The RHS Recommended: Award of Garden Merit is an award for plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society. It is based on assessment of the plants' performance under UK growing conditions.
Trials field at the RHS Garden Wisley, showing some of the hundreds of varieties assessed for the RHS Recommended: Award of Garden Merit
Echeveria 'Perle von Nürnberg', a winner of the Award of Garden merit
In botany, a sport or bud sport, traditionally called lusus, is a part of a plant that shows morphological differences from the rest of the plant. Sports may differ by foliage shape or color, flowers,
Award of Garden Merit
…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…
Foliage of a dwarf Alberta spruce (Picea glauca var. albertiana 'Conica'), with a branch showing reversion to the normal Alberta white spruce growth habit of larger leaves and longer internodes.