Each year at Chelsea the RHS invites the public to vote for their favourites in different areas of the show. The winner of each category is the choice that receives the most votes and wins the coveted People’s Choice award.
There are two awards for the RHS Chelsea Plant of the Decade. The first is decided by RHS President Sir Nicholas Bacon, who has participated in the shortlisting for RHS Plant of the Year since 2013 and heads up a panel of experts. The second is decided by the People’s Choice vote.
RHS President's Winner: Streptocarpus ‘Harlequin Blue’
This was the Plant of the Year in 2010. Bred in the UK, it is the first separately bi-coloured Streptocarpus, yellow on the outer petals, contrasting with the blue upper petals. This houseplant has certainly stood the test of time and continues to have appeal. It can flower for up to eight months of the year, is compact and attractive, and likes to be on the dry side between waterings, so is ideal for today’s indoor gardens. Find out more here.
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People's Choice Winner: Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum Kilimanjaro Sunrise (‘Jww5’)
A multi-stemmed, upright, compact, slow-growing shrub, exhibited by Burncoose Nurseries, with very pretty, white-flushed-pink lacecap-like flowers appearing on its tiered branches in early summer. Find out more here.
For more information:
Royal Horticultural Society
www.rhs.org.uk
