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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Senecio mikanioides
Senecio mikanioides
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An attractive climbing or scrambling plant with fleshy pale green leaves with & deeper green along the veins. The reverse of the leaves is deep red. Yellow flowers may appear. Frost free, sun to part-shade.

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Senecio serpens
Senecio serpens
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Shrubby succulent with fleshy, frosted blue stems and blue-grey leaves. Has small, pale yellow daisies in summer.

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Setaria palmifolia
Setaria palmifolia
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Palm Grass, Lachang

A tender clump forming grass with amazing finely pleated 2 inch wide leaves which on well grown plants can be up to 5 inch wide.

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Solanum  muricatum 'Pepino Gold'
Solanum muricatum 'Pepino Gold'
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Melon Pear

An unusual addition to the edible garden. A frost-tender perennial, in warm seasons fruits turn yellow and can be peeled and eaten raw, tasting like a canteloupe melon.

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Solanum atropurpureum
Solanum atropurpureum
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Purple Devil, Malevolence, Five Minute Plant

A wickedly spiny plant for lovers of such things. A half hardy short lived perennial growing to around 2 metres, the deep purple stems are clothed with long spines, hence its common names. Large dissected leaves make it an attractive and interesting plant. All parts poisonous.

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Solanum pyracanthum
Solanum pyracanthum
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A vicious looking plant with leaves adorned with large orange spines on both upper and lower surfaces. The fuzzy stems are also spiny, definitely not a plant to fondle. Half hardy perennial

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Stenotaphrum secundatum variegatum
Stenotaphrum secundatum variegatum
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Buffalo Grass, St Augustine Grass

Tender, evergreen grass with a prostrate habit and green leaves with a yellow margin. Ideal for a hanging basket or container, or ground cover for beds in a conservatory

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Tecoma stans
Tecoma stans
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'Mayan Gold'. A tender shrub with masses of yellow trumpet shaped flowers over a long period. Frost tender

Tithonia 'Torch' seeds
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100 seeds approx

This can make a tall plant, to 5 or 6 feet. Masses of vivid orange flowers in summer and autumn. A nice cut flower too.

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Tradescantia fluminensis 'Maiden's Blush'
Tradescantia fluminensis 'Maiden's Blush'
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Vigorously spreading cultivar with attractive green, white and pink variegated leaves. Keep out of hot sun.

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Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea'
Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea'
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A spreading or trailing plant with deep purple leaves and small pink flowers in summer. Keep away from very hot sun but needs good light to keep leaf colour.

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Tradescantia plain green
Tradescantia plain green
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Reverted from 'Quicksilver', a vigourous trailing plant with large glossy plain green leaves.

Watsonia borbonica 'Peach Glow'
Watsonia borbonica 'Peach Glow'
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A South African cormous plant, loving well-drained soil in full sun. Tall flower spikes to 1.5 m. carry peachy-orange flowers in late summer - makes an impressive display. In cold gardens can be grown in a heavy pot & well-drained gritty John Innes mix.

Watsonia meriana var. bulbillifera
Watsonia meriana var. bulbillifera
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Slightly tender bulbous plants from South Africa, with clumps of stiff sword shaped leaves and tall spike of apricot coloured flowers in summer. Small corms may develop after flowering in the leaf axils. Mulch well for the winter especially in cold garden

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