JunglePlants

Conservatory A to I

Turn your Conservatory into an exotic Jungle! (Delivery May to Sep)

We are continuing to expand our 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.

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.

Brillantaisia guianensis

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Tropical Salvia 1 litre plants ■☻

Medium to large herbaceous, tropical shrub with tall spikes of purple blue flowers from central and west Africa. Can grow up to 8-9ft but responds well to pruning. Large, rough, fiddle shaped leaves and hairy stems. This is a large shrub suitable for a spacious conservatory or used as summer bedding in a warm location. Ours flower non-stop from Spring to Summer and grow well when treated as summer bedding..

Calathea lutea

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Cuban Cigar Plant 1 litre plants ■☻

The genus Calathea, native to tropical America, consists of about 100 species largely valued for their decorative foliage. Calathea lutea is one of the taller species and can grow to a height of 2.5 m producing cigar-shaped brown bracts. The paddle-shaped leaves have attractive, reflective silver undersides making it a stunning conservatory or warm greenhouse foliage plant.

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.

Dombeya wallichii

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Pink Ball Shrub large 3 litre plants☻

Dombeya is a spectacularly large shrub with large heart-shaped leaves and dense heads of little pink flowers which hang from foot long stems. The plant is native to Madagascar, but widely grown as a large garden shrub in Florida. Not at all frost hardy but ok for a cool conservatory. Can be pruned after flowering in mid summer to keep to a sensible size but best in a large conservatory where it will create a dramatic impression. (We had a 10 litre stock plants in bud around November flowering in March at 4ft tall from a late spring pruning.)

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.

Gossypium herbaceum

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Cotton Plant - 1 litre plants 1ft tall ■☻

We have a few plants available from our seed trials, attractive soft maple like leaves and pale yellow holyhock like flowers.

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 Carribean 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.

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.

Ipomoea batatas - Blackie

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Ornamental Sweet Potato 1 litre plants 1ft tall ■☻

Ipomoea batatas ‘Blackie’ has a excellent dark purple to purple black palmate foliage given a sunny position. This Sweet Potato Vine makes a great pot plant or hanging basket plant in a warm location. Blackie has deeper lobing in the leaves than other Sweet Potato Vines and is a vigorous grower, trailing up to 24”-36”.

Ipomoea batatas Chartreuse

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Ornamental Sweet Potato 1 litre plants 1ft tall ■☻

Ipomoea batatas ‘Chartreuse’ has bright golden green palmate foliage given a sunny position. This Sweet Potato Vine makes a great pot plant or hanging basket plant in a warm location. Like Blackie this plant has deeper lobing in the leaves than other Sweet Potato Vines and is a vigorous grower, trailing up to 24”-36”.

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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 ♥

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