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Conservatory Plants

  • 29-07-2003 3:59pm
    #1
    commuterised
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    I'm looking for some suggestions of good leafy green plants for my conservatory. I only want green ones, nothing with a flower and something that can stand the heat as well as the cold when the temperature plummets at nighttime.

    Any ideas people?
    I'm usually crap at this sort of stuff but I'm getting better!


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  • #2
    Sandi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,072 ✭✭✭Sandi


    Hmm...I was going to say cacti, but they're not leafy and some of them flower! But they look pretty!
    Do a search for plants suitable for a conservatory. I'm sure Google will come up with something.
    Alternatively, go to a garden centre and ask someone who knows about that sort of thing.
    Or just get fake stuff!


  • #3
    commuterised
    Closed Accounts Posts: 565 ✭✭✭commuterised


    hmm yes fake stuff, no maintenance!! sounds good.


  • #4
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,580 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Originally posted by commuterised
    hmm yes fake stuff, no maintenance!! sounds good.
    Beware, flamable! :) Real plants also work better for cooling purposes in the summer.


  • #5
    PhilipMarlowe
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    Get yourself a Yucca first.
    If you kill that, then maybe you shouldn't be let near plants...

    ph_plants2.jpg


  • #6
    Falkorre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,219 ✭✭✭Falkorre


    Chloraphytum (sp?) Spider plant is great and would grow ANYWHERE, also the crassula "Jade tree" or "Money tree" is beautifull.
    Also great are the yuccas, palms, cacti, succulents and fig trees.

    U can get all of these real cheap in the likes of B&Q, dunnes stores, tescos etc ;)

    B


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  • #7
    PhilipMarlowe
    Subscribers Posts: 4,419 ✭✭✭PhilipMarlowe


    Figs (ficus benjamina) would look nice alright but wouldn't appreciate the changing temperatures... they often drop their leaves due to too much variations between day and night time...

    Look for false palms too, Madagascar Dragon Trees (Dracaena marginata is one type... link).

    Aspidistra elatior is called Cast iron plant... nice leafy dark green.... might prefer a shadier spot if you have one.... but again are easy to care for.


  • #8
    DriftingRain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭DriftingRain


    HEHEHE I was going to say Yucca. Also try Rubber plants and spider plants. Ferns are okay to some point too. There are two good ones that can stand the cold and heat...MooseHead ferns and Rabbit's Foot Ferns. They have there fuzzy thick meaty stuff on then.

    Good Luck finding the right plant.


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