A clump-forming, evergreen perennial to 60cm tall, prized for its glossy foliage. The dark green, kidney-shaped leaves are held on long stalks and can reach more than 30cm across. Yellow, daisy-like flowers are produced in loose clusters in autumn and winter. Partial shade moist soil.
Gunnera manicata grown from seed by us from our plant (mother plant second picture, early on in the year.) 3ltr pots. This is a beautiful plant with leaves reaching up to 3m accross. The grandest foliage plant for damp or boggy soil, giving a tropical air to temperate gardens. You may shelter beneath huge parasol-like leaves, held aloft on wrist-thick, bristly stalks. Curious flower spikes hide beneath, differing from G. tinctoria as they are finger-like rather than club-like. Apply farmyard manure lavishly. Protect coconut-sized resting buds in winter with own foliage bent over, plus bracken or herbaceous remains. Full sun.
Postage for this plant by itself is £15 due to the height of it we are unable to pack it with any other plant.
A broad, medium-sized deciduous tree with handsome ovate or shallowly-lobed leaves to 25cm in length. Fragrant, light lilac-purple flowers in large panicles. Fruits ovoid, thinly woody. Pollard in the Spring to keep the large leaves with no flowers or leave to grow to have the tree in flower. 3ltr pot
Rheum Tanguticum - 3ltr pot
A rhizomatous perennial to 2m high, with large basal leaves that emerge from the ground in late spring. Leaves are jagged and deeply cut, and dark reddish-purple when young, maturing to deep green with red undersides and long, thick reddish stems. In summer, tall, branching flower stems bear upright clusters of tiny, densely packed flowers in shades of white, pink or deep red
Supplie in a 2ltr pot, this is the standard Tetrapanax and not a Rex please see our other tetrapanax listings for different varieties. A large, fast-growing shrub or small tree to about 5m high, producing a thicket of upright stems topped by large, palmately lobed green leaves. New shoots and leaves have a coating of fine coppery hairs. Creamy pompoms of flowers are produced in large sprays in autumn, followed by black fruit.