Conservatory and Sunroom

A shrubby foxglove from the Canary islands with spikes of unusual burnt orange flowers in summer. An interesting specimen for the summer patio. Frost tender.

Twining climber, relative of the Hoya, with clusters of white, honey-scented flowers in summer. Hardy against a warm, sunny wall.

A curious little bulbous plant with fleshy, spotted, hosta-like leaves and spikles of small white flowers in April to May.

A low-growing spreading/ trailing succulent with small grey leaves, smothered in vivid pink flowers in late spring to early summer. For a mild, sunny garden, ideally on a rockery or bank in full sun & very well drained soil. Otherwise a sunny greenhouse.

Bought as chaguar but probably floribunda. A fine, very prickly suckering plant, with grey, arching toothed leaves in a neat rosette, from which appear spikes of orange flowers. Well-drained soil. Min. -5 deg C. or possibly lower.

Tidy rosettes of blue leaves with a pinky violet tinge. Makes effective ground cover either in a summer bedding scheme, or in a conservatory.

A large Echeveria with rosettes of fleshy red tinged leaves.

A hybrid with very dark leaves, offsets freely to make spreading clumps.

A beautiful cultivar with large pink/purple wavy leaves.

Name uncertain. Syn. Pachyphytum hookeri

Slowly spreading rosettes of thick blue-grey leaves with delicate white markings, making an attractive plant in a shallow bowl.

A beautiful succulent, slowly forming a rosette up to 10" across The leaves are a pale silvery grey and arranged in neatly symmetrical rosettes. Pink flowers appear on arching stems in spring

A beautiful succulent, slowly forming large rosettes with shiny leaves in shades of pink and purple with a white bloom.

A popular succulent with blue-green rosettes which can reach about a foot across. Can be stood outside or bedded out in summer.

A large half-hardy shrub with 30cm long spikes of electric blue flowers in early summer. Should survive outside in mild areas in well drained soil. Short lived, but replacement plants can be grown from seed.

This is the plant which the true Cardamom pods come from. The leaves are very aromatic too and exude the fragrance of cardamom when bruised. It makes an attractive houseplant or specimen for a conservatory in its own right.