Ravenala Madagascariensis - Travelers Palm Tree10 SeedsThis amazing palm tree from Madagascar is the only  species in its genus, and grows wild in Primary and  secondary rain forest areas of the island.Commonly known as the Travelers Palm as each leaf stem can hold around 2 liters of clean drinking water, each  palm provides around 15-30 huge leaves year round when mature.Can grow up to 10 to 20m tall when with 3m banana plant  shaped leaves which often appear fern-like, due to the wind damaging them.A very close relative of the Bird Of Paradise plant 'Strelitzia', it has similar flowers but are less showy.Frost tender, keep these above 15°C...

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Trachycarpus Fortunei - Chusan Palm20 SeedsIts origin unknown due to its widespread cultivation, and hardiness, Trachycarpus Fortunei forms a single stemmed trunk with an evergreen head of dark green fan shaped highly lobed leaves to around 75 cm in length.Small yellow flowers are formed in maturity on hanging panicles up to 60 cm long. Male and Female plants must be grown to produce fruits.Will grow to around 20 meters tall with a spread of 2,5 meters.Fully hardy to -15C and under...

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Wodyetia Bifurcata Seeds - Queensland Foxtail Palm5 Large SeedsThe Foxtail Palm - Wodyetia Bifurcata - is a native of North Quensland, with a smooth, thin, grey to white trunk.Long plumose leaves around 2 to 3 meters in length in a shape of a fox’s tail, form in a crown. The crownshaft of the foxtail palm is light to bright green and slightly swollen at the base, and grows a stalk with white flowers when mature, followed by large olive green, later turning orange fruits, with the 5 cm egg shaped, beautifully intricately patterned seeds inside.The species propagates readily in cultivation and this ultimately reduced the pressure on the wild population. It has become widely distributed across the world, being progressively planted out as one of the "world's most popular" palms.Grows to a height of about 10 meters (30 ft). ..

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Tetradium Daniellii - Korean Evodia or Bee Bee Tree50 SeedsTetradium Daniellii is a deciduous tree native to China and Korea, with long mid to dark green glossy leaves up to 40 cm long.When mature in late summer it produces clusters of small fragrant white flowers, sometimes tinged with yellow or pink, followed by red/purple seed pods. Fast growing when young.Grows to a height of around 12 meters and a spread of 4 to 8 meters.Hardy down to -15°CVery attractive to bees, hence its common name!..

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Moringa Oleifera - Drumstick or Miracle Tree10 SeedsMoringa Oleifera, commonly known as the Drumstick Tree due to its long pendant seed pods, is a native to Indian and Arabian areas. It is a small, graceful, deciduous tree with sparse foliage growing up to 8 meters tall in ideal conditions, with pinnate leaves up to 90 cm long. Sweetly fragrant white flowers are produced through out the growing year in panicles, to around 15 cm long, followed by 90cm long seed pods.Leaves are a good source of protein and Vitamins, as are the seed and flowers, and is widely cultivated as a food crop and for malnutrition relief in developing countries. Also has a history of medicinal use.Enjoys a dry sandy soil, and is tolerant of poor soils,  fast growing and drought resistant.Frost tender, keep above freezing...

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Dioon Edule - Mexican Fan Palm Cycad5 SeedsThis amazing prehistoric plant, a native to Mexico, although very slow growing, can reach heights of around 2 meters and a spread of around 2 - 2.5 meters, with a growth shape similar to tree ferns, having a thick unbranching trunk.Each leaf, around 1 to 1.5 meters in length has around 200 sharp tipped blue green leaflets.A frost tender plant, the RHS recommends that its minimum temperature should be around 13°C, making it an ideal greenhouse plant or due to its slow growing nature, a houseplant, although it likes plenty of light with shade from the hot sun...

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Platycerium Superbum - Australian Giant Staghorn FernAprox 100 Seeds ( Spores) Platycerium Superbum is a  fern native to north-eastern Australia, and can also be found in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia. A bracket epiphyte it is found growing in and near rainforests but is now also widely cultivated as an ornamental plant.It forms huge  leaves of 2 types, Basal sterlie fronds are, protect the rhizome and roots against its host, and fertile hanging antler shaped fronds which produce spores on their underside.Can take a degree of cooler temperatures, but should be considered frost tender.Grows to an overall diameter of up to 2 meters..

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Stachys Byzantina Lambs Ear Plant Fuzzy Leaves!100 SeedsA mat forming wooly perennial from Caucasus to Iran, Stachys Byzantina grows to around 45 cm in height when in flower and 60 cm in spread, with rosettes of furry, thick grey green leaves, each to around 10 cm long.Purple / pink flowers are produced on long stems from early summer to early autumn.Fully hardy...

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Nelumbo Nucifera - Sacred Lotus Flower6 SeedsNelumbo Nucifera, more commonly known as the Sacred Lotus, is an aquatic perennial plant, originaly native to India, but grown throughout Asia ando ther countries as an ornamental and food plant. Its 'string of sausages' rhizomes are edible, and often found in Asian food markets. Its seeds are also edible, and used in Asian cuisine.Planted underwater, the large leaves - to around 50 cm in diameter - float on the surface, and the flowers appear on long thick stalks just above the water an are many petaled, pink, and up to 20 cm in diameter.Seeds can remain viable for hundreds of years, the oldest specimen germinated was over 1200 years old!..

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Adansonia Digitata  - Baobab Tree - Excelent Bonsai Subject6 SeedsThis very special tree is found across the African continent. It is also known as the 'Upside Down Tree' due to the fact that its branches appear at the top of the tree and with the swollen trunk make it appear as if the roots are sticking in the air instead of the branches!A specimen in Limpopo Province, South Africa, often considered the largest example alive, has a circumference of 47 meters and an average trunk diameter of 15 meters.Carbon dating has been used to estimate age of the specimen’s at around 6000 years!An excellent subject for bonsai growers...

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Cycas Revoluta - Japanese Sago Palm3  SeedsThis spectacular plant is a native to Japan and the Ryukyu Islands. Arching leaves up to 1,5 meters long appear from the crowns, and branches when mature, ultimately reaching a height of around 2 metersOval wooly brown inflorescences appear when mature also, the male flowers around 30 cm long and smell of pineapples female around 20 cm long.Minimum temperatures according the the RHS is around 7-10°C..

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Zantedeschia Aethiopica - Arum Lily10 SeedsIntroduced in Europe in cultivation from southern Africa, this old fashioned plant has always been popular choice, due to its fantastic white cup shaped flowers, which grow to around 60cm in height.The flowers are long lived as a cut flower too!The foliage is glossy green with wide spear shaped leaves up to 30cm long.Please note, all parts of this plant are toxic if eaten...

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Dracaena Draco - Strange Dragon Tree Palm10 SeedsA native to the Canary Islands, this very unusual palm like tree has long lance shaped dark green leaves and grows to around 8m high when mature, but is slow growing and can take 10 years to reach a size of 1.5m.Also known as the Dragon Tree as its has a red sap which is meant to resemble dragons blood! As the leaves die back and fall off a scaly pattern is also left on the branch.This tree doesn't produce rings so it is aged by the number of branching. The oldest specimen is believed to be around 650 years old...

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Pachypodium Rutenbergianum v Rutenbergianum10 SeedsThese truly original succulents comes from the island of Madagascar off the East coast of Mozambique. Madagascarhas evolved on its own for millions of years, even its dinosaur fossils are found nowhere else.The plant can reach 3 to 8 m high, and its trunk up to 60 cm in diameter at base. The plant has short branches and 1-cm long spines. Leaves are green and 10 to 15 cm long, 4 cm wide.One of the largest Pachypodiums, it grows from around 3 to 8 meters when mature, and its trunk 60 cm in diameter at base. Leaves are mid green and 10 to 15 cm long, 4 cm wide.Typical of the Genus, the trunk and short branches are covered with groups of 3 spines, although are smaller on this species compared to others. Flowers are pale yellow when mature.A must have plant for the succulent collection.Likes full sun, a well drained soil, and left dry in the winter, when it will shed its leaves. Keep above 10°C...

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Agave Tequilana  -  Blue Tequila Agave5 SeedsAgave Tequilana is the key ingredient in the alcoholic drink, Tequila, which is made from the hearts of plants older than 10 years. The sap of this heart is fermented and distilled.Growing to a height and spread of around 1.5 meters,  it has the typical rosette forming fleshy leaves tipped with a sharp spine, common to all Agaves. Its blue green spear shaped leaves can each grow to around 1 meter or more on length and have small spines along its margins.Reportedly hardy down to -3°C if kept dry...

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Smoke Disc Seed Primer - Germination StimulantIdeal for South African Species including Protea, Leucospermum, Leucadendron, Ericas, Restios, Strelitzias, and many other species. 1 DiscSeeds of many plants are dormant and require very specific conditions for germination. This improved seed primer contains a range of natural substances which have been found to overcome dormancy and stimulate seed germination in a wide range of species. Particularly suited to plants of South African Areas that typically experience a bush fire each year, in turn beneficial for natural germination.The degree of response varies with the species but, on average, treated seed samples give at least double the number of seedlings when compared to untreated samples.DIRECTIONS FOR USEAs required, place half a paper disc in a container (e.g. cup). Add 25ml of water to the container to wash the primer from the paper, or one whole disc with 50ml water. Soak seeds for 24h in the primer solution. Remove seeds and sow in seed trays of ports.For best results keep the packet sealed and store below 20°C.For extra long life store in a refrigerator at 4°C until used...

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Aloe Polyphylla - Spiral Aloe Succulent5 SeedsThis very unusual, and highly sought after Aloe from Lesotho, a country surrounded by South Africa, grows in a tight rosette of fleshy leaves, in a spherical form to around 40 to 50 cm+ in diamater, and around 30 to 40 cm in height. When mature, it will produce short stems of bright yellow and red flowers.This Aloe grows at high altitudes of mountainous areas from 2000 to 2500 meters, and is tolerant of cold, and wet conditions with very good drainage, unlike many other Aloes and succulents. It appears this plant is tolerant of being left outside in winters in England.Can be challenging to grow long term, as it will need to be kept in a cool position in hot summers.Minimum recommended temperature around -5°C (reportedly copes with much lower temperatures)..

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Dioscorea Elephantipes - Elephants Foot Yam (Testudinaria Elephantipes)8 SeedsDioscorea Elephantipes, is a vine like plant native to Africa with large dark green heart shaped leaves.The climbing vine can reach around 2 meters and it produces a spherical caudex above ground marked with deep fissures resembling the shell of a tortoise!The caudex can reach diameters of up to 1 meter, though this will take many years.There are many varieties of Yam throughout the world, and have many culinary applications. Many are eaten as a staple food in many countries worldwide. Yams should be cooked before eating.Minimum recommended temperature 10°C...

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