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Achimenes

Plant 5 tubers in 15 cm dia pots and cover with 1.5 cm of rich sandy soil. Place in a warm area in half shade till rhizomes sprout. Water freely and provide 75% light. Flowers throughout summer. Good for hanging baskets, walls and bedding in warmer climates.

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Arisaema : For culture details see our book Himalayan Cobra-lilies (Arisaema)-Their Botany and Culture by Udai C. Pradhan in Book Section.

One of the most amazing, tuberous rooted plants from the Aroid Family. Also known as the Cobra-Lily, the large bract takes the resemblance of the inflated hood of a cobra. Unfortunately some Arisaema species (A. utile) are pounded and made into a kind of flour to be eaten. Some are consumed for medicinal properties that they are supposed to have. Arisaema speciosum leaves are used as fodder for cattle in the Himalayas. This group was not very well known to horticulture till our book titled Himalayan Cobra-lilies (Arisaema)-Their Botany & Culture (Visit our Book Section) provided the full guide to growing. These fascinating, mostly cold hardy group of bulbs come as growers challenge and delight. Limited nursery grown tubers available.

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Cultivation

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Glory Lilies

GLORIOSA (GLORY LILY)

Often called Glory or Flame Lilies. These climbing lilies are excellent as pot plants. During the summers the flowers open up with the petals folding back revealing amazing shades of red, crimson, yellow, depending upon the species. The tubers go dormant during autumn. Each single tuber after flowering dies, producing two tubers.. The long lasting flowers makes it excellent for cut flower use.

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Hedychium

Highly desirable garden plants from the Ginger Family with attractive foliage and very showy flowers. Most of the species are pleasantly fragrant and enliven the garden by attracting butterflies and moths. Some of the species are cold hardy, and deciduous during the winter months. Loves well drained potting compost with grit, loam and leaf mould in equal parts. Feed and water well during growing period. Keep moist during dormancy. Prefers 50% light though few can tolerate up to 70%.

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Orchids

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Other Aroids

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Other Ginger Lilies

A very interesting group of Ginger lilies from S.E. Asia used as spice for cooking, medicine and dyes. Ideal as garden plant in warmer climates or can be grown in pots in the greenhouse in colder areas. The rhizomes remain dormant during the winter season and the inflorescence is usually produced before the leaves in Spring. The most attractive part of the plants is the showy bracts that differ in shape and colour from species to species. The leaves appear after the flower dies. Some Curcumas are popular as cut flower and they can have a vase life of 2 weeks to 4 weeks depending upon the varieties.

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Palms - "Coming soon"

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Speciality bulbs

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Traditional bulbs

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Hippeastrekelia Durga Pradhan32 viewsWay back in the 1960s Mr. Udai C. Pradhan, our Director for Research and Development made a bigeneric hybrid between Hippeastrum species x Sprekelia formosissima (Also known as Orchid Amaryllis or Aztec Lily) and named the plant after one of his late grandfather, Durga Shamsher Pradhan, founder of the Chandra Nursery in Sikkim. The hybrid turned out to be an intermediate between the two parents in every respect and inherited the orchid-look of its pollen parent. H. Durga Pradhan makes excellent pot-plant Mar 11, 2008