Brugmansia Rosalie

This is one of my favorite singles out there. Rosalie is a Rothkirch child with the cross being Rothkirch x Ocre. She is a heat loving brug that blooms freely. this is my first bloom and it reminds me why she has been a favorite for years now. Waxy blooms and long tendrils hold up well in inclement weather. She easily sets pods and produces loads of pollen. She has all the charm of Rothkirch (with the baby powder fragrance) without any of the fuss....



This message was edited Feb 21, 2011 11:29 AM

Another pic

This was my Rosalie 2 years ago in bloom...you can see why i am anxiously awaiting her next big flush...and right now she is loaded with teeny tiny buds

Gary,

I'm glad you found another Rosalie.

Thanks Veronica...i am very pleased!

Wow !! I can't believe I have never grown this one. I will have to put it on my want list.

I'm looking for one too. It would be a replacement for the one that died. It was the strangest death. It had a nice, but small flush and was growing well. Then the whole 3' plant turned yellow beginning with the branches followed by the leaves. The crispy leaved dropped off and the branches shriveled up. I loved how much she resembled Rothkirch.

This is a bloom from her 2/2010 flush — a pale flush, but very waxy looking.

Having grown Rothkirch and Rosalie side by side They have strikingly similar blooms but Rosalie is so much easier to care for and a pleasure to grow.

This message was edited Feb 24, 2011 5:39 PM

You lucky duck! I've been longing for Rosalie for a long time, but no one seems to have it - in my neck of the woods. She's breath-taking! ♥

can you tell me if this is Rosalie??? I have a couple that have lost tags , as you can see, it's a small bloom, but the scent of off the charts STRONG!!!

The safest thing to do when a named Brug has lost it's tag is to re-label it a NOID as it is nearly impossible to correctly ID them even if you are looking at the actual plant. Impossible from a photo especially from one taken from that angle.

Believe me it is heart wrenching to have to call it a noid. I have had to tag a named cultivar with a NOID label if the label has faded or disappeared. I didn't expect a Sharpie to fade that quickly and before I could replace a label with a more permanent one, I'd find a blank label. They fade very quickly here in our Texas sun. I started an inventory of my Brugs this winter and discovered a larger number of NOIDS than I thought I had.

Please enjoy your now nameless Brugs for the beauties they are and don't attempt to re-name them. The chances of mis-labeling them is too great. Since we tend to share cuttings, we would then be passing around those mislabeled Brugs adding to a growing number of mislabeled plants.

Here's a winter photo of my Rosalie before she died later in the year. She had a string resemblance to her mother Rothkirch.

I wish, so badly, that I had Rothkirch!

Remember,if you tag your plants with pencil... it won't fade.

This message was edited Mar 11, 2011 11:19 PM

I have rothkirch and several of it's crosses. Bottom line on Rothkirch, it will not come back from dormancy, it has to be kept under lights or in a greenhouse. It is very very difficult to root. Rosalie also does not like to be wintered over. It is a beautiful brug, but tricky

If i had been aware of rothkirches weekness I probably would not have used it in my breeding program, these are not traits I wish to pass on.

I do have two other crosses from my own breeding which seem to be able to winter over nicely, bloom freely and in fact one looks so much like rothkirch it is hard to tell the difference.

There are soooo many wonderful much easier to grow brugs I feel it i just not worth the place in my program. I also have given up on many yellows that where so prone to SB and Vixen, which I loved, but it is just too sick.

The brug in the picture is Super pink, it blooms all year round, perfect every time. It has been insect free since I have had it, even when others have aphids, they just don't like her.
I think it makes so much more sense to grow ones which do well in your area, less stress on the plant will mean more blooms and lower the chances for virus. I have seen many that are just wonderful in Florida, but do very poorly here and vica versa. I have such a short growing season I just want to soend it enjoying my garden. Happy healthy plants give the best return to you.

It's lovely, Brenda!

RK is part in a number of my hybrids, also. It has not made a difference in the stamina of its progeny.
I had brugs come back from nothing last winter (2010). Many were RK offspring.

I repotted several of my fall aquired Brug cuttings a feW days ago......and they were really glad to have more space to grow...but I almost fell over when I counted how many I actually had...42 new cuttings...some were my own 'Isabella' which I'm always happy to share...but most were new types and I couldn't be happier!

Hope you don't mind me adding my pic of Rosalie x Kliene Lady.

My poor plants need more light here in the North. But I'll take a bloom anytime.

What an awful picture. Sorry...Here is a better one.

oh so pretty,
wish i had one.druell,druell
retta
wishful thinking,i know

I learned something interesting today. I was doing a bit of research on the brugs that have done surprisingly well for me and I stumbled on the fact that two of my best growers and bloomers were of the same cross. Both Butterfly and Rosalie are listed Rothkirch x Ocre crosses registered by Herta Blin in 1992....I did some further digging by questioning Monika Gottschalk on the lineage of these two brugs (she knew Herta Blin personally) and as it turns out, these two brugs are indeed pod sisters....I had no idea....both of these are great florida brugs!

BTW...Butterfly is probably the most fragrant single that i have ever come across!! and Rosalie is not that far behind with her baby powdery fragrance.

crazy4brugs, how big is your bloom, I can't tell from the picture.

The bloom is 4" wide, the overall length is 8". My plants do not get the best area to
grow in during the winter. So it is a delight to see anything bloom. I purchased the seeds
from Gary...pretty sure it was on the marketplace.
I have one more of this cross but its no where near setting buds.

Rosalie has definitely dominated the gene pool on this guy crazy4brugs.
Is this the first bloom you have seen on this cross? If Rosalie has dominated the gene pool of this brug (as it seems it has) , you can expect many flowers this summer. Rosalie is a very free bloomer in the warm months.
Your bloom has nice color for this time of year...are you growing her in the basement or a windowsill?

She is growing in a south window. Yes this is the first bloom on this plant. That will be
wonderful to have alot of blooms.

Great Information Gary, thanks for sharing it.