My summer favourites

Pete
Gorgeous pictures.
The Hedychium, the one after the gloriosa, got a reaction from "er indoors", but I'm sure your parents were married at the time. :D
Any tips on getting them to flower?
Please.
NikB-)

 

I grew that on from seed Nik some years ago, it seems to flower fairly readily, no problems.
I've got another one Gardnerianum, I'll post a picture of later, that dont flower quite so easy.
There is one other I tried (cant remember the name now) which flowered so late every year the flowers never opened properly.

 

Gorgeous, but what are they - I can feel a "gotta have" moment coming on.

By the way the "snow on the Mountain" appears to be setting seed - very odd, there appears to be a seed case growing from the flower. This plant is really intrigueing me.

Fran

 

Top one crepe myrtle Lagerstroemia indica.
Bottom one Hedychium Gardnerium a type of ginger.
Keep the euphorbia going, if it is "snow on the mountain", then its an annual, so you need seed.

 

Blue Ipomoea

Erythrina crista-galli

 

Beatutiful, that morning glory is so very happy - do I gather you have a taste for the exotics Pete?

Have you grown Strobilanthes - not sure if I've spelt that right - glossy, ribbed green and lilac leaves with small trumpet pale blue flowers - and the scarlet ruellia dark coppery greenleaves, and scarlet tube like flowers.

Yes I'll collect the seed from my Snow on the Mountain, and I will attempt to overwinter it in the greenhouse and see if it will developinto the the shrubby plant of your picture.

 

Always liked exotics, trouble is my greenhouse aint big enough. :D
I've not tried the two you mention, thats the best part about exotics, there's always something new to try.

 

(tying knot in hankie) will see if I can collect some seed from both for you to try next spring.

 

Ok thanks( carry on like this and your gonna need another hankie) :D

 

Pete
Re the Hedychium pic, after the Gloriosa. Thanks. So a bud in October and crisps in November is not my fault. :D You've saved my life.
The rest of the piccies were superb. That Ipomea was really rubbing it in :D :rolleyes: My plants have been growing like crazy for the last 2 weeks, just in time for the frost, but I will overwinter them and see next year. Thanks for the tip.
The mother plant in the UK hasn't flowered, despite some feeding, but the grandmother plant in Spain flowers a treat. So there is still hope.
Nik

 

Thanks Nik, I dont think we, in the UK, can really hope to grow these types of plants to the same flowering standard as, say Spain, but its the challenge and satisfaction when you do have a bit of sucsess that counts.

 

Your right Pete, gonna forget, so will just note that all seeds of all tropicals will need to be harvested - just one knot :D