Ordering over the Christmas Period

Orders placed after Sunday 3rd December will be dispatched on or after 8th January 2023. 

Half Hardy and Summer Patio

Bring a taste of the exotic to your garden with half-hardy plants. If you can provide some winter protection it is amazing how many more interesting and plants you can grow, to the envy of your friends and family. You can grow these plants in pots and enjoy them in the garden between June and September when there is no risk of frost (UK). All they need is a greenhouse, porch or conservatory over winter kept above freezing.

Many plants will relish a spell outdoors, the local birds can get at any pests, and the sun and wind helps to strengthen the plants. September is a good time to start thinking about bringing plants undercover, as the nights will be rapidly getting longer and colder, and excess moisture can build up. Some plants will be happy tucked up against the house wall, with a bit of fleece to hand for very cold nights. 

We only show you the plants we hope to have for sale in 2024, if not available now they will progressively become so through the spring.

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Dicliptera sericea
Dicliptera sericea
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Hummingbird Bush

A low spreading shrub with grey leaves and spikes of upward facing, bright red, tubular flowers in summer. Hardy in mild gardens with good drainage.

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Dregea sinensis
Dregea sinensis
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Chinese Dregea.

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

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Drimiopsis maculata
Drimiopsis maculata
£5.20
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Little White Soldiers, African False Hosta

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

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Drosanthemum floribundum
Drosanthemum floribundum
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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.

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Dyckia floribunda (chaguar)
Dyckia floribunda (chaguar)
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Bought as chaguar but probably floribunda. 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.

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Echeveria 'Antaris'
Echeveria 'Antaris'
£6.80
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A large Echeveria with rosettes of fleshy red tinged leaves.

Echeveria 'Black Prince'
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A hybrid with very dark leaves, offsets freely to make spreading clumps.

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Echeveria gibbiflora 'Metallica'
Echeveria gibbiflora 'Metallica'
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A beautiful cultivar with large pink/purple wavy leaves.

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Echeveria hookeri
Echeveria hookeri
£5.20
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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.

Erythrina crista-galli
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Cockspur Coral Tree

A small tree in its native South America, here it makes a shrub to around ten feet with prickly stems from which hang racemes of red flowers in summer. Needs a sheltered spot away from hard frosts.

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Euryops chrysanthemoides
Euryops chrysanthemoides
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Tender shrubby perennial with shiny green leaves and clusters of large, long-stalked bright yellow daisies summer to autumn.

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EXOTIC plant TEMPLATE[1]
EXOTIC plant TEMPLATE[1]
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Exotic Seed Bundle
£4.15
£8.30
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4 packs of Kings Seeds comprising Helianthus 'Red Sun, Mina lobata, Rudbeckia 'Marmalade' and Dahlia 'Bishop's Children

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Furcraea longaeva
Furcraea longaeva
£6.00
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Giant Furcraea

Related to the Agave, and with a similar habit (though less spiny!), this much sought after plant grows for several (many) years before producing a giant flower spike up to 40 foot tall.

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Galvezia speciosa
Galvezia speciosa
£5.20
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Island Snapdragon

From the Channel Islands of California, this unusual half-hardy to hardy shrub has masses of vivid red flowers in summer. Ideal for a sunny Mediterranean or tropical style garden.

Geranium maderense
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Giant Herb Robert

Stunning Geranium from Madeira with a huge dome of mid pink flowers and dark pink eye, early-mid summer. A specimen for an exotic garden. Needs winter protection

Geranium maderense 'Guernsey White'
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Giant Herb Robert

The white form of this Geranium from Madeira with a huge dome of white flowers early-mid summer. A specimen for an exotic garden. Needs winter protection

Habranthus robustus
Habranthus robustus
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Rain Lily

Robust bulbous plant with beautiful funnel-shaped pink flowers in summer. Borderline hardy.

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