Big Leaves / Exotics

The incomparable Monkey Puzzle from South America. Familiar, primitive, weird and utterly unpredictable in its growth rate. 20 ft in 20 years is about average. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

Sometimes known as Astelia Silver Spear. Grows well in sun or shade in a sheltered garden. Enjoys a bit of neglect. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

Silvery green sword shaped leaves with a darker mid rib. Gets to about 3-4ft. It grows as an epiphyte in N.Z. Would it do the same in Britain? Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

One of our easiest and successful plants. An evergreen shrub that loves shade with its big glossy green leaves that always look perfect – no matter what the weather does. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

Deeply unfashionable due to over use in the past, it’s actually a fine, architectural landscape plant. i.e. at its best when viewed from afar. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

This clump-forming evergreen perennial has oval, glossy, deep green leaves that look good all year. Between mid and late spring it produces pure white flowers. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.

Spiky looking but soft tulip-like leaves all the way from the mountains of Mexico. Remarkable and dramatic red eruptions (flowers) in spring. For reasonably mild gardens. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.