Africa
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Carpobrotus edulis (Hottentot Fig/Ice Plant)
View this plantFleshy leafed ground cover. For salt resistance, the next best thing to bladder-wrack. Essential by the sea. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Red
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Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ (Montbretia)
View this plantTo 3 ft with strong reddy orange flower spikes in late summer. For sun or shade, dies down in winter. Lovely woodland plant. Please contact us for other stock availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Green
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Cyperus alternifolius (Dwarf Papyrus)
View this plantMini Papyrus – to 4ft. Thickets of miniature palm trees. Reputedly tender but not in our experience. Dies down in winter but always returns. Good in a pot. Easy plant. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Amber
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Cyperus papyrus (Paper Reed)
View this plantA mass of tall green stems (to 10ft max) surmounted by an explosion of much smaller green stems. Fluffy is an appropriate adjective. Strictly for indoors in the winter. No diseases, you can’t over water it. Perfect in every way. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Red
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Hedychium coccineum ‘Tara’ (Ginger Lily)
View this plantThe best ‘all round’ Ginger Lily. Jungly leaves to 6ft with strong orange, mildly fragrant, flowers in September. Root hardy. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Amber
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Hedychium forrestii (Ginger Lily)
View this plantThe biggest, the hardiest and the most vigorous of the Ginger Lilies. Grows to 6ft with white flowers in August and September. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Amber
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Hedychium gardnerianum (Kahili ginger)
View this plantMost exotic of the Ginger Lilies with broad leaves and deliciously fragrant cream coloured flowers. Hardy in mild gardens. If your garden’s cold, bung it in a pot and protect in winter. Please contact us for stock availability.
Hardiness level Red
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Ilex aquifolium (Holly)
View this plantWe have a shifting population of green and variegated holly topiary, mop-heads, cones and blobs. All quite tolerant of being containerised. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Green