Tropicals & Tender Perennials: How did brugs become a part of your life...?, 0 by Kell

Kell wrote:
When I first arrived in California, I was invited to a barbecue. In the backyard, they had a CDW tree. It was amazing. I had never seen anything like it.

Then years later when I had moved to a new town, I saw another CDW huge bush a few blocks from my home. Every week I passed it. One day I stopped and begged and the man gave me a huge cutting. At some point I also bought a Frosty and got a cutting of a beautiful sang at a hotel in Mendocino. I had them for many years. I still have the Frosty though I keep trying to kill it. The sang was a huge tree, I cut it down last year because it had picked up a virus from my other brugs. Sangs are very susceptible to them. I was so sad!

One day about 6 years ago, I was at a nursery in Half Moon Bay. They had a plant with the most beautiful flower I had ever seen. I grabbed it and went to the checkout. No one knew anything about it. I bought it. Unfortunately, it was fall and the plant soon died. It was a triple purple datura. I can still remember the feel of my excitement when I first saw it.