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Tylecodon Luteoquamata20 SeedsThis unusual succulent is a native to South Africa.Growing as a small shrub, it has succulent leaves and a pachycaul stem, reaching a maximum height of around 20cm, its stem can reach a diameter of around 10 cm. Flowers are red and yellow.Tylecodon sheds its leaves in summer, and requires a dryer soil in summer months.Grow in light shade and protect from strong sunlight.Handle plants carefully as all Tylecodons are poisonous.Minimum temperature around 5 - 8°C...

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Tylecodon Paniculatus 'Butter Tree' - Pachycaul Suculent10 SeedsThis unusual succulent is a native to South Africa.Growing as a small shrub, it has succulent leaves and a pachycaul stem, reaching a maximum height of around 1.8 m, its stem can reach a diameter of around 20 cm. Flowers are red and yellow. Tylecodon Paniculatus shaeds its leaves in summer, and requires a dryer soil in summer months.Grow in light shade and protect from strong sunlight.Handle plants carefully as all Tylecodons are poisonous.Minimum temperature around 5 - 8°C..

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Tylecodon Wallichii Seeds - Unusual Pachycaul Suculent10 SeedsThis unusual succulent is a native to central South Africa. Growing as a small shrub, it has succulent leaves and a pachycaul stem, reaching a maximum height of around 50 - 80 cm, its stem can reach a diameter of around 10 cm. Flowers are yellow orange.Grow in light shade and protect from strong sunlight.Handle plants carefully as all Tylecodons are poisonous.Minimum temperature around 5 - 8°C..

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Begonia Incarnata - Metal-Leaf Begonia25 SeedsAlso known as the Metal-Leaf Begonia, this perennial begonia is native to Mexico and named for its shiny, slightly hairy flowers!Grows up to 60cm tall, with a similar spread. Leaves are up to 15cm long with purple-red veins.Flowers grow up to 2cm wide in clusters toward the end of their stalks; the petals are the only part of the flowers that have hairs on them. Flowers range from white to pink.Begonias enjoy humidity to thrive. Avoid wetting the leaves during misting or watering to avoid causing blemishes or discolouration. Prefers well draining soil. Grow on in a semi-shady position to avoid the leaves burning under bright sunlight.  Frost tender to 10°C...

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Gymnocalycium PflanziiBarrel Cactus CactiGymnocalycium Pflanzii is a cactus native to Paraguay an northern Argentina, growing in a spherical form, to a diameter of 10 to 15 cm. Groups of sharp spines form on the tips of the pronounced tubercules, and a crown of 3 or 4 cm pink white flowers.Minimum temperature reported to be around around 0°C, though is recommended to keep warmer!Keep dry in winter...

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Gymnocalycium Saglioni - Barrel Cactus Cacti15 SeedsGymnocalycium Saglionis is a cactus native to Argentina, and is the largest of all Gymnocalyciums growing up to 90cm tall with age and a diameter of 30 to 40 cm. Groups of bright red coloured spines form on the tips of the pronounced tubercules, and a crown of 3 or 4 cm pink white flowers, which are often damaged as they try to grow through the spines!Minimum temperature reported to be around around 0°C, though is recommended to keep warmer!Keep dry in winter...

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Eryngium Giganteum'Giant Sea Holly' 30 SeedsNative to Western Asia, Eryngium Giganteum is known commonly as “Miss Willmott’s Ghost” or Giant Sea-Holly.Reaching up to a metre tall, this Eryngium is easily recognisable by their thistle-like leaves. The foliage is a conspicuous grey-green colour, making it easy to see why it’s called a ghost, and the flowers are abeautiful blue-silver during the summer.Leaves attach to the stem in pairs, and flowers appear in a cone-shaped umbel. Flowers can reach up to 6cm long, and bloom from June to September.Attractive to bees. Fully Hardy to -15°C...

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Mammillaria Parkinsonii - Owls Eye Cacti15 SeedsMammillaria Parkinsonii are Mexican, small globular to short columnar branching cacti, which appear to be growing in clumps when older.Masses of short radial spines are produced, each with a longer central spine.Flowers are red to orange turning yellow red when open.Grows up to 15 cm tall with 4 or 5 cm diameter stems.Keep dry in winter, with a minimum temperature of 5°C..

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Mammillaria Boolii15 SeedsA small Mammillaria native to Mexico and Baja California, M Boolii usually only grows to around 3 or 4 cm high and 3 cm  in diameter. The payoff, is very pretty pink flower, the margins of the petals often light pink or white.Requires an EXTRA gritty soil, does not like to stay in damp soil for long.Minimum temperature around 5°C..

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Mammillaria Bombycina15 SeedsMammillaria Bombycina is a  Mexican, small globular to short columnar branching cacti, which appear to be growing in clumps when older. Many of short radial spines, up to 60 are produced, from tubercles, each with  longer central spines, one of which is hooked at the end.Flowers are pink and shallowly funnel shaped.Grows up to 15 cm tall with 5 or 6 cm diameter stems.Keep dry in winter, with a minimum temperature of around 4°C..

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Homalocephala (Echinocactus) Texensis -  Cactus10 SeedsThis mexican cacti is well deserving of its common name with groups of savage spines from its arioles. Spines are produced in groups of 7, with 6 smaller spines, and one large protruding spine.Grows to around 10 cm in diameter or more.Minimum Temperature around 10°C...

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New Zealand Spinach - 100 Seeds - Tetragonia Tetragonioides - Warrigal Greens 100 SeedsNative to eastern Asia, Australia and New Zealand, the “Warrigal greens” or “New Zealand spinach” is not a true spinach and was used as a spinach substitute during the early years of European settlement. An edible leafy green, the leaves are high in oxalic acid which must be boiled out before consumption.Reaching up to a metre tall and up to 1.2 metres in spread, it likes to trail and will form a thick carpet and climb through other vegetation. Named for its four-angled fruits which mature to be hard to the touch and grow throughout the year.Leaves are diamond shaped and up to 15cm long. Small yellow-green flowers appear throughout the year at the leaf bases.A reasonably salt tolerant plant, it may grow along coastal areas as it does in its native range. It does not seem to interest insects with few exceptions, so should be safe from nibbling.While the leaves can be eaten raw, it is considered safer to cook in water due to its saponin and acidic content. Tasting similar to other spinaches, it can be used as an alternative in recipes and has also been used medicinally as an anti-inflammatory agent and a sedative.Please contact a GP before using in a medicinal context.Although it can tolerate frosts when established, hard frosts can kill it, prefers a warmer climate above  5°C...

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Xanthoceras Sorbifolium - Yellowhorn, Goldenhorn or Chinese Flowering Chestnut5 SeedsXanthoceras Sorbiflora is a large upright shrub native to Northern China, growing with stout shoots and pinnate dark green leaves up to 30 cm in length. In late spring, star shaped flowers 3 to 4 cm in diameter are produced in upright racemes up to 15 to 20 cm.Likes a fertile but well drained soil, and prefers hot summers. Although cold hardy, will grow best in a sheltered position in full sun.Grows to a height of around 4 meters and a spread of around 3 meters.Fully hardy to -15°C and under...

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Cydonia Oblonga - Quince20 SeedsCydonia oblonga - Quince - is a small deciduous tree native to rocky slopes and woodland margins in South-west Asia, that bears a fruit, similar in appearance to a pear, and bright golden-yellow when mature.Throughout history the cooked fruit has been used as food, but the tree is also grown for its attractive pale pink blossom and other ornamental qualities.The tree grows 5 to 8 m high and 4 to 6 m spread.Hardy to -15°C and under...

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Petopentia Natalensis (Fockea)5 SeedsThis unusual caudex forming succulent is from southern Africa, growing to a height of 5 meters or more with glossy dark green leaves, often bright purple underneath in strong sunlight, and produces small yellow brown star shaped flowers.Its caudex is spherical in shape and can grow up to 30 cm or more in diameter, and is grown with a peeling bark texture.Minimum recommended temperature around 10°C...

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Stapelia (Orbea) VariegataAsclepiad Carrion Flower Succulent8 SeedsThis clump forming succulent is a native to the Eastern Cape of South Africa, and hence its name - variegata - has very variable flowers.The toothed succulent stems are green, often with patches of purple grow to around 12cm in height, and a spread of around 30 cm. In summer, it produces flat, wrinkled, flowers, red brown, with patterns of white or cream blotches, which smell faintly of rotting meat, to attract flies, which it uses as it pollinators.Frost tender, it should be kept above 10°C...

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Fenestraria Aurantica - Baby ToesMesembryanthemum Succulent15 SeedsA native to South Africa and Namibia, Fenestraria Aurantica is a very unusual succulent with small club like leaves. In cultivation the plants are usually grown above ground, but in natural habitat, only the very tops of the leaves are apparent.The leaves, have a clear ‘window’ on the top allowing light to penetrate and reach the side walls of the leaves to photosynthesise. prefers strong light, lower light conditions will cause the leaves to elongate taller.A winter grower, water lightly during the growing season, and very lightly during the dormant summer months. Prone to rotting with overwatering, so use a very well drained soil.Grows to a height of around 5 cm, and spreads to large clumps with offset plants.Cold tolerant down to -4°C if kept dry...

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Leuchtenbergia PrincipisAgave Prism Cacti10 SeedsLechtenbergia Principis is a highly prized but slow-growing cacti from central Mexico, but can eventually grow up to 70 cm high. It has long, slender, grayish-green tubercles 6-12 cm long, with purplish-red blotches at their tips. The tubercles are topped with papery spines, making the plant resemble an agave. Yellow, funnel-shaped flowers 5-6 cm diameter are produced at the tubercle tips.Minimum recommended temperature should be around 10°C...

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Euphorbia Tuberculata10 SeedsThis unusual rarely offered rosette forming succulent, is a native to southern Africa.With a mainly buried stem, many upward curving branches form, with highly pronounced tubercles, and short leaves growing at the tips  of the stems.Large white and green, daisy like bracts are produced in summer months.Grows to a maximum spread of around 90 cm.Minimum temperature is recommended at around 10°C...

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Coryphantha Cornifera - Rhinoceros Cactus10 SeedsA native of Mexico, this cacti's common name is Rhinocerous cactus, so called as it has 2 sets of spines, one large outward growing one from the aereoles and 7 - 11 smaller ones surrounding the base of the larger one.Grows spherical to cylindrical to around 15cm in diameter when mature. Produces bright yellow 5 - 6 cm flowers in summer.Keep dry in winter, with a minimum temperature of around 5°C, possibly down to freezing or lower if dry...

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Aloe Vera - Medicinal Succulent10 SeedsAloe Vera is a clump forming succulent, with its origins unknown, but is widespread throughout the tropics.It produces rosettes of fleshy green leaves up to 45 cm long, with slightly toothed margins.A well known plant for its medicinal value, its sap can be used to treat minor burns and skin irritations.It is also used as a tonic drink and many other uses too.Minimum temperatures around 10°C..

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