Search Plant Finder online
Simply enter the name of the plant. For example: Camellia japonica Angel (or, to widen the search, any part of the name, for example: Camellia or Camellia japonica). Do not include the inverted commas around the cultivar name or other punctuation marks.
You can also search our database online to find that elusive plant and the supplier closest to you.
Or use RHS Nursery Finder to locate specialist nurseries listed in the RHS Plant Finder.
PLEASE NOTE: Nurseries are not charged for their entries in RHS Plant Finder and inclusion in no way implies a value judgement.
RHS Plant Finder
The annual RHS Plant Finder puts gardeners in touch with growers and suppliers of plants – many of them rare &/or unusual. There are more than 70,000 plants in the RHS Plant Finder, a list compiled and updated annually from the catalogues of more than 650 nurseries. The latest edition lists more than 4,000 new plants.
The book is available from the Wisley Bookshop and all good bookshops, priced £14.99; ISBN 978-1-4053-3190-6
Buy online from the Wisley Bookshop
'Britain's number one gardening annual, essential for all serious gardeners.'
How to Cite us
If you find the database useful for your work, please mention it when citing sources of information. It may be cited as 'The Royal Horticultural Society Horticultural Database', available at www.rhs.org.uk
Useful information
If you have any queries regarding RHS Plant Finder – including how to get your nursery listed in the next version – please e-mail: plantfinder@rhs.org.uk
The documents below are taken from the printed edition of the RHS Plant Finder (see above for details). They refer to various plant naming aspects mentioned in the book and are useful to use in conjunction with results of online searches. Any cross-references to page numbers refer to the current edition of the book.
The naming of plants – structure of a plant name
Conservation and the environment (97KB) – invasive species, bringing plants from abroad and CITES
Glossary (146KB)
The Cultivated Plant Code (108KB)
Notes on nomenclature and identification (161KB) – further information about some complex or confusing names; these notes refer to plants that are marked with a ‘N’ to the left of the name
Classification of genera (131KB) – codes for subdivisions of large genera
Reverse synonyms (108KB) – list to find from which genus an unfamiliar plant name has been cross-referred
Collector's references (84KB) – abbreviations following a plant name, refer to the collector(s) of the plant
Finding fruit and vegetables by their botanical name
Drought-tolerant Plants (104KB) – the 2008/09 topical essay
Plant trends (110KB)
Plant pots and sustainability (65KB)
Bibliography (226KB)
Last listed (1.85MB) – all the plants that have been listed in previous issues but which are no longer listed for sale, together with the date they were last listed
Plant Conservation (176KB)
Many of the above links (those with numbers in brackets, indicating the file size) go to Adobe Acrobat pdf documents. To view these documents you will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader. We strongly recommend that you download the latest version to prevent problems viewing the document. This is available free from the Adobe website. Click on the logo to go to the website.
