For the last few days I’ve been buzzing round Britain’s Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, the largest flower show in the world, where I’ve been reporting on various plant related issues.

It’s a wonderful show, with impressive outdoor show gardens and some of the most impressive floral exhibits seen at the Show. The show runs until Sunday and tickets are still available. And I have to say that one of the highlights is a spectacular vegetable and fruit garden.

But here are a few links to my reporting…

New Roses – with the focus on disease resistance
New Flowers – climbers, perennials and annuals
New Food Plants – fruit, veg and herbs (Coming soon)
Planting Combinations  – harmonious planting schemes
Foodie Planting Combinations – attractive plantings of ornamental food plants
Perennials – interesting plantings from around the show

You can access them all from here

And also coming soon is a short video interview featuring some of the most interesting new plants at the Show.

It's a great show, whether you're most interested in plants, gardens or all the ancillary paraphernalia. I came away with a lovely plant of Clematis Reflections™ (‘Evipo035’), raised by Raymond Evison and sold at the show by Taylor's Clematis Nursery, and four crocosmias in softer shades from Trecanna Nursery. I'll be trialling them as possible cut flowers.