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This is our selection of plants that can stand some cold. Some will only resist to cool weather and light frost, but some others will take hard frost in colder climates. They are all very different but they deserve to be tried because all these tropical-looking plants have non tropical requirements. They will surely thrive outdoors in coastal Mediterranean climates or in a mildly heated greenhouse where frost does not occur.
Unusually succulent pink-blooming Billbergia, hardy to light frost. It is polymorphic and grows from a juvenile through three stages: 1. short-leaved compact succulent rosette, 2 tall, thin leaves, 3 a typical tube billbergia.
A very old, cold-hardy hybrid with densely spotted leaves, created by crossing Billbergia nutans x B. saundersii. It is tolerant of both sun and shade.
Old hybrid able to bloom two to four times a year. It forms a compact clump of green arching leaves with soft spines, bearing bright pink pendant inflorescences. It is perfect as an epiphyte or in baskets. It can grow in cool conditions and can take frost to about -5 C.
This is an old classic bougainvilla, and it is hardier to cold than most types. It has very dark green leaves and an unmistakeable vibrant pink colour.
Ornamental deciduous shrub to small tree native to Australia, 2-4 m tall . It flowers profusely before the new leaves appear. This is the cold-hardier form from Southern Queensland. It has beautiful deeply-lobed leaves and it can take frost to about -5 C.
This palm is native to the mountains of the small island of Guadalupe, off of the Western coast of Mexico. It is really endangered in habitat but it thrives in cultivation under a wide range of conditions. A perfect species for the Mediterranean.
Wow! "Qué será", Whatever will be will be, is a supershowy, fiercely spined bromeliad suitable for non-tropical climates. Its leaves have cream-yellow stripes on dark green with pink hues. It is not too large and eventually produces a spectacular red inflorescence. It is remarkably hardy to light frosts.
Bromelia flemingii, is a bromeliad with ferocious thorns, suitable for non-tropical climates. Its leaves are dark green with pink hues. It produces a spectacular red inflorescence. It is remarkably resistant to light frost.
Feather palm with sweet, tasty, scented fruits. It is native to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina and it is the only frost-hardy species of palm that can produce abundant, delicious and useful fruits in colder climates. Leaves are blue-silvery, elegantly arching. Mature specimens show no damage at -10 C and some have survived to -20 C !
Feather palm with sweet, tasty, scented fruits. It is native to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina and it is the only frost-hardy species of palm that can produce abundant, delicious and useful fruits in colder climates. Leaves are blue-silvery, elegantly arching. Mature specimens show no damage at -10 C and some have survived to -20 C !
This is a cross between two uncommon dwarf palms from eastern central Brazil. It is said to be a natural hybrid because two populations overlap in the same area. Both parents are cold-hardy palms, suitable to plant in milder parts of Europe.
Callistemon citrinus, commonly called scarlet bottlebrush, lemon bottlebrush or red bottlebrush, is a large evergreen tropical shrub native to Australia.
Purple leaved canna, commonly cultivated in Northern Tenerife. Thick purple leaves are held erect and have some bluish tones.
Fabulous tropical foliage from a cold-hardy Canna! Up to 2 meters in height, with large bold erect leaves, with wavy margins. Leaf colour is absolutely vibrant, glossy red, burgundy, and dark green. It is reminiscent of the famed tropical Heliconia indica with red foliage.
This variegated Canna selected in Germany produces leaves variably variegated with stripes of different shades of white. Also the flowers are often variegated! It loves moisture and can reach anything between 1 and 3 m in height, depending on the length of your growing season.
Mediterranean capers are an incredible source of flavour. Plants grows on sunny and rocky slopes, often by the coast. They are winter-deciduous and come back each year with lovely rounded leaves, which are often purple when they sprout.
Endemic to the inland mountains in the SW Cape ofS Africa. It easily blooms in pots and does not need to bein the ground. It is the only mountain Carpobrotus and does not need a coastal climate. Leaves contain natural antibi
Carob trees are culivated throughout the Mediterranean. Fruits are highly nutritious: sweet, fibrous and juicy with a typical aroma reminiscent of chocolate. The ree itself is very ornamental too, with leathery glosssy dark green foliage.
Small, attractive, trunkless, relatively slow-growing, clumping palm with dense, cascading, dark green fronds and long thin leaflets.
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