What's looking exotic in 2016

Benign neglect seems to be working rather well Pete!

 

Eucomis "Sparkling Burgundy"..................


It's a little wonky...............


The reason for that is that it caught me by surprise. This is the first of my leaf cuttings to bloom. As I wasn't expecting it to bloom it was in my little nursery area at the workshop and as such it wasn't noticed until I went to place it upright after the wind had blown it over

 

Anyone still growing Brugs, things seem a bit quiet on the brug front this year.


Not tropical but it likes heat, Campsis "Indian summer"

 

Grand Marnier is budding up but B.sanguinea has barely grown at all (mostly down to my neglect I'm afraid to say).

 

I bought a small plant of B. sanguinea back in April, thought I'd have another go, I do think the flowers are the best.
Well its still a small plant, its green, but hasn't grown more than a couple of leaves all summer.

 

That's why mine has only one flower cluster!!!! Never warm enough.

 

How long have you had it strongy?
I find they take a few years to get established.
And it really is a big plant.

 

The pink brugs have put on growth but they're not flowering as well as last year.
Pot-confined Campsis Stromboli has scale insect but is regularly throwing out a few flowers.
The Passiflora edulis seedling I was given this Spring has flowered like mad and now has purple fruit! Can't stand passion fruit A Lidl €1.99 Tibouchina is just about to flower..will try to get a photo sometime this week

 

Puya mirabilis..................

 

Datura Blackcurrant Swirl..is it sopposed to look like this?

 

Do they not flower in the 1st yr? i got mine as a cutting early on,its about 4ft tall and has thrown up more shoots in the pot but not Y branched,with it being a different type of brug leaf im used too i cant see any sub equaling either,does it do that on the sanguinea?
My grimaldi has been flowering and the white brug kristen gave me is budding up
Thanks x

 

Not really!

Forgive my ignorance but what is sub equalling?

 

I've grown those double flowered daturas in the past, usually have some kind of blackcurrant name for some reason.
The flowers are interesting, not particularly forth coming and not long lasting.
Not my kind of plant really, over hyped.

 

This is how i tell if my brugs are going to bud up

@longk

 

joolz - very interesting - I can't see any reference to it online, so I will have to look more closely at my leaves.