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NEW PLANTS AND PLANT LISTThe Chelsea Flower Show is the premiere gardening show in the world and plants are launched here from all corners of the globe. Hillier have seen the launch of many world-beating plants like Choisya Aztec Pearl and Ceanothus Blue Mound over the years. This year is no exception there are two new fabulous new plants on show.
This is an exciting new digitalis hybrid raised at Hillier Nurseries by expert propagator and plantsman Alan Postill; one of series of crosses involving the ground-breaking Digitalis 'Saltwood Summer' shown in The Artist's Garden in 2002. 'Serendipity' shows the fascinating split tubular flowers and delicately waved petals which give this strain of foxgloves their orchid like appearance. It forms a strong rosette of mid-green leaves and produces tall flower spikes reaching 1.2m or more. Planted early in the season it will establish quickly and can either be left to bloom and set seed, some of which will be fertile, or it can be cut back immediately after flowering to form a multi-headed rosette which will produce several spikes the next year. Naturally flowering in June it is a lovely plant for naturalistic planting schemes or to associate with roses and perennials in a mixed border.
A wonderful new Philadelphus with slender stems and small, narrow, silver-green leaves, forming an airy shrub up to 1.2m in height. The arching stems carry delicate, downward-facing, white flowers softly blotched with deep crimson in the centre of the flower around golden stamens. The scent is heavy, sweet and delicious and stronger than that of most other mock oranges. The plant requires no regular pruning; some of the flowering stems can be removed immediately after flowering every few years to preserve the airy nature of this wonderful shrub. An excellent plant for an open sunny position, good on dry soil, excellent on chalk but will grow on any soil type. 'Sweet Clare', named after Maurice's daughter, was discovered in the garden of plantsman Maurice Foster by John Hillier. Managing Director Andy McIndoe spotted the plant's potential after planting it in his garden.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2010 - Plant List Acer palmatum ‘Deshojo’ Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Crimson Queen’ Acer palmatum ‘Dissectum’ Acer palmatum ‘Katsura’ Acer palmatum ‘Osakazuki’ Acer palmatum ‘Sango-kaku’ Acer palmatum ‘Yezo-nishiki’ Acer palmatum ‘Asahi-zuru’ Acer palmatum ‘Atropurpureum ‘ Acer palmatum ‘Beni-schichihenge’ Acacia baileyana ‘Purpurea’ Acacia dealbata ‘Gaulois Astier’ Acacia longifolia Actinidia pilosula Albizia julibrissin ‘Summer Chocolate’ Aquilegia ‘Red Hobbit’ Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Black Barlow’ Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Blackcurrant Ice’ Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Nora Barlow’ Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Red Barlow’ Aquilegia vulgaris ‘White Barlow’ Aquilegia vulgaris ‘William Guiness’ Aquilegia ‘Winky Blue-White’ Aquilegia ‘Winky Double Blue-White’ Arbutus unedo ‘Atlantic’ Astelia banksii Astelia chathamica ‘Silver Spear’ Beschorneria yuccoides ‘Quicksilver’ Ceanothus arboreus ‘Trewithen Blue’ Ceanothus ‘Concha’ Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ Cercis canadensis ‘Hearts of Gold’ Cercis siliquastrum ‘Bodnant’ Chamaerops humilis var. argentea Cistus obtusifolius ‘Thrive’ Convolvulus cneorum Coprosma ‘Evening Glow’ Coprosma repens ‘Pacific Night’ Cordyline australis ‘Torbay Dazzler’ Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Sunset’ Cornus florida ‘Rainbow’ Cornus kousa ‘China Girl’ Cornus kousa ‘Teutonia’ Crinodendron hookerianum Cynara cardunculus Cytisus battandieri ‘Yellow Tail’ Cytisus ‘Boskoop Ruby’ Cytisus ‘Lena’ Cytisus ‘Luna’ Cytisus praecox ‘Albus’ Dianthus ‘Candy Floss’ Dianthus ‘Fire Star’ Dianthus ‘Iced Gem’ Dianthus ‘India Star’ Dianthus ‘Passion’ Dianthus ‘Romance’ Dianthus ‘Showgirl’ Dianthus ‘Slap ‘n’ Tickle’ Dianthus ‘Starburst’ Dianthus ‘Tickled Pink’ Dianthus ‘Neon Star’ Digitalis purpurea ‘Sutton’s Apricot’ Drimys winteri Dryopteris affinis ‘Cristata The King’ Dryopteris erythrosora Dryopteris filix-mas ‘Victorae’ Dryopteris wallichiana Elaeagnus ‘Quicksilver’ Enkianthus campanulatus Eucalyptus gunnii Eucalyptus perriniana Euonymus japonicus ‘Kathy’ Fatsia japonica Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’ Griselinia littoralis ‘Variegata’ Heuchera ‘Licorice’ Heuchera ‘Midnight Rose’ Heuchera ‘Peach Flambe’ Heuchera ‘Tiramisu’ Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’ Lavandula ‘Papillon’ Lavandula ‘Tiara’ Phormium ‘Alison Blackman’ Phormium ‘Jester’ Pittosporum eugenioides ‘Variegatum’ Pittosporum ‘Garnettii’ Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Irene Paterson’ Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Silver Queen’ Primula beesiana Primula bulleyana Primula japonica ‘Miller’s Crimson’ Primula japonica ‘Postford White’ Rhamnus alaternus ‘Argenteovariegata’ Solanum crispum ‘Glasnevin’ Solanum laxum ‘Album’ Viburnum plicatum ‘Pink Beauty’ Viburnum plicatum ‘Mariesii’ Vinca major ‘Wojo’s Jem’ Vinca minor ‘Illumination’ Roses Crown Princess Margareta Golden Celebration Molineux Pat Austin Darcey Bussell Lady Emma Hamilton Munstead Wood Port Sunlight Princess Alexandra of Kent Summer Song Young Lycidas Rhododendrons Firelight Kabarett Albert Schweitzer Lord Roberts Nova Zembla Roseum Elegans Horizon Monarch Delta Mrs T H Lowinsky Purple Passion Roseum Elegans Homebush Klondyke Mount St Helens Arneson Gem Azaleodendron (lilac) Cannon’s Double Fireball Gibraltar Glowing Embers Jolie Madame Northern Hi-Lights Blue Danube Corany Cornus alba ‘Aurea’ Photinia ‘Red Robin’ Betula ‘Fascination’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Zlatia’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Rowanii’ Betula utilis ‘Jermyns’ Cupressus arizonica ‘Glauca’ Ilex koehneana ‘Chestnut Leaf’ Metasequoia ‘Goldrush’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum Platanus orientalis ‘Minaret’ Pinus pinea Fagus sylvatica Acer platanoides ‘Crimson Sentry’ Acer platanoides ‘Globusum’ Zelkova serrata Prunus cerasifera ‘Nigra’ Cupressus sempervirens Acer palmatum dissectum Acer palmatum ‘Siminishiki’
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