RHS Chelsea Flower Show - Favourite Show Garden to FLOMO*

As we revel in what may be the only ever September RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Alan Gray of East Ruston Old Vicarage and Thordis share their highlights from the show. Having spent a glorious day perusing the Show Gardens and Floral Pavilion, they've gathered together their favourite plants from, Salvias to succulents, via a plant from Alan's childhood and something brand new this year.

PLANT LIST

Begonia 'Little Brother Montgomery'

Begonia 'Joyful Blaze'

Begonia 'Curly Fireflush'

Begonia 'Rocheart'

Rudbeckia triloba 'Prairie Glow'

Rudbeckia triloba 'Blackjack Gold'

Rudbeckia subtomentosa 'Henry Eilers'

Hesperantha coccinea

Stipa tenuissima

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head'

Sanguisorba 'Blackthorn'

Vernonia arkansana 'Mammuth'

Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora 'Babylon'

Crocosmia 'Emberglow'

Abutilon 'Orange Glow'

Helianthus orgyalis

Heliopsis helianthoides 'Fire Twister'

Diascia 'Lilac Belle'

Diascia 'Denim Blue'

Sempervivum 'Mulberry Wine'

Commelina dianthifolia

Gentiana scabra ‘Blue Heart’

Lychnis wilfordii 'Karafoto'

Roscoea purpurea Darcies Hybrids

x Semponium 'Sienna'

Echeveria 'Moonshadow'

Echeveria runyonii variegata 'Akaihosi' 

Echeveria 'Rainbow'

Aeonium nobile

Aeonium tabuliforme

Agave potatorum 'Kissho Kan'

Fuchsia microphylla 'Silver Lining'

Impatiens sodenii

Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. japonica

Salvia uliginosa

Dahlia 'Verrone's Obsidian'

Dahlia merckii 

Rosa glauca/rubrifolia

Selinum wallichianum

Tulipa sprengeri

Echinacea pallida

Echinacea paradoxa

Hakonechloa macra

Actaea 'Queen of Sheba'

Solidago x luteus 'Lemore'

Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks'

Amsonia tabernaemontana

*FLOMO - Floral/Plant-based Fear Of Missing Out