Supposedly the best Tetrapanax cultivar on the market. Bigger and better with more muscles to flex. Widely grown and highly rated – we’ll see… Tender. Perennial. 2m. H4. 2L pot. Read more
An exotic looking small tree up to 10m with a striking tiered habit with pale green branches holding an arrangement of glossy green leaves each rimmed with a pale trim. Ours is the good form. Rare and unusual. Needs shelter. H6. 2L pot. Read more
The star jasmine, so named for the star-shaped, scented, white blossom with its Salix shaped leaves, dark green in colour with pale white veins takes on a bronze tinge in spring and turns a vein red/purple during winter making this evergreen climber a wonderful addition to any sheltered spot. Flowers June-August. 8m. H4. 2L pot. Read more
A tall shrub up to 3m with deeply veined, velvety leaves and prominent reddish pink buds that open to reveal rich satiny purple flowers. Excellent in a pot. Tender perennial. H2. 1.5L pot. Read more
Rice paper plant. A magnificent foliage plant which impresses in our Exotic Garden. Large grey-green palmate leaves, downy on the underside, are presented like plates on suckering woody stems. Produces loose sprays of white non-descript flowers in late autumn. Hardy with us. Perennial. 2m. H4. 1.5L pot. Read more
Native to the central part of eastern United States. A woodland perennial with three bold downward-hanging purple-mottled leaves above which sits a central, stalkless, closed cluster of burgundy petals. Looks other-worldly. Young plants. H5. 1.5L pot. Read more
Decorative blue foliage flushed purple, topped with heads of purple and cream flowers. The most dramatic foliage of any thalictrum June-August. Perennial. 2m. H7. 1.5L pot. Read more
This is a mutant of the Mexican Marigold collected in California. The leaves are twisted and puckered and slightly grey-green in appearance. Light and airy it still carries the pungent aroma of its parent, forming an elegant shrub if kept away from the frosts. We use as foliage foil in the exotic garden and has quickly become one of our favourites. Tender perennial. 1m. H3. 1.5L pot. Read more
A splendid, trouble-free, self-supporting, 2m perennial, with large heart-leaves, suppressing all weeds. Yellow daisies with tiers of scaly green bracts. July-Aug. H7. 10cm pot. Read more
Exotic looking toad lily with white, purple spotted funnel-shaped flowers and hairy leaves. Aug-Oct. Perennial. 80cm. H7. 10cm pot. Read more
The Copper Canyon Marigold. A shrubby marigold from Mexico to Arizona with highly aromatic, finely cut filigree leaves. Super as a delicate foliage plant to give mounds of fresh, ferny green leaves. Flowers deep yellow but only in late autumn/winter into the spring. Up to 1.5m tall and very effective. Tender perennial. H3. 10cm pot. Read more
A delicate double form of Thalictrum delavayi much alike but shorter at 1m. H7. 10cm pot. Read more