From the Greenhouse
Recent years have seen a surge in popularity in foliage plants. Most notably from the family Araceae or commonly known as Aroids. This family includes Monsteras, Philodendron and Anthuriums amongst other lesser known but equally beautiful genera. The majority of this family is adaptable and perfectly suited to life indoors but they do require conditions closer to their natural tropical habitats to be grown well and realise their full potential. The highest concentrations of these plants is in the tropical regions of the world. Regions of consistent temperatures and high humidity and rainfall. To replicate these conditions we invested in a purpose built greenhouse to give us greater control over the process of source to sale.
We source our plants and propagation material from collectors and growers. They can arrive as leafless stem cuttings or as a single established plant which we designate as a parent plant. Some of our parent plants have provided us with multiple generations of new plants such as our Philodendron 'Pink Princess'.
Growing plants from quality parent plants means that future generations are much more likely to be of a similar standard. Growing plants ourselves gives us full control over all factors involved in the process from where we source the original plant material through to what potting media we use.
Due to the increasing use of tissue culture, what was once considered rare or hard to source is now readily available from many outlets, and so have lost their ‘rare’ classification. One of the ways to keep the romance of collecting and growing alive is to maintain traditional practices used for centuries. Asexual and sexual propagation is rewarding and has the integrity of maintaining original provenance.
It's become impractical to propagate many of the rare and hard-to-find plants by hand, however, we will still retain most of our stock plants, if there is a species you've been looking for we can certainly propagate it for you.
We stock some of our collection through our online store and the indoor nursery. Visit us in-store or online to enquire about our stock.