I truly love my brugs and after getting home at 2AM last night I know why. The fragrance was dripping from the flowers and could be smelled a 100 yards away.
Is it possible to look at these Pics and give/provide an educated guess of what they might be? Also if someone could recommend a good book on Brugs I would be greatful!!
One More....
There is just too many out there to give a positive ID, they will remain as NOIDS. Enjoy them for what they are. As far as books, you can get as much information here as you would find in an book.
Love your name!
Ken is right. Just enjoy them for what they are — noids. Besides there being so many that look very similar, Brugs tend to respond to different environments and to different times of the year by having a paler or darker color. The calx may be slightly shorter during one flush so the flowers shapes look different.
I have Preissel and Preissel's Brugmansia and Datura Angel's Trumpet and Thorn Apples and highly recommend it. It's packed with information not normally found on the web.
RottedRoots, they maybe noid's, but the are still beautiful. I love the yellow one, especially!
Dee
Rotten----
Here i am again!!!! Lucky you!!!!
My guess is that it is a Dr. Seuss.....
Why? The leaf edges are serrated and the color of the flowers seem to match.
Do they turn orangy when they are about to fade into oblivion?
I had the Dr. for years...and, i can tell you, nothing beats the fragrance.....
This year--I have it again....from a cutting of my original Dr. Seuss that I gave a friend.
When I had it--and i would come home from work--the fragrance would hit me as soon as I got out of my car....
Now please--"everybody" just chill! I am expressing my opinion from having grown this one....PEACE!
Gita
Here is a shot of a single bloom-taken at night.....
"PEACE!"...
RottedRoots,
Educated guesses can be wrong that is why both Ken and I have advised you not to try to ID un-named Brugs. To put a name label on an unknown Brug, opinion not withstanding, is to become part of a growing mislabeling problem. There is nothing "wrong" with having noids. They are just as gorgeous with or without a name. As time goes by, name labels will fade or get lost and everyone ends up with a formerly named NOID.
The appearance of Brugmansia flowers are influenced by a large number of factors including in what part of the country you live. Case in point, many pink Brugs never attain their rich pink color in California. I sent my Mom cuttings of Rosamond. I thought she might enjoy it's beautiful dark pink color. After a few years, she chopped it down because it always remained a pale pink or was almost without color. Compare Kell's photos with the rest of the photos. Kell lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. My mother does, too.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/3059/
They can look different from flush to flush and as the plant ages.
