JunglePlants

Other Exotics

(Delivery Apr to Sept)

Hardy and Semi Hardy Exotics mail order from JungleGardens, is a selection of many other jungle and exotic looking plants that you can easily grow and some hardy throughout most parts of the UK.

Abutilon pictum thompsonii

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Abutilon Pictum Thompsonii 1 litre plants ■☻җ

One of my favourite Abutilons with golden yellow variegated leaves and Orange lantern like flowers. I have used this plant for tropical bedding over many years as part of yellow themed displays. Over winters easily indoors and when it gets too leggy just cut it back allowing it to regrow.

Arundo donax Golden Chain

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Arundo Donax Yellow 3 litre plants ■☻җ җ

A yellow variegated foliage form of Arundo donax and a recent introduction. About the same hardiness as versicolor so with a little mulch over the crown it should handle most winters in the UK. Said to be the most spectacular of all yellow variegated grasses!

Arundo donax macrophylla

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Arundo Donax Green 3 litre plants ■☻җ җ

A tropical member of the grass family a bit hardier than the variegated form making tall 12ft stems in a season. Cold hardy maybe to -10°C. A real eye catcher if grown well. We offer a very robust form with larger stems called macrophylla.

Arundo donax variegata

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Arundo Donax 3 litre plants ■☻җ җ

A stunning tropical member of the grass family with thick stems and lovely variegation. Not quite so cold hardy or as tall (6ft) as the plain green form maybe to -8°C if the roots are covered over in winter. Two large stock plants left outside survived quite happily -10°c during the winter of 08/09.

Bartlettina sordida

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Blue Spur Flower Large 1 litre plants ■☻җ

An easy to grow, rare, semi hardy shrub for collectors of subtropicals. This Eupatorium, a relative from Mexico, forms a multi-branching shrub 8’ tall or more & blooms Autumn through to Spring where it can be kept frost free. The flower clusters are held well above the exotic foliage and look like giant Ageratum blooms. The large leaves are also beautiful, a velvety green with violet veining. The very upright stalks and stems are deep maroon/purple. Bartlettina grows quickly and thrives in bright shade & moist, rich soil. Frost tender though to about -5°C and ideal for a sheltered microclimate or as a spectacular conservatory plant. (My stock plants after a year, are 6ft tall with at least 12 large azure blue flower heads about 12" across - quite stunning for a February display)

Dahlia imperialis

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Giant Dahlia 1 litre ■☻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 normal winter left outside, 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.

Iochroma australe

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Mini Angel's Trumpet 1 litre plants ■☻җ җ

Iochroma australis is a lovely half-hardy shrub or small tree, related to Brugmansia. It has lilac blue pendant flowers produced in abundance throughout the summer months and makes a lovely conservatory shrub. Needs pruning each spring to make a compact form and reasonably hardy with one specimen growing outside at Wisley and another in Cambridge. A trial plant in our garden came through the cold winter of 2005/6 without protection but cut to the ground. New growth in 2006 reached 4ft but flowering was late into autumn.

Paulownia tomentosa

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Foxglove Tree 3 litre plants ■☻җ җ

We have some 1 year old plants again if you want a head start in growing these lovely trees. Please allow 2 to 3 years planted growth if you want to coppice these trees giving them time to get established.

Ricinus Carmencita Red

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Ricinus Carmencita Red- 1 litre pots ■☻

The best flowering Ricinus in our trials for the seed heads which are bright red. Smaller more manageable plants to 4ft if space is limited with a good red/bronze leaf colouring in full sun.

Ricinus New Zealand Purple

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Ricinus New Zealand Purple- 1 litre pots ■☻

A fabulous plant in our trials with 8ft towers of rich metallic re/purple leaves and stems. Flowers and seed pods are also a deep red/purple. Quite a stunning plant and quite rare as it was only introduced for the first time in 2005.

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Symbols

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 ♥