Events

RHS September London Flower Show

Report & images: Tim Sandall

After a short break during the summer, the London Flower Shows were back with a bang this month with the Great Autumn Show in Westminster. Both the Lawrence and the Lindley halls were full to capacity with exciting exhibits from around the country. The show contained just about anything a keen gardener could wish for ranging from tropical plants to cut flowers, vegetables, grasses, shrubs and a whole range of perennials as well as autumn-flowering bulbs. The judges awarded eight Gold Medals to various exhibits which is fitting of the high standard that greeted visitors.

Ashwood Nurseries from the West Midlands won a Gold Medal for their exhibit of salvias and other flowering perennials

An exciting exhibit of tropical plants from KobaKoba - a first time visitor to the show - who were awarded a Gold Medal

A selection of Sempervivum, Jovibarba and Rosularia form the Gold Medal-winning display from Fernwood Nursery

UK Horticulture in conjunction with the NFU staged an exhibit of autumn produce which was awarded a Gold Medal

Robin Savill The Clematis Specialist staged a superb exhibit of clematis which the judges awarded a Gold Medal

Winchester Growers Ltd staged an exciting exhibit of cut flower dahlias and were awarded a Gold Medal

Hampshire Carnivorous Plants were also awarded a Gold Medal for their exhibit of carnivorous plants, foliage plants and ferns, which contained this Sarracenia minor.

Salvia involucrata from the Gold Medal-winning exhibit of Ashwood Nurseries

Clematis tubulosa - one of the more unusual clematis from Robin Savill' Gold Medal-winning display

Hedychium 'Luna Moth' formed part of the display from KobaKoba

Here are the winning results

Gold

Ashwood Nurseries: Salvias & other flowering perennials
Fernwood Nursery: Sempervivum, Jovibarba & Rosularia
Hampshire Carnivorous Plants: Carnivorous plants, foliage plants & ferns
KobaKoba: Tropical plants
Robin Savill The Clematis Specialist: Clematis
Brian & Pearl Sulman: Pelargoniums
UK Horticulture: Autumn produce
Winchester Growers Ltd: Cut flower dahlias

Silver-Gilt Flora

Avon Bulbs Ltd: Autumn flowering bulbs
Bluebell Arboretum & Nursery: Trees & shrubs
Churchtown Nurseries: South African plants
Culm View Nursery: Hardy herbaceous perennials
Dibleys Nurseries: Streptocarpus, foliage begonias & houseplants
Foxgrove Plants: Grasses
Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants: Autumn flowering herbaceous perennials
C S Lockyer (Fuchsias): Fuchsias
Long Acre Plants: Ferns & woodland perennials
P W Plants: Hardy bamboo & associated plants
Pembroke Farm Nursery: Succulents & exotics
Tynings Nursery - National Collection of Passiflora: Passiflora
Westdale Nurseries: Bougainvillea
Wilford Bulb Co Ltd: Lilies

Silver-Gilt Grenfell

Somerset Postal Flowers: Freestyle & contemporary flower arrangements

Silver-Gilt Knightian

Cookoo Box Nursery: Capiscum

Silver-Gilt Lindley

The Garlic Farm: The origins of garlic

Silver Flora

Angarrack Nursery: Autumn flowering perennials
Barnsdale Gardens: Choice & unusual plants
Broadleigh Gardens: Autumn flowering bulbs
Cold Harbour Nursery: Restios
Cornish Rose Co Ltd: Roses
Fibrex Nurseries Ltd: Ivies, ferns & begonias
Harveys Garden Plants: Herbaceous perennials
Hopleys Plants Ltd: Choice perennials
Oakland Nurseries: Tender perennials
Pennard Plants: Miscanthus
Rougham Hall Nurseries: Asters
Rushfields of Ledbury Ltd: Flowering perennials & grasses
Peter J Smith: Alstroemerias
Southcombe Gardens: Herbaceous plants

Silver Knightian

Highdown Nursery: Culinary, medicinal & aromatic herbs
Newlands Nursery: Herbs & associated plants

Silver Lindley

Dorset Blueberry Company: Blueberries & cranberries

Bronze Flora

The Botanic Nursery: Lime-tolerant shrubs & flowering perennials
Deva Orchids: Orchids
Devine Nurseries: Gladioli
W E Th Ingwersen Ltd: Gentians, sempervivums & autumn flowering plants
Pazuzu Extreme Flora: Exotic plants