#showstand

Plant of the Day

Friday 19 July 2019

At the recent Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, UK, a stand was selling plants of Clematis florida ‘Taiga’. This compact, hardy cultivar is the result of the work of Mr Udagawa, a Japanese clematis breeder, who produced a plant with flowers that are layer upon layer of violet petals tipped with white to create a striking contrast. To prune this deciduous climber the stems can be cut back to just above ground level in the winter.

Plant of the Day

Sunday 14 July 2019

A display by Plant Heritage at the Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, UK, showed the diversity of the cultivars of Ginkgo biloba (maidenhair tree) and the species survival over geological time. One of my favourite facts is that this tree species has existed longer than the Atlantic Ocean. The collection holder, Tony Davies, has at least 200 cultivars and the collection is still expanding.

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 16 July 2019

Prize winning Chrysanthemum cultivars from Chrysanthemums Direct on a display stand at the Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, UK. As well as perfect blooms to admire there were small plants for purchase and specialist bags to protect the developing flowers, especially useful when they are being grown for showing.

At the beginning of the month we bustled off to Birmingham for the annual NEC Spring Fair. Thankfully there was only a sprinkling of snow and we saw lots of our regulars on the stand - which was channeling our blog branding 'The House of Disaster'.

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