Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Noid Pink-from seed to 3yrs old, 1 by AuntB

AuntB wrote:
I started this brug from seed in Jan 04, I can't remember the cross... LaMour & Everlasting? I'll never know for sure, but it will always be my special pink beautiful brug. I potted up and sat outside in May and when fall arrived, no blooms, it was about 4-5ft tall. I hauled it to my work and babied it all winter in a south window... hauled it back home in May 05 and put it in a bigger pot and I did get a few blooms, so late I had to sacrifice some to clip it to fit into the basement. In Spring 06 I potted it up in a 25 gal tub and it went bonkers... (pic on computer at work :( The trunk was a good 5 inches across, and finally in mid August it bloomed profusely until I HAD to prepare it for winter... There was no way it was ever going to fit in the basement... so I got out my sawsall and played lumberjack... whacked it right at soil level, ceased water and stored the pot in my basement, watering sparingly every 4-6 wks until spring... I had a big hole available to me as I gave away a little preform pond I had for a couple years, so my helper and I sunk the brug in the hole and this is what it looks like as of last night.