Illustrated List: Ideal for Conservatories

Abutilon x Hybrids Large Flowered Mixed

Magnificent, 1½ inch flowers in yellow, amber, apricot, crimson and pink shades. Abutilon Large Flowered Mixed is superb for the garden border or the patio.

Adansonia digitata

Upside-down tree.

Grows 15-21m (50-70ft) in its natural state. Thick, stubby branches spring from the top of Adansonia digitata's enlarged swollen trunk which stores water. A conversation piece. Can also be grown as a house plant.

Agapanthus praecox Snow White

This delightful dwarf, pure white form, looks spectacular grown in containers and unlike many Agapanthus it will often flower within one year from sowing.

Not fully hardy, so best given winter frost protection.

Height: 45cm (18in).

Agave species mixed

A wide selection with many unusual forms. Ideal for dish gardens, carboys. Long-lasting and trouble free.

Aloe vera

An excellent, quick growing houseplant with fleshy, speckled leaves, and In warm summers, candle like yellow flowers. Used widely in beauty products, and can be used at home as an antiseptic. Simply snap off the leaves and place on cuts and burns for immediate relief.

Aristolochia littoralis

Highly entertaining flowers resembling a Dutch pipe; the kidney shaped heads are brown with white markings and are produced throughout the summer. Originates from the rainforests of Brazil, bring some of this magic to your greenhouse, conservatory or warm sheltered corner of the garden. If grown outside will need winter frost protection.

Asarina scandens Jewel Mixed

Sophisticated climber, masses of 1½in indigo to violet blue, pink or pure white flowers. Quick to bloom from an early sowing. Ideal for the cold greenhouse or conservatory. One of the longest flowering annuals, in bloom untill Christmas if there is no hard frost or in the greenhouse during winter.

Climbs to 120-240cm (4-8ft).

Banana : Musa Species Mixed

From germination to a sizeable plant in just 4 months! A mixture of species, all with large, elegant leaves, and some may even produce mini bananas. Makes a decorative feature as a house plant or patio container plant.

Species may vary from illustration.

Brugmansia sanguinea

Probably the most spectacular with an abundance of 8in long blooms normally in its second summer. Site in conservatories, greenhouse or sheltered south wall. Height: 3m (10ft).

Brugmansia suaveolens

Richly scented blooms. Bushy and compact. Patio feature. Height: 5m (15ft).

Busy Lizzie : Extra Dwarf Tom Thumb Mixed

Up to 3in camellia flowered double blooms of scarlet, carmine, purple-rose, salmon, shell pink and white. More top flowering than previous strains with marked tolerance to drought making them suitable for containers. Tom Thumb is a more vigorous and robust relative of the Busy Lizzie. Flowers summer. Height 20-30cm (8-12in).

Calceolaria x hybrid Sunset Mixed

Three stunning colours for summer bedding and containers, including copper-orange and red, rich-red, yellow and scarlet. Bushy habit with lots of short stemmed flowers over a long period. Frost hardy. Early sowing recommended.

Height: 15-20cm (6-8in)

Campsis radicans

Spectacular and exotic, a self-clinging climber that produces a proliferation of rich crimson, rouge-red trumpet shaped blooms. Suitable for pergolas, south walls and fences. Moderately vigourous and hardy in many areas.

Celosia argentea var. cristata Century Mixed

All America Selections Bronze Medal winner for 1985. Extremely large flowers often 12in long, produced in abundance. Colours are scarlet, yellow, cream, rose and deep red. Attractive and unusual pot plants also suitable for bedding in a warm sunny sheltered border. They are very uniform and make good cut flowers. Flowers late summer. Height: 60cm (24in).

Celosia spicata Flamingo Feather

Without doubt a very exciting find both for bedding and everlasting flowers. Beautiful plants with soft, dense feathery spikes, produced in profusion. It offers fresh shape and colour to cut flower, or everlasting flower arrangements, with 10-13cm (4-5in) flower spikes on 60cm (24in) stems. Excellent as a flowering pot plant. Flowers summer. Height 60-75cm (24-30in).

Coleus scutellariodes Dragon Sunset & Volcano Mixed

Must be among the most stunning mixtures of Coleus ever produced, it will include the very popular Scarlet and Pink shades, Molten Lava (black and carmine) plus four recent colours including deep red, apricot and gold. Almost all with the 'Dragon Series' mark of distinction - the bright gold edge to each leaf. Fantastic pot plants and good bedding plants for a warm sheltered spot. Height 23-30cm (9-12in).