New Plant Items
All of our New Plant Introductions not listed in our 2008 Catalogue
 
As part of our continued expansion plans we look for exciting new plants on a regular basis, all of these new items are consolidated each year into our annual catalogue but we like to integrate them into our Web Site as soon as stocks become available. Although these new plants appear within each category, to easily identify them the following is a complete list of all items not in the 2006 catalogue. Many are derived from seed trials and subsequent plant availability, others from propagation and some directly imported from abroad or sourced within the UK.
 
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Brugmansia Mon Amour

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Double Pink Angels Trumpet 1 litre plants 
A fully double strong growing pink scented hybrid that tends to put on more vegetation than flowers but when it does it is striking. We will have a limited number of plants though and orders will be allocated on a strict FIFO basis.

Brugmansia Sunrise

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Pink Angels Trumpet 1 litre plants

A lovely pale pink brugmansia with good sized flowers, white in the throat and edged with pink on semi pendant blooms. We could not acquire sufficient stock for the last two years of this lovely brugmansia and we are pleased to be able to offer it again from our own propagation.

Canna Shenandoah

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Canna Shenandoah 3 litre plant

A favourite Canna of Queen Victoria so they say. Pink/White flowers on a short plant with dark bronze/red foliage

Chambeyronia macrocarpa

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Red Leafed Palm 3, 5 & 7 litre plants

A rare palm with bright red colouring of the newly opened leaves which later turn to a dark green, fairly new to cultivation, it is easy to look after, performs well as an in-door palm. Not too sensitive to cool winter conditions but above 10C preferable. Over the last 5 years we have tested the germination of the seed that we sell and have a few plants in various sizes from 2ft to 6ft tall. Not in pristine condition but respectable as they get crowded in our polytunnels over winter otherwise taking up too much space. I am looking for some good homes for these unusual palms. Prices £30, £50 and £75 respectively.

Dahlia imperialis

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Giant Dahlia 1 litre plants җ

If you are into pretty Dahlia flowers then this is not for you! But - if you are into giant tree size foliage then this one takes the cake. It is semi hardy and from our own experience will stand a mild winter left outside like any other dahlia, regrowing from the root stock again in late spring the following year. In the UK probably 10ft is the best you may see in a season but in it’s natural habitat 10 metres is quite normal for 9 months growth! It does flower with pretty single pink flowers but by November the frost will probably have got there first. Has to be seen to be believed with huge 4" diameter stems and massive leaves. As I write this section on the 10th Nov looking out of our office window, one of our own plants still outside stands at 14ft with multiple stems and in bud! With the forecast this weekend for frost though I think it unlikely flower as in the picture.

Dombeya wallichii

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Pink Ball Shrub large 5 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.

Eugenia uniflora

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Surinam Cherry 2 year old 1 litre plants
The Surinam cherry rarely grown outside of the Americas is a bush or small tree to 25ft in height that can be kept to a manageable size when pot grown . It has adapted to both subtropical and tropical climates and is hardy to -3°C when full grown and possible a good candiate for a sunny winter cool conservatory. Plants like full sun and are drought tolerant, needing only moderate rainfall. Fruits develop and ripen in just 3 weeks from flowering on young trees and eaten fresh with sugar or used in preserves.

Justicia coccinea

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Brazilian Plume Flower 1 litre plants 1ft tall

Justicia coccinea, is a rare large tropical shrub to 6ft which performs best when grown in a sunny conservatory or greenhouse. Large soft leaves support the beautiful scarlet typical justicia family flowers. Keep the soil moist at all times but never soggy, and feed every two weeks with a good all purpose fertilizer from March through to October. Justicias can be pruned back drastically in early Spring to prevent legginess. We have managed to propagate a few for this year but supply is very limited.

Monstera deliciosa variegata

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Variegated Swiss Cheese Plant 3 litre

A lovely variegated form of the Swiss Cheese plant with bold white variegation on the leaves and fruit pods. Slower growing than the green form and good for a house plant with some tolerance to dry conditions. Avoid full sun as this can burn the white variegation in the leaves. A reasonably tough plant that we have propogated from a stock plant acquired some 30 years ago.

Murraya koenigii

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The Curry Leaf Plant

We have a few plants grown from seed last year of the Curry-leaf tree. A native of India and Sri Lanka, it is a small tree suitable for pot culture with very pungent aromatic leaves. The leaves are used in curries. Flowers late spring to early summer with small white flowers, 5/16 of an inch across and are sweetly scented.

Murraya koenigii need warm temperatures with full sun to partial shade and a well draining loam based compost mix. The compost should be allowed to thoroughly dry between waterings. Fertilize weekly during the growing season and do not let the winter temperature fall below 18c° when watering should be very light. A small tree perhaps making 4ft in 5 years.

Mussaenda erythrophylla

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Red Flag Bush 1 litre plants 1ft tall

A spectacular tropical shrub with huge flower bracts in pink, white or red.  We have managed to acquire a few of the scarlet form for this year but supply is limited. These delicate plants are only for experienced tropical enthusiasts that have warm tropical greenhouses or a humid tropical conservatory to grow them. We also have a pink form (not for resale) that gave us a spectacular display last year and we cannot wait to see this red flag in full bloom.

Plumeria pudica

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White or Bridal Frangipani small 1 litre plants 

A rare plumeria in the UK but much more suitable for pot culture, it is deciduous under drought or very cold conditions but in our heated greenhouses the fiddle shaped green leaves remain evergreen. It produces large pure white flowers with a yellow eye bourne in clusters, unfortunately without much scent. The attraction though is the branching habit, and the ability to flower continuously all year round in a heated conservatory. Easy to prune and keep in shape and encouragement to branch by pruning will produce even more flowering tips. This plant rarely sets seeds with only a handful of seed pods ever recorded but a collector sent us some seed from a pod formed last year and we had 98% germination. These may have crossed with other Plumeria rubra hybrids giving some different colour tints and perhaps a smidgen more of scent. Be one of the first to find out!

Rheum palmatum tanguiticum

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Ornamental Rhubarb in 3 or 5 litre pots
If you like large leaves and spectacular flowers you have to grow this form of ornamental rhubarb. It forms huge clumps of large, often purple backed soft leaves, supporting columns of 6ft tall red flowers. An excellent spot plant for a lawn specimen that requires plenty of water to be impressive. We split up an old clump from our garden last autumn and have a few plants for sale.

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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