Yahoo Movies This was the Chelsea Flower Show's 'Plant of the Decade' and where to buy it
The Chelsea Flower Show named its Plant of the Decade, in celebration of 10 years of its Plant of the Year competition, in 2020.
The Plant of the Year competition first launched in 2010 and, each year, saw one impressive creation honoured with a prize. To mark a decade of the awards in 2020, the RHS announced a special Plant of the Decade winner.
This meant that the ten past Plant of the Year winners battled it out for the new prestigious title, through a people's choice vote, and one came out on top.
As well as these titles, the event awards a number of medals and accolades recognising excellence in a variety of other areas.
There are prizes for the best garden products, the RHS Floristry and Floral Design competition and, of course, prizes for the overall Chelsea Garden Show winners, which are divided into a number of categories. As well as the traditional Show Gardens, there are also balcony gardens celebrating smaller spaces and even a new category for 2022, All About Plants. 2021 even saw the introduction of Houseplant Studios, which create indoor gardening displays.
Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Decade
That Plant of the Decade winner was 2015's Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum Kilimanjaro Sunrise ('Jww5').
While the shrub with pretty white flowers has been been voted the nation's favourite, it was 2010 plant Streptocarpus 'Harlequin Blue' with its blue and yellow petals, which was named the RHS President's Winner.
In 2019, Sedum takesimense 'Atlantis' took the Plant of the Year top spot.
According to Chelsea organisers the sedum topped the list because it’s: "An attractive, easy to grow, versatile and multi-functional plant."
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The sedum ticks many boxes for gardeners as it’s drought resistant and its flowers are attractive to insect pollinators.
It was discovered on the banks of Lake Michigan by Dave Mackenzie, who specialises in plants for ground cover, green roofs and walls.
Growing to 30cm high, its yellow flowers bloom from June to September.
In second place for the 2019 show was a very different plant from the winner, Digitalis x valinii 'Firebird'.
The plant has a 90cm spike of vibrant red, pink and apricot flowers and blooms from May to October.
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In third place was Agapanthus 'Fireworks', with two tone flowers sporting a blue base and white tips and is suited to containers and borders. It flowers from July to September.
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