JunglePlants

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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 ♥