Is this Frosty Pink?

This is the brug that I got named Frosty Pink. Mine looks much lighter than Dave's. Does climate and type of soil make a difference in the bloom color? If so, tell me what to do to get one like Dave's Frosty Pink.

Shirley

Brugie,

My Frosty Pink actually starts out almost pure yellow, and then as the bloom opens more and more, it starts to develop a pink tint.

Then, when the bloom is fully open, it is a very pure pink.

As it starts to close, it darkens even more to almost a reddish color.

I don't know much about brugs, unfortunately, so I can't really answer your question except give you what I know. :)

Dave

brugie, we talk about this every month or too. is this the one K identified as frosty and E as insignis pink? the one i call frosty pink looks different all the time, they are lighter now than a couple of weeks ago, weather definitely changes them. the one i call FP, if you catch it in the evening it first blooms is white, and again early am, then gradually turns pink, and in cooler weather the sides roll back and it is an open flower. in the heat of the summer it seemed to have a lot of yellowish tone in them, sometimes looked peachy for a month or two. it has soft, ruffly edged leaves. OTOH, i think there are other pinks called FP. in other words, i am no help! that's why i wanted a cutting of your FP, to see if it matched mine, not because i need anymore!!! have 5 large ones in the yard...

Arlene, Yes the one pictured is the one K & E had different names for. I'm looking forward to seeing the Insignis Pink bloom so I can see the difference for myself.
There you go with that language I don't understand yet. :-)
Do you have a picture of your Frosty Pink and Insignis you could send me at my home address?

My Frost Pink (That's what I bought it as, from Native Ethanobotanicals in Vero Beach) has changed color now that the weather is cooler---it's darker upon opening, and keeps streaks of the yellow thru the pink. Really neat!

I took this picture about two weeks ago when our weather was threatening to frost. Most of the plant was already gone as I was using it for trades. It is basically the same color all the time until the edges start to curl and turn a disgusting dead color. It does open up the first evening as a creamy white. I'm going to post another picture that is supposed to be Frosty Pink also.

Brugie,
Looks like frosty pink to me-frosty pink has a semi-long and fat seedpod with little to no indentation in the side. In other words, a smooth long seedpod. Isabella has a much deeper grove running through it side and a shorter seedpod with a thin point at the end.

Thanks, Burgmansia, but have never had seed pods on that one. Living in Iowa doesn't give me much time for hybridizing and this year was the worst. We didn't even have a good spring until about the last of June and then went straight into hot and humid. Didn't have a problem with spider mites at all this year. Made it more fun raising the brugs. I don't think I had a single brug bloom until late July or early August. Now everything is put away for winter except a couple of cuttings I brought in the house with blooms that I hand pollinated. Thought I'd try it just to see if it would work. So far, the blooms are staying on the cutting and looking strong. Haven't checked for a couple of days to see if a pod is starting to form yet.