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Mirror Plant

Alocasia cuprea

Alocasia cuprea is a compact, rhizomatous evergreen perennial producing striking metallic coppery leaves with dark-green tones and pronounced sunken veins. The shield-shaped to oval leaves have an iridescent, mirror-like sheen above and rich purple coloration underneath. It forms a low clump of upright petioles, with inconspicuous arum-type flowers appearing only occasionally in cultivation. This species is grown mainly as a dramatic foliage plant for warm interiors, terrariums and conservatories.

Kris Plant

Alocasia sanderiana

Alocasia sanderiana, commonly known as Kris Plant, is a striking evergreen perennial with large, arrow-shaped leaves that are dark green with prominent silvery-white veins and wavy margins. The leaves are borne on upright, fleshy stems, forming a clump of dramatic foliage. It can reach up to 1 meter in height and spread, making it an impressive specimen for indoor spaces. The plant rarely flowers indoors, but its ornamental leaves provide year-round interest.

Alocasia 'Polly'

Alocasia 'Polly'

Alocasia x amazonica

Alocasia x amazonica 'Polly' is a compact, hybrid elephant ear with striking arrow-shaped leaves up to 30cm long. The dark green leaves are adorned with prominent white or silver veins and have wavy, scalloped edges. It grows in a clump-forming habit, reaching 30-60cm in height and spread. This plant is prized for its dramatic foliage and is a popular houseplant.

Lace Aloe

Aloe aristata

Aloe aristata, commonly known as Lace Aloe, is a small, stemless succulent forming dense rosettes of fleshy, lance-shaped leaves. The leaves are dark green with white spots and soft white teeth along the margins, ending in a delicate, thread-like tip. In summer, it produces slender, unbranched spikes of tubular orange-red flowers, which attract pollinators. This compact plant is ideal for indoor containers, rock gardens, or windowsills, offering year-round visual interest with its intricate foliage pattern.

tiger tooth aloe

tiger tooth aloe

Aloe juvenna

A branching, mound-forming succulent that has fleshy green leaves with toothed margins and decorative white flecks. The leaves are arranged in a starry formation around the stems. In summer it produces tubular, orangey-red flowers on slender stalks to 25cm

Tiger Aloe

Aloe variegata

Aloe variegata is a compact succulent perennial forming rosettes of triangular, dark green leaves with irregular white banding and small teeth along the margins. In spring, it produces tall racemes of tubular orange-pink flowers. Its striking patterned foliage and low-growing habit make it a popular choice for indoor containers and rockeries.

Variegated Shell Ginger

Variegated Shell Ginger

Alpinia zerumbet

Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegata' is an evergreen, clump-forming perennial with arching, lance-shaped leaves boldly striped creamy-white and green. In summer it bears drooping clusters of shell-like, waxy white flowers with pink tinges and a yellow-and-red lip. The foliage provides year-round structure and colour, while the flowers add a tropical accent. It grows from thick rhizomes and can reach 2–3 m in warm climates, usually smaller in containers.

Anthurium Magnificum

Anthurium Magnificum

Anthurium sp.

Anthurium Magnificum hybrid is a striking tropical foliage plant with large, heart-shaped, velvety deep green leaves prominently veined in silver-white or pale green. Its inflorescence consists of a showy pink to red spathe (modified leaf) and a creamy white spadix, blooming intermittently throughout the year. The plant forms an upright clump and can reach up to 1 metre in height, making it a dramatic specimen for indoor spaces.

lace aloe

Aristaloe aristata

An evergreen perennial to 20cm forming rosettes of fleshy lance-shaped leaves spotted with white and tipped with a soft white spine, with tubular, orange-red flowers 4cm in length in panicles to 50cm in length in autumn

bishop's mitre

Astrophytum myriostigma

A cactus forming a spherical or shortly columnar, ribbed grey-green spineless plant to 20cm tall; light yellow flowers 5cm across, sometimes reddish in centre, open in summer

Japanese laurel

Japanese laurel

Aucuba japonica

A bushy, rounded, evergreen shrub up to 3m high and wide, with thick, oval, glossy leaves. Small, red-purple flowers in spring are followed, on female plants, by clusters of red autumn berries provided there is a male plant nearby to provide pollen

Angel Wing Begonia

Angel Wing Begonia

Begonia aconitifolia

Begonia aconitifolia forms an upright, cane-like shrub with smooth, bamboo-like stems. The olive-green leaves are asymmetrical and deeply lobed, recalling Aconitum leaves, and give the plant a striking tropical texture. In summer and early autumn it bears pendent clusters of small pale pink or white flowers. This evergreen species is widely grown as a houseplant or conservatory specimen, valued for its architectural foliage and relatively easy flowering habit.

Angel Wing Begonia

Angel Wing Begonia

Begonia coccinea

Angel Wing Begonia is a tender, evergreen perennial with erect canes that become bamboo-like and branch with age. Its leaves are obliquely oval and taper to a point, giving the wing-like appearance that inspires the common name; the upper surface is glossy deep green and the underside often flushes reddish. Pendulous clusters of scarlet to coral-red flowers are borne in the upper leaf axils from spring to summer. The vivid flowers and neat evergreen foliage make it an excellent choice for conservatories and bright indoor positions.

Million Bells

Calibrachoa hybrida

Calibrachoa hybrida is a compact, trailing perennial grown as an annual in temperate climates. It produces masses of small, petunia-like flowers in a wide range of colours including pink, purple, yellow, red and white. The narrow, lance-shaped leaves are bright green and the plant forms a dense, cascading mound that is ideal for hanging baskets and containers.

Indian shot

Canna indica

An erect perennial to around 2m tall with ovate, dark green leaves often flushed bronze. Racemes of small red or dark orange flowers with some yellow on the lip are borne from midsummer into early autumn

rose periwinkle

rose periwinkle

Catharanthus roseus

A woody-based evergreen perennial, to 45cm in height, with somewhat fleshy stems bearing ovate leaves and 5-petalled flowers, to 4cm across, pink, red or white in colour

hackie rose

Celosia argentea

An upright, branching perennial to 60cm, usually grown as an annual. Dense conical spikes of silvery-white flowers are produced in summer

Watermelon

Citrullus lanatus

Citrullus lanatus, commonly known as watermelon, is a vigorous annual vine with deeply lobed, rough-textured leaves and yellow, monoecious flowers. The fruit is a large, oblong to round berry with a hard green rind often striped or mottled, and juicy, sweet red, pink, or yellow flesh containing numerous black seeds. This plant is widely cultivated for its refreshing, hydrating fruit, primarily in warm climates during summer.

Calamondin Orange

Calamondin Orange

Citrus microcarpa

Calamondin Orange is a compact, evergreen shrub or small tree with glossy, dark green, ovate leaves. It produces small, fragrant white flowers followed by round, orange fruits that are sour and edible, often used in marmalades and drinks. The plant has a bushy, upright habit and is highly ornamental, with the fruit lasting on the tree for several months. It is commonly grown as a container plant or indoors.

Arabian coffee

Coffea arabica

An evergreen shrub or tree to 8m, with opposite pairs of glossy, dark green leaves. Once plants are about 4 years old, small, white, fragrant flowers are produced in the leaf axils in summer; these are followed by green fruits that ripen over several months to red "cherries". Each fruit contains two seeds (coffee beans) and under ideal conditions it should be possible to harvest enough for a cup of home-grown coffee

taro

Colocasia esculenta

A tuberous, evergreen perennial to 1.5m in height, with long-stalked, heart-shaped or arrow-shaped, rich-green leaves with 60cm blades on metre-long stalks. Grown as a staple food in tropical Asia

Goldfish Plant

Columnea gloriosa

Columnea gloriosa is an evergreen, trailing epiphyte with small, dark green, ovate leaves on slender stems. From spring to summer it produces tubular, orange-red flowers with yellow throats that resemble leaping goldfish. It is usually grown in a hanging basket or on a high shelf where its stems can cascade freely. The plant is valued for its long-lasting blooms and attractive foliage. It performs best in warm, humid conditions.

wall cotoneaster

wall cotoneaster

Cotoneaster horizontalis

Low-growing, spreading, deciduous shrub to 90cm tall and 1.5m in width, with distinctive, flat, herringbone patterned sprays of foliage bearing small glossy dark green leaves that turn orange and red in autumn. Pink-tinged white flowers in late spring are followed by red berries

thickly matted haired navel-wort

thickly matted haired navel-wort

Cotyledon tomentosa

an evergreen, succulent shrub reaching a height of 70cm. The chunky leaves, up to 3.5cm long, are covered in a down of hairs and have 3-10 prominent dark-red "teeth" at their tips. Small, bell-shaped orange-yellow flowers are borne on short stems in summer