Tropical & Exotic Plants
This garden hibiscus carries large fully double powder puff like blooms in creamy pure white with a maroon-red centre. With an exotic feel it is ideal in a tropical-style garden but remains equally at home in the herbaceous border. Supplied in a 3 Litre pot.
Rose-of-Sharon deserves more attention for its abundant flowering in mid summer. It comes from east Asia and is absolutely frost hardy. There has been a number of cultivars availablesince its discovery they have various bloom colours shapes and sizes as well as varigated leaves. Ardens is a beautiful shrub with double purple flowers which come out every year beginning in July and not stopping until October. Supplied in approx 2 litre containers.
A very tough variety of Passion Flower with pure white fragrant flowers decorative bright orange fruit in Autumn and attractive foliage. Comstance Eliott Passion flowers provide a really exotic-looking plant with unusual fragrant large white flowers with spiky filaments from July to September. The egg-shaped orange-yellow fruit that follow provide additional interest and nestle among the attractive leaves that are dark green and glossy with an interesting shape. The elegant white passion flower Contance Eliott is a vigorous easy to grow and trouble-free climber that will thrives in hot summers. It will quickly cover a bright south facing wall or fence being particularly suited to a tropical planting scheme. If you do not have best best of positions in terms of sunlight it will also tolerate some shade. Supplied in an approx 2-3 litre containers.
Another rare variety very similar to that above except the large double flowers are pure white. Supplied in a 3Litre pot around 50cms+ tall.
Pair of Standard Hibiscus Trees Supplied as high quality well branched patio trees Special variety with white-blush pink flowers with a crimson heart Fabulous for summer garden colour and interest with tropical looking flowers Perfect in planters either side of a pathway or door to accent your home These Hibiscus plants make spectacular specimens for borders and containers. Fully Hardy Hibiscus Trees - A unique Form Of This Mediterranean Beauty - Guaranteed To Thrive & Survive Outdoors In Your garden! Each one of these stunning trees has been 'grafted' to provide the highest quality strongest growing plants possible providing masses of wonderful summer blooms. You will receive a closely matching pair of well established young trees with an overall height of approx 80-120cms (3-4ft tall). Try grown in pots on your patio or perhaps as a centre piece to any bed or border. A divine plant that will live for decades and be a talking point always!
Pair of Standard Hibiscus Trees Supplied in bud/bursting in to flower Special variety with white-blush pink flowers with a crimson heart Fabulous for summer garden colour and interest with tropical looking flowers Perfect in planters either side of a pathway or door to accent your home These Hibiscus plants make spectacular specimens for borders and containers. Fully Hardy Hibiscus Trees - A unique Form Of This Mediterranean Beauty - Guaranteed To Thrive & Survive Outdoors In Your garden! Each one of these stunning trees has been 'grafted' to provide the highest quality strongest growing plants possible providing masses of wonderful summer blooms. You will receive a closely matching pair of well established young trees with an overall height of approx 3-4ft tall. Try grown in pots on your patio or perhaps as a centre piece to any bed or border. A divine plant that will live for decades and be a talking point always!
The Orange-petaled passion flower is a species native to Autralia and although the purple coloured fruits are not very tasty and pretty inedible it is highly prized and valued for its profusely flowering nature producing masses of salmon-orange flowers. A low growing climber it typically reach 1-2 metres tall it is not hardy but can be grown as a beautiful Patio plant in the summer or used as a houseplant either all year round or just the frosty months. When the flowers open they start off cream colored then over a period of several days the color darkens to a beautiful salmon pink and finally dark red. Supplied in approx 1-2 litre containers.
Passion flowers are probably one of the most unusual and colourful climbing plants grown outdoors in this country. These evergreen climbers will grow rapidly supporting themselves with their tendrils. They are best situated in a warm sunny position in fertile well-drained soil conditions. This hybrid is very hardy vigorous and showy. Supplied in an approx 3 litre containers.
Lightly fragrant the large strikingly beautiful 10cm wide (4”) blooms of this hard to find Passion Flower variety are white-lavender accented by a dark blackish-purple eye in the center - the look is distinctive and it is of course very easy to see from where the name Panda was derived. ‘Panda’ is a vigorous Passion Flower vine that has blooms continuously from late Spring through to Autumn It is perfec to climb on a trellis. This unusual and beautiful passion flower will capture everyones attention with its beautiful blooms. Supplied in approx 1-2 litre containers.
Cycas Revoluta - King Palm UK
King Sago Palm, commonly called Japanese Sago Palm is a very slow-growing palm-like evergreen perennial that has been around for over a million years and possibly longer, hence is regarded as one of the most primitive plants existing on earth. Contrary to the palm-like fronds of this plant, it is not a palm tree rather it is a cycad, one of the most popular species. This is obvious from its Latin name; Cycas Revoluta. Cycas revoluta is a species in the Cyca genus and a member of the Cycadaceae family that is found along hillside thickets and native to the Kyusha and Ryukyu Islands in Japan and Southern China.What is the King Palm Cycas Revoluta?
Cycad King Sago Palm features a rough, brown upright trunk holding up a beautiful rosette of evergreen, arching bipinnate leaves that are 2 to 5 feet long. On each side of the leaves, there are tapered, leathery, deep green to light green leaflets with needle-like tips and revolute edges, hence the name. Because of how slow this plant grows; it is unknown how long it takes to reach its ultimate height but most Sago palms around are about 3 to 10 feet in length and diameter. Furthermore, it is a dioecious plant which means that the male and female plants for reproduction to occur. The male plants can be identified by upright golden-brown inflorescences that are produced while female plants are identified by the tight clusters of red fruit that they produce. Lastly, it is known to be salt, drought, and frost resistant; tolerating temperatures of -6 degrees celsius for short periods, and that makes it a great plant to grow in the UK.Where to buy King Palm Cycas Revoluta In The UK
If you have a shelter protect spot or perhaps a conservatory or glasshouse with enough space this is beautiful passion flower species to enjoy. The deliciously perfumed and splendid looking flowers are produced in abundance almost all year round when well cared for so we recommend growing this passion flower inside in a large planter and providing support to allow it to grow in to a nice specimen - it will reward you with a lot of flowers. In the winter a minimum temperature of 6°C should be sufficient so it need not be kept in a hot dry location - a cool porch or conservatory for the winter rest period would be ideal. Once frost abates outside plunge the planter in a favourite spot in the garden to enjoy the blooms out of doors or perhaps even use on the patio. Supplied in approx 1-2 litre containers.
A show stopping climber is highly sought after. The stunning blooms of this Brazilian vine take on a rich purplebrown hue overlaid with a creamy white patina and exude a soft fragrance. A little fuss is well worth the effort.
Creating an exotic garden here in the temperate climate of Britain is no easy task, but can be achieved. Canna 'Tropicanna Gold' is one plant that looks extremely tropical, but grows fine in the UK. It has large jungle type leaves, and between June and October large, opulent, tangerine-orange flowers bloom on sturdy, upright stems. Indian Shot Plant likes a sunny position and damp soil, so planting near a garden pond, or in well watered planters is ideal. In autumn the tubers can be lifted and stored in a frost free place, such as the shed, and re-planted the following spring. Height: 150cm (60). Spread: 50cm (20).
Hot sunny border? Dry soil? Don't worry, hibiscus is the answer! We've grown 3 unique double-flowered varieties especially for you - and they're not available from anyone else. You'll be counting 100's of blooms on each bush once established
Rose of Sharon always puts on a great display and this cultivar is no exception! From late summer into autumn the showy mauve-blue flowers bring an exotic feel to your garden with their tropical colouring. As the name suggests, Hibiscus syriacus 'Purple Pillar' has a uniquely columnar habit that sets it apart from other hardy Hibiscus.
This variety of Rose Mallow is often praised for its undemanding nature and bushy foliage, but these desirable qualities pale into insignificance compared to the hardy shrub's remarkable flowers. Hibiscus syriacus 'Purple Ruffles' gets its name from its purple-red blooms, each of which comprises two or three layers of delicate petals. The plant is free-flowering from August to October, ensuring that the patio containers and borders in which it grows remain eye-catching well into the autumn. Height: 3m (9'10); Spread: 2m (6'7).
