Award of Garden Merit






Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit




Trials field at the Royal Horticultural Society Garden in Wisley, showing some of the hundreds of varieties assessed for the Award of Garden Merit


The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established annual award for plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). It is based on assessment of the plants' performance under UK growing conditions.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Similar awards


  • 3 Reviews


    • 3.1 Rescission




  • 4 Criteria


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





History


The Award of Garden Merit is a mark of quality awarded, since 1922, to garden plants (including trees, vegetables and decorative plants) by the United Kingdom, Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). Awards are made annually after plant trials intended to judge the plants' performance under UK growing conditions. Trials may last for one or more years, depending on the type of plant being tried out, and may be performed at Royal Horticulture Society Garden in Wisley and other gardens or after observation of plants in specialist collections. Trial reports are made available as booklets and on the website. Awards are reviewed annually in case plants have become unavailable horticulturally, or have been superseded by better cultivars.



Similar awards


The award should not be confused with the Royal Horticulture Society's Award of Merit (AM), given to plants deemed 'of great merit for exhibition' i.e. for show, not garden, plants.[1]


Since 1989, France has had similar awards called the Mérites de Courson, but these are drawn from a limited number of plants submitted by nurserymen to juries at the twice-yearly Journées des Plantes de Courson and awards are based solely on the opinions of the jury members as to the plants' likely performance in French gardens, rather than on extensive trials.



Reviews


The Award of Garden Merit was reviewed in 1992, to increase its usefulness and prestige. Field trial results gained weight in the assessments and existing AGM plants were reviewed in the light of more recent experience. The AGMs were to be reviewed at 10 year intervals from 1992, but this frequency has been increased to annually. The 2012/13 review, with advice from experts such as Royal Horticultural Society's plant committees, specialist societies, Plant Heritage National Collection holders and others, resulted in many changes. Nearly 1,900 plants lost their merit awards and more than 1,400 plants gained awards; the list included 7,073 plants after the review.[2]



Rescission


Plants may be added to the Royal Horticultural Society 'Sunset List' for rescission for several reasons, including unavailability to gardeners, better plants becoming available, affliction by pests or diseases, or insufficient uniformity. [2]



Criteria


To qualify for an Award of Garden Merit, a plant



  • must be available horticulturally

  • must be of outstanding excellence for garden decoration or use

  • must be of good constitution

  • must not require highly specialist growing conditions or care

  • must not be particularly susceptible to any pest or disease

  • must not be subject to an unreasonable degree of reversion.


The "Award of Garden Merit" symbol represents a cup-shaped trophy with handles. It is cited together with a hardiness rating as follows:[2]




  • H1 Requires a heated glasshouse


    • H1a Warmer than 15C/59F: tropical plants for indoors and heated greenhouses


    • H1b 10C/50F to 15C/59F: subtropical plants for indoors and heated greenhouses


    • H1c 5C/41F to 10C/50F: warm temperate plants that can go outdoors in summer




  • H2 1C/34F to 5C/41F: plants that need a frost-free greenhouse in winter


  • H3 -5C/23F to 1C/34F: hardy outside in some regions or situations, or which - while usually grown outside in summer - need frost protection in winter (e.g. dahlias)


  • H4 -10C/14F to -5C/23F: plants hardy outside in most of the UK in an average winter


  • H5 -15C/5F to -10C/14F: plants hardy outside in most of the UK in severe winters


  • H6 -20C/-4F to -15C/5F: plants hardy outside in the UK and northern Europe


  • H7 Colder than -20C/-4F: plants hardy outside in the severest European climates




Echeveria "Perle Von Nürnberg" A winner of the Award of Garden merit.



See also



  • List of Award of Garden Merit flowering cherries

  • List of Award of Garden Merit magnolias

  • List of Award of Garden Merit roses

  • List of Award of Garden Merit sweet peas



References





  1. ^ RHS Plant Finder 2005-2006, Dorling Kindersley (2005) .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
    ISBN 1-4053-0736-6


  2. ^ abc Rice, Graham (20 Mar 2013). "RHS overhauls its plant awards system". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 August 2014.




  • RHS Plant Finder 2005–2006, Dorling Kindersley (2005)
    ISBN 1-4053-0736-6


External links



  • The Royal Horticultural Society's website - Search facility for AGM plants

  • RHS AGM Plant Awards

  • RHS Plant Committees


  • Search for AGM plants The Royal Horticultural Society

  • Complete AGM lists




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