Hardy exotic plants
If you’re looking to create an exotic garden in the UK, there is a wealth of hardy exotic plants to choose from. In recent years, with limitations on travel, the UK has opted to bring the sunny Mediterranean to their back gardens. However, if you’re looking to create an exotic garden that looks impressive and lasts all year round it’s important to choose the right plants. Here, we’ve put together our top hardy exotic plants that are guaranteed to add the wow factor to any garden.
Top 5 UK hardy exotic plants
Trachycarpus Fortunei
This species is an essential addition to any exotic garden. The Trachycarpus is a single stem palm with one growing point producing large palmate leaves supported by a hairy trunk. And they can grow up to 5 meters in height.
- Brahea Armata
Or the blue fan palm as its commonly known is a Mexican slow-growing Fan Palm that makes an excellent architectural addition to any garden. Although slow-growing, it can be sped up with occasional deep irrigation in the summer months.
- Butia Capitata
The ‘jelly palm’ as its also known, is an elegant, small evergreen plant. It has a large stout trunk crowned with the most beautiful blue-grey slender leaves. In summer, small fruity-scented flowers appear in long spikes up to 3 ft long!
- Chamaerops humilis cerifera
This beautiful dwarf growing blue-leaved fan palm originating from the high Atlas Mountains in Morocco is a striking palm. The silvery-blue, fan-shaped leaves form an attractive spread-out fan shape as they grow. Also, it can withstand the severe cold for prolonged periods and can grow up to 1700m tall!
- Cordyline ‘Australis’ hardy exotic plant
Cordyline australis, commonly known as the cabbage tree, is native to New Zealand. It typically grows as a single or multiple trunk tall tree with pale grey bark and sword-shaped grey-green leaves.
These are just a few of our top sellers here at the Norfolk Olive Tree. Here, we pride ourselves on sourcing only the highest quality hardy exotic plants for our customers. So, if you’re looking for something that’s not on our list then contact us and see how we can help.
