Ten Of The Best Plants To Add To Your Winter Conservatory

Most people love the idea of growing and experimenting with plants during the summer.  But when winter arrives and brings with it plenty of dreadful weather, we can hardly get outside at all.

Luckily you have an alternative to this if you have a DIY conservatory.  It can become your indoor garden through the winter, and since there are plenty of plants which love this atmosphere and the surroundings, you can enjoy gardening on a whole new level.

Try these ten plants for size and see how you get on:

1. The Mexican Blue palm tree.  This is one of the best palm trees for growing in a self-build conservatory, since it takes its time to grow.  Some other varieties can be super quick at reaching impressive sizes.
2. Various citrus trees.  Lemons and limes can both be grown in your self-build conservatory, along with miniature orange trees.  They won’t grow to be huge and you’ll get a nice harvest of mini citrus fruits for your troubles.
3. Red climbing lilies.  Climbing plants work well in any DIY conservatory.  Encourage them to scale the walls and go across the ceiling if you can.  The odd tiny hook here and there should keep them in position.
4. Yucca plants.  These do well in conditions which can be warm and devoid of much water.  That’s not an excuse for not watering them, but they do love conservatory conditions.  Like the palm trees, these may need a position on the floor to look their best.
5. Bougainvillea.  If you want something that smells good as well as looks good, go for the bougainvillea.  It is available in pink and red – providing a nice contrast to all those citrus plants.
6. Passion flowers.  These are real survivors and are very hardy.  Good to choose as a ‘first try plant’, as you will have to work hard to kill it.
7. Peach trees.  Another opportunity to grow some miniature fruit trees indoors.  You could end up with a bumper crop if you try them all!
8. Apricots.  These do exceptionally well in a DIY conservatory.  Experiment to find the best position for them, but wherever you put them you should get good results.
9. Lemongrass.  Cats love this as much as you will, so you might want to rethink if you have a cat and it habitually tries to get to it.  But citratus as it is known smells and looks wonderful.
10. Aspidistras.  Ideal for a floor standing location, this plant has dark green leaves that flop around when it becomes quite big.  It looks lovely though.

So there you have some great plants to start you off with.  All that remains now is to buy the first one and move up from there.