What's looking Exotic in 2022

I'm gonna get those pictures, my house was disappearing under Strelitzia, bougie, ginger, and a massive campsis, I had to sort it all out it was too much.

 

It crept up on me over the years.

 

It sure looked beautiful though. At one time you could only get the purple Bougie here, now you can't find it!

 

July 17.
You can see the long new growths of the season and it was taking over the Strelitzia by September.

 

Fairly widely available in France but that's not much help to UK dwellers Bougainvillier specto-glabra 'Violet de Mèze' : rustique ! - Tijardin
Bougainvillier Violet de Mèze - Bougainvillea spectoglabra - violet vif
Bougainvillier rustique - Vente Bougainvillea 'Violet de mèze'

 

A bit more elaborate I'm afraid, you have to preserve the top growth of both so a mulch wouldn't do the job.
My makeshift sectional building. Open fronted and half roofed.
Just gets the blankets on nights below zero.

 

That does look very similar to the one I have loads of cuttings of.

Cuttings root easily of this one, ripe growth put in water in September similar to how you do Brugs.

 

That's excellent news! You can supply UK and I can cadge some cuttings over here

 

I left the large Strelitzia out and the small one in the greenhouse.
This is today, another two nights of -6 might kill it off.
The variegated Oleander seems unaffected so far.

 

He had been sitting next to one of my radiators all morning.

 

That's most interesting, Pete! My Strelitzia in the kitchen is in no danger of being affected by the low temps of late! It's now 3-4 years old & getting a bit big for the position in the kitchen.