WHAT'S LOOKING EXOTIC IN 2018

Another beauty longk

 

A week or two ahead of mine (which are outdoors)

To be honest there are more floriferous and hardier species (I.austris survived in the ground here and @pete has a very large one in his garden) but it's a good red, it will get better year on year and I like the challenge of the more exotic ones.

 

This is the earliest it's ever been. Usually mid Sept. reckon it's all the sun and heat that's made it feel like it's gone home.

 

Do Moon Flowers count here? anyway, they are doing well, 3-4 new blooms a night.

 

Cyrtanthus elatus............
Cyrtanthus elatus by longk48, on Flickr

Albuca spiralis............
Albuca spiralis by longk48, on Flickr

Albuca spiralis by longk48, on Flickr

Passiflora 'Amethyst'...........
Passiflora 'Amethyst' by longk48, on Flickr

 

Oh heck longk! Another beauty I covet.....amethyst is wonderful. Indoors only I suppose?

 

Supposedly hardy to -8°c according to a UK Passiflora expert I have contact with.

 

I think I should be able to grow it down here on a south facing wall then

 

Do you think that there is enough of the season left for it to build up enough strength to face another winter?

 

It probably hasn't enjoyed the heat and dry this year either @JWK .
Personally, although I like to grow a lot of stuff that is pretty unsuitable for my climate I just dont see tree ferns as worth a go.
The price puts me off for a start.

I can see you have been watering it like crazy this year John by the moss on the stem.

 

They have been available for a good few years now, shipped over from Tasmania I believe.
But of lots that were planted around here, initially, I see very few now.

It just suggests that something is not right, its too cold in the winter and too dry in the summer.
Basically a woodland plant, I believe, you had it right.

Nice plant when well grown though.

 

Where there`s life there`s hope. I wish my fern had a tiny frond on it - I wrapped it up well for the winter and left in in the shade since - it was £25 - so not an arm and leg like a big one would be. Try talking to it - or maybe move it to a shadier place?
My son and family are in Tasmania and they grow like weeds there. Those rain forests are amazing.