Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Summer flowers, 2 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Speedie and Terp---

I have been propagating the same Brugs forever.
They are NOT hardy!!! I bring mine into the lower Shop level where they spend the winter in a
"suspended life"--with almost no leaves...No light...and very little watering.

bring them out in early summer--and....BAM! They strt growing.

I have been on DG since 2003. Before that, I spent about 2 years on "Garden Web"
where I was introduced to Brugs by some people there. Probably got my 1st couple ones
because someone sent them to me.

I have had different ones--but some did not make i--got some creeping crud or such.
I used to think water rooting was the way to go, but I never had much luck with it.
You have to, diligently, keep the water clean. Even tried the "bubbler method"--
and, again, there would always be some kind of mold or fungus that got the cuttings.

Now I can confidently tell you that sticking stem cuttings straight into fresh potting mix works
every time.
As you can see my Brugs grow wide and tall. I do not have room in my Shop for such big plants.
So--I cut them back before bringing them in. That is how I propagate them and have new ones to share every year.

I don't "get" them from anywhere....They are all "children" of themselves...

Gotta get ready for work. Talk to you all later..... Gita

1--This is from Sept. 2009. This is a "Maya"--it grew to 7'x7' that year (NOT from a cutting. Had it already).
After 2 weeks of begging--Cylburn Arboretum accepted this monster plant and came and got it.
Thy have been propagating it from cuttings and selling them on their :market Day"...

2--This is what I had to do to it the previous fall (2008) so I could get it into my basement.
It was hard to cut it back--as it was in full bud and ready to bloom.
I guess it liked being cut back--as it grew into the monster in pic. #1 the next year.