The very exotic, lush, and extremely vigorous Kiwi Vine is a choice plant for the exotic or jungle garden, grown for it's superb foliage - leaves of the kiwi vine can be 1ft in diameter each! These vines can easily cover the front of a large house in 2-3years.

Kiwi Vines can be grown successfully over pagodas or trellis, used as house wall climbers, or simply grown in a large pot for an unusual and lush patio display. They can be used to great effect in the exotic garden, with bamboo, trachycarpus palms, and cordylines .

10L  pot, 6ft specimens  £29.99 (B)    

The very unusual and beautiful ornamental 'Painted Kiwi Vine' is grown for its extraordinary foliage - large lush leaves which begin green and then turn patches of white & pink as if they had been painted with a brush. Fully hardy and ideal in the jungle style garden.

10L  pot, 6ft specimens  £29.99 (B)    

We are pleased to be offering this year the wonderful Red Hummingbird Bush, Abutilon megapotamicum. This rarely offered 'climbing' Abutilon is HARDY in the UK, and will astound you in the summer months with its unqiue and enchanting red & yellow hanging bell flowers which cover the plat from head to toe.

Abutilon megapptamicum can be grown either as a bush or as a climber and will grow up to 6ft high. It needs a nice warm spot in a sheltered garden to show its full potential and remains evergreen throughout the year in this position. It can be grown in the garden or as a patio pot plant.

Protect from hard frosts and these plants will flower from March right through until late September - and if you bring them into a cold greenhouse then they will carry on flowering through the winter too!

2-3L pot, 3ft specimens  

The chocolate vine is a magnificent climber, that will always flower in the UK, and large specimens can be smothered in bloom & fragrance in the Spring. It is a semi-evergreen vine that is fully hardy in the UK bearing masses of beautiful maroon-chocolate flowers in early spring which cover the whole vine and which are heavily scented with vanilla. Exotic, dark green, unusual three lobed foliage dress the vine from Spring to Autumn. The flowers are followed by 5inch fruit pods which are edible.

3-4L , 3ft specimens £14.99 (A)

10L pot , 6ft specimens £29.99 (A) 

We are very pleased to be offering, in VERY LIMITED QUANITY this year, the rare WHITE CHOCOLATE VINE, Akebia quinata ALBA also known as Akebia 'Shirobana'. This jewel of climbers is simply one of the most delicious and mouth watering vines, with the light green, exotic foliage of the chocolate vine, followed in Spring by a profusion of WHITE to CREAM flowers covering the whole vine - each flower having a delicate and beautiful purple centre. But this most sort after vine is grown for one other reason; it's fragrance! Difficult to describe, but smelling of very sweet white chocolate ice cream (!) Quite a remarkable scent, and much more potent (and different) than the vanilla of the Akebia quinata.

10L pot , 6ft specimens  (more in Spring 2011)

The wonderful Lemon vine is grown for the amazing LEMON SCENT of its foliage, and is a large deciduous shrubby climber. Flowers of white hang down in early summer. Probably the strongest Lemon scented plant, the leaves are EDIBLE and can be used in salads and for tea. Hardy in a sheltered spot in the garden.

5litre 3ft plants  £13.99 (A)

Clematis montana 'Sunrise' is a DOUBLE pink flowering clematis, which is SCENTED and is covered with rich pink flowers in Spring. This is a 'Montana' hybrid - what this means is that it is a small flowered Clematis, but very very vigorous, and if you are looking for a climber to cover a complete trellis, wall, or tree in a very short time, then this may be the one for you. Montana clematis are showered in flowers from head to toe and have that early Spring wow factor.

10L pot 4-6ft £24.99 (B) 

Fatshedera variegata

Fatshedera annemieke

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A subtle blend of white and green give this ivy the english country garden look, and it can be used effectively against a wall, trellis, or fence, and also as ground cover if you let it trail rather than climb. We have 6ft specimens available in late February 2008.

3L pot, 3ft specimens £7.99 (A)

Jasminum beesianum is an unusual, and much sought after uncommon Jasmine that is favoured for its delicious pink-red, fragrant flowers in summer. This lovely Jasmine is less vigorous than some Jasmines, so is an ideal container specimen, or a garden planted Jasmine for a small pagoda or trellis.
Jasminum beesianum would make an ideal partner to one of our Jasmine x stephanese or our rarer Ampelopsis vines.

5L pot, 5-6ft specimens  £19.99 (A)

5L pot, 4ft specimens 

Lonicera Halls Prolific is a popular variety of Honeysuckle, because it is semi-evergreen in the winter. This is also a very highly scented honeysuckle, with a profusion of fragrant yellow flowers from June to October.

10litre (5-6ft ) £24.99 (B)

Lonicera henryii - Large Leaf Evergreen Honeysuckle

Lonicera henyri is one of our favourite honeysuckles, and one of our most popular at Silk Tree Nurseries, because of its reliable fully EVERGREEN nature (even in this winters -8C!), its much larger flowers than the normal honeysuckles, and its vigour.

The flowers of Lonicera Henyri are exotic, fragrant, and very beautiful - a mixture of whites, light blues, and red, and contrast well with rich green foliage. They flower in early summer

10litre 6ft specimens  £24.99 (B)

Lonicera similis var. delavayi HARDY EVERGREEN HONEYSUCKLE

Large Leaf Evergreen - HIGHLY SCENTED

Lonicera delavayi is an unusual Honeysuckle, EVERGREEN and fully hardy, with lush, large leaves and stunning large flowers which are fragrant. This honeysuckle can be used to great effect with deciduous trees - when the trees have no leaves in the winter months, this honeysuckle will provide evergreen winter interest.  This is the largest flowering hardy Honeysuckle, with beatiful white to blue-tinted white flowers, fading to yellow, and they are highly fragrant - blooming from early to late summer.

10L pot, 6ft  specimens (B) £24.99  (available again in May)

Grown for its spectacular autumn foliage, this lovely form of Virginia Creeper has large distinct leaves and a self clinging habit, and will climb a wall or a pagoda with ease. Bright red foliage in the autumn months. We have some 6ft specimens available now.

 3ft 3litre  specimens £9.99(A)

 6ft 10litre  specimens £24.99(B)

Passiflora cerulea, the hardy Passion Flower, can be grown anywhere in the UK OUTDOORS. This beautiful evergreen vine will produce one of the most spectacular flowers of the botanical world. Exotic, large flowers cover the vine in July and August and are white and blue and between 2-3inches in diameter. Following the flowers, green Passion Fruits begin to swell, and these will then turn yellow and then orange and can be EATEN when they are ripe - usually in September. They are deliciously sweet and nutritious.  

3L pot, 2-3ft  specimen 

Passiflora 'Constance Elliot' is a most maginificent Passion Flower vine for UK GARDENS and is a pure white form of passion flower. Beautiful 3-4inch pure white flowers will cover the vine from head to toe throughout summer and autumn. What our pictures do not show is the simply astonishing fragrance of this vine - one of the strongest of any passion flower. Passiflora 'Constance Elliot' is a Passiflora cerulea (the hardy passion flower you often see) hybrid, which means it will survive OUTDOORS in a sheltered postion. You can also grow it anywhere INDOORS if you wish to.  

3L pot, 3ft  specimens 

Passilfora Lavender Lady is one of the most beautiful flowers we have ever seen; vivid amethyst purple passion flowers cover this vine from late Spring to late Autumn. The flowers are always a talking point, up to 3-4inches in size, and each one opening only for 1-2 days at a time, but these vines will flower CONTINUOUSLY from early summer to early autumn. Passiflora 'Lavender Lady' is a Passiflora cerulea (the hardy passion flower you often see) hybrid, which means it will survive OUTDOORS in a sheltered postion.

The flower of Lavender Lady is the 'star' type, very different from the common passion flower and it is slightly larger, and very vivid, with a hint of fragrance.

10L pot, 6ft  specimens £29.99 (B)   

Passiflora racemosa is one of the most stunning of the passion flower species, with its exquisite display of purple red flowers up to 4inches in diameter. It has larger leaves than the cerulea Passion Flowers  but is also a vigorous grower.

Passion Flower vines can also be grown indoors in any light room, and can be simply amazing when they cover a whole wall or bookshelf and come into flower!

3L pot, 2-3ft  specimens 

Silk Tree Nurseries are pleased to be offering this year a limited number of the very beautiful Bluebell Crepper, Sollya hetrerophylla.  Evergreen strap leaves, and small, weeping blue flowers in Spring and early summer.  Plant this climber in a sheltered position in the garden, or use in a pot for a lovely patio display.

3L pot, 3-4ft  specimens

One of the most sought after Jasmines, Star Jasmine is grown for both it's evergreen foliage, and it's highly fragrant, sweet smelling white star-like flowers that cover the whole vine from mid-to late summer. Foliage will turn bronze in winter. Star Jasmine can be easily grown OUTDOORS on a warm wall or patio area. It is non-invasive and quite slow growing for a climber. We have some lovely 5-6ft specimens available now.

5L pot, 5-6ft  specimens £29.99(A)