Shown with with 6' tall scale model. Doesn't always flower in the garden if the summer is a poor one. But in the greenhouse it goes out through the roof and has single pink flowers right at the top! This requires a height of about 18'! Grow as with all Dahlias - don't allow it to get cold and wet in winter. Mulch it deeply when planted in good drainage.
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Hydrangea like, half-hardy, very pretty small shrub to 3' to 4' outside, taller under glass. Sunny spot, shelter from cold winds.
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Formerly Wattakaka sinensis, this is a scented twining climber for the conservatory, though we have seen it outdoors in sheltered, frost free gardens. This is an unusual, graceful plant of great beauty and while it isn't showy, it is elegant.
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Very unusual and extremely pretty little shrub growing to 2' to 3'. Has many panicles of blue and white flowers over a long period starting in summer. 2l pot

Rare and unusual, this is a 5'x5' shrub with gorgeously scented yellow flowers in round heads. It's a bit of a connoisseur's plant and needs good soil and careful placing to get the best from its lovely flowers which bloom from winter to spring. It's happiest in full sun or light shade and won't go below -5C, so is not for cold areas. Give it moist, well-drained humus-rich loamy soil - in other words, the really good stuff most gardeners dream of. Can be grown in a cool greenhouse or conservatory but water regularly giving a monthly feed of liquid fertiliser during its growing season.
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Abyssinian banana. This very fast-growing plant has the most lovely deep red leaves and less of a stem than Musa basjoo. We think it more attractive, less susceptible to wind damage - a really glamorous plant in pots on your terrace and over-wintered in a frost-free greenhouse.
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Of all the many ornamental and beautiful plants in the Pea family, few are more colourful than these. Deep scarlet flowers in big racemes, May to July. Almost hardy, particularly if the root is protected from frost, otherwise an excellent plant for the conservatory or greenhouse.
We do know someone growing it outdoors in Hampshire, in a sheltered spot. 2l. pot (in short supply)

One for the collector. This extremely rare plant from S. Africa, has willow like evergreen leaves and heads of
small purplish flowers. In its native country, it grows along streams so keep it in moist
but not water logged soil. It won't take temps below -3C at most, so if in doubt keep it
inside over winter in a warm greenhouse or conservatory where it will be evergreen.
This is a truly unusual beauty.

Clusters of small pink flowers and unlike most other Fuchsias, this one has bunches of fruit like small grapes, following the flowers. Edible. Not hardy and could be damaged by temps below -5C so only for the mildest gardens. Otherwise, this is a beautiful and rarely seen conservatory plant. 2l pot.

Hardy to 20-25°F (-7 to -4°C) Minimum Avg. Temperature: 50°F (10°C)
Full sun to light shade. Succulent rosette.
Low watering, free draining essential. Bulbils developing on the inflorescence
Blooming Habits:Strongly fragrant white to pale green flowers on a 20 feet tall inflorescence (6 m). Leaves in dense rosette, long, sword shaped, wide, tapering towards the apex, upper surface concave, with entirely creamy white or light yellow, broad, longitudinal panels, lower surface convex, entirely creamy white or light yellow; margin somewhat irregularly wavy, with a few hooked teeth. Inflorescence about 4 m high, branched. Flowers white, small; adventitious plantlets between the flowers. Monocarpic so propagate by the bulbils. 3l pot