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Fargesia 'Jiuzhaigou 1'
Fargesia robusta 'Campbell'
Phyllostachys aurea
Sarcococca confusa
Trachycarpus fortunei
Fargesia nitida 'Black Pearl'
Ginkgo biloba 'Troll'
Nandina domestica
Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Holochrysa'
Phyllostachys nigra 'Henonis'
Phyllostachys aurea 'Koi'
Nandina domestica 'Woods Dwarf'
Succulents and arid drought resistant plants are amongst the most architectural plants available from the well known Aloes, Agaves or century plants to Beschorneria with amazing flowers the wonderful Dasylirion, Phormiums or New Zealand flax through to a whole range of Yuccas they are suitable many garden types often perfect for challanging sites such a windy coastal gardens, dry roof gardens, dry stony or sandy soils.
If you have ever seen a mature Fasicularia flourishing in a Cornish windswept garden with it's blue and red flowers and spiky lanceolate leaves you'll know why we love them so much!
Everyone's heard of Aloe vera, well there is even a close relative Aloe striatula thst is pretty tough outside here forming soft spiky clumps tops with red hot poker like yellow and green flowers.
With some many plants to choose from we have made a selection of plants we really like making it easy for you to choose for your hot dry sunny bed or container.
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...
from £8.99
Agave Americana
American Aloe
Agave Americana is a beautiful slow-growing structural plant with blue-green fleshy leaves tipped with a sharp point. Will need some protection from frost when young but in well drained soil and a sunny position it will withstand cold temperatures ...
from £9.50
Agave filifera
Thread Agave
A Mexican evergreen, rosette forming succulent that can grow up to 50cm tall and wide. Greenish-white flowers are borne on spikes of up to 2.5m high. Requires well-drained sandy or loamy soil in full sun. Suitable for coastal gravel gardens. Protect ...
from £16.50
Agave horrida
One of the most attractive and bizarre of the agaves. It forms a rosette of grey-green leaves formidably armed with papery teeth. Tolerates some frost but best grown in a container and given protection over winter. Grow in well drained soil in full s...
from £16.50
Yucca filamentosa 'Bright Edge'
Needle Palm
Yucca filamentosa 'Bright Edge' Adam's Needle. A clump-forming shrub with rosettes of rigid, dark green leaves, with broad yellow margins. Upright spikes of nodding, bell-shaped white flowers in mid and late summer. Height 75cm. Spread 1.5m. Flower c...
from £16.50