I thought this Six on Saturday we could have a little game of Spot the Odd Plant Out. I do love a puzzle. It is a tricky one, but do your best, you will not be judged on your observation skills. I might snigger behind my hand, but it will be with love and respect. I’m sure it will be a doddle for our leader, Jim at Garden Ruminations. If you would like to know more about this wholesome and nourishing meme, pop over and all will be revealed. Enough of an introduction, let us get to the nitty gritty.
The canna are reaching for the stars (apologies for ear worm) and flowering beautifully. I’m not sure what they are, perhaps seed from Tony, perhaps from Steve Morgan. Last year I gave my brother some mirabilis seed, a few months passed and he sent me a questioning photograph. After the “trip over the step resulting in a mix up of all the seed I was carrying” incident, it seems I wasn’t quite as good at seed ID as I thought I was. I don’t think he is worried, just a little surprised. His canna is also flowering well.
Tithonia rotundifolia has struggled this year, or rather the gardener has struggled to germinate and bring them on. This is the sole plant, which has taken rather a battering in the recent weather. I will collect seed and attempt to do a better job next year, both with keeping them in hand and tending to them.
Peeping through the foliage, towards the rear of the plant, I see that the Colquhounia coccinea is flowering. Most modestly.
Digitalis isabelliana ‘Bella’ hasn’t baulked under the drought strain. It is a favourite; the form, the colour, even the name. Which possibly has just doomed it to an untimely death. I have the power. Beware.
This special hedychium, Tara Seedling, has done particularly well this year, spreading and flowering better than ever, despite being surrounded by some proper mean spirited bullies in the Bed of Anarchy.
Worth waiting for, nothing quite like it, is Tibouchina urvilleana, always hanging on a thread of suspense. Apparently, it has been renamed Pleroma urvilleanum, which sounds more like a skin condition than a fabulous, tender but more than worth it, wonder.
Did you spot the odd one out? I have every faith you have. It may not be the same as everyone else, I am depending on that. There is always the obvious and the fanciful. Neither are wrong.
Off The Edge Gardening 
All oranges and one purple? A pretty purple indeed.
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Spot on!
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That was my observation as well. I can not help with the identity of the Canna. I do not remember what I sent, but there are some here like that.
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Spot on 😊
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I’m going for the skin condition as although beautiful, it’s the wrong colour! Do I get a gold star miss?
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Big tick and a gold star 😊
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Your canna looks exactly like mine that I posted this week: you can compare. I didn’t grow any more tithonia this year, I should … seeing the hot and dry summer we had because it should have worked well ( but indeed once the seedlings started early enough)
To finish your Six in style, the tibouchina is really a success! You’re growing it in a pot, I suppose?
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Ok, I will check your canna out. Yes, the tibouchina is in a pot, it really needs to go into a larger one but maybe it’s best left til next spring.
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Hi, Gill. Long time no see.
Pleroma urvilleanum is a shrub; I don’t think any of the others are.
Don’t know what has happened to the Comments box. I see others have got through, but I get a Comments Closed message when I try.
Alan
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Hello and how are you?! Your answer is correct. Lovely to hear from you.
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Gorgeous selection of orange-themed floral wonders today…well almost, but as the one purple Tibouchina urvilleana aka Pleroma urvilleanum, or even glory bush (?) is so beautiful, who could complain or even think it could possibly be named as the odd-one-out’. 😊
That aside, Hedychium, Tara Seedling is my favourite of the week – utterly gorgeous!
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Another correct answer! The hedychium does seem to be rather popular. 😊
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A lovely selection, apart from the Tibouchina urvilleana – my wife had one as a houseplant and the flowers would fall apart into as many individual pieces as possible making a right old mess. That’s why it’s my odd one out! It does have pretty purple flowers & nice foliage though!
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You are also quite correct 😁
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I am relieved I picked up the clude for the odd one out in the comments as I have been scrolling up and down for ages.
My plant of the week is
hedychium
What an unsual flower
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😁 That made me laugh! And thank you, it is a beauty.
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I especially like the Hedychium. Does it need part shade? Our heat can be brutal on ginger lilies.
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The hedychium is in a quite sunny part of the garden, from mid morning onwards. So far it seems happy where it is, fingers crossed!
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I worked on the answer before I looked at the comments, and I have awarded myself a point! It was the Pleroma urvilleanum cos it isn’t orange! Have a good week Sis.
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Always a champ!
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My thought was the same as Rosie Amber’s, but my first thought was that Colquhounia coccinea was flowering–“most modestly” … until I got to the end. Fun post. Happy “Six”!
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Thank you for playing along!
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That was fun and a beautiful selection. I’m late to the party but honest gov I thought it might be the purple tibouchina though thought it might be a touch too simple.
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I had to scroll swiftly down so I didn’t read any other comments. I am going for the purple one as all the rest are orange / peach. I especially like the Digitalis isabelliana ‘Bella’ what a fabulous colour, but for the life of me I don’t have any more room for any more plants (that includes the three I have recently bought).
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