Photos, from top: RHS / Carol Sheppard (Tulipa ‘Prinses Irene’); RHS / Suzanne Drew (T. saxatilis ‘Lilac Wonder’); RHS / Philippa Gibson (T. ‘Little Beauty’).

RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM)

rhs.org.uk/AGMplants

For the full list of AGM plants visit:

RHS Registered Charity No: 222879 / SC038262

R see overleaf for key to codes and hardiness ratings.

15 ‘Ad Rem’ (4) (H6)93 ‘Alfred Cortot’ (12) (H6)97 ‘Ali Baba’ (14) (H6)97 altaica (15) (H6)93 ‘Ancilla’ (12) (H6)99 ‘Angélique’ (11) (H6)08 ‘Angels Wish’ (5) (H6)93 ‘Apeldoorn’s Elite’ (4) (H6)99 ‘Apricot Beauty’ (1) (H6)93 ‘Apricot Parrot’ (10) (H6)97 ‘Arma’ (7) (H6)95 ‘Artist’ (8) (H6)93 aucheriana (15) (H5)93 ‘Ballade’ (6) (H6)95 ‘Ballerina’ (6) (H6)99 ‘Barcelona’ (3) (H6)08 ‘Beau Monde’ (3) (H6)15 ‘Belle du Monde’ (5) (H6)08 bifloriformis ‘Starlight’ (15) (H6)93 ‘Big Chief’ (4) (H6)95 ‘Black Parrot’ (10) (H6)95 ‘Blue Heron’ (7) (H6)10 ‘Burning Heart’ (4) (H6)95 ‘Calgary’ (3) (H6)10 ‘Calgary Flames’ (3) (H6)97 ‘Calypso’ (14) (H6)15 ‘Canasta’ (7) (H6)97 ‘Candela’ (13) (H6)10 ‘Cape Town’ (1) (H6)93 ‘Capri’ (4) (H6)99 ‘Carnaval de Nice’ (11/v) (H6)10 ‘Casa Grande’ (14) (H6)95 ‘China Pink’ (6) (H6)95 ‘China Town’ (8) (H6)

93 clusiana var. chrysantha (15) (H5)

99 — ‘Cynthia’ (15) (H6)15 — var. stellata (15) (H6)10 ‘Coors’ (14) (H6)93 ‘Corsage’ (14) (H6)99 ‘Crystal Beauty’ (7) (H6)97 ‘Czaar Peter’ (14) (H6)97 ‘Daydream’ (4) (H6)15 ‘Diamond Jubilee’ (3) (H6)95 ‘Don Quichotte’ (3) (H6)97 ‘Donald Duck’ (14) (H6)08 ‘Dordogne’ (5) (H6)95 ‘Dreamland’ (5) (H6)10 ‘Drumline’ (11) (H6)93 ‘Early Harvest’ (12) (H6)97 ‘Easter Surprise’ (14) (H6)99 ‘Esperanto’ (8/v) (H6)10 ‘Evening Breeze’ (3) (H6)15 ‘Exotic Sun’ (7/d) (H6)95 ‘Fancy Frills’ (7) (H6)93 ‘Fantasy’ (10) (H6)93 ‘Fidelio’ (3) (H6)97 ‘Fire Queen’ (3) (H6)15 ‘Flaming Baltic’ (7) (H6)99 ‘Flaming Youth’ (13) (H6)15 ‘Foxtrot’ (2) (H6)99 ‘Fringed Beauty’ (7) (H6)99 ‘Fringed Elegance’ (7) (H6)99 ‘Friso’ (3) (H6)10 ‘Gavota’ (3) (H6)99 ‘Gerbrand Kieft’ (11) (H6)15 ‘German Flag’ (14) (H6)97 ‘Glück’ (12) (H6)

Tulip AGMs 2015Plants that perform

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10 ‘Grand Perfection’ (3) (H6)95 ‘Grand Style’ (5) (H6)93 ‘Halcro’ (5) (H6)15 ‘Helmar’ (3) (H6)08 ‘Honky Tonk’ (15) (H6)15 ‘I to Holland’ (7) (H6)15 ‘In Love’ (3) (H6)97 ‘Ivory Floradale’ (4) (H6)97 ‘Juan’ (13) (H6)10 ‘Kiev’ (14) (H6)93 ‘Kingsblood’ (5) (H6)93 kolpakowskiana (15) (H6)15 ‘La Douce France’ (5) (H6)08 ‘Lady Jane’ (15) (H6)95 ‘Lambada’ (7) (H6)93 linifolia (15) (H5)93 — Batalinii Group (15) (H5)95 — — ‘Bright Gem’ (15) (H5)04 — — ‘Red Hunter’ (15) (H6)97 ‘Little Beauty’ (15) (H6)08 ‘Little Princess’ (15) (H6)10 ‘Little Star’ (15) (H6)08 ‘Louvre’ (7) (H6)97 ‘Marit’ (4) (H6)93 ‘Maureen’ (5) (H6)08 ‘Menton’ (5) (H6)15 ‘Moneymaker’ (6) (H6)93 ‘Monte Carlo’ (2) (H6)08 ‘Moonlight Girl’ (6) (H6)15 ‘Mother’s Love’ (14) (H6)93 ‘My Lady’ (4) (H6)15 ‘Nirvana’ (11) (H6)99 ‘Ollioules’ (4) (H6)97 ‘Olympic Flame’ (4) (H6)93 ‘Orange Bouquet’ (3) (H6)97 ‘Orange Emperor’ (13) (H6)97 ‘Orange Princess’ (11) (H6)93 ‘Oranje Nassau’ (2) (H6)95 ‘Oranjezon’ (4) (H6)97 ‘Oratorio’ (14) (H6)97 ‘Oriental Beauty’ (14) (H6)99 orphanidea Whittallii Group (15)

(H6)93 ‘Oxford’ (4) (H6)93 ‘Parade’ (4) (H6)10 ‘Passionale’ (3) (H6)10 ‘Paul Scherer’ (3) (H6)08 ‘Peppermintstick’ (15) (H6)97 ‘Pink Impression’ (4) (H6)08 ‘Pirand’ (13) (H6)93 ‘Plaisir’ (14) (H6)93 praestans ‘Fusilier’ (15) (H6)97 ‘Princesse Charmante’ (14) (H6)

97 ‘Prins Carnaval’ (1) (H6)93 ‘Prinses Irene’ (3) (H6)97 ‘Purissima’ (13) (H6)93 ‘Red Georgette’ (5) (H6)15 ‘Red Hat’ (7) (H6)97 ‘Red Impression’ (4) (H6)97 ‘Red Paradise’ (1) (H6)10 ‘Red Princess’ (11) (H6)93 ‘Red Riding Hood’ (14) (H6)95 ‘Red Shine’ (6) (H6)95 ‘Red Wing’ (7) (H6)10 ‘Reputation’ (3) (H6)15 ‘Royal Gift’ (6) (H6)10 ‘Russian Princess’ (4) (H6)15 ‘Sanne’ (3) (H6)95 saxatilis ‘Lilac Wonder’ (15) (H6)15 ‘Seadov’ (3) (H6)10 ‘Sensual Touch’ (7) (H6)99 ‘Sevilla’ (3) (H6)93 ‘Showwinner’ (12) (H6)93 ‘Sorbet’ (5) (H6)93 sprengeri (15) (H6)93 ‘Spring Green’ (8) (H6)08 ‘Spryng’ (3) (H6)93 ‘Stockholm’ (2) (H6)93 ‘Stresa’ (12) (H6)99 ‘Strong Gold’ (3) (H6)99 ‘Synaeda King’ (6) (H6)93 tarda (15) (H5)93 ‘Temple of Beauty’ (5) (H6)15 ‘Timeless’ (3) (H6)08 ‘Tinka’ (15) (H6)93 ‘Toronto’ (14) (H6)97 ‘Trinket’ (14) (H6)93 turkestanica (15) (H5)15 ‘United States’ (14) (H6)93 urumiensis (15) (H5)15 ‘Vincent van Gogh’ (7) (H6)97 vvedenskyi ‘Tangerine Beauty’

(15) (H6)95 ‘White Triumphator’ (6) (H6)95 ‘Wildhof’ (3) (H6)95 ‘Wirosa’ (11) (H6)15 ‘Wisley’ (5) (H6)99 ‘World Expression’ (5) (H6)10 ‘World’s Favourite’ (4) (H6)10 ‘Yellow Baby’ (2) (H6)10 ‘Yellow Pompenette’ (11) (H6)97 ‘Yellow Purissima’ (13) (H6)93 ‘Zampa’ (14) (H6)

The AGM criteria

Intended as a practical guide for the gardener, the AGM is awarded only to plants that are:

•excellent for ordinary use in appropriate conditions•available•of good constitution•essentially stable in form

and colour•reasonably resistant to pests

and diseases

Hardiness ratings

The hardiness rating is an integral part of the AGM, and should be included in any citation of the award:

H5 hardy: cold winter (−15C to −10C)

H6 hardy: very cold winter (−20C to −15C)

Classification codes

(1) Single Early Group (2) Double Early Group (3) Triumph Group (4) Darwin Hybrid Group (5) Single Late Group (6) Lily-flowered Group (7) Fringed Group (8) Viridiflora Group (9) Rembrandt Group (10) Parrot Group (11) Double Late Group (12) Kaufmanniana Group (13) Fosteriana Group (14) Greigii Group (15) Miscellaneous

(d) double(v) variegated

Figures to the left of hardiness ratings give the year of the award.

Tulip AGMs 2015 (ctd)