Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Some blooms from Iowa, 1 by Brugie

Brugie wrote:

Kay, thanks for the nice comments, but poor Culebra is dropping leaves like crazy. No mites now, but maybe shorter days is doing it. Everything pretty much had to make it this summer without pampering. It was too hot. I sprayed and watered. Yellowed leaves stayed on the plants until they dropped. Not a pretty sight. LOL!

Sweet Cakes got a bit darker with the warm, humid weather. Unlike the first bloom that remained pale and wide open, each bloom since has been the pale pink for a day or even two and then gradually darkens, much like many brugs do. You can see the heat damage on the calyx. It's been brutal here this year. Her tendrils are nice.