Big Leaves / Exotics

Fleshy bluey leafy rosettes on short fat grey trunks, red and yellow pokers in autumn. Easy, hardy and one of the best for foliage. 2ft x 2ft. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

If it’s sunny, damp and rich, you’ll be stunned, shocked and astonished by its 4ft fleshy leaves in gigantic rosettes. Flower spike is dark orange to 3ft. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

Another Poker. Good foliage and big orangey red flower spikes in late summer. The best flowering Kniphofia for September/October. (We think) Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

The hardiest succulent Mesembryanthemum we can find. Trailing ground cover with loud cerise flowers for your succulent areas. Very Tresco. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

“Magnificent plant….. anything less like the conventional bedding lobelia could not be imagined”. G.S.Thomas. Big and herby, red flowers. Flowers to 6ft. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

A beautiful member of the exotic Protea family. Large, evergreen, ferny leaves. Essential if you have poor acid soil and a fairly open site. 10ft after 8 years. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

Another one of our obscure little gems. An evergreen shrub/small tree from S-E Australia with delicate narrow leaves and a mass of frothy white flowers. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

Huge evergreen leaves. Mere words cannot do this wonderful Chinese tree justice. Any soil, even chalk. Always in short supply. 15ft after 15 years. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.