Nerium oleander |
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£ 1.40
Nerium oleander is recognised my many people as it is commonly seen growing in the Meditteranean and other regions with warm climates but it is surprisingly frost hardy and is also just about hurricane proof. Oleander also makes a very effective but attractive hedging plant. 20 seeds
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Passiflora quadrangularis - giant passionflower |
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£ 1.40
Known for its very large fruits which may weigh up to 4 kg (9 lb). It is also one of the more beautiful of the passionflowers as it is ringed with oval white sepals, reddish petals and a center crown with 5 rows of numerous white and purple rays. The flowers are fragrant. It is a robust climber with winged stems and oval leaves. Due to it´s rarity - 4 seeds
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Tacca chantrieri - black bat flower |
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£ 1.40
Known for it's long "whiskers" that emanate from the flower scape. The scape is nearly black in color, with some purple as are the long , broad leaf blades which give the plant the name of "Black Bat Flower". This Malaysian perennial is always in demand. Produces 2' leaves, 10" wide with angular pleats in the leaves. Due to it´s rarity 4 seeds
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Strelitzia reginae - bird of paradise |
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£ 1.40
This is the best known of the Birds of Paradise - with leathery leaves to 3', trunkless and clumping; the flowers are in bracts shaped like a bird's beak with various colors of green, purple, red, orange, yellow, and blue. Very hardy. 5 seeds
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Strelitzia nicolai - white bird of paradise |
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£ 1.40
This is the White Bird of Paradise with huge leathery boat shaped leaves upright to 18'. The white bird has large flowering bracts that are reddish with white and blue petals. It is an impressive tropical specimen wheter it is grown indoors or in an exterior landscape. The flowers can get as large as 10-12 inches. The leaves of the plant are banana like. The plant looks a little like a palm too. Extremely hardy. 4 seeds
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Tacca nivea - white bat / dove plant |
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£ 1.40
Brilliant white flowers to 12" width stand upright with the petals spread to the extent that they appear as a white dove - or as a bat-like form. The throat shows the coloration of faint purple- brown, and from this region protrude 10-20 prominent dark purple bracts. Flowing from this area are up to 30 thin white tentacles "whiskers". An irrisistable plant for many. Due to it´s rarity - 4 seeds
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Passiflora edulis |
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£ 1.40
The white sepals and petals are almost completely covered with its undulating corona. The center of the corona is a very dark purple. It produces edible yellow skinned fruits. Hardy.
4 seeds |
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Papaver orientales |
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£ 1.40
A wonderful array of pastel colours in this giant flowered poppy, various shades of pinks, purples, peaches, yellows, and bicoloureds producing abundent blooms on each plant. The flowers themselves are a huge 20cm (8").
50 seeds |
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Passiflora liularis - sweet passionflower |
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£ 1.40
From Mexico to Bolivia cultivated for its sweet yellow to purplish fruits. Vining to 14' with leaves broadly ovate to 6" with 4" flowers greenish white with petals white or tinged pink.
4 seeds |
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Calliandra - fairy duster plant |
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£ 1.40
Handsome small shrub-like tree to 4' known for its fuzzy pink-red flowers and delicate feathery leaves. Fast germinating from seed. Flowering in Spring and fall. May also be grown indoors in sunny location.
4 seeds |
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