I was fortunate to attend the yearly get together at Monika Gottschalks fabulous Gardens, where many new and special Hybrids have been introduced and admired, and great information was shared by Monika, which has a wealth of knowledge of thirty years working at hybdridizing perfect Brugmansia's. I was attending for two days, everyone else was staying the full three days, we had BBQ's Cakes, plenty Drinks and of course i loved picking and enjoying fresh fruit of the Reneclod (a light green honey sweet type of Plum)tree, well i had to fight off the Wasps, LOL
Now some pictures i like to share!
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Brugmansia Friends at Monika Gottschalk's in Germany
Entry to Monika's Garden
All the Standards are over ten feet tall
A beautiful Autumn Treasure from David Hines has an honored place at the front Garden,
View hundreds of promissing new Hybrids to be evaluated.
Thank you so much for the pictures. Someday . . .
Thank you for sharing these photos. What beauties! Please share some of the information you acquired.
Christa,
I would love to have attended Monika's yearly get together! Maybe in a year or two I can afford a few days in Germany. Right now all my extra funds are going into getting Bayou Blooms off to a good start next spring.
The photo of her 10 ft. plus standards and that beautiful garden path is breathtaking!
David Hines brug Autumn Treasure is very pretty. The name fits and I love the color. Is it for sale in the states? Or can it be imported via Monika?
Looking forward to seeing future hybrids from Monika.
What beautiful brugs, I have Autum Treasure, it is a very vibrant yellow, and smells like baby powder *S*
forgot the plant *LOL*
Gorgeous Brug! I love the color!
She realy puts out the blooms she has been loaded all summer.
I'll have to put her on my wish list for next year. LOL That list just keeps getting longer and longer.
Betty, I added her to my wish list as soon as I seen Christ's post yesterday ;)
Kareoke, beautiful picture of a beautiful brug.
Veronica, you are so very knowledgeable as i see from your post, but i will surely share helpful information and tricks i have learned at Monika's presentation, i am so ready to come back home and start to apply to my Brugs the techniques, counting down three more days in Germany, then back to Florida just hope my wonderful neighbor has watered all well.
Dollie and Veronica, i agree Autumn Treasure is a great one to add to your collection and fantastic if you manage to get her to be this 10 - 12 foot thick branched Tree on which the branches are strong enough to hold 4 to 5 bloom clusters, you all know my goal now STURDY BRANCHED TREES, i will have to do some heavy trimming and shaping as instructed. Maybe Kareoke will be kind enough to share a cutting, i also believe JT has Autumn Treasure for sale.
Kareoke, great job you are doing with yours, here one more Picture of Autumn Treasure i took days later, enjoy!.
That is great but I could never have one that tall, I would never get it in the house in the fall, mine is short but LOADED with blooms, I have a bud growing also, I pollinated her with Golden Lady which is a great double, I just hope the but stays on with this crazy cold wet weathe we are having.
I just went outside and took a new picture, I actualy have two of these plants so in the fall if you would like a cutting send me d mail
Christa and Doris, Now you have me drooling even more than ever! LOL Thoses photos of Autumn Treasure are gorgeous!!!
Christa, after you get home and rested, could you please start a thread of all the tricks & techniques you learned at Monika's presentation? I'm very interested to learn all the details.
I'll get in touch with J.T. about getting an Autumn Treasure from him. All pictures of A.T. are just beautiful!
Christa... yes... the tips and techniques will be great to hear of...
I've a few other easier questions also... is this an open instructional... or is an invitation needed...
DO you speak German.. was it some what conducted in English..
Is there an attendee fee...
Yes.. it would be a great late summer trip...
Have a safe trip home............
Is my standard envy showing... I've got quite a few this year also... though....likely close to her 10' ones.. they were grown out after seeing her lovlies in years past...
We're all wishing we could have fit in your suitcase. How wonderful that you were able to go there and meet Monica in person.
wow , i love those standards , great looking plants . i hope to meet monika and see her garden one day , that would be a treat of a life time .
gordon , next time lets skip the meet and jump on airlines to germany . lol
Eddie, that is my wish to meet Monika one day......when you and Gordon get ready to jump on that airline for Germany LMK and I'll have my bags packed ;)
ok Eddie...Dolly..Ya'll are on...lets do 2010 . there.. I'll bring her a cutting of my new " Blue " Brug
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You are very welcome! The get-together will be on August 14th, 2010 :-)
Here you go, Monika has extended a warm invitation to anyone wanting to attend in 2010, and anyone being able to, will not be sorry, after all it is hard to match the knowledge of Monikas 30 years of experience. also the get-together was much fun, viewing, gathering new tips in exchange with everyone, having a great BBQ with great foods and cakes, of course also drinks! LOL
Pictures of the Get-Together 2009
Barbeque
Pictures of the the last Day,.and the Blossoms had fully opened
My Darling ANOUSCHKA
A closeup of BRIDESMAID
A very charismatic CHARISMA
FANDANGO really awesome
SWEET SYMPATHIE
SWEET FANTASIE
LUISE at Night
Awesome!!! It's difficult to come up a few words to describe such gorgeous flowers. Thanks for sharing these photos, Christa.
Exquisiteness
Would some one please explain to me about the Brugs in Germany? They appear to be in the ground-----but, can they survive the winter there in the ground? Are they put into a greenhouse? I am just blown away. Also, are they varieties that we grow in the US? It sounds like I have lots of questions-------but, I am so impressed.
Shirleyd
I think Monika digs them up with heavy equipment and puts them in a greenhouse.
I remember seeing an old thread that shows how she plants her Brugs to make it easier to dig them up for winter storage. She may have changed the way she handles the Brugs, but each Brug standard was planted in a plastic pot ( about the size of our 5 gallon black plastic pots) that have had holes drilled on the sides at various locations. These pots are then plunged into the ground. This allows the roots to grow out of the pot and into the ground. In the fall, the pots are dug up and the roots severed level with the sides of the pot. The tops are pruned leaving the original "Y" and one or 2 more layers of "Y"s. These pruned trees go into her greenhouse(s).
I know the essentials of importing Brugs, but since I haven't done it, I don't know what the eventual cost is. To import Brugs, you will need a permit, which you can obtain from the USDA for free. The purchased cuttings have to be inspected and then quarantined for two years. Inspectors will visit you several times a year to look at your plants. You will have to foot the bill for those inspections.