Merry Christmas El! Here are three tropical plants you can choose from for your garden. Let us know which one you like the best?

Trachycarpus fortunei

(Chusan Palm, Windmill Palm) 9lt pot, 80/100cm tall

Trachycarpus fortunei has become so beloved because of how well it thrives in the cooler temperate climates of UK gardens.

The Windmill Palm is an exceptionally hardy evergreen tree that forms a single hairy trunk and attractive large palmate leaves, which form an impressive crown as it grows. In summer it produces drooping panicles of yellowish flowers which add to its exotic appearance.

Dryopteris atrata

(Black Wood Fern, Shaggy Wood Fern) 5Ltr pot

The Shaggy Wood Fern is a tall and robust clump-forming fern which produces attractively long arched, lime-green fronds in a vase shape.

Its unique appearance comes from the fine dark hairs which cover the elegant fronds. This fern is easy to grow yet nonetheless spectacular.

Hakonechloa macra

(Japanese forest grass) 2lt pot x 2

A small, part-shade loving perennial bunchgrass, the Japanese Forest Grass forms a graceful fountain shape as it grows, slowly spreading and brightening up darker areas of the garden.

Hakonechloa macra produces luscious paper thin foliage, somewhat reminiscent of bamboo but in an alluring bright green. In autumn this foliage can develop orange, red or purple tones.