the Lawrence and the Lindley halls in Westminster and yet again provided an exciting display for any visitor to the show. As well as the usual floral exhibits - which ranged from all types of plant material including fruit and vegetables - the show also contained a whole number of individual competitions, including carnations, bonsai, vegetables, apples and grapes.

Also on display were the results of the RHS Photographic Competition, as well as a separate photographic competition which contained some beautiful images. RHS Garden Wisley also staged two exhibits - one of fruit cultivars and the Trials Department staged an exhibit of peppers.

This show was a real feast to the eyes and a glorious start to the autumn season. The judges awarded four Gold Medals to the nursery stands but every exhibitor to this show was a winner.

A colourful display of Cyclamen hederifolium, which won Ashwood Nurseries a Gold Medal

Dibleys Nurseries from North Wales won a Gold Medal for this display of Streptocarpus, Begonia and Coleus Edrom Nurseries from Scotland won a Gold Medal with this superb display of autumn-flowering gentians The Trials Department from RHS Wisley Garden with a colourful display of peppers and other veg A beautiful display of vegetables from the family firm of W Robinson & Son from Preston Judges at work in the Carnation Competition

This Rhus 'Ruby Lace' was just some of the lovely autumn colour on a display from Bluebell Nursery Gentiana lucerna - just one of the delightful gentians from Edrom Nurseries Capsicum 'Friar's Hat', just one of several exhibited by Cookoo Box Nursery from Kent

Here are the winning results

Gold

Ashwood Nurseries: Cyclamen species
Dibleys Nurseries: Streptocarpus, begonias & coleus
Edrom Nursery: Autumn flowering gentians
Gerald Edwards: Organically grown top fruit

Silver-Gilt Flora

Bluebell Arboretum & Nursery: Trees & shrubs
Choice Landscapes: Conifers
Devine Nurseries: Gladioli
Foxgrove Plants: Ornamental grasses
Long Acre Plants: Woodland perennials & ferns
Pembroke Farm Nursery: Succulents & exotics
Potash Nursery: Cyclamen
Rougham Hall Nurseries: Autumn flowering asters
Robin Savill The Clematis Specialist: Clematis

Silver-Gilt Knightian

Newlands Nursery: Herbs & associated plants
W Robinson & Son (Seeds & Plants) Ltd: Vegetables

Silver-Gilt Lindley

Dibleys Nurseries: Chirita

Silver Flora

Jacques Amand International: Autumn flowering bulbs
Avon Bulbs Ltd: Autumn flowering bulbs
Barracott Plants: Grasses & autumn perennials
The Botanic Nursery: Lime tolerant plants
Churchtown Nurseries: Restios
Mary Green: Evergreen foliage & ferns
Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants: Autumn flowering herbaceous perennials
Pennard Plants: Shrubs for autumn brilliance
Wilford Bulb Co Ltd: Lilies

Bronze Flora

The Old Walled Garden: Rare, tender & hardy plants

Bronze Knightian

Cookoo Box Nursery: Capiscum

Photography Awards

Silver-Gilt Grenfell

Boo Beaumont: X-ray images of flowers
Nigel Chapman: Plant portraits of Wisley garden
Derek Harris: Floral portraits
Gary Rogers: 'The Carl Foerster Garden'
Niki Simpson: Digital botanical illustrations
Martin Walsh: Glasshouse plants

Silver Grenfell

Chris Castle Images: Flower & plant close-ups
John Fielding: Flowers of Crete
Deborah Husk: Flower portraits
Debbie Monique Jolliff: The genus Cypripedium

Bronze Grenfell

Sarah Holt-Wilson: Pinus sylvestris
Oliver Mathews: Auriculas
Allan Pollok-Morris Ltd: 21 images from the 21 French RHS partner gardens