A vigorous Canna with beautiful densely packed orange and green striped foliage. In mid-to-late summer sturdy stems arise that are topped with bright colourful blooms that combine perfectly with the lush foliage. Canna 'Tropicanna' loves a sunny site, ideally with damp soil. Canna 'Tropicanna' makes an ideal and eye-catching tropical plant for patio pots, in your garden borders or even as a marginal aquatic plant for your pond.
Current size: Supplied in 9cm pots.
A gorgeous dark leaf canna that reaches heights up to 150cm and flowers throughout summer. Canna ‘Red Velvet' is a vigorous Canna cultivar that produces strong growing clumps. Grows best in full sun planted in rich but well drained soil. Try planting at the back of your borders to get some really exotic height. Combine with green leaved plants to provide a dramatic contrast in your borders or container displays.
Supplied fully rooted in 17cm pot.
The Australian Tree Fern brings dramatic, tropical elegance to UK gardens. Its lacy, bright green fronds unfurl from a stout, furry trunk, creating a captivating focal point. In a tropical-style garden or fernery, Cyathea cooperi adds architectural grandeur and a sense of lushness.Though not fully hardy, with winter protection it can thrive, evoking a Jurassic-era beauty and providing a stunning backdrop for other shade-loving plants.
Cyathea cooperi is a speed demon compared to the more stately Dicksonia antarctica! While Dicksonia slowly unfurls its fronds, Cyathea practically explodes with growth, adding several feet in a single season in ideal conditions. This vigorous grower can reach a majestic 4.5m (15 feet) or even more in warmer microclimates!, quickly establishing itself as a tropical centrepiece. It's the perfect way to create a lush, jungle-like feel in a relatively short time
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Perfectly suited to a tropical scheme, with rich bright-red, semi-double flowers on deep bronze foliage. Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff' is a well-known variety that is free from virus, making it one of the best Dahlia's available. The striking deep bronze foliage complements dark leaved Cannas and Bananas beautifully, while providing a powerful contrast against green plants. Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff' has proven hardy when provided a site with good drainage.
Current Size: Plug plant
An amazingly tropical looking rich flame coloured Foxglove hybrid. Digitalis Illumination 'Flame' is a cross between our native Digitalis purpurea and an exotic species from the Canary Islands, Isoplexix canariensis. Very attractive spires of flowers are produced through summer and into autumn, attracting pollinators into your garden. This incredible perennial foxglove can survive winters in mild locations. This exotic Foxglove hybrid thrives in both full sun and partial shade, growing to a height of around 90cm tall.
Current size: Supplied as a plug plant.
Dramatic deeply divided palmate leaves and a bushy exotic evergreen habit. Fatsia polycarpa ‘Green Fingers’ is a relatively new introduction to gardeners here in the U.K. Fatsia polycarpa originates from the shady hillsides of Taiwan where it was once a rare plant to find. Fatsia polycarpa ‘Green Fingers’ is a tough exotic shrub and should be hardy in most UK gardens, but it will benefit from a bit of shelter from the most severe cold. Well worth growing for it’s amazing deeply lobed foliage, giving this Fatsia a much more tropical look than the regular Fatsia japonica.
Fatsia polycarpa ‘Green Fingers’ is best grown in partial shade where it can reach heights of up to 2m. In late autumn and winter it produces Ivy-like flowers that provide valuable nectar for pollinating insects.
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Current size: Supplied in a 17cm diameter pot. 45-60cm tall including pot.
This architectural marvel boasts stunning, blue-grey, serrated foliage, instantly adding exotic drama. Perfect for UK gardeners craving a lush, tropical feel. While hardy in much of the UK, it thrives in sunny, sheltered spots or large containers where it can grow to great heights in only one season. Its unique, honey-scented, maroon flowers are a summer spectacle. Fast-growing and impactful, Melianthus major creates a bold statement, bringing a touch of the Mediterranean to your doorstep. Add this showstopper to your collection and escape to your own tropical oasis.
An absolutely incredible Banana with red striped foliage on mature plants. Musa sikkimensis ‘Bengal Tiger’ is thought to have similar hardiness to Musa Basjoo, surviving -5ºC with a light wrap of fleece in the Grow Paradise garden. Musa sikkimensis ‘Bengal Tiger’ grows rapidly and can reach a height of 2.5m tall and 1m wide within 2 seasons. A fantastic specimen plant.
Please note: The red leaf markings are variable and will appear as the plants get larger and are exposed to more light. These plants have been cut back and are now pushing out their first leaves of the season. Current Size: Supplied as a jumbo plug plant.
For UK gardeners seeking exotic flair, Puya chilensis offers a striking addition. This bromeliad boasts dramatic, towering inflorescences with vibrant, greenish-yellow flowers, creating a truly unique spectacle. Its rosette of grey-green leaves, armed with sharp, curved spines, adds to its architectural presence. Puya chilensis can tolerate temperatures slightly below 0°C for short periods, especially if given time to acclimatize to cooler conditions.Current size: Supplied in a 9cm pot.
A Salvia that will provide blooms for your summer garden and will continue to flower all the way through to the first hard frosts. Salvia 'Amistad' produces dark purple flowers that continually emerge from numerous stems and will happily combine well with ferns in a semi-shaded location. This Salvia grows well in both sun and part shade so feel free to experiment with where you choose to plant it in your garden. Pollinating insects will be drawn into your garden as a result of it's attractive purple blooms.
Current size: Supplied as a plug plant.
