19-05-2025
Chelsea Flower Show 2025 review: come on guys, where's the excitement?
The signature plant of the Chelsea Flower Show 2025 will be the Aloidendron dichotomum, known as the quiver tree, a massive candelabrum-like succulent planted en masse and standing tall against the sky, on the stand from the Newt in Somerset, the show's main sponsor. In fact the entire event is a dichotomy — outside all is quietly discreet and probably forgettable, but in the marquee is so much that is African and dazzling.
Marquee first then. Cape Flora of South Africa is showing a veritable mountain of fabulous flowers — proteas and Leucospermums by the thousand are pierced by a watery cave of Cape primroses.
Nurseries have followed suit: Gardeners Delight is offering an agapanthus called 'Zambezi', which is on the shortlist for plant
