Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Little Bernstein blooming, 1 by bettydee

bettydee wrote:
I can sympathize with you on the nasty summer heat. We had a record number of days of very high heat this past summer. My Brugs grew very little despite regular feeding and watering. Almost no blooms except from my Audrey Hepburn and a NOID that was supposed to be Mountain Magic. Even though it was a small rooted cutting, it produced one or two blooms at a time, but through the summer into fall. She bloomed in the greenhouse and produced a pod with a pollen parent that could have been Vixen, L'Amour or Inca Sun. I was hoping to see that pod go to maturity, but I suspect a rabbit has been getting into the greenhouse and eating the leaves and young stem on some of my Brugs. It also ate the little pod.

Here in Texas, Brugs need protection from the hot noontime and afternoon heat. My Dr. Seuss has a small new shoot coming up from the ground. You can have it later this spring if you are willing to wait until at least part of the stem matures so it has a better chance of rooting.

Here's a photo of the NOID that bloomed despite of the oppressive heat we had.