Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Has anyone seen this brug - on ebay???, 0 by violabird

violabird wrote:
The story of Star Dancer is pretty long, a little sad and a little fun, all documented right here on DG, including her naming. Back in 1999 or 2000, all I knew about brugs is what I had seen in a Wayside or Parks cataIog. One day I got lost in a neighborhood on my way to a yard sale, spotted the brug in someone's yard, did a U-turn, pulled up the drive and ran to see it like a madwoman. The man that owned it offered me a cutting. (And yes, I did try to retrace the owner, but it was then years later and no success--I didn't remember the house-just the big white pretty brug.)

I didn't know what a jewel I had for years and called it 'my drive-by brug'! It wasn't until the wonderful hybridizer Bonnie Vaughn (Painted Lady & Miss Emily MacKenzie) saw it in person did I know I had something different. I didn't know that all brugs were not split lobed like mine. Then came the Georgia RU when Ludger came from Germany, and the wonderful gone2seed and all the other great brug folks got to see her--they played with her on and off for about 24 hours and she stayed perky the entire time--she was a hit.

She has been my hidden treasure. I am ashamed to say that I hoarded her and shared very little, I lost her once and had luckily gotten her back from a dear friend. Perhaps I knew that one day I would need her, and this is now--I've been unemployed & depressed for a very long time and hope to pick up a little cash from ebay. Hope you all will forgive me as it is quite unlike the wonderful generosity shown here at DG. Perhaps my luck can turn for the better now that I've made my confession.

Here is a photo of me, Star Dancer and a few other brugs at that memorable GARU. If anyone has the photos of using her as a telephone, I would sure love to see them again.
Vi


This message was edited Oct 23, 2008 3:38 PM