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This is our selection of plants that can stand some cold. Some will only resist to cool weather and light frost, but some others will take hard frost in colder climates. They are all very different but they deserve to be tried because all these tropical-looking plants have non tropical requirements. They will surely thrive outdoors in coastal Mediterranean climates or in a mildly heated greenhouse where frost does not occur.
Cycas revoluta is a slow-growing, evergreen palm-like plant with an erect main stem that is usually around 0.5 - 2 metres tall, often with few basal branches, but sometimes aerially branched.
H = 80-120 cm. Base = 8-10 cm. New Chinese species described in 2006 from cool mountain forests between 700 and 800 m (2300 and 2600 ft) near the city of Shanya, on the island of Hainan.
This is a second generation (F2) cross of Cycas debaoensis and C. revoluta. This means that all our seedlings are not an exact mix of the two species as it was in the first generation F1.
Vranja' is possibly the best known cultivar of Quince and it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Dasylirion cedrosanum is a little known sotol from in the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Durango. In these areas, Dasylirion cedrosanum grows among shrubs or grasses, at 1.000-2.000 m elevation.
Pale green leaves open up in tufts of fluffy fibres. A robust Dasylirion from high altitude desert regions in central Mexico that develops a short trunk, often holding multiple crowns of pale green leaves with frayed leaf tips. Native to dry areas of Oaxaca and Puebla, in Mexico.
This species is typically smaller than other Dasylirions, with small crowns and trunks usually less than 0,5 m. Leaves are long, reaching 1–2m.
Clump of 6-10 heads - Small, terrestrial, cushion-forming plant species. It is probably one of the cold hardiest of the bromeliads.
Clump of >30 heads. 12 cm diameter ! - Small, terrestrial, cushion-forming plant species. It is probably one of the cold hardiest of the bromeliads.
Blue flax-lily or blueberry is a perennial ornamental from Eastern Australia and Tasmania, with glossy green blade-like leaves to 70 cm long. Blue flowers are produced in spring and summer and purple berries are kept througout autumn. It is hardy to drought, snow and frost, to at least -7 C.
Stable variegated clone with white stripes. This dianella looks good in any conditions and it is always great in the garden or in individual pots.
2 years old, 20-30 cm tall. This Dioon is elegant and different, with a stout trunk and glowing blue arching leaves with "V"arranged leaflets. It was described in 2003 and it is also frost hardy. Seeds are hard to find and awfully expensive, but we got a few for our nursery.
2 years old, 20-30 cm tall. This Dioon is elegant and different, with glowing blue arching leaves with "V"arranged leaflets
5 years. 40-70 cm tall. 5-6 cm base. Large grey-leaved cycad native to high elevation pine-oak forests in Mexico. Trunks can reach 6 m. Leaves are stiff, long and flat, densely woolly during development. Easy to grow, with moderate frost hardiness
Chinese yam is a large climbing plant with arrow-shaped leaves. The tubers are cylindrical, with lots of tiny bumbs., They edible and usually cooked, but they can also be eaten raw. The plant is hardy to -17 C.
This is a supreme clone of Dyckia fosteriana, with bronze coloured rosettes. It is a cold-resistant bromeliad from the rocky mountains of Paraná, in South Brazil.
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