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Conservatory & Stove Plants We have been asked on numerous occasions to supply a wider range of tropical seeds for growing either in the Conservatory or in the Home as house plants. I have carefully chosen a selection personally grown successfully over many years, deliberately excluded items I found difficult or just impossible despite the many catalogue assurances. I hope this brings another dimension to your exotic collection that can be appreciated during the winter months. |
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Enterolobium cyclocarpus 5 large seeds £3.20 JS1228 |
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The national tree of Costa Rica is a fast growing member of the mimosa family, known for its glamorous feathery foliage. The common name "Elephant's Ear" derives from the ear shaped seed pods used for decoration. Useful as a fast growing pot plant in a heated conservatory or greenhouse with large fern like leaves it will handle drier conditions than most tropical trees. |
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Erythrina lysistemon 10 seeds £2.54 JS1752 |
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A lovely, small to medium-sized, deciduous tree with a spreading crown and brilliant red flowers. It is a handsome tree at any time of the year, and its dazzling flowers have made it one of the best known and widely grown South African trees. The flowers are a beautiful clear scarlet and are carried in short, dense heads, about 9 cm long, on long, thick stalks. The flowers produce abundant nectar that attracts many nectar-feeding birds and insects. It is easily cultivated from seed and grows rapidly. It is sensitive to severe cold but may be successfully grown in areas where light frost occurs, provided it is put in a sheltered corner. Flowering is best though where the spring is hot and dry or used in a dry conservatory position. |
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Fuchsia boliviana
New for 2012! 20 seeds £2.45 JS3202 |
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Many consider this one of the most beautiful fuchsia's, it attains small tree proportions to perhaps 15-25ft but smaller in pots. Growth is in a spreading, somewhat shrubby habit. Also hardy to about -3C in short bursts, though protection should be provided for long temperature spells below freezing. It grows well in shady or part sun and thrives in cooler damp subtropical conditions, best protected from full sun. The flowers are similar to the often seen Fuchsia triphylla but with huge flowers to 20cm long. |
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Gardenia
Jasminoides |
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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. |
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Gardenia
thunbergia |
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This is a slow growing evergreen shrub
or small tree to 1m or 2m if pot grown. It is hardier than the common
pot grown plant down to frost level for brief periods and suitable for
unheated conservatories. The leaves are carried in whorls of 3 or 4
crowded near the ends of the branchlets and the flowers are large,
showy, creamy white and heavily perfumed, particularly at night. It may
take a few years before large enough to flower though! A very popular
but expensive plant in California. |
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Gloriosa
rothschildiana |
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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. |
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Gmenila
asiatica |
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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. |
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Hamelia
Patens |
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Hamelia patens, a fast growing scrambling shrub like plant, flowers late spring to early autumn and the flowers are bright orange-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!) |
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Hibiscus
mutabilis |
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A large shrub or small multi stemmed tree that grows to 15 ft in a warm climate and a native of China. Hibiscus mutabilis will need a warm glasshouse in the UK to over winter but is spectacular when in full bloom starting in late summer and on into autumn. The flowers open pure white and change colour over a three-day period until they are deep pink. The most notable characteristic of this flowering shrub is that flowers of three distinct colours appear on the bush simultaneously as the blooms colour cycle independent of one another. |
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Hibiscus
tiliacius |
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This Hibiscus is a tropical evergreen shrub, or small spreading tree that can reach up to about 15 foot tall and wide but much smaller if pot grown and kept pruned. The large 10cm flowers open up and start out yellow and then as the day progresses they turn to orange. The flowers and young leaves are edible but the plant likes a well drained compost and a sunny location. Easy to grow from seeds and should make a good conservatory plant with its handsome large leaves. |
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Holmskioldia sanguinea
New for 2012! |
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The unusual orange flowers, looking like a mandarin's hat, are the main interest of this scrambling greenhouse shrub. They appear in dense terminal clusters through autumn and winter. The mid-green leaves are oval and slightly serrated. Growth habit is similar to plumbago capensis with long scandent training shoots. Rampant growth can be contained by pruning after flowering and old canes can be removed. This plant requires full sun but will bloom in filtered light. |
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Hypoestes
confetti series |
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Easy growing colourful foliage plant for pot work or spot summer bedding. We offer a mixed colour spot range. |
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Ixora
coccinea Red |
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We have managed to find a source of fresh seed for a red form of 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 in hard water areas. |
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Ixora
coccinea Yellow |
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We have also managed to find a source of fresh seed for a yellow form of 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. |
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Ipomoea
Carnea |
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A large leafed tropical bush version of Ipomoea seen throughout the Caribbean. Grows quickly to over 6ft as a bush and should be useful in this country as a large annual for summer bedding or for conservatory use. The large pink or white flowers are a classic morning glory type fading by the late afternoon as they close. Flowers produced in dense clusters making a great show if given enough sun. |
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Jacaranda cuspidifolia
New for 2012! |
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A Brazilian dry savannah species of Jacaranda with deeper, purple/blue flowers than mimosifolia held in clusters. Said to be fractionally hardier and not quite so tall to 25 metres in tropical conditions. A rare tree that flowers earlier than mimosifolia after perhaps two to three years in ideal conditions. Worth a try as a pot plant for its attractive ferny foliage and possible flowers in a large conservatory. Frost tolerant as an established tree to -3c |
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Jacaranda
mimosifolia |
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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. |
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Jatropha
podagrica |
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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. |
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Lagerstroemia indica |
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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 |
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Lagerstroemia indica - Little Chief |
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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 purple flowers. An outstanding pot plant, flowering within 4 months from seed. |
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Maranta
arundinacea |
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One for the heated conservatory where it will make a handsome foliage plant. Maranta arundinacea, is cultivated commercially for its starch-storing rhizome. Because this very nutritious starch is so readily digested, it is often fed to infants, invalids, and those allergic to wheat. The name arrowroot derives from its past medicinal use as a poultice to remove arrow poison from wounds. So if you come home from a bad day at work with poisoned arrows in your back this is just what you need! |
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Melastoma malabathricum
New for 2012! |
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A small shrub from South East Asia and Australasia with
hairy leaves and 2" to 3" purple/pink flowers reminiscent of Tibouchina.
Quite a tough plant once raised to a sensible size from the tiny seed as
long as the temperature does not fall below 10C. A good warm
conservatory plant. |
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Nerium
oleander |
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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 |
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Pentas
lanceolata |
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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. |
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Philodendron bipinnatifidum |
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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. |
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Phyrnium pubinerve
New for 2012! |
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An attractive, banana like plant from the Marantaceae family native to India, southern China and the Philippines. Its underground rhizome produces dense clusters of broad, glossy green leaves on narrow stalks. It adapts well to both tropical and warm temperate climates but may be useful as a warm conservatory plant or house plant. |
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Plumbago F1
Escapade |
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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 flowers combined with an excellent branching habit that you might expect from an F1 hybrid. |
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Plumeria
Cerise Hybrids |
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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 please give it a try. |
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Plumeria
Fruit Salad Hybrids |
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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. |
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Plumeria
Lemon White Hybrids |
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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. |
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Plumeria
Pink Hybrids |
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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. |
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Plumeria
rubra Mixed |
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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. |
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Protea
cynaroides (We recommend using our Kirstenbosch smoke Primers for all Protacea) |
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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. |
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Protea
eximia (We recommend using our Kirstenbosch smoke Primers for all Protacea) |
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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. |
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Protea
nerifolia (We recommend using our Kirstenbosch smoke Primers for all Protacea) |
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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. |
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Protea
Mixed (We recommend using our Kirstenbosch smoke Primers for all Protacea) |
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A mix of all three Proteas - Protea eximia, Protea nerifolia and Protea cynaroides |
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Ravenala
madagascariensis |
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A common site in the tropics with its
banana shaped leaves which are produced in a "fan" type pattern. The
tree is called by it's common name for two reasons, first by offering
the thirsty traveller water from within the leaf bases and secondly the
tree tends to grow in an East/West plane as a helping compass guide.
Easy enough to grow from seed but needs a warm conservatory to survive
our winters. |
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Rhoeo
discolor |
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The large, elegant, strap-shaped
leaves are glossy-green on the top, rich purple below, and they arise in
tight 1ft tall clumps. Easy to germinate, Moses-in-the-Cradle thrives in
room temperature conditions with bright light or even direct sun so good
as a house or conservatory plant. It likes humidity, and needs plenty of
water during the growth season. In winter, let the soil dry out slightly
between waterings. Do not repot as it grows unless absolutely necessary
as it likes to be a bit root bound. |
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Ruellia
Southern Star Mixed |
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A brand new hybrid of Ruellia
brittoniana this is good plant for mixed containers in warm sunny
positions or as a greenhouse or house pot plant but the plant will need
full sun. Unlike the species that grows to 3ft this is a dwarf variant
growing to only 12" tall in 3 colours pink, white and blue. Tolerant of
both dry and wet conditions and from our experience a tough little plant
with 2" wide open trumpet shaped blooms. |
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Schizolobium parahyba |
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A fast growing tropical tree from Brazil (18ft in a year from seed in its Brazilian habitat) that can be pruned to size for a warm greenhouse. 3ft long fern like leaves that are both light and touch sensitive makes this a very unusual plant. Very odd large flat seeds that after “edge nicking” and soaking for 4 hours excrete a mass of root like fibres from the damaged part of the seed as the water pressure swells the inside. After 2 days in a propagator a large tap root appears. Young trees exhibit a very sticky sap that traps small animals and insects to their death, leading many to believe that this tree is carnivorous! In our 2005 trials they did well as outdoor summer bedding in a warm position, while under glass they reached over 7ft in 4 months from seed. |
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Sesbania
punicea |
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A South American subtropical short lived shrub from the pea family, grown for it’s 4” long racemes of bright red flowers. Good for a conservatory, or used as a pot plant outside in summer in a sunny position. This is a new plant for us, thanks to one of our customers telling us about it. Water sparingly in winter when it should tolerate down to 5c or 10c in a heated conservatory. |
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Sparmannia
africana |
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A tropical open woodland plant from Africa and Madagascar grown for its large clusters of white flowers and large ovate leaves. This is the first time that I have been able to source seed for this pretty plant often seen in Kew or Wisley greenhouses. Needs a warm humid environment and space to grow it successfully with a minimum of 10c in winter. |
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Strelitzia
nicolai |
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A spectacular foliage plant for the conservatory even if you do not have room to get it to flowering size. If you really want to be experimental this giant Strelitzia from South Africa grows to 18ft with white and blue flowers. Not so cold hardy as Reginea. |
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Strelitzia
parvifolia juncea |
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A Bird of Paradise species that begins
its early growth by looking like S. reginae but instead grows into many
long spear shaped stalks in a reed-like manner and in clumping form
surrounding the flowering "birds". This uncommon variety is in great
demand and flowers more profusely. The flowers are almost identical to
reginae but smaller- sorry about the price. |
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Strelitzia
reginae |
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This plant is a definite must if you want to grow an exotic plant for the patio with stunning flowers. Hardier than it looks and capable of bearing a few degrees of frost, either in a micro climate or in an unheated conservatory. The bonus for waiting maybe three years for it to flower is that it is just beautiful and doesn't it just remind you of holidays in warmer climates? Germinates slowly but with reasonable success rates at a temperature of 25c to 30c. |
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Strelitzia
reginae - Mandelas Gold |
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We are really excited to be able to offer you again seed this year of a rare form of the Bird of Paradise from South Africa. The flowers are of a lovely yellow gold and purple, rather than the normal orange and blue, with large flower heads. Sorry about the price but it is really hard to source and expensive. |
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Tabebuia
rosea |
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This fast growing tree from the Bignoniaceae family, also known as Pink Poui, is a wide upright evergreen or deciduous tree with funnel-shaped, pink or lilac flowers. Tabebuia makes an excellent shade, lawn, or street tree, or border plant in the tropics, but it might be worth a try growing in pots for a large conservatory if kept pruned to size. |
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Tabernaemontana divaricata |
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A tropical plant from India very
reminiscent of Gardenia with scented white flowers and leaves like the
coffea plant. An interesting alternative to grow and it has taken us two
years to find a source of seed. An evergreen shrub growing to a height
of 1.5m with a spread of 1m. A native of India, China and Thailand, it
prefers well-composted, well-drained, sandy soils in a protected sunny
or partly shady position, and is drought and frost tender although roots
are prone to rot in poorly draining soil. Seed should be planted within
a few months of delivery as this rainforest species has a fairly short
viability. Germination is not good even under ideal conditions. They
should be sown into sand or sandy soil, kept warm and moist, but not
wet. |
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Tecoma
Mayan Gold |
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Tecoma 'Mayan Gold' is a fabulous new
variety of Tecoma that blooms earlier from spring to late summer from
seed sown plants. The flower is a large golden bell shape, hence the
common name Yellow Bells. The foliage is a deep glossy green adding a
nice tropical look to the plant. This plant dies back in the winter from
any light frosts but if kept frost free it will max out at about 8 ft!
'Mayan' Gold' is heat, cool and drought tolerant and is great for
attracting bees and butterflies into the garden. Try growing as an
annual or as a long term conservatory shrub and it will flower the first
season from seed given good conditions. |
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Thevetia
nereifolia |
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A tropical south American plant with
showy fragrant yellow or orange, funnel shaped flowers and leaves
similar to Oleander. Needs a minimum of 10c and easy from the large 3
cornered ornamental but toxic seeds. |
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Tibouchina
Mixed |
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A fairly hardy shrub able to take a few degrees of frost.
It has soft hairy leaves with spectacular flowers and the centre stamens
look like a jungle spider - hence the name. I use mine as bedding for
the late summer flowers and pot culture. The mixed South American
species seed we offer is tiny, similar to gloxinia seed, so please don't
expect a large packet! |
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Fynbos Smoke Primer Papers |
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Many seeds can benefit from soaking in smoke impregnated
water solution to simulate seed growth after natural bush fires in
countries like Australia and South Africa. In particular Anigozanthus,
Strelitzia and Protea benefit from this treatment enhancing the likely
germination % but research suggests many other recalcitrant species can
also benefit like Palms and Musa seed. |
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Symbol Code Germination --- Easy n, Moderate n and Challenging n Backlog for Fresh Seed --- u New Seeds not in Catalogue ---« Hardiness --- ] (To -5°C) ]] (To -10°C) ]]] (To -15°C) Growing Symbols --- £ Sunny position £ Shady position S Lots of Water |
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