Exhibitors
New plant launches
Many nurseries use the RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park to showcase their new plant launches for the year.
Agapanthus 'Blue Crane'. Image: Martin Mulchinock
Blacksmiths Cottage Nursery
Blacksmiths Cottage Nursery, which grows cottage garden, drought-tolerant, peat-free perennial plants showed Agapanthus 'Blue Crane' for the first time. A. 'Blue Crane' has been named after the crane, a South African bird, which Blacksmiths thought was appropriate for a South African plant.
Zinnia Zesty. Image: Ball Colegrave
Ball Colegrave
Plant supplier to the National Flower Bed Competition, Ball Colegrave, has introduced
a number of new plants that are used in the displays for the competition:
- Angelonia Serena®
- Argyranthemum Madeira™
- Calibrachoa Cabaret
- Impatiens Fanfare™
- Pelargonium Designer
- Petunia Easy Wave™
- Verbena Aztec™
- Zinnia Zesty
Classic Landscapes of Sale
Lettuce 'Marshall'. Image: Martin MulchinockThe company's show garden used new cultivars from Suttons:
- Tomato 'Apero' F1
- Lettuce 'Marshall'
- Sweet pepper 'Beaver Dam'
- Plum 'Beauty'
Mickfield Hostas
Mickfield Hostas (recently recognised with NCCPG National Collection designation) introduced a number of new cultivars:
Hosta ‘Atlantis’. Image: Mickfield Hostas
Hosta ‘Clifford’s Stingray’. Image: Mickfield Hostas
Hosta ‘Clifford’s Stingray’. Image: Mickfield Hostas
- ‘Atlantis’
- ‘Clifford’s Stingray’
- ‘Corkscrew’
- ‘Enterprise’
- ‘Eye Catcher’
- ‘Kinbotan’
- ‘Olympic Glacier’
- ‘Paradise Expectations’
- ‘Robin Hood’
- ‘Stepping Out’
- ‘Time Tunnel’
Hosta ‘Paradise Expectations’. Image: Mickfield Hostas
Hosta ‘Stepping Out’. Image: Mickfield Hostas
Hosta ‘Time Tunnel’. Image: Mickfield Hostas
