Half Hardy and Summer Patio

Bring a taste of the exotic to your garden with half-hardy plants. If you can provide some winter protection it is amazing how many more interesting and plants you can grow, to the envy of your friends and family. You can grow these plants in pots and enjoy them in the garden between June and September when there is no risk of frost (UK). All they need is a greenhouse, porch or conservatory over winter kept above freezing.

Many plants will relish a spell outdoors, the local birds can get at any pests, and the sun and wind helps to strengthen the plants. September is a good time to start thinking about bringing plants undercover, as the nights will be rapidly getting longer and colder, and excess moisture can build up. Some plants will be happy tucked up against the house wall, with a bit of fleece to hand for very cold nights. 

We only show you the plants we hope to have for sale in 2024, if not available now they will progressively become so through the spring.

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Jasminum angulare
£6.50
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Jasmine

Tender evergreen climber from South Africa with very sweetly scented white flowers from summer to autumn. This is not hardy although it can happily be grown in a pot and put outsside for the summer.

Justicia brandegeeana 'Yellow Form'
£7.50
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Yellow Shrimp Plant

Tender evergreen shrub with small tubular white flowers surrounded by yellow coloured bracts which last long after flowers have faded.

Justicia carnea
Justicia carnea
£6.50
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Brazilian Plume Flower

Tender shrub of open habit with green leaves and spectacular, large plumes of bright pink tubular flowers from mid summer-autumn.

Kalanchoe marmorata
Kalanchoe marmorata
£6.50
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Kalanchoe pinnata
£6.50
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Cathedral Bells, Life Plant, Miracle Leaf

Capable of making a tall plant, with the ability to produce baby plants along the edges. Clusters of large pink pendant flowers Keep frost free and out of direct sun under glass.

Lampranthus  'Purple'
Lampranthus 'Purple'
£6.50
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Spreading succulent with grey-green leaves and bright mauve dasies from late spring-summer. Grow in loam based compost with added grit in full sun. Should take a touch of frost but won't like winter wet.

Lampranthus  'Yellow'
Lampranthus 'Yellow'
£6.50
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Spreading succulent with grey-green leaves and bright yellow daisy-like flowers from late spring-summer. Grow in loam based compost with added grit in full sun. Should take a touch of frost but won't like winter wet.

Lophospermum  'White'
Lophospermum 'White'
£6.50
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A frost-tender climber or trailing plant with lovely white , trumpet-shaped flowers in summer. Can be used in hanging baskets or trained up a short obelisk

Lophospermum  'Wine Red'
Lophospermum 'Wine Red'
£6.50
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Creeping Gloxinia

A frost-tender climber or trailing plant with lovely deep wine-red, trumpet-shaped flowers in summer. Can be used in hanging baskets or trained up a short obelisk

Lycianthes (Solanum) rantonnetii 'Album'
Lycianthes (Solanum) rantonnetii 'Album'
£6.50
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The rare white form of S. rantonettii. Makes an arching shrub, needing support against a wall, for a cool conservatory or sheltered city garden. Long flowering. Can be pruned hard in spring.

Maurandya barclayana
Maurandya barclayana
£6.50
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A dainty tender climber with a twining habit and a plentiful supply of purple snapdragon like flowers all summer. Will also trail, so ideal for baskets is sun to part shade

Mimulus aurantiacus
£6.50
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Orange Bush Monkey Flower

Half-hardy shrub sporting masses of beautiful large orange flowers all summer. For sun and well drained soil and is ideal in a container.

Muehlenbeckia 'Larger Leaf'
Muehlenbeckia 'Larger Leaf'
£6.50
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Bought as M. axillaris, but appears to be a larger leaved form of M. complexa, A low growing, spreading shrub with masses of rounded green leaves up to 1 cm across. Good for covering rough ground or old tree stumps.

Muehlenbeckia astonii
Muehlenbeckia astonii
£6.50
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Wiggy-Wig Bush, Zig-Zag Bush

A shrub from New Zealand with distinctive wiry zig-zag stems and small semi-evergreen leaves. Hardy to minus 5 in well-drained soil. Can be trimmed into curious shapes if desired

Nelumbo nucifera
£6.50
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Lotus

The fabulous plant makes a strking plant when given space and plenty of warmth. Growing in shallow water, the huge leaves and hopefully pink flowers will rise up out of the water.

Nerine bowdenii
£6.50
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Guernsey Lily

Large, vivid pink, trumpet-shaped flowers from September-October, sometimes into early winter if fairly mild. Likes a sunny position and well drained soil. Resents disturbance.

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