JunglePlants

Conservatory A to I

Turn your Conservatory or Greenhouse into an exotic Jungle!

(Delivery Apr to Sept)

We offer a range of jungle plants suitable for Conservatories and House plants for those of you wanting to try something different or just to have your own rain forest jungle. However please read the descriptions carefully as their requirements differ greatly, some like it hot and sunny, others prefer warm humid shade.

Aloe vera

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Medicinal Aloe 1 litre plants ■☻

The Aloe vera plant has been used for medicinal and beauty purposes for thousands of years. It is believed that it was one of the secrets of Cleopatra for keeping her skin soft. In the ancient Greek, aloe vera was used in many therapeutic remedies.

Aloe vera was popularised in the 18th and 19th century primarily as a laxative and today it is used to keep skin beautiful and to heal burns, sunburn, ulcerations, frostbite, radiation injuries, psoriasis, cuts, insect stings, poison ivy and other dermatologic problems. Easy to grow indoors but do not over water.

Amorphophallus bulbiferer

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Voodoo Lily 1 litre plants ■☻

Amorphophallus bulbifer is one of the prettiest of the Voodoo Lilies and the inflorescence doesn’t smell that bad compared to others of the genus. This Voodoo Lily likes shade plus a sheltered location and can be grown in pots outside for the summer. They are quite easy to grow and become dormant in the winter when it should be kept on the dry side. Once the tuber is mature enough, you will see a flower in the spring, otherwise just a large leaf or two on attractive mottled stems. Feed during the growing season

Beloperone guttata variegata

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Shrimp Plant 1 litre plant ■☻

A very useful pot plant that I have grown at various times over the years and always a favourite of my wife. We offer here a lovely variegated leaf form for something a bit different.

Bilbergia nutans

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Queen’s Tears 1 litre plant ■☻җ ♣

Billbergia nutans makes a good conservatory plant and is also happy as a houseplant where it can live on a windowsill for years. It is often listed in magazines as one of the top ten houseplants that can tolerate almost total neglect. It is a bromeliad, related to the pineapple requiring a well drained, gritty soil. Water only when really necessary and feed only occasionally. Grown in full sun, the foliage loses some of its lustre but produces copious amounts of exotic pink flower spikes. I have had customers tell me that they will survive quite well outside given a sheltered micro climate,

Bilbergia nutans variegata

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Queen’s Tears 1 litre plant ■☻җ ♣

A lovely leaf variegated pink/green/white form of Billbergia nutans that makes a good conservatory plant and is also happy as a houseplant where it can live on a windowsill for years. It is often listed in magazines as one of the top ten houseplants that can tolerate almost total neglect. It is a bromeliad, related to the pineapple requiring a well drained, gritty soil. Water only when really necessary and feed only occasionally. Grown in full sun, the foliage loses some of its lustre but produces copious amounts of exotic pink flower spikes.

Carica Papaya Babaco

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Paw Paw fruit 1 litre 1ft tall plants ■☻

Rare cool tolerant Mountain Papaya - Grow your own Papaya Fruits on a dwarf 3ft to 6ft tree!

This mountain hybrid Papaya comes from the highlands of Ecuador and thrives in a cool subtropical climate, free of frost. The babaco is much more tolerant of cool, damp winters than the papaya. It will withstand temperatures to about 28° F in very short bursts, although it may lose most of its leaves. The babaco is ideally suited to container culture and also excellent for greenhouses in a sunny spot.

Eventually growing to about 6 feet in height it does not branch and during the cold winter months the leaves degenerate and are usually shed below 12C but will keep growing if kept warmer. As these plants are vegetatively propagated they only produce self fertile female flowers. The excellent large seedless fruits, to 12" long ripen in the late autumn to winter depending on the season. The flesh of the babaco is very juicy, slightly acidic and low in sugar with a unique flavour that has been described as having overtones of strawberry, pineapple and papaya. New growth from the base should be only encouraged when the old stem has become too old to be productive.

Cestrum nocturnum

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Lady of the Night 1 litre plants ■☻

This plant has one of the strongest fragrances around in the evening, when the scent becomes almost intoxicating. The masses of small, creamy blooms open up at night releasing their perfume, but some scent still lingers during the day from the semi closed flowers. They bloom on and off during the warmer months of the year and grow quickly so regular pruning will be needed to keep it contained. An extremely popular plant always in high demand.

Clerodendrum ugandense

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Butterfly Bush 1 litre plant ■☻

The blue butterfly bush is a tough open growing African evergreen shrub to 10ft tall, but is easily kept much smaller. The inflorescences, borne at the ends of long arching branches, are panicles 4-10in long composed of individual 1” blue violet flowers more or less continuously throughout the summer and autumn.

Coffea arabica

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Coffee Bean Trees 1 litre plants ■☻

Such a well known commodity! But did you know that the plants make interesting house or conservatory shrubs with dark, glossy green leaves, small white scented flower clusters followed by bright red coffee beans. Don’t get too excited though about grinding your own coffee from the seed - unless it is dried and cured correctly, it tastes awful!

Colocasia esculenta Jacks Giant

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Giant Elephants Ear or Taro - 2 litre plants ■☻♥

An unusual elephants ear that given the right conditions can grow to 7ft with 4ft leaves, creating a spectacular display! Not sure if the next leaf in the picture will be too big for the greenhouse and I have not even fed it yet!

Cyperus papyrus

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Egyptian Papyrus 1 litre pots 3ft tall ■☻♥ ♥

Both seed and plant demands for Papyrus from JS&G are high. Attractive 6ft plus reeds with 18” delicate flower heads, drifting in the breeze. Requires protection from the wind planted out or the reeds will bend and break.

Duranta repens variegata

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Variegated Sky Flower 1 litre plants ■☻

A subtropical shrub to 5ft, native from Florida to Brazil and the Caribbean islands. However it flowers when quite small and is useful in containers where it can be pruned to size. The sky blue flowers are produced in clusters at the end of arching stems and their mild, sweet fragrance is attractive to butterflies. Plants flower more profusely under full-sun conditions. This selected variety is attractively variegated and seems to be without the sharp thorns found on the species.

Epiphyllum Oxypetalum

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Queen of the Night 1 litre plants ■☻♥ ♣

An easily cultivated, fast growing epiphyte. Needs compost containing plenty of humus and sufficient moisture in summer. Should not be kept under 10ºC (50ºF) in winter. Can be grown in semi-shade but not full sun, extra light in the early spring will stimulate budding. Flowers in late spring or early summer and large specimens can produce several crops of flowers in a season. The blooms are stunning 12" wide strongly fragrant and pure white. Each bud only opens for one night though and usually after 7pm, and it is really frustrating if you miss it! This epiphyllum like plant can reach tree like proportions sending out 4ft glossy green shoots that are tougher than they look. Why we do not sell it is that slugs simply love the new growth and I gave up trying to produce "clean" plants, but if you do not mind the odd nibbled leaf we are happy to supply this rare and fabulous plant.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Cooperi

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Variegated Hibiscus Sinensis 1 litre ■☻

A lovely, rare, slow growing variegated hibiscus with red flowers. We have seen this grown as hedging in the Caribbean and it looks simply stunning. The leaf variegation is white, pink and green in an unusual mixed pattern. A must have for any collector enthusiast.

Hibiscus schizopetalus

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Fringed Hibiscus 1 litre plants ■☻

One look at the fringed hibiscus, and it’s easy to see why the shrub is so popular across the world. It’s unique weeping flowers set it apart from other hibiscus varieties. The gorgeous pink and red pendent flowers make it very popular as a pot plant. Growing naturally to more than eight feet tall, the plant can be pruned and trained but it needs a very warm environment to survive our winters.

Impatiens niamniamensis

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Congo Cockatoo 1 litre plants ■☻♥

This succulent-stemmed, balsam like plant from tropical East Africa has flowers that look like the head of a scarlet, yellow, and green parrot. This dramatic and unusual houseplant can grow to 3’ tall, covered periodically with these quite gaudy flowers. Although not constantly in bloom, it typically produces its long-lasting flowers several times a year. Grow in a warm part shady position under glass just like a balsam plant.

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To Grow -- Easy ■ Moderate ■ and Challenging ■

May be ok for a dry Conservatory ♣

Hardiness - To -5°C җ To -10°C җ җ Fully Hardy җ җ җ

Needs Shady Position ☻ Sunny Position ☻ Water Loving ♥