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Suppliers of exotic plants UK/Worldwide

Some exotic plants, such as Cordylines and Fatsias (Aralia), are widely available. If it's palms you are after, however, you could try one of the following:

U.K.

near Hartland,
North Devon.
Visit this site to:
* download free e-books (electronic books) on cold-hardy palms and exotic gardening.
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* browse among online articles about exotic gardening and conservatory plants.
Note: this is my own nursery so I'm biased! We specialised in cold-hardy palms, cycads, pachypodiums and various other unusual temperate and tropical plants. For more information visit The Rosedown Mill Nursery Web Site: Palms By Post™.

David's Exotic Plants UK
David Hamer's an exotic plant nursery in Canterbury, Kent

Echiums.com
Dramatic and exotic Mediterranean flowering plants grwon by Mike Burgess and John Langston in Sidmouth, Devon. Available for sale at Marsh Broadmoor Nursery, West Hill near Exeter. More info at their web site.

Hardy Exotics,
Gill Lane,
Whitecross,
Cornwall TR20 0BZ
tel: 01736 740660

Oasis
Paul Spracklin
42 Greenwood Avenue
South Benfleet
Essex ss7 1LD
tel: 01268 757666
Fax 01268 795646
E-mail: paul@oasisdesigns.co.uk
website: http://www.oasisdesigns.co.uk

The Palm Centre,
Ham Central Nursery,
Ham Street,
Ham, Richmond, Surrey
TW10 7HA, U.K.
Phone 0181 255 6191
Fax 0181 255 6192
website: http://www.palmcentre.co.uk/

The Palm Farm,
Thornton Hall Gardens,
Station Road,
Thornton Curtis,
Near Ulceby,
Humberside DN39 6XF.
tel: 01469 531232

Architectural Plants,
Cooks Farm,
Nuthurst,
Horsham,
West Sussex RH13 6LH.
Tel: 01403 891772
website: http://www.gardening-uk.com/architectural_plants/

David Ison's Home-grown seedlings
Pop in and see what's on offer: http://homepages.which.net/~david.ison/

Steve Murnan's palm seedlings
In the UK, Steve can supply Trachycarpus fortunei and Chamaerops humilis seedlings (maybe other species later?). Contact him at:Stevemurn@aol.com

Germany

Tropengarten
Hardy exotics in Germany / Winterharte Exoten in Deutschland
website: http://www.tropengarten.de

U.S.A.

Gerry's Jungle
The Neotropc Nursery specialises in cold-hardy palms, cycads and other exotics including the Needle Palm, Rhapidopyllum hystrix, arguably the most cold-hardy palm of all.
e-mail: mckiness@earthlink.net
website: http://www.neotropic.com/

The mail-order branch of my own nursery can supply palms and exotic seeds - stock changes regularly as new seeds become available...
Palms By Post™
http://www.palmsbypost.com

Nothing But Seeds - Many varieties of tropical and specialist gardening seeds available for worldwide, mail order including: Palms, cacti, bonsai, sunflowers, trees, peppers, tomatoes, herbs and vines.
http://www.nothing-but-seeds.co.uk

Palm, banana, cactus and other exotic seeds from a UK supplier:
Norfolk Tropicals,
157 Kingswood Avenue,
Taverham,
Norwich,
Norfolk NR8 6UW
United Kingdom
E-mail: sales@norfolk-tropicals.fsnet.co.uk
http://www.norfolk-tropicals.fsnet.co.uk/default.htm

A good variety of exotic plant seeds can be obtained from:
Chiltern Seeds,
Bortree Stile,
Ulverston,
Cumbria, LA12 7BP.
UK
Tel: 01229 581137S

Pre-germinated palm and cycad seeds can be obtained from:
Andrew Norfield Seeds,
Rhydwern Farm,
Llangwm Arboretum,
Usk NP5 1NQ.
UK

Searching for rare seeds? Be sure join the 20,000 or so visitors who search this site each year...
The Seed Search
http://www.seedsearch.demon.co.uk

Palm and cycad seeds in wholesale quantities direct from Australia:
Utopia palms and Cycads.
http://www.utopiapalmsandcycads.com/default.htm

A huge variety of palm seeds is available from Orantique.com (the successor to Inge Hoffman's Seed Service) at:
Seed Service,
Ortanique
35314 Rutland Court
Newark, CA 94560
USA
plants@ortanique.com
Fax: 510 494 0105
www.ortanique.com

The European outpost of the Seed Service is at:
Seed Service Palmera,
e-mail: SeedService@Palmera.KL.eunet.de

Seeds of all types and in retail or wholesale quantities are obtainable from:
B&T World Seeds
This company has the most enormous seed catalogue I've ever encountered. And you can download it!

For an on-line seed catalogue, you could try:
'Exotic Plant and Seed Catalogue'
This Web site lets you browse, and order, from a list of more than 450 'rare, unusual and exotic plant seeds from around the world'.

There's another on-line catalogue at:
GreenWeb
GreenWeb isn't just seeds for sale. It also contains lots of useful gardening and growing information.

Seeds and seedlings of Vanutu
Island Palm Products
Ships palm seeds including Carpoxylon.

Wholesale-quantity seeds from Belize
Teakettle Enterprises
Includes some unusual species if you want to order by the thousand!

Steve Ball can supply small quantities in UK
www.palm-tree.co.uk
There are a few hardy palm seed species on offer here...

Silk Tree Nurseries
Palm and exotic seeds from Robert Fortune - a descendant of the man who discovered Trachycarpus fortunei!
www.silktree.co.uk