Tropicals & Tender Perennials: question, 1 by Kell

Kell wrote:
When you think about it, most people start with cuttings. Few start with seeds. In fact every person that has a Frosty (or any other named brug and many unnamed) except for just one person, started theirs as a cutting. They sure get around. So being a cutting shouldn't affect floriferousness.

I have found that when I cut off a sucker, I need to let it mature before I get a large enough canopy to put on a show. I also have noticed that some brugs flower in huge flushes while others do a small but constant flower drip. Some seem to bloom early when small, others need to age before they give you a real thrill.

Fertilizer may help to get your plant big enough to have many Ys from which to bud. I do not really use any particular fertilizer but change depending on what I see or hear about. It seems to work for me.

I bet next summer you will get some great flushes.

If you can see it clearly, here is an exactly 1 year old all alley tree that spent most of the summer growing a canopy. It just now is having its first big flush. I took this pic this morning, after a 24 hour terrible storm. It did OK! Must have over 100 buds that just started to open.