Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Charles Grimaldi or Dr. Seuss?, 1 by TomH3787

TomH3787 wrote:
Well, for the past 4 years I thought I had Charles Grimaldi. But now I think it may in fact be Dr. Seuss! Until this year, I didn't know diddly about brugs and somehow managed to grow them successfully by virtue of having decent gardening skills and probably a bit of luck! Anyway, the brug I thought was C. Grimaldi was purchased from a nationally known vendor (however they don't specialize in brugs). They are very careful about properly identifying their plants so I'm sure the mixup (if any) was unintentional.

I was just reading thru some old posts on this forum and saw comments that C.G. has smooth edges. Is that true? I can post a better pic of the foliage if that will help, but I can tell you this brug always has very serrated leaves. This brug had a couple of flowers two weeks ago and is now settings lots of buds for its first flush this year. But I don't think pics of the flowers would help much because C.G. and Dr. S. are so similar.

Does anyone who grows Charles Grimaldi and/or Dr. Seuss have any input based on your personal experience?