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A Celebration of Snowdrops (and a few more choice beauties) at the RHS London Early Spring Show

Categories Camellias, Fragrant plants, General comment, Hellebore, Plants for a shady garden?, RHS London Show, RHS WIsley, Seasonal colour, shade, Snowdrops (Galanthus), spring flowering, Spring Garden, White Garden, Winter Garden, Woodland Garden2 Comments on A Celebration of Snowdrops (and a few more choice beauties) at the RHS London Early Spring Show

Well this is either going to be your thing, or not - one huge gallery of snowdrops from the RHS Early Spring Show in the Horticultural Halls in London which ran over the past couple of days. Harveys Garden Plants uppermost, and W&S Lockyer providing the most excitement. A few Hippeastrums in there too from…

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Newchurch Nerines at the RHS Autumn Show – quite the starry display – and everything else in the halls – and a tour of London, as a bonus…

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Ken Hall has brought his Nerine sarniensis hybrid collection - or a very little part of it - to the RHS Halls in London for the Autumn show and this display is undoubtedly been the highlight of the show for me. The bar was not set very high, I should say - it was a…

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A little look at the 2016 London RHS Early Spring Show

Categories Architectural Plants, Bulbs, container gardening, Fragrant plants, General comment, Seasonal colour, Snowdrops (Galanthus), spring flowering, Winter Garden1 Comment on A little look at the 2016 London RHS Early Spring Show

Walking through Pimlico and the outskirts of Westminster, after crossing Vauxhall Bridge (see the Duck tours amphibious vehicle), heading towards Vincent Square and the horticultural halls hosting the first of the RHS London Shows this year.... The RHS Early Spring Show Beautiful blue skies and bright sunshine (yesterday), the first day of the show. Magnolias…

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The RHS Great London Plant Fair 2013

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I ventured out into a chill London afternoon, after a roundabouts stroll across London, for the RHS Great London Plant Fair (their title, not mine). I'm glad I made the effort (Mike Parks Books my only purchasing opportunity though) but it was quite a quiet affair, fewer people than I have seen in these dramatic…

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