JunglePlants

Heliconia

(Delivery May to October)

(Sold Out now until 2012)

These plants almost shout the word exotic with their large leaves and bright coloured flowers. Please don’t forget that you can grow Heliconia from seed and I have grown some useful 3ft Rostrata and 6ft Latispatha plants from seed to flowering size. All heliconias require tropical glass house conditions with minimum winter temperatures of at least 15C day or night. Please note plants may not have completely pristeen foliage as the large banana type leaves are prone to damage during new growth.

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Heliconia aemygdiana

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"Purple Peru" 3 litre plants 2ft tall ■☻

Aemygdiana is a medium sized heliconia, 5-6 feet tall. Grows well in partial to full shade, so may suit our UK low light levels under glass. Bracts are hot lavender pink with a bright yellow rachis and small green flowers. Fruits are an attractive glossy blue colour when ripe. We have a few seed grown plants from 2005 and the picture is from one of the larger stock plants now flowering at a modest height of 3ft.

Heliconia latispatha Gold

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Heliconia in 3 litre plants

One of the hardiest Heliconia and one of the easiest to over winter in cooler conditions (relative term easiest as all require warm winter temperatures). A very large tough Heliconia that we have flowering at about 6ft to 8ft from 3 year old seed grown plants. We sell one very similar to "Mexican Gold" that is nearly all bright gold.

Heliconia latispatha distans

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Orange Gyro 3 litre plants

A red flowered form of this cool tolerant Heliconia to 6ft or 8ft, very attractive with Banana type leathery leaves and red lobster claw bracts.

Heliconia latispatha Red

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Orange Gyro 5 litre plants £

A fast growing Heliconia Latispatha hybrid with more of a red colour than our other plant. The stems have strong red tints and the leaves have a very narrow red margin. Elegant and one of the hardier forms (relative terms - just cool tropic rather than stove tropical) that may be easier to over winter than most.

Heliconia rostrata

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Lobster Claw 3 litre plants

The classic Heliconia with hanging ‘lobster claw’ flowers on 6ft plants. Our plants flower each autumn if given a large enough pot - 10 litre or larger and with enough heat during winter to keep them growing. Also attractive in leaf with a maroon reverse to the leaves and slender tall foliage.

Heliconia schiedeana

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Mexican Heliconia 3 litre plants

A medium sized Heliconia that reaches between 4ft and 8 ft tall with upright inflorescences of bright red bracts and yellow flowers in summer. Native to southern Mexico, it is one of the hardiest Heliconias and one of the few that will succeed in cooler climates and easier to over winter under cool glasshouse conditions with a minimum of 10°C. It was originally collected from northern Mexico at high elevation and flowering typically occurs from December through to August.

Heliconia stricta Dwarf Jamaican

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Dwarf Jamaican Heliconia 3 litre plants ♣

Most Heliconia are tall plants, some to 15ft tall before flowering, but there are a few more manageable for pot growing given enough heat. This one as far as I know is the smallest flowering at only 2ft. The flowers or bracts stay fresh for some time on the plant before fading maybe after a month. Ideal for bringing in doors to a warm sunny location before returning to its warm humid permanent position in a greenhouse (best with bottom heat) during winter. Many of our sale plants come into flower from November to December.

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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 ♥