Tropicals & Tender Perennials: What's the best variegated brug?, 1 by Clare_CA

Clare_CA wrote:
Thanks, Kell!

Lynn, Kell is right about the suckers making the best trees. They are tall and straight and unmistakable. Those can be cut off and used to create a standard easily, but you do need to make sure that no branches sprout on the trunk for a few years anyway. I'm still rubbing off new branches from time to time from the trunk of my Pink Beauty.

Lin, these trees can get up to around 20-30 feet here where it does not freeze. They do not need to be staked, but proper pruning will help to keep the branches from breaking. I lost quite a few branches in the last bout of high winds we had recently. Here is a picture of what happens when the blooms make the branch too heavy.