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Plant Selector

If you need a specific plant for a particular situation in your garden, then use our RHS Plant Selector. The database provides descriptions, growing information, advice and photographs for thousands of plants.

Plant Finder

If you’re looking for an elusive plant, use RHS Plant Finder to discover which nurseries supply that plant. There are more than 70,000 plants in our database, so you're sure to find what you're looking for.

Help & advice

We have lots of gardening advice on growing, feeding, pruning and propagating plants, plus details on pests and diseases, as well as a wealth of other hints and tips from the plant and gardening experts.

New AGM lists

Ornamentals list (294 kB pdf)

Fruit and veg list (74Kb pdf)

Full list (Excel document)

RHS hardiness ratings (510kB pdf)

What's your favourite scented plant?

Fill in our quick survey by the end of April 2013 and we will publish results in 2014.

New plants blog

10 award-winning trailing plants

Take a look at Graham Rice's top 10 AGM alpine plants with impact such as Lithodora diffusa 'Heavenly Blue' (above).

Get hold of great garden plants

Source trees and flowers for autumn-planting from nurseries across the UK with the RHS Plant Finder

Buy online from the RHS Books & Gifts Shop

Plant science

Our plant science team of botanists provide a range of services to gardeners, horticulturists and the horticultural industry, including plant registration, upkeep of the RHS Herbarium to plant conservation and RHS Horticultural Database; as well as undertaking plant-based research.

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Latest and greatest plants

Each month plantsman Graham Rice highlights one plant that has recently won an Award of Garden Merit (AGM). Rhubarb chard 'Bali' (above) is the latest plant to receive this award.

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Plants

Plant Selector

Plant Finder