EXBURY gardener Kenny Cox dazzled judges at the Royal Horticultural Society's main camellia show in London.
He walked away with four prizes, including one for a clutch of the garden's beautiful semi-double camellias, which are now in full flower.
Eleven other top prizes went to Exbury Gardens, near Beaulieu, in the New Forest, including a second for a dozen different camellias.
"I couldn't believe we did so well," said Kenny.
"We were up against some very stiff opposition from the best nurseries throughout England."
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