What's looking Exotic in 2021

I can't claim any credit for this as it is in St.James park in London;
Echium (candicans?)...........
Echium candicans by longk48, on Flickr

I had some success with it in 2013/14 but it never got as big as this...........
Echium (candicans?) by longk48, on Flickr

 

Callistemon violaceus in full flower.


Double flowered variegated Oleander.


BoP has just suddenly opened up.


Bougie has been out of the greenhouse since May and is flowering well.

 

Luma apiculata and myrtle tarentina in buds

 

Thevetia peruviana Peach coming back into bloom after severe cutting back ...

 

@Victoria I remember growing Thevetia years ago, think it had a very hard nut/seed and as toxic as it's relative, Oleander.
The name has changed now to Cascabela thevetia.

 

Too true. I get lots of the nuts, look like Brazil nuts. Sis got these in Florida and started the two I have in Germany and brought them down to me. They are also called Yellow or Peach Oleander. The toxicity does not bother me with the big Oleanders I have and now starting the "rare" Peach Oleander. I love Oleander and Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (now 12).

 

Gloriosa superba

 

Come to think of it @Victoria , Sis may have sent me the seeds.

Magnifying glass time! First of the huge 2mm flowers on the Tillandsia usneoides.


Can't see it?

 

She may have ... or did she send you Red Peach Tree stones?

 

@Victoria, definitely the red peach stones, possibly both.

 

Erythrina crista - galli,

Watsonia.