What's looking exotic in 2019

I've had limited success but given up now, mine always end up with somekind of black fungal problem.
Obviously not tomato blight but it has the same effect and looks similar.

 

Here's one for @PeterS, get your magnifying glass several flowers have now opened on the Tillandsia usneoides.


A closer view!

 

Aloe aristata

Iochroma coccinea

 

First time trying these and I am so pleased ...

Ipomoea nil, Split Second Double Pink

 

That's gorgeous @Victoria

 

Thanks @KFF ... it bloomed six weeks after planting! Just ordered another in a dark colouur ...

 

Bessera Elegans

 

@Victoria do you get your seed from ebay please? I noticed the chinese label. When I have bought seed from arbitrary sellers I haven't done as well as you appear to have done. Please could you pass on the name of your seller - that morning glory looks lovely.

 

@NigelJ your Aloe aristata seems late, mine always flower in early July, often late June.

 

@pete That particular one has only been outside since late May early June, when we had a couple of cool wet weeks. The one in the greenhouse flowered as you mentioned about a month earlier.

 

Dont you leave them out all year?

 

I'm trying the one in the photo outside in a raised sunny bed with sharp drainage, they are supposed to be hardy down to around -5°C. I have another, bigger, in the greenhouse.

 

I've grown them outside for 20 yrs or more, sheltered position, under palms or in shadow of house wall.
We probably get it colder here than you do, it should do well in the right position.

 

@pete I had always thought of it as a house plant until a post on here last year inspired me to try it outside. My main concern is that it might not like the wet winters we get, even though it is a very well drained spot it is in.

 

@CarolineL I have not used this seller before but this is from ...

Items for sale by duxiaogang2009 | eBay

My current one is from Amazon's JustSeed ...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01N4JUF2I/ref=pe_3187911_189395841_TE_3p_dp_1

But I now use JustSeed through e-Bay ...

JustSeed | eBay

I like these folk ...

happygreenshop on eBay
I found a lot of the Asian sellers send you unidentified seeds ...