What's looking exotic in 2016

Hi Richard,

Your garden is stunning

What's the pink flowered plant please ?

 

Thank you very much
The pink flower is just a dahlia but it's s big flower probably 12 inch across

 

Still doing well! Mine hasn't even started doing well here this summer!

Looks better than mine does although mine is still outdoors..............

 

Gynura aurantica. I think this is a really sweet plant. Likes plenty of sun and humidity, but apparently the flowers smell awful - I haven't had any yet.


A ginger flowering outside - the rhizome bought some years ago was just described as orange.


Curcuma (alismatifolia - I think). Anyone had experience of these? Its a member of the ginger family, along with Tumeric (Curcuma longa). I saw them some time ago and was under the impression that the rhizomes were difficult to get back into grown in the following spring. But a recent Google gives no indication of that, and implies they are an easy plant.


I have been busy bringing my tender plants inside for the winter, and am only part way through. Its a long job because you have to make the difficult decision of what to keep and what to lose, as I have more plants than will fit in my conservatory.

 

Painted Lady

 

That's lovely collection you have there

 

JazzSi - they are lovely, especially the more unusual sanguinea. Being a winter flowerer it's quite difficult to display without a suitable conservatory.


There is obviously not as much colour around at this time of the year, but this Bougainvillea is cheerful. It seems to have flowered several times this year.


Calamondin - the first fruit for some time.


Alygoyne. This has been outside all summer and flowered well. I just dug it up three days ago and bought it inside, but it's still flowering.


Anthurium. This has been a real winner this year. The red bracts are virtually permanent. The big question now is can I keep it over the winter. Sources seem to say it needs a minimum of 16C, which it won't be getting.

 

I picked two more Lemons a couple of days ago which seemed to be ripe, the first one didn't have the strong flavour of commercial ones but at least they are home grown.


My Bougainvillea, a cutting from Mallorca two years ago, is also flowering well.


I wonder if this, just rooted, cutting from N Cyprus will grow as fast.

 

There are still a few things in flower. Aechmea fasciata is really weird and wonderful.


The Shrimp Plant - Beleperone guttata


Anthurium - looks like plastic - but lasts a very long time.


Alyogyne huegelii still going.

Bougainvillea - its useful having more than one because they seem to flower independantly at intervals.


I have this dark red and a pink Mandevilla currently in bloom - but I can't always keep them over the winter.

 

I like the bougie @PeterS , its better than the one I have, mine flowers along the stems, yours appears to flower as a terminal flower.

 

I think that's only luck Pete. I bet next year it doesn't do that. Mine are indoors of course. But they are very easy and rewarding plants. But can get pretty big - not to mention scratchy. I find them slightly unpredictable. One year my two big ones didn't flower at all, then the next year they were superb over a very long period.

 

Canarina canariensis.................