Hampton Court Flower Show 2021
The RHS Hampton Court Flower Show was back with a vengeance this year! The show was very much centred on community gardening and encouraging beginners, with a new category, Get Started Gardens, for first time designers. Star plants this year were Eryngiums, Leucanthemums, Achillea, Alliums and Lupins, with Dianthus seemingly everywhere and Salvia continuing its upward trend. We’ve curated this collection of Hampton Court favourites so you can get the look of the UK’s most stylish gardens at home. Click for inspiration from the pick of the show.
Best Show Garden: The Cancer Research UK Legacy Garden
This garden, designed by Tom Simpson, won Best Show Garden, the Gold medal and the People’s Choice Award. Based on the infinity symbol, its centrepiece is a serene curved wooden boardwalk enhanced by a meandering water feature. Cool birch trees provide shade to sit and reflect, while purple Salvia and pink Echinacea rise from lush green grasses in the colourful meadow-style planting scheme.
Best Lifestyle Garden: A Place to Meet Again
The theme of this Silver-Gilt medal winning garden is upcycling, and it features re-used scaffold boards, water tanks and brass taps. The simple green and white planting scheme promotes a feeling of calm and is easy to replicate at home. We particularly loved the planting at different levels throughout the garden, with tall Agapanthus emerging from Achillea and Gaura, and the underplanting of low-growing Hosta, Astrantia and Heuchera beneath the shade of a glorious Silver Birch.
Stars of the Show
Other gardens which made a big impact were the Scandinavian inspired Friluftsliv (open air living) Garden planted with Rudbeckia, Gaura and Astrantia, and the RHS No Dig Demonstration Allotment, which reflected the massive increase in grow-your-own culture which has flourished during the pandemic and showcased the best in fruit and vegetables. In the Floral Marquee, trending plants included Heuchera and Penstemon, with a real buzz around new varieties of Peonies.
Fantastic pink flower spires for added summer delight
- Profusions of hot pink flowers in summer
- Vibrant green foliage with hints of silver
- RHS Award of Garden Merit Winner
- Buy an almost mature plant of significant size
Add a dash of lime to your garden space
- Stunningly vibrant lime-green leaves all year round
- RHS Award of Garden Merit Winner
- Adds year-round vibrance to your garden space
- Buy an almost mature plant of significant size
Spread some Marmalade to make the garden sweeter
- Incredible two-toned red and orange foliage
- RHS Award of Garden Merit Winner
- Hardy evergreen perennial
- Adds year-round vibrance to your garden space
Deepest, darkest leaves all year-round
- Dark purple foliage that maintains colour all year
- Hardy evergreen perennial
- Low-growing, amazing for vigorous ground-cover
- Produces spires of tiny white and pink flowers
Powerfully pink blooms from a super tough plant
- Magenta pink flowers with stunning cone centres
- Flowers all summer long
- Create a wild flower meadow aesthetic
- Great plant for the middle of borders and beds
Juicy-red leaves to give your garden some exotic splendor
- Rich red foliage with a hint of berry purple
- Low-growing, amazing for vigorous ground-cover
- Buy an almost mature plant of significant size
- Produces tiny pink flowers in the summer
Bursts of sunshine blooming from the ground
- Bright yellow flowers with incredible cone centres
- Blooms in dense profusions of flowers
- Flowers all summer long
- Attractive green foliage gives great ground cover
Mounds of massive daisies all Summer long
- Huge White daisy-like flowers
- Flowers in July and August
- Makes a brilliant container feature
- Very easy to grow and care for
Beautifully scented White and Wine-Red Blooms
- White and Wine-Red flowers
- Blooms from June to September
- Stunning in pots or borders
- Cottage Garden favourite
A hundred pink kisses growing from the ground
- Profusions of sweet multi-toned pink flowers
- Attractive dark green and silver foliage
- Perfect plant for the front of borders and beds
- Flowers all Summer long!
Add some unique darkness to your garden
- Rich, dark, purple foliage throughout the seasons
- Gives an exotic vibrance to your garden all year
- Low-growing, amazing for vigorous ground-cover
- Buy an almost mature plant of significant size
Deep purple large-leaved Heuchera
- Lily white flowers on Rose pink stems
- Flowers from June to August
- Brings texture and colour to a shady border
- Fabulous feature in pots
Outstanding Scent and flowers all Summer
- Clouds of Fluffy White flowers
- Flowers from June to September
- Perfect scented plant for patios
- Cottage Garden favourite
The deepest of Violet purple Salvias
- Deepest Violet Purple flowers on upright stems
- Flowers from June to October
- Adds structure to a Cottage Garden border
- RHS Plants For Pollinators certified
Add a splash of blazing colour to the summer
- Crimson red bell-shaped flowers on dark stems
- Flowers from June to September
- Adds blazing colour to a Cottage Garden border
- Attracts bees and butterflies
Beautiful Blackcurrant toned Heuchera
- Cherry Pink flowers on tall stems
- Flowers from June to August
- Ideal for a shady border
- Fabulous feature in pots
Plant a meadow of red fire
- Fiery candy red flowers with stunning centres
- Blooms in dense profusions of flowers
- Flowers all summer long
- Great plant for the middle of borders and beds
Fabulous and Flamingo coloured
- Flamingo pink flowers standing in bright green foliage
- Long flowering period from June to September
- Perfect for an eye catching patio display
- Perfect for Pollinators
Bold Scarlet border favourite
- Dozens of little scarlet flowers with butter yellow centres
- Flowers from June to October
- Fantastic feature plant for pots
- Perfect for pollinators
Vibrant green Heuchera with Coral red flowers
- Intense, sweet scented Coral red flowers
- Flowers from June to August
- Vibrant groundcover plant for borders
- Perfect patio feature in a container
Shasta Daisy with double blooms
- Double White flowers with a Golden yellow eye
- Blooms though July and August
- Perfect for beds and borders
- Hardy and easy to care for
Fluffy White pompom shaped Shasta Daisy
- Fluffy White pompoms with yellow centres
- Flowers throughout July and August
- A splash of sunshine in borders
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- Flowers throughout July and August
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- Flowers throughout July and August
- Makes a brilliant container feature
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