Tender Plants
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Ipomoea pennata 'Cypress Vine'
Hummingbird vine, Star Glory€2.10Ipomoea pennata is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful of all annual vines. The feathery foliage with thin, thread-like leaves give the plant a light, airy texture. In summer the plants burst into flower and are covered with hundreds of scarlet red, star shaped flowers.
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Luffa cylindrica
Vegetable Gourd. Aka Loofah or Loofa€2.34Out of stock
Luffa acutangula is a very versatile plant. As a vegetable, the leaves can be eaten in a salad, the very young gourds, known as Chinese Okra they taste like aubergine. The matured dried gourd develops into a fibrous netting. It is an excellent sponge and makes a wonderful exfoliator.
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Mimosa pudica 'The Sensitive Plant'
Touch-me-not€1.98 As low as: €1.58Mimosa pudica, the 'sensitive plant', is a source of fascination to adults and children alike. When touched, the narrow fern-like leaflets they almost instantaneously fold together and the leaf stalk droops. This sometimes sets off a chain reaction, with several leaf stalks falling on top of one another.
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Musa acuminata
Dwarf Banana, Chinese Banana€2.34The development of bananas is a source of both pride and amazement to those unfamiliar with banana culture. Musa acuminata is a 'dwarf variety' with broad, long, graceful leaves, and is extremely suitable for containers or gardens.
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Musa balbisiana
It has no common name€2.94Out of stock
Musa Balbisiana is a fruit bearing variety and one of the progenitors of the present-day commercial bananas. The clumps of lush, dark foliage make it ideal for creating a jungle landscape. It develops large colourful inflorescence of bright red and maroon.
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Musa ornata
Purple Flowering or Ornamental Banana€2.70Out of stock
Musa ornata is a very attractive ornamental banana plant with tropical flair. A small plant that produces long, glaucous-green, oblong leaves and a gorgeous purple inflorescence in summer. It makes a much more manageable plant than other species and is extremely suitable for containers and well suited for indoor use.
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Musa sikkimensis
Himalayan, Darjeeling or Sikkim Hardy Banana€3.54Out of stock
Musa sikkimensis is still a relatively new plant introduction and is proving to be as hardy as the most popular banana species Basjoo, but I think more attractive and quite spectacular as a large plant. The leaves are a darker glossy green, with new leaves producing a lovely pink flush to the underside.
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Nicotiana affinis var. grandiflora
Jasmine Tobacco, Flowering Tobacco
Also known as Nicotiana alata var. grandiflora€1.50Nicotiana affinis, also known as N. alata, is a classic tobacco plant with a delicious evening scent. It has been justly popular for over a century and a firm favourite with generations of gardeners: it is far lovelier than the modern improved forms of Nicotiana alata.
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Nicotiana alata 'Dwarf Tinkerbells F2 Mixture'
Flowering Tobacco, Jasmine Tobacco€1.56Nicotiana alata 'Tinkerbells' is a stunningly colourful plant for borders and containers. The dwarf, bushy habit and the hybrid vigour combine to produce a carpet of colour. To get the most enjoyment from the sweet evening fragrance, plant near patios, decks, or under windows to best enjoy their sweet perfume.
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Nicotiana alata var. grandiflora 'Crimson Bedder'
Jasmine Tobacco, Flowering Tobacco€1.50The pure bloom power of Nicotiana Crimson Bedder makes it a winner for every garden. The well branched and bushy plants grow to around 50cm tall. These free-flowering little gems will bloom from early summer to autumn, every inch packed with crimson blooms.
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Nicotiana alata var. grandiflora 'Lime Green'
Jasmine Tobacco, Flowering Tobacco
Nicotiana affinis var. grandiflora€1.50Nicotiana alata 'Lime Green' is a sought after variety which produces a mass of bright green flowers which open fully in the afternoon. It provides a new and refreshing alternative to the usual shade annuals: the unusual colouring lifts the summer border and act as a foil to hotter colours.
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Nicotiana langsdorffii
Langsdorff's tobacco€1.98Nicotiana langsdorffii is Brazilian member of the tobacco family and one of those plants that deserves its present high reputation. The chartreuse green panicles of drooping bells add an important ingredient to the garden's palette of colours, a colour that fits in to a great variety of planting schemes.
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Nicotiana sylvestris 'Only the Lonely'
Woodland or South American Tobacco Plant€1.74With elegant, pure white, large clusters of glistening white blooms that are intensely fragrant, Nicotiana sylvestris 'Only the Lonely' makes an aristocratic statement. When in full flower, each head resembles a graceful explosion.
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Nicotiana x sanderae 'Sensation Mixed'
Flowering Tobacco, Jasmine Tobacco€1.50Nicotiana Sensation is tall and elegant, with a mix of beautiful star-shaped flowers in shades of lavender, purple, rose, red and white, with a heavenly evening scent that is heavy and penetrating and unlike old varieties, they stay open all day.
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Passiflora edulis 'Purple Giant'
Passionflower, Passionfruit, Granadilla€2.34A Passiflora that produces very fragrant, unusual flowers. The flowers are white, except the base of the corona which is purple; the filaments are curly, as long as the petals, 5 to 7cm across. The edible fruits possess pleasant flavour, kind of sweet and a little tart.
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Petunia x hybrida 'F1 Daddy™ Mixed'
Grandiflora, Veined Petunia€3.30Out of stock
Spreading petunias soon became the buzz in the industry after introduction a little over ten years ago. With large grandiflora-type veined blooms with wavy edges, the F1 Daddy series is one of the all time best selling seed raised petunias. It is probably the best veined grandiflora type.
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Petunia x hybrida 'F1 Ultra™ Mixed'
Grandiflora Petunia. Pelleted Seeds€3.30Out of stock
The Ultras are an exciting hybrid Grandiflora series that feature characteristics growers can depend on. With a compact and spreading habit they are early flowering. The blooms each have slightly ruffled margins, some are veined and some bi-coloured, either striped or edged in contrasting colours.
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Ricinus communis 'Carmencita'
Castor Oil Plant€2.52Out of stock
Ricinus communis 'Carmencita' is an outstanding new variety with shiny dark brown foliage. The palmate leaves have deeply incised lobes and grow 30 to 75cm (12 to 30in) across. The plants have red stems and in late summer clusters of bright red blooms are followed by stunning scarlet seeds pods.
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Ricinus communis 'Zanzibarensis'
Castor Oil Plant€2.34Out of stock
This is a new and rather spectacular version of the Castor Oil Plant. Ricinus communis 'Zanzibarensis' is a fast growing, palm tree-like plant, it sports large green leaves and would be a splendid specimen for the back of the border. Be warned ... this remarkably architectural plant can grow up to 12 ft tall.
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Ricinus communis var. gibsonii
Castor Oil Plant€2.34 As low as: €1.87Ricinus communis is one of the best ways to quickly create a tropical effect in the garden. This remarkably architectural, fast growing plant. The huge leaves and interesting flower spikes add drama to borders and beds. The variety, gibsonii grows to around 150cm with gorgeous dark red, metallic foliage.
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Ricinus communis ‘Impala’
Castor Oil Plant€2.34Ricinus communis is fast growing, tall and dramatic with huge leaves and interesting flower spikes that add drama to borders and beds. 'Impala' grows to a reasonable garden height of around 90 to 120cm with gorgeous copper-red palmate leaves with vibrant red veins.
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Salvia farinacea 'Fairy Queen'
Bi Colour Sage, Flowering Sage€2.10Salvia farinacea ‘Fairy Queen’ is an attractive new variety that bears multiple spikes of bicolour blue and white flowers on dark distinctive flower stems from June to October. With a bushy, compact habit and thick stems. A small white spot on each sapphire blue flower creates the illusion of fairy dust.
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Salvia patens 'Blue Angel'
Gentian Sage€3.54Out of stock
Salvia patens is undoubtedly one of the very best blue flowering plants, the large, double-lipped blossoms are one of the truest blues found in nature. 'Blue Angel' is one of the smallest of the 'Gentian Sages', there is little else that can compete with the richness of its colour.
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Spilanthes acmella
Syn. Acmella oleracea
Toothache Plant, Peek-A-Boo, Electric Daisy€1.74Out of stock
Spilanthes acmella is a unique and versatile plant that will add texture and interest to your garden. Used by herbalists, the pretty yellow and red cone-shaped flowers and leaves have properties similar to Echinacea and has numbing properties when the leaves and flowers are chewed.