Iochromas?

Does anyone here grow these plants? (That's an upper-case "I", not a lower-case "l".) I think they'd make an interesting companion for brugs, since they come in several shades of BLUE and PURPLE, the colors missing from the brug palette.

have we determined that these are or are not acnitus? (sp) there was a discussion long ago.

I think they ARE. I know, I know---I was the one who said they WEREN'T, but I had my brain unplugged at the time. Just thought I'd bring it up again in case some of the newer folks had any.

can you take cuttings from this? I have one, it has grown, but not bloomed. (I didnt know about not fertilizing it) I'd rather take cuttings and start over during the winter.

I used to grow Iochroma australe (Dunalia) which is quite a good shrub for colder regions as its quite frost hardy.
It has small blue trumpets.

MsBatt, you have mail. Pam

Anyone tried puting pollen from one of those Blue trumpets on a Brug? How closely related are they? I do know that some genus'es of cacti can be interbreed so if you just never know.

I don't think they're related at all. T&M describes the flower as brug like. It's not. It's a tiny, tiny white or bluey-purple bell. They grow great from seed and are hardy in zone 8.

Brugman,
Check with Rich on the Iochroma..he sent me some last year...he knows all about them.

Mz. Batt: I'll have lots of seeds for acnistis as soon as they ripen and you're welcome to some. Email me.

could you possible save me one or two? eltel posted some, but he's not sure they are going to make it.

Tig: As long as they ripen I'll send you lots. I have a lot of small seed pods on it right now. If you want to drive north and west I give you a 3 foot high plant. I have way too many.

wish I could:) would love to meet you!

I grow Iochroma cyanea. It's Solanaceae, same as brugs, but do not know if can do intergeneric cross. I am growing a brug sanguinea right near it, out front where deer are. They avoid both, I might add.

horticult7,
Do you have problems with those horn worms on your Iochroma? These worms will eat the plant down to nothing in a matter of two days. I had three different Iochromas but now I'm down to just one..that is ok because I can't keep those worms off of it.

I haven't noticed any pests on the iochroma. The shrub is big and vigorous, hanging out into the street and the neighbor's front yard.

I have noticed caterpillars on some of the brugmansias, but figure that will ensure a large butterfly presence, so I leave them alone.

Is that for personal reasons Horticult that you wouldn't try an intergeneric cross? I look at it this way, if you can do it by hand and no chemicals are used to force the cross then whats the problem as moths could just as easily have made the cross. Or for that matter the wind or something else. Worse that can happen is it can fail....Course a bit of Ga-3 might help.

Brugmansia, I haven't tried an intergeneric cross of the iochroma and the sanguinea because it never crossed my mind! I have no personal reasons against it.