What's looking Exotic in 2020

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      This is making me laugh - a Brug cutting in bloom.............
      [​IMG]Brugmansia noid by longk48, on Flickr

      I could understand it if it was taken from above the fork but they were just side shoots from low down. Four have buds on whilst the fifth cutting hasn't forked.
       
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        As far as I know the fork idea only really applies to seedlings.
        Once a plant becomes adult any cuttings are adult.
         
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          After waiting the whole summer for my cannas to bloom I am happy to see one in blossom at last. IMG_20200915_175703.jpg IMG_20200915_174426.jpg
          And this is the second flower on my passion flower IMG_20200908_203342.jpg
          And this is my tropical hibiscus in blossom at last IMG_20200915_180236.jpg
           
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            Well, a long-held ambition realised at last! Walking under my Plumeria 'tree' in bloom. OK, I cheated and it's in a half-barrel so it can be moved into a sheltered spot during the winter, but it's better than nothing :biggrin: Come to think of it, I hadn't foreseen needing a ladder to be able to sniff the perfume :whistle:
             

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              Mine is just about coming to the end and has added two foot long branches, I am not sure whether I will be able to keep it next year as it is over 4ft tall now.
               
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              Where do you overwinter it, Strongy? Does it react like Aeonium if you chop it, and sprout new growth from the cuts?
               
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                  @noisette47 I overwintered it in the conservatory and I will do this winter but if it puts on another two feet of growth next year it will be too tall to keep as there are four Bougies and a couple of lemons there as well. I have never tried cutting any of it.
                   
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                  Always people you could send cuttings to,... mate:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::biggrin:
                   
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                    There's a coincidence...when I was comparing flower colour with a gardening friend here, she was all for me shortening my 'tree' :-) I remember doing cuttings as a desperate last measure to save former Frangipanis. Not as easy as t'Internet would have you believe!
                     
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                      The Hedychiums are flowering well this year.... 20200911_103441.jpg 20200911_103504.jpg
                       
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                        I have rooted plumeria in the past, not recently , I was once sent a piece from Hawaii mid winter ,needless to say that just rotted ,but fresh cuttings taken in the growing season do work.
                        After drying the cut end for a while.
                         
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                        What compost mix did you use, @pete?
                         
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                        Probably 50:50 multi purpose and sharp sand.
                        Bottom heat but not too humid so an open top.
                        Bit like rooting cacti.
                         
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