Exhibitors
New plant launches
Many nurseries use the RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park to showcase their new plant launches for the year.
Blacksmiths Cottage Nursery
Blacksmiths Cottage Nursery, which grows cottage garden, drought-tolerant, peat-free perennial plants showed Agapanthus 'Blue Crane' for the first time. A. 'Blue Crane' has been named after the crane, a South African bird, which Blacksmiths thought was appropriate for a South African plant.
Ball Colegrave
Plant supplier to the National Flower Bed Competition, Ball Colegrave, has introduced
a number of new plants that are used in the displays for the competition:
- Angelonia Serena®
- Argyranthemum Madeira™
- Calibrachoa Cabaret
- Impatiens Fanfare™
- Pelargonium Designer
- Petunia Easy Wave™
- Verbena Aztec™
- Zinnia Zesty
Classic Landscapes of Sale
The company's show garden used new cultivars from Suttons:
- Tomato 'Apero' F1
- Lettuce 'Marshall'
- Sweet pepper 'Beaver Dam'
- Plum 'Beauty'
Mickfield Hostas
Mickfield Hostas (recently recognised with NCCPG National Collection designation) introduced a number of new cultivars:
- ‘Atlantis’
- ‘Clifford’s Stingray’
- ‘Corkscrew’
- ‘Enterprise’
- ‘Eye Catcher’
- ‘Kinbotan’
- ‘Olympic Glacier’
- ‘Paradise Expectations’
- ‘Robin Hood’
- ‘Stepping Out’
- ‘Time Tunnel’
