Heliconia 'Exotica Tropic' is a cultivar of the Heliconia genus, a group of herbaceous plants known for their columnar upright habit and evergreen foliage. This cultivar thrives in conservatories or greenhouses, preferring full sun to partial shade and a sheltered aspect such as south, west, or east-facing positions. It grows best in fertile, moist but well-drained loam soil with a neutral pH. Flowering occurs in spring and summer, showcasing the genus's characteristic pendulous panicles with vibrant, waxy bracts. It is suitable for patio containers, flower borders, and beds, requiring protection in the UK climate as it is hardy to H1a.

Heliconia 'Exotica Tropic' is an evergreen conservatory plant with upright habit, ideal for patios and flower beds in spring and summer.

Heliconia 'Exotica Tropic'

Heliconia 'Golden Torch' is a cultivar of the Heliconia genus, a group of herbaceous plants known for their columnar upright habit and evergreen foliage. This conservatory greenhouse plant thrives in fertile, well-drained loam soil with neutral pH, requiring moist but well-drained conditions. It prefers full sun to partial shade and a sheltered aspect, such as south-, west-, or east-facing positions. Noted for its vibrant, waxy bracts, 'Golden Torch' is particularly attractive in spring and summer, making it suitable for patios, containers, and flower borders. It is hardy to H1a and can be propagated by seed sown in heat or by division in spring.

Heliconia 'Golden Torch' is an evergreen conservatory plant with a columnar habit, ideal for patios and borders, flowering in spring and summer.

Heliconia 'Golden Torch'

Heliconia 'Guyana' is a conservatory greenhouse plant with a columnar, upright habit and evergreen leaves. It is grown for its architectural habit and seasonal inflorescences that appear from July to October. Suited to full sun or partial shade, it prefers neutral loam kept moist but well drained. Place in a sheltered, south-, west- or east-facing position in the glasshouse or on a protected patio.

Heliconia 'Guyana' is a columnar conservatory plant that flowers July to October and prefers full sun or partial shade in moist, neutral loam.

Heliconia is a genus of flowering plants in the monotypic family Heliconiaceae. Most of the 194 known species are native to the tropical Americas, but a few are indigenous to certain islands of the western Pacific and Maluku in Indonesia.

Heliconia 'Guyana'

Heliconia angusta 'Holiday' is a cultivar of the Heliconia genus, a group of herbaceous plants known for their columnar upright habit and evergreen foliage. This cultivar thrives in full sun or partial shade and prefers sheltered positions with fertile, well-drained loam soil that is moist but well-drained. It is suitable for patios, containers, and flower borders, offering interest during spring and summer. As with other Heliconias, it produces long clustered leaves and pendulous panicles with vibrant, waxy bracts.

Heliconia angusta 'Holiday' is an evergreen with upright habit, ideal for patios and borders, flowering in spring and summer, suited to full sun or partial

Heliconia angusta 'Holiday'

Heliconia angusta 'Yellow Christmas' is a cultivar of the Heliconia genus, which consists of herbaceous plants with a columnar upright habit and evergreen foliage. This cultivar features the genus's characteristic long clustered leaves and pendulous panicles of vibrant, waxy bracts, specifically in yellow hues. It thrives in full sun or partial shade, preferring fertile, moist but well-drained loam soil with neutral pH. Suitable for sheltered, south-, west-, or east-facing aspects, it is ideal for patios, containers, and flower borders, offering interest during spring and summer. It is hardy to UK zone H1a and can be propagated by seed sown in heat or division in spring.

Heliconia angusta 'Yellow Christmas' is an evergreen patio plant with upright habit, perfect for spring and summer in full sun or partial shade.

Heliconia angusta 'Yellow Christmas'

Heliconia bourgaeana is a cultivar of the Heliconia genus, a group of herbaceous plants known for their columnar upright habit and evergreen foliage. This plant thrives in conservatories or greenhouses, favouring full sun or partial shade with a sheltered aspect. It grows best in fertile, moist but well-drained loam soil with a neutral pH. Flowering in spring and summer, it produces vibrant, waxy bracts on pendulous panicles. Suitable for patio containers and flower borders, it requires propagation by seed sown in heat or by division in spring.

Heliconia bourgaeana is an evergreen conservatory plant with a columnar habit, ideal for patios and flower borders in spring and summer.

Heliconia bourgaeana

Heliconia caribaea is a tropical flowering plant ideal for patios and borders, thriving in full sun or partial shade with spring and summer interest.

Heliconia caribaea

Heliconia caribaea 'Dominican Yellow' is a cultivar of the Heliconia genus, which consists of herbaceous plants known for their columnar upright habit and evergreen foliage. This cultivar is suited to conservatory or greenhouse environments in the UK, thriving in full sun or partial shade with a sheltered aspect. It prefers fertile, moist but well-drained loam soil with a neutral pH. The plant produces vibrant, waxy bracts on pendulous panicles during spring and summer, adding striking colour to patio containers or flower borders.

Heliconia caribaea 'Dominican Yellow' is an evergreen conservatory plant with a columnar habit, ideal for patios and flower borders in spring and summer.

Heliconia caribaea 'Dominican Yellow'

Heliconia caribaea 'Prince of Darkness' is a cultivar of Heliconia, a genus of herbaceous plants known for their columnar upright habit and evergreen foliage. This cultivar thrives in full sun or partial shade and prefers fertile, moist but well-drained loam soil with a neutral pH. It is suited to sheltered positions with south, west, or east-facing aspects. Typically grown as a patio or container plant, or in flower borders and beds, it requires protection in the UK climate (H1a hardiness). Propagation is by seed sown in heat or by division in spring, with interest during spring and summer.

Heliconia caribaea 'Prince of Darkness' features evergreen foliage and columnar habit, ideal for patios or borders in spring and summer with partial shade or

Heliconia caribaea 'Prince of Darkness'

Heliconia caribaea 'Purpurea' is a cultivar of Heliconia, a genus of herbaceous plants known for their columnar upright habit and evergreen foliage. This plant thrives in conservatories or greenhouses, preferring full sun to partial shade with a sheltered aspect. It grows best in fertile, moist but well-drained loam soil with a neutral pH. 'Purpurea' is suitable for patio and container planting as well as flower borders and beds, offering interest during spring and summer. Propagation is typically by seed sown in heat or by division in spring.

Heliconia caribaea 'Purpurea' is an evergreen conservatory plant with upright habit, ideal for patios and borders, flowering in spring and summer.

Heliconia caribaea 'Purpurea'

Heliconia caribaea 'Red Barbados' is an evergreen, columnar upright heliconia grown under glass for its tall flowering stems. It flowers from July to October and suits sheltered, south-, west- or east-facing positions in a conservatory or greenhouse. It prefers neutral loam that remains moist but drains freely and does well in full sun or partial shade. As H1a (tender), it must be kept frost-free through winter.

Heliconia caribaea 'Red Barbados' is a columnar conservatory plant that flowers July to October and prefers moist, neutral loam in a sheltered, sunny spot.

Heliconia caribaea 'Red Barbados'

Lobster-claw (Heliconia caribaea 'Red Barbados') |

Heliconia chartacea 'Sexy Pink' is a cultivar of the Heliconia genus, a group of herbaceous plants known for their columnar upright habit and evergreen foliage. This cultivar features the characteristic long clustered leaves and pendulous panicles with vibrant, waxy bracts. It thrives in full sun or partial shade and prefers fertile, moist but well-drained loam soil with a neutral pH. Suitable for sheltered, south-, west-, or east-facing aspects, it is ideal for patios, containers, and flower borders. It is hardy under glass in the UK and flowers in spring and summer.

Heliconia chartacea 'Sexy Pink' is an evergreen with upright habit, ideal for patios and borders, flowering in spring and summer in full sun or partial shade.

Heliconia chartacea 'Sexy Pink'

Heliconia indica 'Spectabilis' is a cultivar of the Heliconia genus, a group of herbaceous plants known for their columnar upright habit and evergreen foliage. This cultivar thrives in full sun or partial shade and prefers sheltered positions with fertile, moist but well-drained loam soil of neutral pH. It is suitable for patio and container planting as well as flower borders and beds. The plant is of interest during spring and summer, producing pendulous panicles with vibrant, waxy bracts characteristic of Heliconias.

Heliconia indica 'Spectabilis' thrives in full sun or partial shade, perfect for patios and flower borders with spring and summer interest.

Heliconia indica 'Spectabilis'

Heliconia indica 'Striata' is a cultivar of the Heliconia genus, a group of herbaceous plants known for their columnar upright habit and evergreen foliage. This cultivar thrives in conservatories or greenhouses, preferring full sun to partial shade with a sheltered aspect facing south, west, or east. It grows best in fertile, moist but well-drained loam soil with a neutral pH. Noted for its vibrant flowers emerging on pendulous panicles, it is suitable for patio containers or flower borders, offering interest during spring and summer. Propagation is achieved by seed sown in heat or division in spring.

Heliconia indica 'Striata' is an evergreen conservatory plant with a columnar habit, ideal for patios and flower borders in spring and summer.

Heliconia indica 'Striata'

Heliconia latispatha is a plant species native to southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America and naturalized in Florida and Jamaica. It is an herbaceous perennial up to 4 m tall, with leaves resembling those of bananas.

Heliconia latispatha 'Orange Gyro' is a striking herbaceous perennial ideal for patios and borders, flowering from spring to summer in full sun or partial

Heliconia latispatha 'Orange Gyro'

Heliconia orthotrica 'Total Eclipse' is a cultivar of the Heliconia genus, which consists of herbaceous plants known for their columnar upright habit and evergreen foliage. This plant thrives in conservatories or greenhouses, preferring full sun or partial shade in a sheltered, south-, west-, or east-facing aspect. It grows best in fertile, moist but well-drained loam soil with a neutral pH. The flowers appear on pendulous panicles in spring and summer, showcasing the vibrant, waxy bracts characteristic of Heliconia species.

Heliconia orthotrica 'Total Eclipse' is an evergreen conservatory plant with a columnar habit, ideal for patios and flower beds in spring and summer.

Heliconia orthotrica 'Total Eclipse'

Heliconia pendula is a cultivar of the Heliconia genus, which includes herbaceous plants growing between 0.5 and 4.5 metres tall with long clustered leaves. This cultivar has a columnar upright habit and evergreen foliage. Its flowers appear on pendulous panicles with vibrant, waxy bracts in various colours. Suitable for full sun or partial shade in sheltered, south-, west- or east-facing positions, it prefers moist but well-drained neutral loam soil. Hardy to H1a, it is ideal for patios, containers, and flower borders, with interest in spring and summer.

Heliconia pendula is an evergreen cultivar with a columnar habit, ideal for patios and borders, flowering in spring and summer in full sun or partial shade.

Heliconia pendula

Heliconia psittacorum, commonly known as the parakeet flower, is a cultivar of the Heliconia genus, which comprises herbaceous plants with long clustered leaves and pendulous panicles of vibrant, waxy bracts. This evergreen plant has a columnar upright habit and thrives in full sun or partial shade, ideally in a sheltered, south-, west-, or east-facing position. It prefers moist but well-drained loam soil with a neutral pH and is suitable for conservatories or greenhouses in the UK, where it is hardy to H1a. It is often used in patio containers or flower borders and is of interest during spring and summer.

Parakeet flower (Heliconia psittacorum) is an evergreen greenhouse plant with vibrant waxy bracts, ideal for patios and flower borders in spring and summer.

Heliconia psittacorum

Parakeet flower | Heliconia psittacorum

Heliconia psittacorum is a perennial herb native to the Caribbean and South America. It is considered native to French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago.

Heliconia psittacorum 'Lady Di' is a perennial herb ideal for patios and borders, flowering in spring and summer with partial shade to full sun tolerance.

Heliconia psittacorum 'Lady Di'

Heliconia psittacorum 'Strawberries and Cream' is a cultivar of Heliconia, a genus of herbaceous plants known for their columnar upright habit and evergreen foliage. This plant thrives in conservatories or greenhouses, requiring full sun or partial shade and a sheltered position with fertile, moist but well-drained loam soil of neutral pH. It produces vibrant flowers on pendulous panicles during spring and summer, adding interest to patios, containers, flower borders, and beds. The species typically grows between 0.5 and 4.5 metres tall, with long clustered leaves and waxy bracts in various colours.

Heliconia psittacorum 'Strawberries and Cream' is an evergreen conservatory plant with upright habit, ideal for patios and flower borders in spring and summer.

Heliconia psittacorum 'Strawberries and Cream'

Heliconia rostrata dwarf is a cultivar of the Heliconia genus, which includes herbaceous plants known for their columnar upright habit and long clustered leaves. This evergreen plant produces pendulous panicles with vibrant, waxy bracts in various colours during spring and summer. It thrives in full sun or partial shade, favouring sheltered, south-, west- or east-facing aspects with fertile, moist but well-drained loam soil of neutral pH. Suitable for patios, containers, and flower borders, it requires protection in the UK climate (H1a) and can be propagated by seed sown in heat or division in spring.

Heliconia rostrata dwarf thrives in full sun or partial shade, perfect for patios and flower borders with spring and summer interest.

Heliconia rostrata dwarf

Heliconia schiedeana 'Fire and Ice' is a columnar upright, evergreen Heliconia grown for conservatory and greenhouse display. It flowers from July to October. The cultivar prefers full sun or partial shade in neutral loam that remains moist but drains freely and performs best in a sheltered, south-, west- or east-facing situation.

Heliconia schiedeana 'Fire and Ice' is a columnar, evergreen conservatory Heliconia that flowers July to October and prefers moist, neutral loam in a.

Heliconia schiedeana 'Fire and Ice'

Heliconia stricta is a species of flowering plant in the family Heliconiaceae. It is native to Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, reproducing by seeds and by underground rhizomes.

Heliconia stricta 'Bucky' is a striking tropical plant ideal for patios and borders, flowering in spring and summer with partial to full sun exposure.

Heliconia stricta 'Bucky'

Heliconia tortuosa is a cultivar of the Heliconia genus, which includes herbaceous plants known for their columnar upright habit and evergreen foliage. This plant thrives in conservatories or greenhouses, preferring full sun to partial shade in a sheltered, south-, west-, or east-facing position. It grows best in moist but well-drained loam soil with a neutral pH. The flowers appear in spring and summer on pendulous panicles with vibrant, waxy bracts. Heliconia tortuosa is suitable for patio and container planting as well as flower borders and beds, requiring watering during establishment.

Heliconia tortuosa is an evergreen conservatory plant with a columnar habit, ideal for patios and borders, flowering in spring and summer.

Heliconia tortuosa

Heliconia vellerigera is a cultivar of the Heliconia genus, a group of herbaceous plants known for their columnar upright habit and evergreen foliage. This plant thrives in full sun or partial shade and prefers a sheltered position with well-drained, moist loam soil of neutral pH. It produces long clustered leaves and pendulous panicles with vibrant, waxy bracts in spring and summer. Suitable for patio and container planting as well as flower borders, Heliconia vellerigera requires watering during establishment and can be propagated by seed sown in heat or by division in spring.

Heliconia vellerigera is an evergreen herbaceous plant with a columnar habit, ideal for patios and borders in full sun or partial shade from spring to summer.