Every plant on the benches

Gold-splashed pothos — the most forgiving trailing plant there is.

Upright, banded leaves that ask for almost nothing.

The split-leaf classic — big, glossy and genuinely easy.

Sheets of magenta, orange, purple or white over a hot wall.

Waxy, upright and happy to be ignored for a month.

Soft bubblegum-pink foliage that deepens in good light.

The classic — dark banded blades edged in bright yellow.

Thick sculptural branches carrying scented five-petal flowers.

Strands of perfect green spheres spilling over the rim.

Tall, sculptural and the most photogenic tree you can put indoors.

White spathes, deep green leaves, and it tells you when it is thirsty.

A fat, sculptural caudex topped with trumpet flowers all summer.

The orange-and-blue crane flower on tall grey-green paddles.

The white pinwheel flower that scents Pakistani courtyards all summer.

Grafted stock that fruits in three years, not twelve.

A perfect golden-spined sphere — the landscape classic.

Cream, mint and deep green marbling on every arrowhead leaf.

The classic khajoor — heat-proof, salt-proof and long-lived.

Spiralled green stalks that grow in nothing but water and pebbles.

Hand-thrown Peshawar terracotta that keeps roots cool.

A curated set of three or five cacti, all of flowering size.

Broad, silvered leaves in pale sage-mint.

Heavy white blooms with the strongest scent in the nursery.

Architectural arrow leaves held on tall, upright stems.

Pink-red leaves that hold their colour in ordinary indoor light.

The best indoor palm there is — low light, slow, unkillable.

A swollen bottle-shaped trunk under a neat, compact crown.

Long hanging stems covered in soft white hair.

Cream-marbled leaves on a fully productive amrood tree.

Upright blades in wine-purple, magenta and near-black.

Plumed fronds like a fox’s brush on a clean grey trunk.

Cream-marbled foliage under the usual scented flowers.

Citrus caviar — beads of juice that burst on the tongue.

Chlorophyll-free patches in scarlet, orange and gold.

Snow-white sectoral variegation — a genuine collector aroid.

New growth emerges bright lime, then darkens to true black.

Cream and green marbled pads — a scarcer opuntia.

A red-fleshed quince — aromatic, ancient and rarely offered.

Broad, wavy, almost-black leaves in a low spreading rosette.

An enormous flat fan of banana-like leaves, held in one plane.

Hanging claws of luminous turquoise — the rarest flower we grow.

A spined silver trunk crowned with a rosette of glossy leaves.

A massive pineapple-trunked crown — the grandest palm we grow.

One enormous paddle leaf — the whale fin.

Thick aerial-rooted trunks, trained and grown on for years.

A fan-shaped crest — a genuine growth mutation, not a graft trick.

A spineless star of a cactus, flecked white like stone.

Wavy-edged leaves mottled in copper and jade.

Woolly brain-shaped crests — every plant a different shape.

A compact carrion-flower with speckled maroon stars.

A large, gallery-grade ficus with a braided, thickened trunk.

Glossy green paddles on a fast-thickening trunk.

The best-looking plant that will genuinely tolerate a dim room.

Trumpet flowers over arching grassy clumps, all summer.

Heavily marbled cream-and-green — the prettiest of the pothos.

Silver-striped purple leaves that trail and root anywhere.

Crescent-shaped leaves on fast, forgiving trailing stems.

Dense clusters of orange-red florets on a compact evergreen.

Cascading feathered fronds — best in a hanging basket.

A tight bird’s-nest rosette that stays under 20 cm.

The plain species — fastest, toughest and cheapest of the lot.

Four enormous trumpets on a single bare stem.

Feathery golden-stemmed clumps — the classic screening palm.

Hot orange heads — the brightest thing in a summer border.

A squat globe cactus that flowers young and reliably.

An evergreen culinary herb that thrives on neglect and sun.

Near-black burgundy leaves with a high-gloss finish.

Wavy grey-green cross-banding, no yellow edge.

Thin red-edged blades on bare, branching canes.

Cream-streaked jade leaves that blush pink at the edges.

Ready-planted baskets with trailing stock already established.

Big cream-splashed leaves that fill a corner fast.

Flat velvety pads that branch into paired ears.

A flat green skin that grips brickwork like paint.

Arching cream-striped blades that throw runners of baby plants.

A dark rosette ridged with raised horizontal bands.

Whorls of cream-edged leaves on slim, twisting stems.

Fat, banded fingers splayed in a flat fan.

Bulbs that flower within days of the first monsoon rain.

Seedless golden grapes on a fast, heavy-cropping vine.

A small barrel that throws enormous night-opening flowers.

Double-lobed aromatic leaves — the backbone of Thai cooking.

Huge paddle leaves and genuine tropical scale within one season.

Narrow leaves striped vertically in clean white.

A giant banana-leaved strelitzia for scale and shade.

Bristly little green pickles on a spreading, trailing plant.

Deep violet trumpets with gold throats, almost year-round.

Fast-growing fan palm for avenues and driveways.

Feathered silver markings over green, deep burgundy beneath.

Fine, cylindrical leaves fanning out like a firework.

A compact shrub smothered in ruffled pink or white blooms.

Full-size peaches on a tree that stays under two metres.

Butter-yellow flower heads on a compact evergreen shrub.

Deep rose-pink leaves that darken to bronze with age.

Airy fern-like foliage under scarlet-and-gold flower spikes.

Plants that live on nothing but air, light and a weekly soak.

Pink frilled flowers followed by edible scarlet cherries.

Bright gold-tipped evergreen foliage that holds all year.

Almost-black leaves edged in a hard gold line.

Glossy leaflets spread like fingers from a single point.

Ribbed columnar euphorbia — the classic desi thor.

Enormous heart-shaped leaves for a shaded courtyard or pot.

Short, wide, silvery-blue blades in a compact rosette.

Small scarlet fruit with more vitamin C than any citrus.

Small yellow flowers with one of the strongest scents in the garden.

A branching thicket of smooth green pencils, no leaves at all.

Compact, curled leaflets on short stems — a desk-sized ZZ.

Pale cream-green arrowheads on almost-white stems.

A hard architectural rosette of blue-grey blades.

Ribbed upright columns — the fastest-growing cactus we sell.

A dense bronze-purple carpet with blue flower spikes.

Leaves so heavily red-striped they read as pink from a distance.

Smooth round spears growing straight up like organ pipes.

Fine fronds with a clean white stripe down every leaflet.

Dark green leaves flecked as though gold had been thrown at them.

Pale cream-green leaves veined in clear rose pink.

Dense silver-blue needles on a low, spreading mound.

Classic ribbed columns with long white or amber spines.

Broad, deep bronze-brown leaves with a soft matte finish.

Apple-green fronds in a rosette — the fern that survives indoors.

Chartreuse-lime leaves that glow against darker foliage.

Deep green leaves drawn over with a net of bright white veins.

Broad circular fans with weeping, thread-like tips.

Pewter-silver leaves edged in a thin band of dark green.

Enormous hairy star flowers on soft, four-angled stems.

The world’s most valuable timber tree, grown from good seed.

Bronze-copper leaves with a dusky pink flush through the centre.

A spreading tree that turns solid pink in early summer.

Cream-edged blades spiralling around a stout stem.

A broad-canopied shade tree for courtyards and boundaries.

Ragged, triangular leaflets shaped like a fish’s tail.