RHS Plant Finder 2027: Find the plants you’re looking for

What’s new in RHS Plant Finder 2027?

The latest edition of RHS Plant Finder is available from 19 September 2026, bringing together the most up-to-date information on plants available to UK gardeners. Whether you’re searching for a favourite plant, looking for something new to grow or locating a specialist supplier, RHS Plant Finder remains an essential resource for gardeners and horticultural professionals alike.

New for 2027:

• 1,800 new plants added to the directory
• Newly revised RHS Plants for Pollinators lists, updated following a review by RHS scientists
• A special feature exploring RHS Plant Trials and the newly renamed RHS Recommended: Award of Garden Merit
• Editor-selected highlights showcasing standout recent introductions across trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, climbers, bulbs and tender plants

Janet Cubey, RHS Editor-in-Chief says: “Once the Plant Directory is finalised, the editorial team love discussing the incredible diversity of plants it contains. We gather notes made throughout the editing process, review the exciting new introductions submitted by nurseries and choose the plants we feel deserve special attention. Gardeners love discovering a new plant, whether it’s completely new to cultivation or simply new to them. We’d like to thank the nurseries who continue to share their latest introductions with us.”

"Gardeners love discovering a new plant, whether it’s completely new to cultivation or simply new to them."

Janet Cubey, RHS Editor-in-Chief

Cream of the crop: The story behind RHS Recommended plants

The RHS Wisley Trials Garden in late summer, showcasing a diverse range of plants under evaluation

A special feature in RHS Plant Finder 2027 explores the newly renamed RHS Recommended: Award of Garden Merit, one of horticulture’s most trusted marks of quality. Previously known as the RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM), it was renamed in 2026 to make its purpose clearer to gardeners and the horticultural industry. Today, more than 7,500 plants hold RHS Recommended: AGM status (with more than 6,000 included in the RHS Plant Finder), helping gardeners choose plants that have been proven to perform well in UK growing conditions.

The feature takes readers behind the scenes of RHS Plant Trials, explaining how plants are assessed by experts and what it takes to earn RHS Recommended status. It also explores recent improvements to the scheme, how gardeners can find award-winning plants and why the award remains an important benchmark for growers, nurseries, retailers and garden designers.

New plant spotlight: Aeonium ‘Jubilee’

Aeonium ‘Jubilee’ showcases sculptural, near-black foliage in a compact container display

One of the standout plants featured in this year’s edition is Aeonium ‘Jubilee’. Bred by Daniel Jackson and launched by Ottershaw Cacti in 2022 to commemorate the late Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, this distinctive succulent was shortlisted for RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year in the same year.

Unlike many dark-leaved aeoniums, it develops a naturally branching habit, forming a compact mound around 35–40cm high and wide. Its glossy, deep coppery-purple  rosettes

Rosettes are the circular arrangement of flower petals; or a cluster of leaves radiating from approximately the same point usually around a stem. Examples include aeonium and most succulent plants, African violets, primula, sempervivums.

 are held on elegant stems, providing year-round colour and structure when grown in frost-free conditions.

About the RHS Plant Finder

First published in 1987, RHS Plant Finder is the UK’s most comprehensive directory of garden plants and suppliers. The 2027 edition includes more than 60,000 plant names and details of more than 340 nurseries across the UK.

The RHS Plant Finder helps you:

• Find specific plants, RHS Recommended: Award of Garden Merit plants, and where to buy them
• Locate specialist and Plant Healthy-certified nurseries across the UK, with contact details, visitor information and mail-order services
• Check current plant names, classifications and hardiness ratings
• Discover new plant introductions, pollinator
  

  Anything that moves pollen e.g. from one flower to another. Insects such as bees are important pollinators.

  -friendly plants and changing plant trends over nearly four decades
• Identify 
  Invasive
  

  Invasive plants are those that grow vigorously, spread rapidly and can out-compete other plants. Native, non-native and cultivated plants can all be invasive.

  plants are those that grow vigorously, spread rapidly and can out-compete other plants. Native
  

  A native plant is one that originated or arrived naturally in a particular place without human involvement. In the British Isles, native plants are those that were here during the last ice age or have arrived unaided since.

  , non-native and cultivated plants can all be invasive.
  invasive plants, including those prohibited from sale
• Find RHS Recommended fruit and vegetable varieties

Lindsay Durrant, RHS Plant Finder Compiler, says: “This directory is the horticultural bible for all gardeners and those working within the horticultural industry who wish to check horticultural nomenclature or find suppliers for the plants they want to buy. Not only is it an invaluable resource for finding garden plants from nurseries and growers, but it also highlights new plant introductions both to the industry and the directory.”

"This directory is the horticultural bible for gardeners and horticultural professionals."

Lindsay Durrant, RHS Plant Finder Compiler

Where to get your copy

Pre-order your copy of the RHS Plant Finder 2027 (ISBN: 9781911666578 | RRP: £16.99) from:

• RHS Garden Centres
• Summerfield Books* – coming soon
• Other leading bookshops​

*Please note: The RHS Plant Finder is made available through Summerfield Books. When ordering online you are leaving the RHS website and will be governed by Summerfield Books’ terms and conditions and privacy policy.