I was surprised to find this chubby cutie tonight when I went to the basement to water plants. It is a Rosa Lila x Sang x Mobishu cross I have grown out from seeds from Mike Petite from the UK.
A new baby blooming in the basement
Brenda
very Pretty, it sure looks Bright in your basement, Congratulations, on your Beauty
Elizabeth
I have all of my plants under T5 grow lights, it is almost like a sunny day down there, all summer long.
Brenda
where do you get those? it looks much brighter than just the grow bulbs
Elizabeth
I buy them on ebay, about $50.00 each, pricey, but my two year old ones are still going strong. Be careful when shopping on ebay. Look for the ones that are 4 feet and have two bulbs. I have been buying from the same person and he has been great. I can find them at the local head shop, but a bit more expensive.
Brenda,
It is a cute chunky little guy! Do you grow your cool group Brugs in the basement year round?
Elizabeth, those T5 light bulbs require special fixtures which are pricey, but he light bulbs come in a variety of wave lengths so you can customize the lighting to the type of plants you grow.
My plants do as well or maybe better under the lights then outside. I did keep my cool group outside much of the summer, but when the mis summer heat hit they went back inside under lights. I have about 22 cold group plants, most are loaded with buds right now and some have skirts sropping, so much fun!!!!!
Wow Wow Wow! soo cute. Congratulations!
Your basement sounds like a brug wonderland.
It is really pretty Brenda!
That sure is a cutie Brenda!
I am growing out the same cross but mine hav`nt bloomed as yet
gives me something to look forward to!
Makes me wish I had a basement again, but it's something that is not done in Texas. No one seems to have the expertise for building houses with basements.
Very nice Brenda
The 'Cold Group' bug is definatley spreading :-)
Alan
Love your new chubby cutie, Brenda. Would love to see your basement.
Hugs,
Judy
Another new one bloomed today. it is much longer then the others, and a nice salmon color. I suspect it will have much more color once they get back outdoors next spring.
I can't Thank Mike enough for sharing these wonderful seeds, they will be fun to watch through our long cold winter.
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Tha is beautiful! The cold group is my next addiction, I plan to start growing them after Christmas. I really can't wait!
Roxanne
I just looked at the picture and realised, it is really much darker then it looks here, I need to go down and get some decent light and take another.
Beautiful!!
Well done Brenda.
Great to hear the Cold Group Bug has got you to Roxanne :-)
Alan
Really pretty the way it is. I can imagine what it looks like 'in person'.
Congratulations.
When we were looking to buy I really wanted a basement. There are quite a few here in 'tornado alley', but not the house we finally decided on. Can't even put one out the back door because of the septic lateral lines.
I want a basement ............ wahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Didn't realize there was a 'cold' variety. Can you explain the difference between them and the other brugs?
Thx
Crit
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Crit,
All the Brug species are divided into 2 basic groups according to the environmental conditions in which they thrive and bloom. The "cool" or "cold" group, which includes, B. arborea,
B. sanguinea, B. vulcanicola, and B. flava come from higher altitudes and prefer temperatures below 85ºF and usually cooler than that. B. sanguinea, for example, will not set buds and bloom in temperatures above 72ºF. The plant itself may survive short periods of temperatures up to 85ºF, but the plant will become more and more stress making it more susceptible to diseases and pest attacks. Temperatures over 85ºF can actually kill the plants almost overnight. I've had a large number of B. sanguinea do that in May when out Texas weather goes from nice to hot. These "cold" group Brugs can also hybridize with each other.
Most of us will have to make do with the "warm" group. This makes up the greatest majority of Brugs out in the market. The species in this group can cross with each other, but not with members of the "cold" group. The species in this group are: B. aurea, B. suaveolens, B. insignis, B. versicolor and a natural cross, B. candida. Almost all of the named cultivars come from this "warm" group. This group comes from lower and more temperate climates and can generally handle warmer/hotter weather. Although some will go dormant during summer and not bloom, the plant itself will survive.
While basements do remain cooler than the rest of the house or outdoors, they may still be too hot in warmer climates. To get this gorgeous blooms temperature would have to go up no higher than about 70ºF at any time or you would not get any blooms.
Lovely there Brenda.. you've got some great technique with them.. ddn't you also get a bunch of Alen's cool seeds gong .... didn't you... ho did they do in the fall..
Maybe I should think of them as a wnter crop growng all winter in the cool room on the roof... always between 40-50* F ... I've got to construct the cool room tomorrow...It's about time to start thnking about bringing thngs in.. oh.... this is the first year... after the hail annihilation of the brugs... that they will start to look better rather than worse on coming inside..
Thank you Betty. I thought maybe it was a 'really cold hardy' plant that would survive outside through our winters. Drat!
Thanks!
Brenda-
The brugs I picked up from you last year are doing quite well. Of course, I'm up to about 60 (maybe more) different plants. All your fault - starting with the plants that the Kehoe's picked up for me. I was trying to figure out if the cold group could grow outside all summer long in this area. I don't think I'm much hotter than you, and I am in a river (Mohawk) valley.
How is the beautiful grandbaby?
Diane