The Duchess of Sussex receives a flower named in her honour

The Duchess of Sussex receives bouquets of flowers at nearly every royal event she attends, and now one has been named in her honour.

The Royal Horticultural Society has named a flower after the 37-year-old, describing the bloom as one that will really "make an impact".

The Meghan is an "exquisite new large-flowering clematis" and features a "rich and opulent magenta-purple flower", according to the UK-based charity's website.

Fittingly, the flower blooms in late spring or early summer in the northern hemisphere – around the time of Prince Harry and Meghan's royal wedding in May.

Clematis Meghan is the latest flower to be named after a member of the Royal Family, a tradition stretching back to the reign of Queen Victoria.

Most recently, a limited-edition violet-blue clematis was named after Prince Louis to mark his royal birth.

Princess Diana has several flowers dedicated in her honour, including a bright pink clematis, a fragrant white rose 'Princess of Wales Rose' and another pink-peach ombre rose.

Queen Elizabeth has a silver-pink rose that was created soon after her coronation, while her mother inspired the 'Queen Mum Agapanthus', a pale-purple African lily with delicate trumpet-shaped flowers.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have several flowers to their names. Prince George has the bright yellow 'Georgie Boy' daffodil and Princess Charlotte was given the light-purple double flowering clematis after her birth in 2015.

But it's not only flowers that receive a royal namesake. In 1902, King Edward VII's coronation coincided with a new potato variety, and the King Edward potato was created – and it’s still one of the UK's most popular varieties.

Meghan's flower has been on sale for a while now but it will be officially launched at the Chelsea Flower Show in May.

And it's not the only royal connection happening over the four-day event.

The Duchess of Cambridge will attend the event, having teamed up with the Royal Horticultural Society and landscape architects Davies White to design and build the 2019 Back to Nature Garden.

The garden will build on Kate's passion for the outdoors and the proven benefits that nature has on physical and mental health, encouraging children, families and communities to "get back to nature".