Mid-Atlantic Gardening: August blooms, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Here is a closer up of some of the blooms.
I swear---it is identical to the first flush I had--that just blew me away. That might have been in early June?

To me--this whole plant is getting the size of a small tree--and it will be hard to find room for it in my basement. By now--I also have the Rose Souvelons (the one I gave you) and another one....

Then there is the Charles Grimaldi (CG) that looks just like the Dr. Seuss. it is still just growing in a pot on my Patio. The one Chantelle gave me at first....

Frankly speaking--AHEM.....I am getting sick and tired of these.....Too big! Too much attention needed! All that bringing in for dormant stuff! Taking and rooting the cuttings---Babying them until they grow--then trying to find homes for them. The "thrill" is long gone!

The endless watering and need for fertilizing! The aphid attacks and--hopefully--no way! The Cyclamen Mites destroying these overnight. The BIG plants in the BIG pots that will just blow over in a windy storm--breaking off buds and flowers and leaves. I have 4 bricks sitting on top of my big (20") pot of the Rose Souvelons--and it still has blown over!

When, and IF you ever get to this stage--plant them in squatty, stubby pots--NOT in ones narrower on the bottom. These won't blow over so easily. Better yet--bury half of the pot in a bed--that way they will stay put.

I would almost give these all away--but no one here has ever heard of a Brugmansia! Not sure.......

Gita

In the beginning it was like--OH, My God!!!! Noe it is more like--Geez! What do i have to do now?