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
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MAIL ORDER
We are now using "At once couriers
based in Tunbridge Wells)
All mail order prices have postage added automatically at checkout at the following rates, up to £50 of plants £12.00 is added and then for every next £50 of plants a further £8.00 is added.
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" 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
£11.00
Delivery only
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
£11.00
Delivery only
Don't
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
£13.00 picture
Delivery only
Don't
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 £6.00 SHADE
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
£10.00
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 £22.00
WET
Delivery only
Don't

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 £13.00
WET
Delivery only
Don't
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 £18.00 HOT Delivery only
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
£10.00 SHADE

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
£26.00
picture
Delivery only
Don't

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 £15.00
Delivery only
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 10
Litre
£15.00
WET picture Delivery only
Don't

Canna En Avent
As below
USDA zone 8 7.5 Litre £13.00
WET
Mail order special 3 litre £7.00
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 4
Litre
£10.00
WET
Canna Indica Purpurea
"Shot Plant" from damp open areas in subtropical South America,
flowers late summer onwards, grows to 7' tall by 2' wide, sunny
site moist soil, root system must be protected against penetrating frost
USDA zone 8 7.5
Litre
£13.00
WET
Delivery only
Don't

Canna Richard Wallace
"Shot Plant" from damp open areas in subtropical South America,
flowers late summer onwards, grows to 7' tall by 2' wide, sunny
site moist soil, root system must be protected against penetrating frost
USDA zone 8 7.5
Litre
£13.00
WET
picture
Delivery only
Don't

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 £10.00
WET



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
£20.00
Delivery
only
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
£30.00
Delivery only
Don't

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 £26.00
Delivery only
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 £3.50
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 £10.00 SHADE
WET
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
£3.50 WET
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
£13.00 WET
Delivery only
Elegia
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
£10.00

Elegia
Tetrophylum
Evergreen from
light scrub in eastern Australia, flowers summer and gets 3' by 3',
sunny site, tight clump forming, one of the hardiest
USDA zone 8 4 Litre
£10.00
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 or store as a dahlia
USDA zone 10 20 Litre £30.00
Delivery only
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 or store as a dahlia
USDA zone 9 20 Litre £26.00
Delivery only
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
£13.00
picture
Delivery only
Don't


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, self seeds
USDA zone
8 4
Litre
£10.00
HOT


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
£15.00
Delivery only
Don't

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
£22.00
SHADE
Delivery only
Don't 
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
£13.00
Delivery only
Don't
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 £13.00
Delivery only
Don't
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 £13.00
Delivery only
Don't

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
£10.00
Mail order not yet available don't
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 £30.00
Delivery only
Don't
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 £13.00
Delivery only
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 £30.00
Delivery only
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 £15.00
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 £13.00
WET picture Delivery only
Don't
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
£13.00
WET picture Delivery only
Don't
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
£12.00 picture
Mail
order special 3 Litre £7.00
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
£26.00
Delivery only
Don't
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 £15.00
Delivery only
Don't


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
£10.00
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
£10.00
picture
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
£10.00
Phormium Tenax
The evergreen "New Zealand
Flax", strangely enough from New Zealand and grows in scrub swamps and
hills, flowers summer, gets 8' high by 8' wide,a sunny site will do.
USDA zone
8
7.5 Litre
£13.00
Delivery only
Don't
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, bit of a spreader
USDA zone
7 20
Litre
£26.00
Delivery only
Don't
Phyllostachys Pubescens
Evergreen "Moso Bamboo" from
woodland (It's own) in China, grows
to 50'+ tall by 20'+ wide, full sun, slow growing at first
USDA zone
7 20
Litre
£26.00
Delivery only
Don't

Pleiblastus Humilis Pumilis
As below but 4'+ wide and faster
growing
USDA zone 5
4 Litre
£8.00
COVER

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
£40.00
Delivery only
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 £13.00 Delivery only
Don't
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 £13.00 Delivery only
Don't 

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
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
£8.00 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
£26.00
Delivery only
Don't
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 £10.00
Solanum Atropurpurea
"Malevolance"
of tropical woodland in South America, flowers light yellow all summer
and gets to 6'+ tallby 4' across, sunny site, fast growing & self
seeds, winter protection or dry store, it's an evil looking bugger
USDA zone 9 7.5 Litre
£13.00
picture
Delivery only
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 and edible fruit
USDA zone
8
7.5 Litre
£11.00
Delivery only
Don't
Solanum Laxum
Aureavariegata
As above
USDA zone 8
7.5 Litre
£13.00
Delivery only
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
£10.00
picture

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 £13.00
picture
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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
£13.00
Delivery only
Don't
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
£30.00
Delivery only
Don't
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
£30.00
Delivery only
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 £13.00 WET
Delivery only
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
£13.00
Delivery only
Don't
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
£26.00
Delivery only
Don't


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 £13.00
WET
Delivery only
Don't

Zingiber Mioga
"Japanese Ginger" from wooded
mountainsides in Japan,
flowers autumn and grows 5' tall by 1' wide, part shade, edible ginger
with a pepery taste
USDA zone
8 4 Litre £10.00
SHADE
