JUNGLE
Plants that are actually from jungle
or in our opinion suitable to pretend to be
PRICE STRUCTURE
There are 4 levels, the higher the level the more costly and or time
consuming to breed the plant
For more details go to the Nuts & Bolts
button
MAIL ORDER
All mail order prices include the post and packing, so the price you
see is the price you
pay, for full details please go to the Nuts
& Bolts button. Large orders may be sent in multiple packages.
Mainland Great Britain only at the moment I'm afraid, anywhere else by
request. Not all plants are available for mail order (they may be the
wrong size or out of stock or too low in numbers) but can still be on
sale at the nursery. Minimum order £10.00
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" of dry rocky woods from south and west
Europe to northwest Africa, flowering summer and growing to 5'+ tall by
4'+ across, sun to light shade, very deep returning root system
USDA zone
6 7.5 Litre, nursery
price £11.00 LEVEL1
Mail order not yet
available
don't
Acanthus Spinosa
"Bear's Breeches" of dry rocky areas from Italy to Turkey,
flowering summer and growing to 4' tall by 3' across, sun to light
shade, very deep returning root system
USDA zone
6 7.5 Litre, nursery price
£11.00 LEVEL1
Mail order cost inc p&p £23.00
Acca Sellowiana
Evergreen "Pineapple Guava", from upland slopes and scrub in
Brazil and Uraguay, flowering summer and gets 12' tall by 6' wide, full
sun to part shade, should set tasty fruit
USDA zone
8
7.5 Litre, nursery price
£13.00
LEVEL2 picture
Mail
order cost inc p&p £25.00
Alocasia Calidora
Arisaemea Flavum
"Panshalla" of
woodland in the Himalayas, flowers yellow in late summer and grows
about 12" tall by 6" across, sun to part shade but well drained
USDA zone 6 2 Litre, nursery price £6.00
LEVEL2 SHADE
Mail order cost inc p&p
£9.00
Arisaemea Speciosum
"Cobra Lily" of woodland in Nepal and southwest China, flowers
earlysummer and grows 24" to 36" tall by 18" wide, sun to part
shade
USDA zone
8 4
Litre, nursery price
£10.00 LEVEL2
SHADE
Mail order not yet
available
Arundo Donax
Evergreen "Giant Reed" of riversides and ditches in the
Mediterranean, flowers late summer and grows 18'+ tall by 6'+ wide,
full sun damp soil, strong and fast growing good screen plant
USDA zone
7 20 Litre, nursery price £22.00
LEVEL1 WET
Mail order cost inc p&p
£37.00 
Astelia Chathamica
Evergreen "Silver Spear" from boggy alpine areas in
Chatham Island (New Zealand), flowers late spring and grows 6' tall by
9' wide, full sun, moist acid soil, may need a bit of winter protection
USDA zone
8 7.5 Litre, nursery price £13.00
LEVEL2
Mail order not yet
available
Astelia Nervosa
Westland
As above but from New Zealand and grows 4' tall by 3'
wide
USDA zone 8
3 Litre, nursery price
£7.00 LEVEL2
Mail
order
not
yet
available
Bauhenia Natalensis
Beaucarnea Recurvata
Evergreen
"Elephant Foot Tree" from tropical forest in Mexico, flowers yellow in
summer and grows to 30' tall by 8', full sun and well drained, needs
some winter protection
USDA zone 8/9 10 Litre, nursery price £18.00
LEVEL3 HOT
Mail order not yet available
don't

Bilbergia
Nutens
Evergreen
"Queen's Tears" grows in the Atlantic Forest and jungle of southern
Brazil and Uruaguay, flowers summer and grows 6" tall by 10" wide,
semi-shade, tight clump forming
USDA zone 8 4 Litre, nursery price
£10.00
LEVEL2 SHADE
Mail order cost inc p&p
£16.00

Buddleja Madagascariensis
Evergreen from
forest margins in Madagascar, flowers summer and gets 20' tall by 15'
across, sunny site, best in sheltered spot
USDA zone 8 20 litre, nursery price
£26.00 LEVEL2
Mail
order
cost
inc
p&p
£41.00

Butia Capitata ssp Odorata
Evergreen
"Jelly Palm" from the Atlantic Forest in south Brazi, Uraguay and north
Argentina, flowers cream early summer and gets to 18' tall by 15' wide,
sunny site
USDA zone 8 10 Litre, nursery price £15.00
LEVEL3
Mail order not yet available
Calotropsis Procera
Canna Altensteinii
Of riverbanks and streams of South America, flowers
summer onwards and grows to 15' tall by 4' wide, full sun damp to wet
soil, very fast growing, base may need a bit of winter shelter
USDA zone
8 7.5
Litre, nursery price
£13.00 LEVEL2
WET picture Mail
order cost inc p&p £25.00
Canna En Avent
As below
USDA zone 8 7.5 Litre, nursery price
£13.00 LEVEL2
WET
Mail order cost inc p&p £25.00
Canna Indica
"Shot Plant" from damp open areas in subtropical South America,
flowers late summer onwards, grows to 5' tall by 2' wide, sunny
site moist soil, root system must be protected against penetrating frost
USDA zone
8 7.5
Litre, nursery price
£13.00 LEVEL2
WET
Mail order cost inc p&p £25.00
Canna Indica Purpurea
As above
USDA zone 8 7.5
Litre, nursery price
£13.00 LEVEL2
WET
Mail order cost inc p&p £25.00
Canna Richard Wallace
As above
USDA zone 8 7.5
Litre, nursery price
£13.00 LEVEL2
WET
picture
Mail order cost inc p&p £25.00

Ceiba Pentandra
Chondropetalum Tectorum
Evergreen and from marshes and seeps in South Africa, flowers
summer and gets 4' by 4', best in sunny damp acid soil, may need a bit
of winter protection.
USDA zone 8 4 Litre, nursery price £10.00
LEVEL2 WET
Mail order cost inc p&p £16.00
Cycas Panzhihuanensis
Evergreen "Dukou Cycad" from steep rocky hills in north Yunnan and
south Sichuan (China), flowers summer and grows 9' tall by 8'
wide, full sun, may need a bit of winter protection, fast growing for a
cycad
USDA zone
8
7.5 Litre, nursery price
£20.00 LEVEL4
Mail order not yet
available
Dahlia Imperalis
Delonix Regia
The "Flame Tree" grows in Madagascar in dry forest, flowers early
summer and reaches 30' tall by 20', sunny site and dry in the winter
USDA zone
9/10 20 Litre, nursery price
£30.00 LEVEL4
Mail order cost inc p&p £45.00

Dendrocalamus
Calostachys
Evergreen from tropical mountain forest in India and
southwest Asia, grows up to 70' tall by 20' wide, sun to light shade,
moist acid soil, needs some winter protection
USDA zone
9 20 Litre, nursery price £26.00
LEVEL2
Mail
order not yet
available
Dionaea
Muscipula
The "Venus Fly Trap", growing
in coastal grassy plains in North and South Carolina, flowers summer
and grows 4" tall by 8" wide, sunny but moist poor acid soil
USDA zone
5 1 Litre, nursery price £3.50
LEVEL2 WET
Mail order not yet
available
Dracunculus Vulgaris
The "Dragon
Arum" of damp woodland in the Balkans, Greece and Turkey, flowers
summer and gets 3' tall by 1', light shade to shade, moist soil
USDA zone 5 4 Litre, nursery price £10.00
LEVEL2 SHADE
WET
Mail order cost inc p&p £16.00
Drosera
Capensis
Evergreen "Cape
Sundew" from marshes, seeps and streams in SouthAfrica, flowers summer
and grows 6" by 6", sunny site damp soil, needs winter protection
USDA zone 9 1 Litre, nursery price
£3.50
LEVEL2 WET Mail order cost inc p&p
£5.00
Dovea
Macrocarpa
Evergreen of
scrub in South Africa, flowers summer and grows 6' tall by 2' wide,
sunny site, tight clump forming
USDA zone 8 4 Litre, nursery price
£10.00 LEVEL2
Mail
order
not
yet
available
Elegia Capensis
Evergreen from streamsides and damp pastures in South Africa,
flowers summer and grows 7' by 6', sunny sheltered site, damp soil
USDA zone
8 7.5
Litre, nursery price
£13.00 LEVEL2 WET
Mail order not yet
available
Elegia
Tetrophylum
Evergreen from
light scrub in eastern Australia, flowers summer and gets 3' by 3',
sunny site, tight clump forming
USDA zone 8 4 Litre, nursery price
£10.00
LEVEL2
Mail order cost inc p&p
£16.00
Entelea Arborescens
Erythrina
Amazonica
Evergreen "Amazon Coral Tree"
of Columbian Jungle, flowers red in summer and gets to 90' by up to 30'
wide, sunny site, winter protection, not so fast growing and loses it's
leaves if cold
USDA zone 10 20 Litre, nursery price £30.00
LEVEL3
Mail order not yet available
don't
Erythrina
Arborescens
"Phalledo" of woodland in the Sikkim Himalayas, flowers summer and
grows 30' tall by 20', sunny site, best in sheltered spot and probably
needs winter protection
USDA zone 9 20 Litre, nursery price £26.00
LEVEL2
Mail
order not yet available
Erythrina Crista Gali
"Coral Tree" from woodland in Brazil and Argentina, flowers late
summer and gets to 6' tall to 3' wide, sunny site plant
the base in sheltered spot
USDA zone
8 7.5
Litre, nursery price
£13.00 LEVEL2
picture
Mail
order
cost
inc
p&p
£25.00


Erythrina Vesperitillio
Eucomis Atumnalis
"Pineapple Lily" grows in South African scree, gets 8" to 12" high
by 8" wide, flowers late summer and needs full sun and well drained
soil,
USDA zone
8 4
Litre, nursery price
£10.00 LEVEL1
HOT
Mail order cost inc p&p
£16.00

Fargesia Muraliae
Evergreen "Umbrella Bamboo" of
woodland in central China, grows to
12' tall by 5' wide, sunny site, very dense and wind tolerant
USDA zone 6 10
Litre, nursery price
£15.00 LEVEL2
Mail order cost inc p&p
£27.00

Fatsehedera Lizei
Evergreen "Tree Ivy" of garden
origin and shade loving
habitat, flowers autumn and grows to 15'+ tall by 5'+ wide, light shade
to shade, good houseplant
USDA zone
7 20
Litre, nursery price
£22.00 LEVEL2 SHADE
Mail
order cost inc p&p
£37.00 
Hedychium Coccineum
Taco
"Red Ginger Lily" of light moist
woodland in the
Himalayas, flowers late summer and grows to 10' tall by 4' wide, full
sun moist rich soil, may need winter base protection like a canna
USDA zone 8
7.5
Litre, nursery price
£13.00 LEVEL2
Mail
order cost inc p&p £25.00
Hedychium
Densiflorum
Assam
Orange
"Ginger Lily" of shaded mud banks
and
rocky areas in the temperate Himalayas, flowering in autumn, 4' tall by
1', sun to shade, moist rich soil, base needs some protection
USDA zone
8 7.5 Litre, nursery price £13.00
LEVEL 2
Mail
order cost inc p&p £25.00
Hedychium
Forrestii
"Ginger Lily" of unknown origin and
shady habitat, flowers autumn and grows 6' tall by 1', sun to shade,
moist rich soil
USDA zone
8 7.5 Litre, nursery price £13.00
LEVEL 2
Mail order cost inc p&p £25.00
Isoplexis Canariensis
From laurel forest in the Canaries,
flowers summer and gets 4'
tall by 3' wide, sun to part shade, will need some protection
USDA zone
9
4 Litre, nursery
price
£10.00 LEVEL2
Mail order cost inc p&p
£16.00
Jacarandum Mimosifolia
"Blue Jacaranda" grows in wet
rainforest in Bolivia, Brazil and
northwest Argentina, flowers spring and gets to 50' tall and to 25'
wide, sunny site, will need protection from the winter as a baby but 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.
USDA zone 10 then
9 20 Litre, nursery price £30.00
LEVEL3
Mail
order cost inc p&p £45.00
Jatropha Multifeda
Evergreen "Coral Bush" of
tropical forest from Brazil to Mexico,
flowers summer and grows 10'+ tall by 6'+, sunny site, will need winter
protection, sadly also a biofuel with a very poor yield
USDA zone 10 7.5
Litre, nursery price £13.00
LEVEL2
Mail order not yet
available
Jubaea Chilensis
Evergreen
"Chilean Wine Palm" of steep ravines in woodland from Chile, flowers
yellow in summer with
edible fruit and grows to 80' tall by 25' wide, sunny site doesn't mind
wet
USDA zone 8 20 Litre, nursery price £30.00
LEVEL3
Mail order not yet available
Lobelia Wollastonii
Detais to be
done
Manihot Carthaginensis
"Tapioca Tree"
from forest in Mexico, flowers summer and gets 8' tall by 4' to 6'
wide, sunny site, best in sheltered spot
USDA zone 8 7.5 Litre, nursery price £15.00
LEVEL2
Mail order not yet
available
Melianthus Comosus
The "Touch me not" grows along
riverbanks in South Africa, flowers
late summer and grows to 6' tall by 4' wide, sunny but damp site is
best, has a funny smell like the "Villosus".
USDA zone
8 7.5 Litre, nursery price £13.00
LEVEL2
WET picture
Mail
order cost inc p&p £25.00
Melianthus Major
"Honey Flower" grows by South
African riversides,
flowering late summer, and grows to 6' tall by 4' wide, sunny site and
moist soil, not as smelly as the other two
USDA zone
8
7.5 Litre, nursery
price
£13.00 LEVEL2
WET picture
Mail
order cost inc p&p £25.00
Miscanthus Floridulus
Of lowland grasslands in Japan,
Taiwan and the Pacific Islands,
flowering late summer and gets 9' tall by 5' across, sunny site
USDA zone
6 10
Litre, nursery price
£12.00 LEVEL1 picture
Mail
order cost inc p&p
£24.00
Musa Acuminata
Dwarf
Cavendish
"Banana" from forest in
Indo-Malaysia, flowers late
summer and grows 6' tall by 5' wide, sun to light shade, fertile damp
soil, will need winter protection, this variety should produce bananas
even in our climate
USDA zone
9
7.5 Litre, nursery
price
£15.00 LEVEL3
Mail order
cost inc p&p £27.00

Musa Basjoo
Growing in woodland in Asia,
flowering late summer and gets to
10'+ tall by 5'+ wide, sunny to part shade, moist and fertile soil,
protect trunk for a larger plant, keep out of strong wind or sun
USDA zone
7/8 20
Litre, nursery price
£26.00 LEVEL3
Mail order cost inc p&p £41.00
Musa Lasiocarpa
"Yellow Lotus Banana" of mountain
forest in Yunnan (China),
flowers summer and grows to 6' tall by 3' wide, sunny moist fertile
soil, need some winter protection to successfully flower
USDA
zone8 10 Litre, nursery price £15.00
LEVEL2
Mail order cost inc p&p £21.00

Passiflora Incarnata
"May Pops" from the east USA growing
in grassland and rocky areas,
flowers all summer and raches 6' tall by 4' across, full sun and best
against a hot wall, fruit used for making jam
USDA zone
6
4 Litre, nursery
price
£10.00 LEVEL2
Mail order not yet available
don't
Passiflora Incense
"Passion Flower" of garden origin
and light woodland habitat,
flowers all summer and gets to 10' tall by 10' wide, sunny site, clump
forming and best by a hot wall
USDA zone
8 4 Litre,
nursery pricee
£10.00
LEVEL2
picture
Mail order cost inc
p&p £16.00
Passiflora Mollissima
Semi-evergreen "Banana Passion
Flower" light woodland and stony
ground in northern South America, grows to 15' tall by 3'+ wide, sunny
site, needs winter protection
USDA zone
9
4
Litre,
nursery price
£10.00 LEVEL2
Mail order cost inc p&p £16.00
Phormium Sundowner
As below but of garden origin and 6'
by 6'
USDA zone
8
7.5 Litre, nursery
price
£13.00 LEVEL2
Mail
order cost inc p&p
£25.00
Phormium Tenax
As below but a little bigger
USDA zone
8
7.5 Litre, nursery
price
£13.00 LEVEL2
Mail
order cost inc p&p
£25.00
Phyllostachys Nigra
Evergreen "Black Bamboo" of woodland
and groves in China, grows to
25'+ tall and 15'+ wide, full sun, black stems come with age
USDA zone
7 20
Litre, nursery price
£26.00 LEVEL2
Mail order cost inc
p&p £41.00

Pleiblastus Humilis Pumilis
As below but 4'+ wide and faster
growing
USDA zone 5
4 Litre, nursery
price
£8.00 LEVEL1
COVER
Mail order cost inc p&p
£14.00 
Ravenala Madagascariensis
Evergreen
"Travellers Palm" from rainforest in Madagascar, flowers white in
summer and grows 30' tall by 15' wide, sunny moist and fertile, needs
winter protection
USDA zone 11 20 Litre, nursery price £40.00
LEVEL4
Mail order not yet available
Rhodocoma Gigantea
Evergreen of
coastal mountains in South Africa, flowers summer and grows 6' to 9'
tall by 2' to 3' wide, sunny site tight clump forming
USDA zone 8 7.5 Litre, nursery price £13.00
LEVEL4
Mail order cost inc p&p
£25.00
Ricinus Communis
Shrub growing
in scrub. wasteland or forest from the south Mediterranean to south
Asia, flowers all summer and grows to 15' tall by 8' wide, full sun to
part shade, needs some winter shelter, beware Russians with umbrellas
USDA zone 9 7.5 litre, nursery price £13.00 LEVEL
1
Mail order price inc
p&p £25.00 
Sarracenia
Leucophylla
The
"White Pitcher Plant" of damp
savanah
in southeast USA, flowers in spring and grows to 3' tall by 1' wide,
likes full sun and damp soil, tight clump forming
USDA zone 6
2 Litre, nursery price £8.00
LEVEL4
WET
Mail order not yet available
don't
Sarracenia
Purpurea
"Purple Pitcher" from east North
America, growing in bogs, savannahs
and flat woods, flowers summer and gets 2' tall by 1', sunny, moist
poor soil, tight clump forming
USDA zone 3
2 Litre, nursery
price £8.00
LEVEL4 WET
Mail order not yet
available
Semiarundinaria
Fastuosa
The "Narihira Bamboo" grows in
ravines and woodland slopes in
Japan, will grow to 20' tall and get 6'+ wide, full sun to light shade,
very dense bamboo
USDA zone
7
20 Litre, nursery
pricee
£26.00 LEVEL2
Mail order not yet available
Solanum Capicastrum
Evergreen "
False Jerusalem Cherry" of jungle forest in Brazil, flowers white with
orange fruit ussually in the winter, grows 2' by 2', sunny site and
winter protection
USDA zone 9 4 Litre, nursery price £10.00
LEVEL2
Mail order cost inc p&p
£16.00
Solanum Atropurpurea
picture
Solanum Laciniatum
Evergreen "Kangeroo Apple" of
woodland in New Zealand and Australia, flowers all summer and grows 10'
by 10', sunny site and fast growing
USDA zone
8
7.5 Litre, nursery
price
£11.00 LEVEL1
Mail
order cost inc p&p £23.00
Solanum Laxum
Aureavariegata
As above
USDA zone 8
7.5 Litre, nursery
price
£13.00 LEVEL2
Mail order
not yet available
don't
Solanum Maritinum
From lowland slopes in Chile,
flowers blue all summer and grows 4' tall by 2' across, full sun,
winter protection
USDA zone 10
4 Litre, nursery price £10.00 LEVEL 2 picture
Mail
order
cost
inc
p&p £16.00 
Solanum Pyracantha
"Porcupine Tomato" of tropical woodland
in Madagascar, flowers blue all summer and grows 5' tall by 4' wide,
sunny site, fast growing, needs winter storage
USDA zone 9 7.5 litre, nursery price £13.00 LEVEL
2
picture
Mail order not yet available
Sonchas Fruticosa
"Shrubby Sow Thistle" from hilly
laurel forests in Madeira,
flowers late summer and grows to 7' tall by 5' wide, sun to part shade,
returns from rootstock, seed collected by myself (snowing the day I
picked the seed)
USDA zone
8
7.5 Litre, nursery
price
£13.00 LEVEL2
Mail
order
not
yet
available
Spathodea
Campanulata
Evergreen "African Tulip Tree" of
gorges
and forest margins in tropical Africa, flowers summer and grows to 70'
tall by 40' wide, full sun fertile moist soil, will need total winter
protection I fear
USDA zone
11
20 Litre, nursery
price
£30.00 LEVEL3
Mail
order
cost
inc
p&p
£45.00
Tamarindus
Indica
Evergreen "Tamarind" grows in
tropical forest in Africa,
flowers summer and grows between 10 ' to 25' tall by 4' to 8' wide,
sunny site and total winter protection
USDA zone
10 20
Litre, nursery price
£30.00 LEVEL3
Mail
order not yet available
don't
Thalia
Dealbata
From marsh and
pond edges in Mexico and south USA, flowers summer and gets 6' to 10'
tall by up to 6' wide, full sun moist to wet soil, clump forming
USDA zone 6 7.5 Litre, nursery price £13.00
LEVEL2 WET
Mail
order not yet available don't 
Thamnochortus
Insignis
Evergreen "Thatching Reed" of funbos
in South Africa, flowers
summer and grows 7' tall by 4' wide, sunny well drained soil
USDA zone
8 7.5
Litre, nursery price
£13.00 LEVEL2
Mail
order cost inc p&p £25.00
Thamnochortus Luscens
To be done
Trachycarpus Fortunei
Evergreen "Chusan palm" from oak
forest in China and Japan,
flowers summer and grows to 70' tall by 8' wide, sunny site, slow
growing and keep out of a windy spot
USDA zone
7
20 Litre, nursery
price
£26.00 LEVEL2
Mail
order cost inc p&p £41.00

Zantedeschia Albomaculata
South African and growing by
streamsides, flowers summer and gets
2'+ tall and 1' wide, sunny site and moist to wet soil
USDA zone
8 7.5 Litre, nursery price £13.00
LEVEL2
WET
Mail
order cost inc p&p £25.00

Zingiber Mioga
"Japanese Ginger" from wooded
mountainsides in Japan,
flowers autumn and grows 5' tall by 1' wide, part shade, edible
USDA zone
8 4 Litre, nursery price £10.00
LEVEL2
SHADE
Mail order cost inc p&p
£16.00 