Pigeon Holes: Jungly and Tropical
U
nfortunately we can't string you a line about how parky it gets in Barbados from time to time and how a number of Caribbean plants will do just fine in Surrey.
It never gets even slightly parky in Barbados and there are absolutely no Caribbean plants that have the remotest chance of lasting more than a summer in Surrey.
These only look (or smell) like they come from Barbados.
Recommended Essentials:
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Agave americana
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Agave americana variegata
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Agave salmiana ver. ferox
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Arundo donax
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Arundo donax variegata
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Chamaerops humilis
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Clematis armandii
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Cordyline australis
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Cordyline australis 'Albertii'
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Dicksonia antarctica
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Echium pininiana
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Ensete ventricosum rubra
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Eriobotrya japonica
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Fascicularia bicolor
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Fascicularia pitcairniifolia
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Fatshedera lizei
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Fatsia japonica
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Gunnera manicata
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Hedera canariensis
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Hedychium coccineum 'Tara'
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Holboellia latifolia
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Magnolia delavayi
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Magnolia grandiflora
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Magnolia macrophylla
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Melianthus major
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Muehlenbeckia complexa
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Musa basjoo
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Paulownia tomentosa
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Phormium cookianum
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Phormium cookianum 'Tricolor'
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Phormium tenax
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Phormium tenax 'Variegatum'
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Phyllostachys aurea
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Phyllostachys aureosulcata spectabilis
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Phyllostachys nigra
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Podocarpus macrophyllus
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Podocarpus salignus
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Prunus laurocerasus
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Pseudopanax chathamica
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Pseudopanax crassifolius
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Pseudopanax laetus
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Pseudosasa japonica
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Sasa palmata
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Tetrapanax papyrifera
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Trachelospermum asiaticum
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Trachelospermum jasminoides
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Vitis cognetiae
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Woodwardia radicans
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Yucca aloifolia
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Yucca gloriosa
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Yucca gloriosa 'Variegata'
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Yucca recurva
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Yucca rostrata
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Yucca x floribunda
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Zantedeschia aethiopica 'Crowborough'