Chelsea Flower Show (1962)

Titles read: "CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW".
London.
Various shots of colourful exhibits at the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show. Princess Alexandra, is shown around on preview day. Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon look at exhibits. We see Harry Wheatcroft, "perhaps the most famous name in rose cultivation" tending some roses.
Other flowers seen in glorious colour include carnations, miniature roses, sweet peas, delphiniums (funny shot of a man walking along carrying a giant delphinium in a pot), orchids, begonias, rhododendrons and azaleas.
FILM ID:1725.1
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