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Admin Exotic Earth Plants
Jan 30, 20194 min read
Brugmansia: Growing in a frost-prone UK
Brugmansia, or Datura as it used to be known, can be grown almost anywhere. However in areas susceptible to frost these vigorous plants...
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Admin Exotic Earth Plants
Dec 3, 20181 min read
Plants Fairs 2019
We are now planning for 2019 and selecting which plants fairs we will be attending. As a relatively new Plant Specialist unfortunately we...
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Admin Exotic Earth Plants
Dec 1, 20181 min read
Brugmansia Christmas Competition 2018
🌴🌱🏆⛄WIN! WIN! A Beautiful Brugmansia plant for Christmas!! WIN! WIN!🏆⛄🌴🌱 That's right, Exotic Earth Plants is GIVING away 3...
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Admin Exotic Earth Plants
Nov 28, 20181 min read
Gardening with Moths: The nocturnal pollinator!
There’s a lot of flower-visiting that we never notice, because the pollinators involved are moths, and much of it happens at night....
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Admin Exotic Earth Plants
Nov 15, 20183 min read
Brugmansia Scent: A favourite of Alan Titchmarsh's?
Alan Titchmarsh discusses a selection of his preferred perfumed flowers for the garden, of which Brugmansia is highly ranked. Read the...
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Admin Exotic Earth Plants
Nov 14, 20182 min read
Overwintering Brugmansia
Once the weather turns colder and you need to bring your brugmansia in from the cold, you have two options for over wintering your...
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Admin Exotic Earth Plants
Nov 12, 20181 min read
Gardens to Visit - Abbotsbury - Five ways to make your garden look tropical - by Paul Cartwright
Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens in Dorset benefits from a mild sheltered location on the English South coast, where the gulf stream feeds...
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Admin Exotic Earth Plants
Nov 12, 20181 min read
Exotic Earth Plants at Sculpture by the Lakes 30th June 2019
Exotic Earth Plants is attending the Rare Plant Fair Sculpture by the Lakes on 30th June 2019. http://www.rareplantfair.co.uk/ourfairs/20...
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Admin Exotic Earth Plants
Nov 7, 20184 min read
Brugmansia Diseases & Pests
Fugal Diseases Stem Blight This is really the only potentially devastating fungal disease for brugmansias in cultivation and can be hard...
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Admin Exotic Earth Plants
Oct 4, 20182 min read
Success at RHS Rosemoor Plant Heritage Plant Fair 2018
Our first plant fair was a great success considering it was at the end of the growing season. We had interest from all over the region...
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Admin Exotic Earth Plants
Sep 11, 20182 min read
Brugmansia Breeding History Sets
A goal of Exotic Earth Plants is to grow all seven single-species of Brugmansia listed as extinct in the wild by the IUCN Red List. We...
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Admin Exotic Earth Plants
Jul 10, 20181 min read
Exotic Plant Insight: Brugmansia Suaveolens
Brugmansia suaveolens is a semi-woody shrub or small tree that gets to 1.8-4.6 m high, usually with a many-branched single trunk....
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Admin Exotic Earth Plants
Jun 28, 20181 min read
Brugmansia in Bloom
Brugmansia Sauveolens buds are about to bloom. The flowers are remarkably beautiful, sweetly fragrant, about 30 cm long and shaped like...
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Admin Exotic Earth Plants
May 16, 20181 min read
Exotic Plant Insight: Brugmansia Sanguinea
Brugmansia sanguinea is a perennial shrub-like tree, indigenous to the midlands of South America. It can grow 15 feet (5 meters) tall,...
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Admin Exotic Earth Plants
May 3, 20182 min read
Exotic Plant Insight: Brugmansia Arborea
Brugmansia arborea is an evergreen shrub or small tree reaching up to 7 metres (23 ft) in height. The ovate leaves have coarsely toothed...
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Admin Exotic Earth Plants
Apr 30, 20181 min read
Plant Heritage Membership: Working towards becoming a National Collection Holder
Exotic Earth Plants is now a member of Plant Heritage, the world's leading garden plant conservation charity We are starting our...
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Admin Exotic Earth Plants
Apr 23, 20182 min read
A visit to RHS Rosemoor: Exotic & Temperate Plants in Spring
RHS Rosemoor, a public display garden run by the Royal Horticultural Society, is set in beautiful grounds in North Devon, near Great...
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Admin Exotic Earth Plants
Apr 18, 20183 min read
10 Most Toxic Plants on Earth
10. Oleander All parts of the plant are poisonous, from root to the nectar. The presence of toxins such as nerioside and oldendrin...
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Admin Exotic Earth Plants
Apr 16, 20181 min read
List of Extinct in the Wild Plants
As of July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 37 extinct in the wild plant species. Surprisingly 7 of...
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Admin Exotic Earth Plants
Apr 16, 20182 min read
Kew Botanic Gardens will open the doors of its spectacular Temperate House on May 5th 2018
After a five-year restoration, Kew Botanic Gardens will throw open the doors of its spectacular Temperate House, the world’s largest...
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