What's looking exotic in 2019

Clerodendrum (or Rotheca) myricoides ugandense.

 

Amorphophallus konjac now adding to the atmosphere

 

Arisaema griffithii


Arisaema galeatum

 

This is cheating - but I took a photo when volunteering at the Botanic Garden yesterday - a monster echium!

 

I count Phragmipedium as exotic here as it lives outdoors all year, in a large pot that moves to a spot next to the house for the winter as the Cotswold cold, wet and clay soil have always taken them in the past. I've had this one four years now so it's a regime that works (finally!)............
Phragmipedium by longk48, on Flickr

 

Hi @longk that is impressive - I keep killing cyps. What mix of compost do you use for it?

 

How about these for street tree planting, Plumeria alba, 100's of them! all around Darwin.

 

I got back from Frankfurt just in time to catch the first bloom on my Mackaya bella open.............
Mackaya bella by longk48, on Flickr

Lots more to come this year. Really pleased with this Southern Africa native which blooms on last years growth. These are the first blooms since 2017.

 

I took a trip round Whitstable Castle last week and the bloody things are everywhere.

 

Everywhere down here in Cornwall too....just a normal feature !
Their little cousins..... viper’s bugloss ....too smother the Towans approaching the beach

 

I put my Strelitzia outside at the end of April before we went away as it had an upright flower spike. It has just opened this week.

 

Snap! You dont have "mandela's gold" do you @strongylodon

 

No, I think it is just the colour is very pale in the evening light, I did see Mandelas Gold in Sydney Botanic.

 

Arisaema consanguineum

Arisaema tortuosum

Arisaema candidissium

Arisaema ciliatum

Arisaema speciosum