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From its iconic Dry Garden to exciting new features, our Essex garden goes from strength to strength. From its iconic Dry Garden to exciting new features, our Essex garden goes from strength to strength.
Our favourite plants from around the four RHS Gardens
These are our favourite plants each month, as picked by the gardeners at each RHS Garden.
Spring brings wonderful delights to the garden and a favourite for any gardener is always the s
One of our early flowering gems that is always worth a closer look – it reminds us of a p
Attractive, well behaved, versatile and tough – this winter flowering heath is a must-hav
Sailing into spring with a delectable daffodil – Narcissus ‘Sailboat&rsquo
For delightful scent and showy flowers in late winter, this pink version of the white forsythia
Glowing stems of dogwoods add interest to the winter garden
With its gnarled silhouette, the corkscrew hazel is a wonderful addition to winter planting and
Making a fleeting appearance in early spring, this ground-hugging buttercup-relative carpets th
Bee-cause both the gardener and insects benefit…
The striking ornamental bark on the stems of this shrub makes an attractive statement in the ga
In the dull days of winter this wonderful acer will brighten your garden up with its vivid brig
Heralding the New Year, this cheery bulb lights up the garden
With a warm glow on a winter’s day, the golden willow ‘Yelverton’ – is
Fortune's spindle - a colourful evergreen shrub to brighten a dull winter’s day
Shining the spotlight on a dazzling winter-stemmed shrub - red dogwood
The beautiful bark of Himalayan birch lights up even the gloomiest winter day
As winter beckons, exotic-looking palms give stunning structure in the Dry Garden
This flamboyant and full bodied red, with notes of plum is the perfect accompaniment to a cool
An un-holly-like holly makes a great box replacement
A shrub with something a little different – orange autumnal arils
A stand-out conifer with an added bonus of great autumn colour
Quince makes an unusual but decorative addition to the fruit garden
Mellow autumn fruitfulness is the essence of October
An autumn show-stopper to enjoy while it lasts
Aster and Symphyotrichum bring scores of purple daisies to the autumn border
For a golden autumn that extends late in the season, choose your plants wisely
Hylotelephium ‘Matrona’, a new name for Sedum
80 years old and this garden favourite still has decent hips. All hail 'Geranium', a ro
A spectacular Mediterranean shrub with delicate late-summer flowers deserves a spot in any s
A hardy hibiscus brings a tropical touch to the garden
Delicate and pretty, this cute little verbena combines well with lots of other flowers
An unusual cousin of the hydrangea brings pretty yellow bells to the woodland garden
Trumpets and upturned petals herald the height of summer with spectacular colour and some with
Standing tall, Ligularia 'The Rocket' adds stature to damp areas with its arch
Sanguisorba ‘Chocolate Tip’ - a delightfully burnished burnet brings grace
Look but don’t touch - red baneberry
Heavenly bowls of beauty, these blowsy flowers are early summer show stoppers
Gorgeous bright green fronds in spring and early summer make the ostrich fern a feature in a we
Potentilla 'Gibson's Scarlet'
The noble commoner - a wild orchid that calls the garden home
A small, beautiful shrub that lights up the spring garden with elegant sprays of pure white blo
If you go down to the woods today, you're in for a nice surprise!
Bring a touch of West Coast brilliance to your garden with this delightful Californian lilac
Amazing amelanchier dazzles in the spring sunshine
Easygoing, colourful and reliable, this is a mini daff with plenty of flower-power
A majestic yet manageable magnolia adds grace and charm to the spring garden
Just when you are beginning to think that winter will never end, a carpet of blue stars appears
There’s a magic feel to the woodland gardens at Wisley this time of year...
A royal welcome for a delightful spring flower
A winter winner brings colour to beds and borders
Developed in Germany in the 1920s, this semi-evergreen shrubby honeysuckle is a must for the la
With fuzzy, rust-coloured stems that catch the winter light – and edible summer fruit &nd
Camellias are a must, bringing glorious colour to the garden in winter and early spring
With shining trunks to illuminate the winter garden, scented spring blossom and lovely autumn c
Utterly beautiful yet tough and dependable, this winter star offers colour and scent at a time
Some people think winter is dull. Some people think winter is a time to avoid the garden. Some
A tiny pine with a big story greets winter frosts with a burst of leafy sunshine
Small, tough and colourful, this low-growing juniper makes great groundcover for hot, sunny sit
Shrugging off the cold with bright green leaves and fresh white flowers, this Mediterranean shr
An otherworldly bramble lights up the winter garden for many months
A colourful camellia provides a jolt of unexpected colour in Wisley's woodlands
The paperbark maple, Acer griseum, brings delightful shades of red, copper and bronze
Medlars make wonderful large shrubs or small trees with pretty spring blossom, great autumn col
Well behaved and with a long season of interest, the paperbark maple makes an ideal tree for sm
Asters are a great group of perennials to use in the garden for late-season interest and vibran
Super soft and fluffy, this ornamental grass just demands to be stroked
Liquidambars put on a fabulous display in autumn with fiery oranges, reds and yellows lighting
Vitis coignetiae, also known as the crimson glory vine, is a particularly showy member
Delicate and airy yet tough and shade-tolerant, Japanese anemones light up shady borders
A sea holly with a difference makes a splash in the autumn garden
This hardy plumbago brings fire and ice to the autumn garden
Late summer sees the beautiful broad-leaved chaste tree come into its own
This red hot poker adds fiery tones to the borders
The petunia-like blooms of calibrachoas are perfect for hanging baskets and containers over the
The white bell-shaped flowers of the summer hyacinth stand tall in any border
It may be little known but the giant lily makes a huge addition to any garden
The deep purple, scented flowers of Rosa ‘Tuscany Superb’ AGM have velvety
The bright lime-green Euphorbia cornigera adds contrast to darker plants
One group of plants that encapsulates the very spirit of RHS Garden Harlow Carr, is the ‘
This geranium can flower until October, really earning its pace in the garden
This choisya's clusters of white stars put on a great show in late spring
This pink-leaved beauty stops visitors in their tracks
The eye-catching Himalayan blue poppy has no problem standing out from the crowd in May
Who doesn’t love a plant that is almost too easy?
This Far-Eastern crab apple is one of the finest spring-flowering trees
April is the time for spring flowers and lots of blossom and one plant that catches the eye at
This early-flowering rhododendron makes a beautiful plant with year-round interest
Easy to grow, beautiful and suitable even for small gardens, this magnolia is a star of the spr
Reliable, long-flowering and great for bees and butterflies, this refined version of the flower
Unusual and eye-catching, this plant deserves to be more widely grown
A dependable evergreen steps into the limelight
This lovely little daffodil is one of the earliest flowering and brings a bit of sunshine to th
As the garden emerges from its winter slumber, the bright yellow flowers of an unusual large sh
From silky buds to fragrant balls of yellow
A super-early daffodil brings unseasonal cheer to bleak February days
If you'd like to get going with snowdrops and you're not sure where to start, look no f
So winter in the garden is boring, wet and grey, right? Wrong!
A strange and beautiful plant lurks on the Winter Walk, waiting to confuse and beguile visitors
Winter is cool… sure. But it can be full of hot colours, too
Winter jasmine's bright yellow flowers bring a bit of sunshine to dreary winter days
Cornus bring fantastic, vibrant colour at this time of year and will be a main feature in the n
Some plants make us think of particular times of year, and when it comes to December, the poins
Everyone likes a low-maintenance plant with a long season of interest and skimmias fit the bill
Autumn colour has already been exceptional this year, and the sweet gum or liquidambar from the
Handsome and bright, 'Handsworth New Silver' is the perfect holly to brighten up the wi
Easy to grow, hardy and colourful, who doesn't like 'Red Wine'?
An exquisite spindle that couldn't be easier to grow
Here’s the twist on spiralling stems as the woodland floors glam up for months
If you are looking for bright autumn colours, then you cannot go wrong with this lovely, undema
Purple reigns with the aptly-named beautyberry
This lovely white daisy really stands out among the rich colours of autumn
Months of glorious colour from drought tolerant plants; what's not to like? Come down to Wi
'Mönch' ('monk' in German) is a well-behaved Michaelmas daisy that looks good w
There's a last wave of colour as summer turns to autumn – and one of the best groups
Rudbeckias are fantastic plants for delivering a long flowering display from late summer well i
Frothy, bee-friendly, versatile and fun to grow. Sounds like a perfect garden filler...
Bring a giant ray of sunshine into your garden with this spectacular coneflower
Gorgeous purple flowers over a long period mean that this tender gem is well worth growing
If there was only one hydrangea to recommend for many situations, and to fit all tastes, the wi
These blue and white stalwarts of summer displays give week upon week of colour. But how can yo
This wonderfully scented plant can be used in a variety of ways around the garden
This stunning shrub ticks all the right boxes – colourful foliage and an impressive flora
Go for deep purple with this lovely climber; combine it with fragrant roses for must-have displ
If you're looking for an unusual rose with an interesting history, look no further
Rockets are blasting off in the garden borders: Eremurus robustus is in full spate
Easy to grow with lush foliage and good-looking flowers, this geranium is so great it was selec
A neat, easy-to-grow, evergreen shrub with flowers that look as beautiful as they smell
A perfect shrub for difficult positions in the garden, easy to grow and low maintenance to
A pretty and prehistoric magnolia, but ‘Daybreak’ is no dinosaur
The month of May brings an explosion of colour and shape provided by alliums
The rich, colourful blooms of Pulsatilla are not the only alluring feature of this pla
A Californian beauty gives brilliant blue clouds of flowers – perfect in the April shower
Something to get your teeth into: Erythronium 'Pagoda', dog's-tooth violet
New spring growth, full of promise, stands out in the garden this time of year. One plant in pa
It’s very easy to see how Prunus incisa ‘Kojo-no-Mai’ has been given
It is not just the flowers of wintersweet that makes us want to grow this plant. You need to ta
The bold, bright colours from euphorbias provide a fresh new feel to the gardening year
Perky pulmonarias are such an amazing early spring plant, says horticulturist Russell Watkins
A versatile small rhododendron brings a splash of colour to beds and borders
Daphnes are well known for their heady scent and can be found flowering across all th
An exciting deciduous shrub for the colder months, winter jasmine brightens any border with its
If you are looking for a specimen shrub to perform during the winter months, then you can&rsquo
Dainty little darlings make colourful carpets and potted displays
For those brave enough to venture out, the winter garden has its rewards, as some of nature'
Rich, glossy and fresh; the striking beauty of the Tibetan cherry bark comes to the fore in win
Evergreen and with superbly scented flowers this shrub can fit in even the smallest garden
Don't turn your nose up at this unfortunately-named plant
Enjoying dry shade, with glossy evergreen leaves and scented winter flowers – what more c
As the garden falls into its winter slumber, consider the soft shield fern to provide much need
Cotoneaster ‘Cornubia’ AGM is an unbeatable shrub for winter interest, pro
Liven up your winter garden with the vibrant colour of dazzling dogwood stems
The beauty of bark - the black birch
Liquidambar is a treat for the senses as it bursts with colour and fills the air with sweet sce
Consider compact conifers to enhance your garden planting schemes
Elaeagnus has proved to be a shining star in the November garden
At Harlow Carr, the crimson glory vine is showing us exactly why it is so aptly named
by Jove, a bi-generic hybrid…
Plant an autumn fire to brighten dull days and warm up the darkest corners in the garden
Late summer rays trigger a burst of colour
Bright golden flowers make this plant a ‘must have’ for the back of a wide bo
Panicum 'Northwind' brings a breath of autumn with its delicate sprays of flower and co
When it comes to foxgloves, you won’t find one that can beat the rusty foxglove - i
From the demure to the dazzling – dahlias are a varied bunch
Tall and stately… sometimes. Truly blue… mostly. Beautiful…always. The Afr
Buddleias conjure up images of waste ground and railway tracks, but many cultivars still have a
Treat 'em mean and sedums will carry the garden into autumn
It seems that alchemilla is a bit like Marmite - you either love it or hate it. But whatever yo
A lovely versatile, deciduous hydrangea, producing spectacular, creamy white, spherical flowerh
A hardy, South African aloe is a permanent resident in the Dry Garden at RHS Garden Hyde Hall
What looks like a small foxglove but has staying power all summer? What comes in a range of col
A delightful, scented rose with rich colouring and a wonderful scent graces the borders at RHS
It's no easy task choosing a favourite bloom for June, but this flower carpet of white rose
If you thought speedwells were just weeds, think again. Grow a splash of blue with a saw-leaved
For the first time in years, the towering blue spikes of majestic echiums are swaying in t
I don’t think there is anything in nature that can rival the intense blue of a Himalayan
It’s that time of year when one of the oldest parts of the garden begins to wake up and b
Lithodora diffusa 'Grace Ward' is a fabulous plant for spilling over walls, dr
A sea of blue – an ocean of cool, calm camassias – is the opening scene on Weather
Gardens come alive in May with so many fresh colours brightening up our borders; a wonderful ex
Pearly whites for an April bride: pearlbush ‘The Bride’
Is this the ultimate flower-power hedge?
A spring gem on a wiry stem
An early rhododendron gives bold and brilliant bursting buds
Go-faster daffodils in a rush to reach spring
Elegant fragrant flowers on a beatiful feature tree - a magnolia shines out of the shrubbery
The holly-leaved hellebore is a Mediterranean lime green beauty, perfect for spring...
There's been a beautiful outbreak of horticultural scarlet fever at Harlow Carr
If there’s ever a plant to make you eager for February, the paperbush has got to be it
Enjoy a ray of late winter sunshine with Eranthis hyemalis, the winter aconite
At Hyde Hall there's a scent of the unexpected, with whiffs of delight from a white ‘
On the Winter Walk, an unassuming bush bursts forth with tassels straight from the twenties
The fascination of birch bark provides colourful interest during winter
This month, a ghostly winter willow...
There’s nothing better than a midwinter fire to keep the passion burning
Christmas box is a shrub every gardener should grow – preferably by a door or pathway so
Our choice this month has variously been described as 'cute conifer wearing dreadlocks'
Grown for many a long year here at RHS Garden Rosemoor, Cornus alba 'Sibirica'
Salix alba var. vitellina ‘Yelverton’ - a colourful winter willow
There's plenty to like about this viburnum that flowers for two thirds of the year
The flower we have chosen at Wisley for November is pure paradise...
This is one of those plants, that, once you have it in your garden, you cannot imagine being wi
Mahonias are an extremely useful and versatile plant...
Enjoy a compact, yet elegant, Japanese cedar to brighten an autumn view...
There are a wide variety of crab apples to choose from but this one is a particularly attractiv
The mountain witch alder is floral and fragrant in spring, and a bright and beautiful delight i
This small but extremely delightful alpine plant will light up the garden with its electric-blu
'Beautyberry', a medium-sized deciduous shrub, has to be seen to be believed...
A cultivated variety of our native spindle tree brings shocking colours to the garden
Rooper's red hot poker is one of the late flowering stars of the Hot Garden, giving off war
The hardy plumbago enlivens autumn gardens with its sky blue flowers and dainty leaves
Montbretia 'Solfatare' is a true autumnal star in the borders at Harlow Carr
This glowing, red-flowered bergamot flourishes in the moist, rich soil on the Main Borders at H
If there’s any such thing as a prominent corner, then here’s just the thing for it
The gardeners at Rosemoor love this small shrub because it can be used in so many planting comb
Bog sage, despite its uninspiring name, is wonderfully versatile plant which can be used as a f
What a great garden plant! This salvia flowers with spikes of violet-purple atop glowing, purpl
Plant of the Month for July is the exuberant Helenium 'Sahin's Early Flowerer&
Hyde Hall's plant of the Month for July is a little-known but very beautiful relative of Read more
Plant of the Month for July is a rose bred and named by David Austin, in honour of Harlow Carr
Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘China Girl’ is a great tree for a sm
June is THE month for roses and one of our favourites in the Modern Rose Garden is Rosa Read more
With blooms of acid-bright yellow, mauve, orange and pink, no one could call the Harlow Car hyb
June is the month to enjoy the fabulous aromatic fragrance of Lavender - and at Wisley we
For the people who look after the garden, it is true to say our hearts belong at Wisley. As far
Since way before Rosemoor became an RHS Garden, this special plant was already an established g
Beautiful big drumsticks of purple – now there’s something to catch your eye in the
If you were asked to choose a plant for the month of May, which would you pick? After muc
March plant of the month
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