Tropical and Exotic
Gardening links for tropical and exotic plants and gardens. Sites for advice and tips on tropical and exotic gardens and plants plus details of suppliers.
See specific pages for Bonsai, Cacti and Succulents
General information:
Kannonchiku - Site giving comprehensive guidance for growing and cultivating Rhapis palms.
Los Gatos Plants - UK Cycad Resource - good articles covering cultivation and germination of cycads - also offers seeds and plants by mail order.
Mikes Exotics and Hardy Plants - A weblog for people interested in growing exotic and exotic looking hardy plants.
Palm Haven - Information and photos of palm trees, small palms, cycads, bromeliads and other tropical plants. An extensive resource for anyone interested in palms and tropical flora.
The Palm Centre - Includes an information area (see bottom of their home page) covering Palms, Bamboos, Cycads, Bananas, Tree Ferns, Mediterranean Plants and how to protect your plants over winter - (thepalmcentre.co.uk)
Urban Jungle - Site includes tips, cultural information on Bananas, Cannas, Gingers, Tree Ferns, Arisaemas, Amorphophallus etc - (urbanjungle.uk.com)
'Yes, we have more bananas' RHS The Garden May 2002 article including 'growing Bananas in the UK - (RHS.org.uk)
Suppliers:
ANi Direct Seeds Offers many seed varieties of unusual, tropical and specialist gardening seeds available by mail order.
Big Plant Nursery (Ashington, West Sussex) - Specialists in palms, bamboos, tree ferns, bananas, unusual trees, shrubs & herbaceous plants
Chapel House Exotics (North Wales) - "Hot plants for cool climates" - Specialist nursery offering mail order Hedychiums, Cannas, Bananas, Bamboos and Brugmansias and many other exciting exotic, architectural and tropical looking plants.
David's Exotic Plants (Canterbury, Kent) - Specialist nursery offers online shopping for a wide range of rare exotic citrus trees, bougainvillea, tropical exotic plumeria, tropical mango plants, avocado trees, exotic litchi, kaffir limes, coffea arabica, citrus red lime, psidium, guava trees, olive trees, bauhinia, exotic punica pomegranate, fig, tea plant, loquat, exotic lychee trees, gloriosa, lantana, melia, monkey puzzle, norfolk island pine, dove tree and many many more exciting tropical exotics.
Easy Tropicals (Tarvin, Chester) - Mail order nursery specialising in exciting tropical plants from around the world.
Hyde Cottage Nursery (Crowle, 5 miles east of Worcester) - Offers a wide selection of all kinds of unusual and architectural plants for gardens and conservatories, specialising in hardy and half hardy palms, shrubs, trees and a host of plants from all over the world including Olives, Bamboo, Trachycarpus palms, Gingers, Agaves and Citrus.
Jungle Gardens (Watlington, Oxfordshire ) - Offer Tropical plants (such as bananas, gingers, aroids, climbers, brugmansia and many unusual varieties) by mail order.
Ready to grow - Mail order suppliers offering a range of rare and unusual seeds including chilli seeds, heirloom tomato seeds, banana seeds, exotic fruit seeds and now flower seeds to the UK and Europe. - (readytogrow.co.uk)
Silk Tree (Oxford) - A mail order nursery specialising in sculptural, specimen, rare, and unusual plants
The Palm House (Devon) - A mail order nursery specialising in hardy palms and exotics.
Trebrown Nurseries - Palm trees and cycad nursery in Cornwall UK selling rare and exotic plants, palm seeds, cycad seeds and banana seeds with World-wide delivery. Free botanical, horticultural, & conservation research Species Database.
Urban Jungle (Norwich) - A nursery specialising in exotic plants such as bananas, cannas, gingers, tree ferns and aroids. (urbanjungle.uk.com)
Urban Tropics - Online shopping for exotic trees and
shrubs for UK gardens
including indoor palms, hardy palms, bamboo, tree ferns, bananas and other
unusual trees and shrubs. (urbantropics.co.uk)
