RHS Shades of Autumn Show 2012

By Alternativeeden @markngaz
The last RHS plant show for the year, how quick time flies! It seems only a few months since the show season started back in February at the Horticultural Halls in London, and now the season closes, once again in the same location. It has come full circle indeed and that's it now for this year.

And since I work in Central London I took the opportunity to visit this ongoing show after work today to see the exhibits as well as check out what plants are on offer. I'll let the photos do most of the talking from here on...

RHS Shades of Autumn Show 2012

Dahlias galore! This display is the first one to greet you the moment you step inside Lawrence Hall

RHS Shades of Autumn Show 2012

Aeschynanthus 'Hot Flash'

RHS Shades of Autumn Show 2012

Streptocarpus 'Lyndee'

RHS Shades of Autumn Show 2012

Streptocarpus 'Harlequin Lace'

Coleus can provide late season color to the garden, right until the first frosts.

Some autumn produce...

Who says Autumn isn't colourful


Colourful Heucheras and Heucherellas! Evergreen and hardy, they are useful for adding color to a garden even in winter

This one especially caught my eye - Heucherella 'Solar Power'

Nerine sarniensis 'Red Pimpernel'

Nerine bowdenii 'Ostara'


Buddleja glomerata 'Silver Service'

Like or loathe? Nandina domestica 'Ohime'

Ohh Freaky!! not..

Impatiens bicaudata

Oh and more Dahlias. Such cheerful blooms!

Dahlia 'Honka', Strange flower and an ever stranger name!


What would autumn be without grasses?


Great color on this one! Coprosma 'Pacific Sunset'

Tillandsia display (with a well deserved gold medal too!)

Tillandsia tectorum


Tough Alpines, lovely troughs! Can pick one or two ideas from here...


Nice!

Very nice!!


Some autumn and winter flowering bulbs on display...


Colchicums!

And speaking of shades of autumn...


Ginkgo biloba bonsai



And to cap it off...


More Dahlias!

It's nice to see so many cheerful blooms, lush greenery, and yes, autumn colours on such a typically dreary autumnal London day. And as I left the hall I could almost hear myself saying Roll on Spring 2013!
Mark :-)