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Acacia pravissima

Oven's Wattle

Acacia pravissima is a completely whacky and remarkable member of the Mimosaceae family. One can expect a breath-taking abundance of bright yellow flowers in the form of tiny pom-poms. These flowers usually form during late summer and sit on the ...

Architectural
Evergreen
Yellow flowers
Fragrant
Exotic
Unusual foliage
from £19.50
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Aechmea recurvata var. recurvata

False Tillandsia

A super rare bromeliad from the cool mountains of Brazil. The stiff recurved leaves turn an amazing deep rich burgundy with red with pinky red flowers in the centre of each roseate. Eventually form a tight clump of many rosettes of leaves and flower...

Hardy bromeliad
Deep red, blue colour
Easy to grow
from £8.99
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Agave americana 'Variegata'

Century Plant

An evergreen succulent with basal rosettes of spreading, lance-shaped, spine-tipped and spine-margined, grey-green leaves with creamy yellow edges Clusters of yellowish green flowers. Height 2m. Spread 3m.Flowers from June to July Sheltered site with...

Grey-Green leaves with contrasting yellow edges
One of the larger Agaves
Perfect for pot
from £44.50
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Agave montana

Mountain agave

'Mountain Agave' from high altitude forests of Mexico, this is one of the hardiest varieties, suitable for planting out in milder parts of the country such as coastal gardens, will survive the winter in well drained dry conditions. Montana has ma...

hardy to winter cold
rosette of dark green leaves
has a good architectural shape
from £16.50
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Araucaria araucana Monkey Puzzle Tree

Monkey Puzzle

The Monkey Puzzle Tree is instantly recognisable and a well known feature in many gardens throughout the country. Botanically known as Araucaria araucana, the Money Puzzle Tree originates from Chile where it grows in impressive forest groups. Ara...

Exotic Hardy Tree
Architectural form
Unusual Evergreen Foliage
from £34.50
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Chamaerops humilis

Mediterranean Fan Palm

Second only to Trachycarpus fortunei, Chamaerops are a spectacular and hugely versatile hardy palm for British Gardens. Often known as the Mediterranean Fan Palm, we simply call them Chamaerops - less of a mouthful and for most, easier to spell! ...

Bushy and multi-stemmed
Salt and wind tolerant
Exotic
Jungly
from £12.50
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Chamaerops humilis 'Compacta'

Mediterranean Fan Palm

This Chamaerops palm is a recent introduction from a spectacular palm grower in Italy. It is a superb selection of the well known form Chamaerops humilis 'Volcano', differing from 'Volcano' by consistently growing very compact, dense and uniform le...

Bushy and multi-stemmed
Salt and wind tolerant
Exotic
Jungly
from £34.50
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Cordyline australis 'Pink Champagne'

Pink Cabbage Palm

Cordyline australis, the Cabbage Palm or Torbay Palm is not actually a palm but has a palm like appearance naturally originating from New Zealand. It is amongst the easiest exotic plants to grow with 'Pink Champagne' being a particularly striking var...

Pink and cream leaves
Great in a container
Evergreen exotic plant
from £24.50
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Cordyline australis 'Torbay Dazzler'

Variegated Torbay Cabbage Palm

Cordyline australis, the Cabbage Palm is not actually a palm, but it's a good fit with them. It is one of the easiest exotic plants to grow and 'Torbay Dazzler' is a particularly striking variety with green and cream stripes. It is very tolerant of w...

Salt and wind tolerant
Fast growing
Architectural
from £24.50
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Eriobotrya japonica 'Rose Anne'

Loquat Tree

Eriobotrya japonica 'Rose Anne' is a brilliant new variety of the Loquat Tree. I first discovered 'Rose Anne' growing at small family run propagation nursery in Belgium where the grower told me that this Eriobotrya was discovered growing in a garden...

Bold evergreen exotic foliage
Makes a wonderful specimen
Good for coastal gardens
from £39.50
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Nandina domestica

Sacred Bamboo

Nandina domestica, Sacred Bamboo, is a much under-rated evergreen shrub from China which isn't actually a bamboo.. It reaches no more than 1.8 metres in height and is covered in masses of tiny leaves. After a good, hot summer and a couple of fros...

bright, red new growth
white flowers and red berries
year round interest
from £34.50
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Nandina domestica 'Woods Dwarf'

Sacred Bamboo

Nandina 'Woods Dwarf' Nandina 'Woods Dwarf' is a beautiful compact form of Nandina domestica, often known as Heavenly Bamboo. 'Woods Dwarf' rarely grows more than 120cm in height and has a dense, leafy habit. Perhaps its strongest feature is that the...

from £34.50
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Phormium 'Bronze Baby'

New Zealand Flax

Phormium tenax 'Bronze Baby' is a striking variety of the New Zealand Flax. It boasts long, beautiful dark bronze coloured architectural foliage. Being 'everbronze' it is a great plant for any garden adding a bold statement within mixed borders or ...

Architectural
Good in coastal gardens
Interesting colour
from £16.50
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Phormium 'Cream Delight'

Mountain flax

Phormium 'Cream Delight', Mountain flax is a fantastic architectural plant. The boldly coloured leaves are mostly cream, narrowly edged with green. Reaches around 1 metre in height and spread, this is an excellent addition to an exotic or 'jungly'...

Architectural
Variegated foliage
Exotic
Coastal
from £16.50
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Phormium cookianum 'Tricolor'

New Zealand Flax

Phormium cookianum 'Tricolor' is a striking New Zealand Flax with very wide strap-like leaves which as the name suggests - comprise three colours - green and yellow with a thin red stripe. This is a beautiful evergreen plant, excellent on the...

Up to 1.5 metres tall
Wide, glossy foliage
from £16.50
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Phyllostachys aurea

Golden Bamboo

Phyllostachys aurea, the Golden Bamboo or Fishing Pole Bamboo is perhaps the most popular bamboo planted in the U.K and for good reason. It has sturdy upright olive green, maturing to golden yellow canes or culms as we call them reaching between 3.5-...

Full sun to part shade
1.50 to 5 metres in height can be clipped
Dense, ideal for screening
Hardy and easy to grow
from £39.50
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Phyllostachys aurea 'Koi'

Golden Bamboo

Phyllostachys aurea 'Koi' is definitely one of my favourite bamboo it really is gorgeous with golden canes streaked alternatively between the nodes in deep green. Each cane holding masses pale green leaves to add to the beauty. It is also a ramrod st...

Beautiful golden yellow and green canes
Up to 4 metres in height
Dense upright bamboo
from £29.50
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Phyllostachys bissettii

Bissetii Bamboo

Phyllostachys bissetii or as it's sometimes called David Bisset bamboo is a striking bamboo very garden worthy bamboo. Bissettii is extremely useful as a bamboo that alway looks fresh and healthy with its glossy deep green canes which when young are...

Tall upright glossy green bamboo
Up to 6 metres in height
Fabulous specimen or hedging bamboo
Very hardy
from £59.50
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Yucca rostrata

Beaked

Yucca rostrata is a upright architectural slow growing yucca eventually forming pale trunks topped with silver-grey narrow leaves up to 75 cm long.Yucca rostrata can ultimately grow to 2 or more metre high though in U.K gardens is generally smaller....

Up to 2 or more metres tall
Good in coastal gardens
from £225.00

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