Half Hardy and Summer Patio

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Vigorously spreading cultivar with attractive green, white and pink variegated leaves. Keep out of hot sun.

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.

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

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.

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