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The well known florists Gardenia with pure white double flowers and a scent that will fill a room from a single bloom. Prefers soft water conditions and dislikes alkaline potting compost. It can be successfully grown in doors but they seem to do better in semi shade in a warm humid conservatory or greenhouse and brought indoors while in flower. One of our favourite greenhouse shrubs.

A beautiful climbing Lily with stunning crimson and yellow flowers. Best grown each year from the fat underground tubers, which are delicate and need storing dry in a warm place indoors before starting into growth again the following spring. Easily grown from seed it will attain 5ft to 6ft in a large pot in a sunny position given rich soil. Note: we  also sell Gloriosa tubers

A shrub often used in hedging in the tropics because of the small spines at the leaf axles, but these are not really a problem and far less thorny than bougainvillea! It grows quite quickly and produces terminal flower clusters in yellow and brown which is what caught our eye in Barbados. Peculiar seeds that do not look viable but fairly easy from seed and the plant can be kept in trim with pruning.

Hamelia patens, a fast growing scrambling shrub like plant, flowers late spring to early autumn and the flowers are bright orangish-red borne in clusters. The stems and flower stalks also have a red hue. The Firebush from Mexico is heat and drought tolerant and requires good drainage and a hot sunny position. Very popular with butterfly collectors that love the nectar. (The butterflies not the collectors!)

Fabulous large flowers on small shrubs that abound all over the tropics. One of these flowers in a native girl’s hair is perhaps one of the most thought of images to conjure up an Island paradise. We have found an excellent South Seas source of crossed hybrid seed for you to try out with a good colour range, but you will need a warm heated greenhouse or conservatory to grow these successfully. Hibiscus sinensis does not come true from seed but the following pictures represent the colour ranges you may achieve from the parent hybrids.

Easy growing colourful foliage plant for pot work or spot summer bedding. We offer a mixed colour spot range.

We have managed to find a source of fresh seed for Ixora, a bushy, rounded shrub that has long been a popular hedging plant in subtropical and tropical areas. Ixoras freely produce loose, corymb-like cymes, 2-5" across of red, orange, pink, or yellow flowers. This plant is a member of the Rubiaceae family which includes the Coffee plant and Gardenia. An excellent tropical pot plant subject, but feed with trace elements as it can suffer from iron deficiency.

We have managed to find a source of fresh seed for Ixora, a bushy, rounded shrub that has long been a popular hedging plant in subtropical and tropical areas. Ixoras freely produce loose, corymb-like cymes, 2-5" across of red, orange, pink, or yellow flowers. This plant is a member of the Rubiaceae family which includes the Coffee plant and Gardenia. An excellent tropical pot plant subject, but feed with trace elements as it can suffer from iron deficiency.

A common tree for tropical locations with soft ferny foliage and spectacular lilac blue flowers a bit like upright laburnum or the Paulownia in shape. A tree in full flower is a sight not to be missed! Easy to grow from seed but difficult to reach flowering size in the uk unless you have a very tall heated conservatory. Can be pot grown and stood outside in summer until it gets too large. Worth growing for the foliage alone.

This unusual desert plant of the Euphorbia family has a small woody trunk or tuber swollen at the base, like Buddha s belly with a few leaves and flowers out of the top. I bears clusters of bright red blooms during spring and autumn, likes a sunny spot and copes well with dry air. Excellent for containers or bonsai.

An ideal conservatory plant, this highly ornamental, deciduous shrub or small tree from Asia bears large panicles of lovely white, pink or purple flowers with crinkled petals. It should flower the second year from seed, but can be kept pruned to keep it to a sensible size, as it flowers on the old wood in early summer. Maybe hardy in mild areas to -5˚C

If you do not have room inside or the location for a Lagerstroemia outside (in a warm micro climate), then this cultivar originating out of America, is an excellent alternative. Little Chief is a dwarf form of lagerstroemia indica growing only to a height of 1m with shades of pink to mauve flowers. An outstanding pot plant, flowering within 4 months from seed.

A popular house plant with it's large leathery split leaves, but I bet many of you are not aware how delicious the ripe fruit is? Given a large pot and a well lit position they flower when about 5ft tall or more but the fruit can take 12 months to ripen. The unripe fruit is extremely acid (worse than unripe rhubarb) but when soft cut into thin slices and served with ice cream it makes an unusual desert. Tastes like a cross between banana and pineapple. 

This well known shrub seen all over the South of France is a tough one, very tolerant of dry conditions and flowers profusely in full sun. The seed offered is mixed hybrids, but you may have to wait until the second year to see what colours you have grown. Easily over wintered in a cool or cold greenhouse as it will take a light frost without any serious damage.

A tender 18” tall perennial with tiny star shaped flowers in attractive umbels above dark green foliage. This variety has a natural branching habit and we offer a mixed packet of Pink, Red, Rose, White and Violet.

Large glossy cut leaves make this plant (I have grown it for perhaps 30 odd years) an excellent subject for indoor use. It is not always available from your local garden  centre and easily grown from seed. For the first 5 years or so it is clump forming but after that does establish a trunk. In the wild it is a slow tree climber. Tough and very tolerant of indoor conditions it is a must if you have not grown it before. 2ft tall until trunk develops with up to 2ft leaves.

A cross between Philodendron bipinnatifidum and speciosum, a climbing Philodendron. The result is huge 3ft by 2ft leaves, larger than bipinnatifidum and not so deeply cut with more of a climbing habit, an excellent subject for indoor use. I have not seen this plant for sale in any garden centre and it is easily grown from seed. Tough and very tolerant of indoor conditions it is a must if you have not grown it before.

Plumbago 'Escapade' blue has flowers that are slightly darker than those of the species, and which are indistinguishable from those of the hybrid 'Royal Cape'. A good mid- or dark blue Plumbago has been elusive till now and we are pleased to be able to offer this very floriferous F1 seed. Plumbago 'Escapade' white has good flowerscombined withan excellent branching habit that you might expect from an F1 hybrid.

A fleshy stemmed shrub for the warm greenhouse or conservatory requiring full sun and free draining soil. These seeds are from fast growing Cerise/Orange hybrid with excellent scent, however seed grown plants are variable and not true to type but the majority should produce cerise coloured flowers. Easy from seed but patience required to raise to flowering size in about 3 years. If you think you have a good position for this lovely plant in a warm conservatory then give it a try.

A fleshy stemmed shrub for the warm greenhouse or conservatory requiring full sun and free draining soil. These seeds are from fast growing Lemon and White hybrids with excellent scent, however seed grown plants are variable and not true to type but the majority should produce multi coloured flowers with some scarlet colouring. Easy from seed but patience required to raise to flowering size in about 3 years. If you think you have a good position for this lovely plant in a warm conservatory then give it a try.

A fleshy stemmed shrub for the warm greenhouse or conservatory requiring full sun and free draining soil. These seeds are from fast growing Lemon and White hybrids with excellent scent, however seed grown plants are variable and not true to type but the majority should produce yellow to white coloured flowers. Easy from seed but patience required to raise to flowering size in about 3 years. If you think you have a good position for this lovely plant in a warm conservatory then give it a try.

A fleshy stemmed shrub for the warm greenhouse or conservatory requiring full sun and free draining soil. They bear large flowers with a wonderful scent that permeates the air all over tropical gardens. Easy from seed but patience required to raise to flowering size in about 3 years. If you think you have a good position for this lovely plant in a warm conservatory then give it a try.  Our seed is from a specialist frangipani hybridiser, containing the latest mixed colour strains including, yellow, pink, red, white and many bicolours.

A fleshy stemmed shrub for the warm greenhouse or conservatory requiring full sun and free draining soil. These seeds are from a fast growing Pink Hybrid  that bears large pink and white flowers, however seed grown plants are variable and not true to type but the majority should produce pink coloured flowers. Easy from seed but patience required to raise to flowering size in about 3 years. If you think you have a good position for this lovely plant in a warm conservatory then give it a try.

>Protea are the world’s most unusual flowers native to South Africa, but not easy to grow. They need an acid compost so probably not practical even in a pot if you are in hard water area. If you want to have a go with these spectacular plants we have chosen the following varieties both for easiness and variety of form. The King Protea has outstanding flowers up to 12” across with dark pink bracts. Only 5' tall - the leaves are 5" and leathery.

Flower heads are 5” across rose to red colour with spoon shape bracts. Compact shrub to 7’ with dense oval leaves. Useful for growing in alkaline soil.

Beautiful 5” flower bracts very satiny with hues deep pink to salmon tipped in black fur. Cold tolerant to -7C, prefers acid but may be grown in lime-clay soil.

Beautiful 5” flower bracts very satiny with hues deep pink to salmon tipped in black fur. Cold tolerant to -7˚C, prefers acid but may be grown in lime-clay soil.