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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.
Cold-hardy heliconia native to the cool mountains of Eastern Mexico. Heliconia schiedeana has a bold, glossy light-green foliage, holding attractive red inflorescences in Summer or Fall. It is a must for any tropical garden in a non-tropical area.
We selected this hybrid here in Tenerife. It is a particularly nice and hardy cross between Heliconia subulata and H. pendula, which are two cool-hardy species, good for the subtropics.
Leaves are decorated by showy white, curly fibres on the margins. It clumps slowly and Long-lasting tall, red inflorescences appear in summer. Hardy to all types of conditions and it can take drought, and frost to about -20 C !
This is one of the most beautiful variegated bamboos. It is elegant in all its parts as its large leaves are streaked in reach cream and diffuse pink tones. Despite its exotic look, it is hardy to about -18 C
Elegant kentia palm from the Lord Howe Island. Howea belmoreana is the rarer sister of the enormously common "common kentia", Howea forsteriana, which is produced by millions units as the perfect house plant. Howea belmoreana is similar in many aspects but its leaves arch in the opposite sense and its segments point upwards.
Australian hoya found on rainforest margins and rocky areas, with white fragrant blooms. It is easy to grow and somehow cold-tolerant, even though it does better if protected from frost.
This select clone of the popular Hoya carnosa has some pecultiar beautifully crinkled, leaves, with regular bumps on dark green blades. It is also a prolific bloomer and umbels well placed on the foliage.
This is one of the best Hoyas for Northern climates. Easy blooming and cool-hardy. It has beautiful round, glossy leaves and well shaped , long-lived, white blossoms.
This is one of the best Hoyas for Northern climates. Easy blooming and cool-hardy. It has beautiful round, glossy leaves and well shaped , long-lived, white blossoms. Cont.= 8,5 cm 6-10 leaves.
It is an endangered shrub of unrivalled beauty, with glossy leaves and large white "orchid-like" flowers splashed with red, 5-6 cm across. Keep it between 10 and 25 C for optimal growth. It is a fleshy-stemmed, much-branched, perennial plant growing to 1.5 m, with bright green leaves. It usually flowers in winter and early spring. It is not cold-hardy,...
Ipheion uniflorum is a free-blooming evergreen bulb from Argentina and Uruguay, with leaves smelling like garlic.
Blue Pfitzer Juniper is an outstanding ornamental shrub. It is a dwarf plant and it can be pruned as a ground cover. If left unpruned it will become a small tree, up to two meters tall with an architectural shape. It is densely branched and growth is squat, almost horizontal. It is an old hybrid obtained by crossing Juniperus chinensis with Juniperus sabina.
1-2 year old seedling. Evergreen perennial from South Africa to 1.2 m, with long, arching angled leaves and dense rounded spikes of tubular bright red flowers fading to yellow. It flowers in mid winter and is therefore well adapted to the mild Mediterranean climate.
Cont.= 6 cm. Beautiful living-stone plant from Namibia. Lapidaria is a classic of plant mimicry to rocks. Give filtered sun or light shade and water sparingly. It will take 25° F (-4 ° C) for short periods
Elegant evergreen shrub with deep green fragrant leaves that bears small flowers of white to pink in colour. It is resistant to moderate frost. This plant is called Manuka and it is known for medicinal purposes but also because it makes a special bee honey. There are also reports of therapeutic properties.
This well-known cultivar from India is late bearing and produces a rather large fruit, of about 22 g, with a deep red colour. It is a very good producer but it is (thankfully) not vigorous, so it stays rather low and wide.
Litchi chinensis 'Fee Zee Sui' -Reddish fruit with green veneer, very heart-shaped, large size, high percentage of aborted seed, early-medium harvesting.
The "cold-hardy" lychee tree. This Chinese lychee variety produces fruits in cooler locations and and fruits very late, in mid-summer. Fruits are greenish-pink and quality is very good.
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