What's looking Exotic in 2020

@Victoria they're gorgeous!

 

A few photos from the 'hot' border....
Calla...

Abutilon...

Punica....


and ta daaa...ARMANDII'S Hemerocallis
P.S. I know they're not strictly exotic, but they're hot and lush

 

Not seen that red and white Punica before @noisette47

 

Isn't it pretty? There's a double pale yellow too. They don't set fruit, being double, but could have a go at cuttings

 

I just thought I would put up the label of my new Hibiscus ... note it says use no fertiliser. I have never fertilised any of mine and I've had my oldest one 13 years or more, outdoors in poor soil.

 

One of my few ambitions in life is to get a Plumeria to tree status :-) Had a stroke of luck with a local nursery selling off tall plants for €5 a couple of years ago. It's just come into leaf and being in a half barrel is already taller than me. One day I'll be able to walk under it and collect the fallen flowers (she dreams :-))

 

Is it outside permanently? @noisette47

 

Narr she gets minus 12C there in the winter.

 

Not recently...lol. Sort of, Strongy, we build a temporary 'conservatory' using the roof overhang, wooden frames and plastic sheet. Keeps citrus trees and most tender stuff just frost free.

 

That's what I was wondering , I don't know if it can grow outside even in the south of France, Furthest north I have seen it in the ground is southern Turkey.
Mine is in the conservatory which has never gone below 8c in Winter.

 

I had one rot off, even though dry at the roots, last winter in my greenhouse kept at min 5 c.
Hi humidity might have been what really killed it off combined with the low temperatures.
It rotted from the top down.

 

Yes my plumerias went squishy in greenhouse at 3-5 degrees. I only succeeded overwintering by keeping bone dry in the house. But they're awfully ugly and bulky as just stems

 

I can overwinter in my conservatory, but then come spring the RSM take over.

 

Isn't there a predatory mite that gets rid of RSM? I seem to remember using various predator insects back in UK. It was an excellent way of combatting nasties.
A gardening friend here keeps her Plumeria in the house over winter. Hers has got a flower bud on already. We'll see whether 'The Stick', as it's fondly known, produces anything this year

 

Have to make do with the bougies for now....