JUNGLE
Plants that are actually
from jungle or in our opinion suitable to pretend to be
Delivery is also available at £15.00 per hour drive time from
Tunbridge Wells (FREE local
delivery still).
Delivery to any shows we do is also FREE
EXPLANATIONS
USDA zones are zones of minimum winter temperatures, roughly
speaking any plant with a number 7 or less is pretty well hardy
anywhere in the UK, zone 8 is hardy but some plants may need a bit
of protection in particularly exposed or cold areas, zone 9 to be
grown outdoors only in urban or coastal areas unless given a lot
of protection, zone 10 not for outdoors in winter
CODES
Acanthus Mollis
"Bear's Breeches"
Perennial
Flowers summer 5'+ tall 4'+ wide South
and West Europe to Northwest Africa
dry rocky woods sun to light shade
USDA zone 6 very
deep returning root system
7.5
Litre £15.00
Acanthus Spinosa
"Bear's Breeches"
Perennial
Flowers summer 4' tall 3' wide Italy to
Turkey
dry rocky areas sun to light shade
USDA zone 6 very
deep returning root system
7.5
Litre £15.00
Acca Sellowiana
"Pineapple Guava"
Evergreen shrub
Flowers summer 12' tall 6' wide Brazil
and Uraguay
upland slopes and scrub full sun to part shade
USDA zone 8 should
set tasty fruit
7.5
Litre £18.00
picture
Arisaemea Flavum "Panshalla"
Perennial
Flowers late summer/yellow 12" tall 6" wide Himalayas
woodland
sun to part shade but well
drained
USDA zone 6
2 Litre £9.00 SHADE
Arisaemea Speciosum
"Cobra Lily"
Perennial
Flowers early summer 24" to 36" tall 18" wide
Nepal and Southwest China
woodland sun to part shade
USDA zone 8
4
Litre £15.00
SHADE
Arundo Donax
"Giant Reed"
Semi-evergreen perennial
Flowers late summer 18'+ tall 6'+ wide
Mediterranean
riversides and ditches full sun, damp soil
USDA zone 7
strong and fast growing good screen plant
20
Litre £30.00 WET
Astelia
Chathamica "Silver Spear"
Evergreen perennial
Flowers late spring 6' tall 9' wide
Chatham Island (New Zealand)
boggy alpine full sun, moist acid soil
USDA zone 8
7.5
Litre £18.00 WET
Bauhenia Natalensis "Natal Bauhinia"
Beaucarnea Recurvata
"Elephant
Foot Tree"
Evergreen tree
FLOWERS summer/yellow HEIGHT to 30' SPREAD 8' ORIGIN
Mexico
HABITAT tropical forest
LIKES
full sun and well drained
NOTES HOT
dry in winter USDA zone 8/9
10 Litre £20.00
Bilbergia Nutens "Queen's Tears"
Evergreen
perennial
FLOWERS summer HEIGHT 6" SPREAD 14" ORIGIN Southern Brazil and Uruaguay
HABITAT Atlantic Forest and jungle LIKES semi-shade
USDA zone 8
4 Litre £15.00
SHADE
Buddleja
Madagascariensis
Evergreen shrub
FLOWERS summer HEIGHT 20' SPREAD 15' ORIGIN Madagascar
HABITAT forest margins LIKES sunny site
USDA zone 8
20 litre £40.00
picture
Butia Capitata ssp
Odorata "Jelly
Palm"
Evergreen palm
FLOWERS early summer HEIGHT 18' SPREAD 15' ORIGIN South Brazil, Uraguay and North
Argentina
HABITAT Atlantic Forest LIKES sunny site
USDA zone 8
10 Litre £25.00
Canna Altensteinii
Perennial
FLOWERS summer HEIGHT 15' SPREAD 4' ORIGIN South
America
HABITAT riverbanks
and streams LIKES
full sun damp to wet soil
USDA zone 8 very
fast growing
10 Litre
£20.00 WET picture
Canna En Avent "Shot Plant"
Perennial
FLOWERS
late summer HEIGHT 7'
SPREAD
2' ORIGIN Subtropical South
America
HABITAT
damp open areas LIKES
sunny site, moist soil
USDA zone 8
7.5
Litre £18.00
WET
Canna Indica "Shot
Plant"
Perennial
FLOWERS late summer HEIGHT 5' SPREAD 2' ORIGIN Subtropical
South America
HABITAT damp
open areas LIKES
sunny site moist soil
USDA zone 8
7.5
Litre £18.00
WET
Canna Indica Purpurea "Shot
Plant"
Perennial
FLOWERS late summer HEIGHT 7' SPREAD 2' ORIGIN Subtropical
South America
HABITAT damp
open areas LIKES
sunny site moist soil
USDA zone 8
7.5
Litre £18.00
WET
Canna Richard Wallace "Shot
Plant"
Perennial
FLOWERS late summer HEIGHT 7' SPREAD 2' ORIGIN Subtropical
South America
HABITAT damp
open areas LIKES
sunny site moist soil
USDA zone 8
7.5
Litre £18.00
WET
picture
Ceiba Pentandra "Kapok tree"
Chondropetalum
Tectorum
Evergreen perennial
FLOWERS summer HEIGHT 4' SPREAD 4' ORIGIN South
Africa
HABITAT marshes
and seeps LIKES
sunny damp acid soil
USDA zone 8
4
Litre £15.00 WET
Clivea Miniata "Kaffir Lily"
Cycas Panzhihuanensis
"Dukou Cycad"
Evergreen cycad
FLOWERS summer
HEIGHT 9'
SPREAD 8'
ORIGIN
North Yunnan and South Sichuan (China)
HABITAT steep
rocky hills LIKES full sun
USDA
zone 8 fast growing for a
cycad
4
Litre £20.00
Cymbopogon Citratus "Lemon Grass"
Delonix Regia
"Flame Tree"
Tree
FLOWERS early
summer HEIGHT 30' SPREAD 20'
ORIGIN
Madagascar
HABITAT dry
forest LIKES sunny site and dry in
the winter
USDA
zone 9/10 can be dry
stored
10
Litre £25.00
Dionaea Muscipula
"Venus Fly Trap"
Carniverous plant
FLOWERS summer
HEIGHT 4"
SPREAD 8"
ORIGIN
North and South Carolina
HABITAT coastal
grassy plains LIKES sunny but
moist poor acid soil
USDA
zone 5
1
Litre £6.00 WET
Dracunculus Vulgaris "Dragon Arum"
Perennial
FLOWERS summer HEIGHT 3' SPREAD 1' ORIGIN
Balkans, Greece and Turkey
HABITAT damp woodland
LIKES
light shade to shade, moist soil
USDA
zone 5
4 Litre £15.00
SHADE
WET
Drosera Capensis "Cape
Sundew"
Evergreen
carniverous plant
FLOWERS summer
HEIGHT 6"
SPREAD 6"
ORIGIN
South
Africa
HABITAT marshes,
seeps and streams
LIKES
sunny
site damp soil
USDA
zone 9 self
seeds
1 Litre
£6.00 WET
Elegia Capensis
Evergreen perennial
FLOWERS summer
HEIGHT 7'
SPREAD 6'
ORIGIN
South Africa
HABITAT streamsides
and damp pastures LIKES sunny
sheltered site, damp soil
USDA
zone 8
7.5
Litre £18.00 WET
Elegia Macrocarpa
Evergreen
perennial
FLOWERS summer HEIGHT 6' SPREAD 2' ORIGIN
South Africa
HABITAT scrub LIKES
sunny site
USDA
zone 8
4 Litre £15.00
Elegia Tetrophylum Baloskian
Evergreen
perennial
FLOWERS summer HEIGHT 3' SPREAD 3' ORIGIN
Eastern Australia
HABITAT light scrub LIKES
sunny site
USDA
zone 8 one of the
hardiest
4 Litre £15.00
Entelea Arborescens "Whau"
Erythrina
Amazonica "Amazon
Coral Tree"
Tree
FLOWERS summer/red HEIGHT 90' SPREAD 30' ORIGIN
Columbia
HABITAT Jungle LIKES
sunny site
USDA
zone 10 can be dry
stored
10 Litre £25.00
Erythrina
Arborescens "Phalledo"
Tree
FLOWERS summer
HEIGHT 30'
SPREAD 20'
ORIGIN
Sikkim Himalayas
HABITAT woodland
LIKES
sunny site
USDA
zone 9 can be dry
stored
10
Litre £25.00
Erythrina Crista Gali
"Coral Tree"
Shrub
FLOWERS late
summer HEIGHT 6' to 10' SPREAD 3'
to 5' ORIGIN
Brazil and Argentina
HABITAT woodland
LIKES
sunny site
USDA
zone 8 can be dry
stored
7.5
Litre
£18.00 picture
Erythrina Vesperitillio "Bats Wing Coral Tree"
Eucomis Atumnalis
"Pineapple Lily"
Perennial
FLOWERS late
summer HEIGHT 8" to 12" SPREAD
12" ORIGIN South Africa
HABITAT scree
LIKES
full sun and well drained soil
USDA
zone 8 self seeds
4
Litre £15.00
HOT
Fargesia
Muraliae "Umbrella Bamboo"
Evergreen bamboo
FLOWERS
n/a HEIGHT 12'
SPREAD 5'
ORIGIN
Central China
HABITAT woodland
LIKES
sunny site
USDA zone
6 very dense and wind tolerant
10 Litre £20.00
Fatsehedera
Lizei "Tree Ivy"
Evergreen shrub
FLOWERS autumn
HEIGHT 15'+
SPREAD 5'+
ORIGIN
garden origin
HABITAT shade
habitat
LIKES
light shade to shade
USDA
zone
7 good houseplant
20 Litre £30.00
SHADE
Hedychium
Coccineum Taco "Red Ginger Lily"
Perennial
FLOWERS late
summer HEIGHT 10'
SPREAD 4'
ORIGIN
Himalayas
HABITAT light
moist woodland LIKES
full sun moist rich soil
USDA
zone 8
7.5 Litre £18.00
Hedychium Densiflorum Assam Orange "Ginger Lily"
Perennial
FLOWERS autumn
HEIGHT
6' SPREAD 1'
ORIGIN
Temperate Himalayas
HABITAT shaded
mud
banks and rocky areas LIKES
sun to shade, moist rich soil
USDA
zone 8
7.5 Litre £18.00
Hedychium Forrestii "Ginger Lily"
Perennial
FLOWERS autumn
HEIGHT 6'
SPREAD 1'
ORIGIN
unknown
HABITAT shady
areas LIKES sun
to shade, moist rich soil
USDA zone 8
7.5 Litre £18.00
Isoplexis
Canariensis
Perennial
FLOWERS summer
HEIGHT 4'
SPREAD 3'
ORIGIN
Canaries
HABITAT laurel
forest LIKES sun
to part shade
USDA zone 9
4
Litre
£15.00
Jacarandum
Mimosifolia "Blue Jacaranda"
Treel
FLOWERS spring/blue
HEIGHT 50'
SPREAD 25'
ORIGIN
Bolivia, Brazil and Northwest Argentina
HABITAT wet
rainforest LIKES
sunny site
USDA zone 10
then 9 as each year passes seems to
get that little bit hardier (apparantly there are 3 of
them growing in London) should flower from 6' up
20 Litre £45.00
Jatropha Multifeda "Coral Bush"
Evergreen bush
FLOWERS summer
HEIGHT 10'+
SPREAD 6'+
ORIGIN
Brazil to Mexico
HABITAT tropical forest
LIKES
sunny site
USDA zone 10 sadly
also a biofuel with a very poor yield
7.5 Litre £20.00
Jubaea Chilensis "Chilean Wine Palm"
EvergreenPerennial
FLOWERS summer
HEIGHT 80'
SPREAD 25'
ORIGIN
Chile
HABITAT steep
ravines in woodland LIKES
sunny site doesn't mind wet
USDA zone 8 edible fruit
20
Litre £45.00
Manihot Carthaginensis "Tapioca Tree"
7.5 Litre £20.00
Melianthus Comosus "Touch me not"
Shrub
FLOWERS late
summer
HEIGHT 6' SPREAD 4' ORIGIN
South Africa
HABITAT riverbanks LIKES
sunny but damp site
USDA zone
8 has a funny smell like the
"Villosus"
7.5
Litre
£18.00 WET
awful picture
Melianthus Major
"Honey Flower"
Shrub
FLOWERS late
summer
HEIGHT 6' SPREAD 4' ORIGIN
South Africa
HABITAT riversides LIKES
sunny site and moist soil
USDA zone
8 not as smelly as the other two
7.5 Litre
£18.00 WET
picture
Miscanthus
Floridulus
Perennial
FLOWERS
autumn HEIGHT 9' SPREAD 5' ORIGIN
Japan, Taiwan and the Pacific
Islands
HABITAT lowland
grasslands
LIKES
sunny site
USDA zone 6
10
Litre
£18.00
Miscanthus
Nepalensis
"Nepalese Fairy
grass"
Perennial
FLOWERS autumn/winter HEIGHT 4' SPREAD 3' ORIGIN
Himalayas and Burma
HABITAT clearings
and glades LIKES
sunny but sheltered spot
USDA zone 8
3 Litre £9.00
picture
Musa Lasiocarpa
"Yellow Lotus Banana"
Banana
FLOWERS summer HEIGHT 6' SPREAD 3' ORIGIN
Yunnan (China)
HABITAT mountain
forest
LIKES
sunny moist fertile soil
USDA
zone 8 need winter protection to
successfully flower
10 Litre £20.00
Passiflora
Incarnata "May Pops"
Climber
FLOWERS all summer HEIGHT 6' SPREAD 4' ORIGIN
East USA
HABITAT grassland
and rocky areas LIKES
full sun and best against a hot
wall
USDA
zone 6 fruit used for making jam
4 Litre
£15.00
Passiflora
Mollissima "Banana Passion Flower"
Semi-evergreen climber
FLOWERS
summer HEIGHT 15' SPREAD 3'+ ORIGIN
Northern South America
HABITAT light
woodland
and stony ground LIKES sunny
site
USDA zone 9
4 Litre £15.00
Phormium Tenax "New Zealand Flax"
Evergreen perennial
FLOWERS summer HEIGHT 8' SPREAD 8' ORIGIN
strangely enough from New
Zealand
HABITAT scrub
swamps
and hills
LIKES
sunny site
USDA zone 8
7.5 Litre
£15.00
Phyllostachys Nigra "Black Bamboo"
Evergreen
bamboo
Flowers once 25'+
tall 15'+
wide
China
woodland and groves
full sun
USDA zone
7 black stems come with age
20 Litre £40.00
Phyllostachys
Pubescens "Moso Bamboo"
Evergreen bamboo
Flowers once 50'+ tall 20'+ wide China
woodland (It's own) full sun
USDA zone 7 slow growing at first
20 Litre £40.00
Currently not
available
Phytolacca Dioica "Bella Sombra"
Pleiblastus
Humilis Pumilis
Evergreen bamboo
FLOWERS
n/a HEIGHT 2' to 4' SPREAD
4'+ ORIGIN Japan
HABITAT
woodland LIKES sun
to light shade
USDA zone 5 fast growing
4 Litre £12.00
COVER
Ravenala
Madagascariensis "Travellers Palm"
Evergreen
perennial
FLOWERS summer/white
HEIGHT 30'
SPREAD 15'
ORIGIN
Madagascar
HABITAT rainforest
LIKES
sunny moist and fertile
USDA zone 11
7.5
Litre £25.00
Remusatia Vivapara
"Hitch Hiker Plant"
Perennial
Flowers summer 2' tall
2' wide East Africa to Asia
jungle part shade to shade
USDA zone 8/9
5 Litre £15.00
SHADE
Rhodocoma Gigantea
Evergreen
perennial
FLOWERS summer
HEIGHT 6'
to 9' SPREAD 2'
to 3' ORIGIN
South Africa
HABITAT coastal
mountains LIKES
sunny site
USDA zone 8
7.5 Litre £18.00
Ricinus Communis "Caster
Oil Plant"
Shrub
FLOWERS all
summer HEIGHT to
15' SPREAD 8'
ORIGIN
South Mediterranean to South
Asia
HABITAT scrub,
wasteland or forest
LIKES
full sun to part shade
USDA zone
9 beware Russians with
umbrellas
7.5 litre £15.00
Sabal Minor "blue stem palm"
Evergreen palm
FLOWERS summer HEIGHT 2' to 6' SPREAD 2'
to 6' ORIGIN Texas to North Carolina
HABITAT moist forests and ravines LIKES dappled sun and moist soil
USDA zone
8 slow growing
7.5Litre £20.00
Saccharem Officinarum Red Stem
Evergreen grass
Flowers late summer 12' to 20'
tall 3' to 6' wide
Garden Origin
Damp grassland full sun, moist soil
USDA zone 9/10 grows
3cm a day
7.5 Litre £18.00
WET
Sarracenia
Leucophylla "White Pitcher Plant"
Carnivore
FLOWERS spring HEIGHT 3' SPREAD 1' ORIGIN South East America
HABITAT damp savannah LIKES full sun, moist poor soil
USDA zone 6
2
Litre
£10.00 WET
Sarracenia Oreophila, Pitcher Plant
Sarracenia
Purpurea "Purple Pitcher"
Carnivore
FLOWERS summer HEIGHT 2' SPREAD 1' ORIGIN East North America
HABITAT bogs, savannahs and flat woods LIKES sunny, moist poor soil
USDA zone 3
2
Litre
£10.00 WET
Sarracenia Purpurea ssp
Purpurea "Purple Pitcher Plant"
Carnivore
Flowers summer 4"
tall 8"wide
Louisiana to New Jersey
Bogs & savannahs Sunny, poor moist
soil
USDA zone 6
2 Litre £10.00
WET
Semiarundinaria
Fastuosa "Narihira Bamboo"
Bamboo
FLOWERS
n/a HEIGHT 20'
SPREAD 6'+
ORIGIN
Japan
HABITAT ravines
and
woodland slopes LIKES
full sun to light shade
USDA zone
7 very dense bamboo (didn't go to school)
20 Litre £40.00
Solanum Capicastrum "False Jerusalem Cherry"
Evergreen
shrub
FLOWERS winter/white
with orange fruit
HEIGHT 2'
SPREAD 2'
ORIGIN
Brazil
HABITAT jungle
forest LIKES
sunny site
USDA zone 9
4 Litre £12.00
Solanum
Atropurpurea "Malevolance"
Shrub
FLOWERS all
summer HEIGHT 6'+
SPREAD 4'
ORIGIN
South America
HABITAT tropical
woodland LIKES
sunny site
USDA zone
9 fast growing & self seeds, it's an evil looking bugger
7.5 Litre £18.00
picture
Solanum Laciniatum "Kangeroo Apple"
Evergreenish shrub
FLOWERS all
summer HEIGHT 10'
SPREAD 10'
ORIGIN
New Zealand and Australia
HABITAT woodland
LIKES
sunny site
USDA zone 8 fast
growing
and edible fruit
7.5 Litre £18.00
Solanum Laxum
Aureavariegata "Potato
Vine"
Semi-evergreen climber
FLOWERS
all summer HEIGHT 10' to 12'
SPREAD
3' to 5' ORIGIN Brazil
HABITAT
light jungle LIKES sunny
site
USDA zone 8 quick growing in a sheltered
spot
7.5 Litre £15.00
Solanum Pyracantha
"Porcupine Tomato"
Shrub
FLOWERS summer
HEIGHT 7'
SPREAD 4'
ORIGIN
Madagascar
HABITAT tropical woodland
LIKES
sunny site
USDA zone 9 fast growing
7.5 litre £18.00
picture
Sonchas Fruticosa
"Shrubby Sow Thistle"
Perennial
FLOWERS late
summer
HEIGHT 7' SPREAD 5' ORIGIN
Madeira
HABITAT hilly
laurel
forests
LIKES
sun to part shade
USDA zone 8 returns from rootstock
7.5 Litre £18.00
SHADE
picture
Sparmania
Africana "African Linden"
Evergreen shrub
Flowers anytime to 18'
tall 10' wide South Africa
Woodland likes a sunny site
USDA zone 9
10 Litre £20.00
Strelitzia
Nicolai "Giant Bird of
Paradise"
Evergreen perennial
FLOWERS early summer
HEIGHT 30'
SPREAD 15'
ORIGIN
South Africa
HABITAT coastal forest and
thickets
LIKES
sunny site
USDA zone 10
10 Litre £25.00
BEACH
Strelitzia
Reginae
"Bird of Paradise"
Evergreen perennial
FLOWERS summer HEIGHT 6' SPREAD 3' ORIGIN South Africa
HABITAT river banks and open glades LIKES full sun
USDA zone
8 slow growing, hardy form from
Drakensburg mountains (allegedly)
4 Litre £18.00
Tamarindus Indica "Tamarind"
Evergreen tree
FLOWERS summer HEIGHT 10 ' to 25' SPREAD 4' to 8' ORIGIN Africa
HABITAT tropical forest LIKES sunny site
USDA zone 10
10
Litre
£25.00
Thalia
Dealbata
Perennial
FLOWERS summer
HEIGHT 6'
to 10' SPREAD 6'
ORIGIN
Mexico and South USA
HABITAT marsh
and pond edges
LIKES
full sun moist to wet soil
USDA zone 6
7.5 Litre £15.00 WET
Thamnochortus Insignis "Thatching Reed"
Evergreen
perennial
FLOWERS summer
HEIGHT 7'
SPREAD 4'
ORIGIN
South Africa
HABITAT fynbos
LIKES
sunny well drained soil
USDA zone 8
Thatch that cottage
7.5
Litre
£18.00
Thamnochortus
Lucens
Evergreen
grass
Flowwrs summer 20" tall
10" wide South Africa
Dry sandstone slopes full sun, acid well
drained
USDA zone 8
2 Litre £9.00 HOT
Trachycarpus Fortunei
"Chusan palm"
Evergreen
palm
FLOWERS summer
HEIGHT 70'
SPREAD 8'
ORIGIN
China and Japan
HABITAT oak
forest LIKES
sunny to part
shade
USDA zone 7 slow growing and keep out of a windy spot
20 Litre £40.00
Zantedeschia
Albomaculata
Perennial
FLOWERS summer
HEIGHT 2'+
SPREAD 1'
ORIGIN
South Africa
HABITAT streamsides
LIKES
sunny site and moist to wet
soil
NOTES WET
USDA zone 8
POT
SIZE/COST 4
Litre
£15.00
Zingiber
Mioga "Japanese Ginger"
Perennial
FLOWERS autumn
HEIGHT 5'
SPREAD 1'
ORIGIN
Japan
HABITAT wooded
mountainsides LIKES
part shade
USDA zone 8 edible ginger with a peppery
taste
4 Litre £15.00 SHADE