After dinner with friends tonight we stopped by their house for more chat.
I looked out a window and saw massive brug blooms.
Sadly, we are having a heat wave and this tree has not been watered for days so many of the blooms are already fried.
Unbelievably my friend Casey when I trotted out the door to look at this, was shocked. She had not noticed the blooms! LOL
We then all went and sat out back near this tree, but the fragrance was overpowering and almost sickening.
She is not a gardener. I asked if she had even ever fertilized it and she said no. She also said there were no buds on it earlier in the week for she was out back and said she would have noticed so many buds hanging own. I told her they do not appear that fast. LOL
I had given her this plant as a 7 foot standard in a 5 gallon pot a couple of years ago. It was a seedling of mine that was nice but not special. I actually ahd given her a few but this is the only one that survived her care. LOL
You cannot tell by the picture but the blooms hung in sheets and go back into the plant so you cannot see them all in the picture. There were hundreds of blooms. Even my husband was impressed.
I was so sad I was too late to see them in their prime. Casey has promised to call me at the next flush if she notices them. LOL
Here is looking under 1 layer of branches to show how the blooms go so deep.
Oh my goodness. If only I had enough warm weather time to get something like that. I can tell neglect seems to work for a few people. I wish I could neglect like that. I bet she has changed her interests since then and prolly will be more aware of it now. Thanks for Posting this, Kell..
Nice flush Kell...what is the cultivar?
I agree a nice flush!!!
Wonderful looking flush!!! It' s amazing what plants will do in an attempt to "perpetuate the species". I've seen some of the most amazing blooming done by plants that are under a great deal of stress and in danger of dying.
All I can say is "WOW!" Even on the tail end of the flush, it's gorgeous!
man that is unreal! I thought I had seen pictures of HUGE flushes...but this one puts em all to shame . WOW
Tell her to keep doing what she is doing! lol
Absolutely fantastic!
all I can add to what is already said is WOW, now that's a flush, thank you Kell for posting that Beauty
Elizabeth
Do you believe Casey never even noticed it? I was not in her house 5 minutes before I saw it thru a connecting room and out the window.
I am debating going over and fertilizing to push for another huge flush next month but then I think it is doing pretty good on its own and perhaps I best not mess with it. LOL
Gary, it is a seedling of mine from a few years ago. As I recall I gave Casey ones that were great as far blooming a lot but were not anything unusual in the looks department. Ones you get a million of when you grow out tons of seeds. Too nice to kill but not nice enough to keep.
She has a narrow space along the other side of her property that she wants to block a view of her neighbor's garage that is just waiting for a about 6 of my latest rejects grown as standards. I may even give her some special ones this time. LOL
It is sweet. A just opened one.
Oh my...beautiful
Dee
I think its pretty special. I love the really floriferous brugs. I have so many that have beautiful blooms but don't bloom that often or are tempermental. These days I'd rather have more bang for my buck in the blooming dept. I think its great! Nice job.
Wow that is gorgeous Kell ! The heat wave fried most of my blooms too. It got up to 105 over here.
kell, I'm joining the wow crowd.
wow Kell thats beautiful..
Elva
I like lots of blooms too angel_tree_baby. A few here and there really does not do it. Dorthea is a great bloomer for me even when it looks half dead. It keeps pushing out big flushes.
This last heat wave was so bad., Patricia.. Was that when you were away? I decided to go to Berkeley Botanical on the hottest day and walked 4 hours. I thought I was going to die.
I would say thanks Nery, Elva and Dee but it is not my brug. LOL. Well, it once was mine.
Here is Charles Grimaldi in a good flush today. We have so many CGs in many yards here.
Here is a brug I visit every year. It is huge and puts on a great show. I went by today just to get a pic for all of you. A double white.
It really is pretty. I should go by after 5 and catch the fragrance. LOL
Now this really has the WOW factor.
Can you imagine this one as big and in such bloom as the double white?
This is blooming today for me. Big pink pillows of fluff.
I have a CG near me that gives huge flushes. It's starting to perk up because the heat is letting up a little. My own CG is an infant.
That double pink is gorgeous Kell,. which one is it?
I think you will love CG, peony1066. It can get really large too! Huge flushes!
Thanks Patricia. It is one of mine. I like it because so far it keeps a green calyx instead of it turning yellow prematurely like so many DPs do.
I am so glad you posted that CG, I have one he is so small right now.. I have to bring my brugs in for the winter, can CG go dormant if he is in a pot?
Debra
Hi Debra, I finally have collected enough Arborea seeds for you. All washed and dried. I will try to get them out this week.
Yesterday, I also picked a bunch of seeds from a very cool tree, Erythrina crista-galli that I happened upon. I know you love seeds, want a few?
Oh my that is drop dead gorgeous.. I gotta have at least a couple to start , that would be a fun thing to do this winter in my basement nursery.. I know it isn't cold hardy, so in a tub it would be just like my brugs.
wow! beautiful flush and that cool red tree is called fireman cap or something like that because the flowers look like fireman cap - or at least that is how I remembered it.
I just gotta go back to Cali..*sigh*
Thatis absolutely beautiful. The red is brilliant. I love to open up the picture to get a good close look and that thing is Fantastic.
Good for you. And to go Visit Burgs you once have is great too. Loved your pictures.
Dear Lord! Incredible!
Debra, come on back! Think of all the types of seed you can grow.
Thank you, Ridesredmule. It was so very red!
Roberta, in your zone Erythrina crista-galli should grow great. Want some seeds?
Does it make a lot of seeds. If you have any to spare you can send some
my way. Will they grow in Georgia? Will they grow in a pot? Oh, well,
I'm being silly, But that sure is a beautiful plant. Enjoy your pic.
OH MY GOODNESS! That is so beautiful! I can't wait for mine to get bigger to do just half of that, and I will be so pleased!
Thanks for sharing.
I have only seen on huge tree flush, and it was at the Alamo, in San Antonio earlier this year. That tree must have been at least 15 foot tall, and just as wide, and so full of blooms. All I wanted to do was just sit there and smell. I tried to get a cutting, but just too many people watching!
Supposedly it is hardly to 9A so 8b may be pushing it unless you have a hot spot. It puts out long seedpods, some are over 1 foot long. Lots of them!
I just read where these seeds are very poisonous so beware!
If you want seeds email me your address please. I picked a few pods to share with people on DG.
They turn black when ripe and split open on the tree.
It is really a cool tree.
Kell, I would like some too please? I can send you postage for sure! Just let us know.
Thanks
LK
Oh sure Taters, I meant you too. Just email me your address. Don't worry about the postage.
Want some true Arborea seeds too? I just picked up another 20 pods off the ground yesterday, They are falling out of the tree like crazy. LOL
Charleen,
Consider growing Erythrina x bidwillii instead. It is root hardy in zone 8b and returns sooner and stronger each year. It is not quite as stunning as the E crista-galli, but it's just as red. The advantages of the E. X bidwillii is that it will come back in the spring and it doesn't produce seed. This last aspect is important to me because cattle sometimes get into my garden.
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