What's looking exotic in May 2012

Not as exotic as some on here, but I bought this Rhododendron last year and am pleasantly surprised with it's colouring.

 

Yes, Wayne, thanks to your encouragement last year you can see perservance with Charles has paid off ... and I am absolutely delighted, thank you, and the scent is heavenly.

Your Rhodo is lovely gcc, such a vibrant colour ... shame it's too hot here for them.

 

Got a few bits showing now that its warmed up, but mostly in the greenhouse,
A friend gave me a clivia seed about 4yrs ago, first flowers,.... it yellow.


Just an update on the Trachy flowers,


This poor old Washy has been hanging on for a few years now, but its making a comeback yet again


The Rebutias.


Echinocereus just starting to flower


The name escapes me at the moment, but this is pretty hardy and comes back most years


I can remember growing Gerberas from seed years ago, very touchy and a magnet for whitefly, wonder how these so called "hardy" ones will get on.

 

Nice colour, worth the wait I grew them as a nipper, and they were all Orange I think (might have been Red), Growing a small one now, expecting that to be the same colour. I prefer yours !

I'll probably be made to look a twit for suggesting this, but Mesembryanthemum is on the tip of my tongue ... might be something completely different though.

 

You made me look it up Kristen
Drosanthemum hispidum, it said on the label.

 

Yeah, that's the one, I knew it all along ... !!!

The Washy looks like its had a hard life though ...

 

I have that one, Drosanthemum floribundum, the Dew Flower or Ice Plant. This is the one I have ...

http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/drosanthflor.htm

(I know you don't read links Pete ... )

 

I read that one Victoria.
Yep its similar and mine seems hardy, but strangely for this kind of plant it disappears in winter if frosted, and then comes back from underground.

Mesembryanthemum was a good guess Kristen and its that family anyway.

 

this is my tropical border today , still lots of cleaning to do and waiting for better day to plant the rest of the plants , ricinus , cannas , papyrus, brugs , and so on.

 

My Impatiens morsea has just started to bloom again............

Nearly lost this last year - it had a major RSM infection and the stem rotted as a result of the treatment. Still, I was able to save a cutting, and that has remained RSM free.

 

First flower on the Oxalis triangularis..............

 

Glad it made it Keith,
Jenny
ps. Am I allowed to show you mine?

 

I've shown you mine so the least you can do is to show me yours!!!

 

My pleasure Keith,
all crammed into a girlie pink pot yesterday,
Jenny

 

That's a nice combo Jenny!