Big Leaves / Exotics

Evergreen tree. Big glossy leaves, huge fragrant white flowers. Slow to establish but long lived and robust. A wonderful subject for Creative Maintenance. 20ft after 20 years. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

Elegant and delicate to look at. Prickly to touch. A wonderful plant to observe from above with its mini-tree fern foliage. Masses of yellow flowers in autumn. 10ft in 10 years. Please contact us for stock availability and size.

Instantly recognisable with its huge, blue, deeply cut leaves, red flower spikes and an air of peanut butter. Cut back by frost in cold gardens but always returns in spring. To 6ft in 1 year. Please contact us for stock availability.

Implausible though it sounds – a hardy Banana from Japan. Best in shade and sheltered from wind. Leaves get frosted but always come back in the spring. To 15ft in 3 years. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

The most exotic thing you’ve ever seen. A huge Banana relative with red leaves. For the garden in summer and the greenhouse in winter. Can reach 8ft tall or more. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

It’s not a Lotus – more of a dwarf Banana with Lotus-like flowers. For the lover of well behaved exotics. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

Rare little evergreen tree for the metropolitan horticultural arriviste. i.e. Just the thing if you live in the middle of a big city and want to grow something that no one else has. Read on…Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.