Love this plant..the flowers took a beating today windy and very hot today 96F all day...not great for brug flowers.
EP the day after.
Wowzer!! So beauty-ful!!
Fabulous! So many blooms, so close together.
Very pretty and so many blooms. One of my favorites. Can't believe that it was hotter there than it was here today.
It was only 92 here. I didn't realize the Midwest got so hot.
Breathtaking! Great photo!
Sure looks better than mine. I don't have any. Cala, we get so hot......well I don't think you want to hear me describe it. Kyles blooms look great. When mine bloomed it was this hot and they just melted, but I had them in full sun. Duh....not to smart of me.
Brugie, I saw a sign in NM once, 2 miles from water, 2 feet from h***, is that how it is there? At least you have that wonderful praire soil, we have clay and rocks.
Cala, it is just HOT!! Gets so hot sometimes it is hard to get your breath. Your road sign should be at the Iowa entry points. Would have to change them for the winter though. That would take some clever thought from someone. I don't think Kyle would trade his soil for mine. Mine needs tons of compost, peat, sand, just anything to help melt it a little. Right now it is hard as a rock.
This man knows how to grow brugs!! My goodness.
Brugie ,you could add to the sign in winter"welcome to H*ll frozen over!
Kyle Composition 10 pts
Color 10 pts
Form 10 pts
The only way I could see improving it is to double it!
CC.....LOL :-)
It is stunning! I hope mine grows up just alittle more I thought my 6 blooms were something. It was a horriable little thing when I got it in June. Maybe next year...
Gee, when I sent it to you TLynn in June you did not say that!!!
Kell you must have me mixed up with someone else, I ordered mine from Valleygrow in FL, I have only on DG less than a month
Sure you say that now that my feelings are crushed. Sniff Sniff
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I am not kidding. I really did order mine from valleygrow, you haven't ever sent me anything, but you can if you want and I will rant and rave over it, I promise! hehe!
LOL Tlynn LOL
I am just kidding you! Valley Grow strikes again. I also was taken by that place. 3 died immediately and the others have been trying to commit suicide ever since.
Well I was dumb enough to order a CG and a Dr. Seuss, well I guess you know how that went, the versi- orange I posted the other day, almost died, if it hadn't been for DH making funn of my sticks in a box I probably would have give up. I have only had 3 plants out of 12 that actually bloomed. Then mine from LBJ never bloomed, oh wait, I never got those silly me.
hey kell, she just left the door open for you to unload some Frosties!!!
as for VG, I think something happened to Earl. he was so good at shipping fast, and shipping good stuff. yes, there have been mis-IDs but he tried. I've read nothing but bad lately. nice guy, really 'different' nursery, but nice guy.
that could be tiG but I consider what he did to me as out right stealing! I paid over $80 for nothing!
He got me for $90, but I am like you, I think he must have gotten sick or something because he never has anything on e-bay anymore, I didn't complain just chalked it up. My first order from him was OK, but I ordered small plants that time, and they are doing better that the so called gallons.
kell, I'm sorry that happened. I just hope the poor old guy didn't drop dead in one of his greenhouses, they'll never find him.
You know tiG, I have a very sensitive heart............ you are making me feel guilty!! Now I picture this old guy trudging thru huge greenhouses, so sick, but honor driving him to put together my order. Oh, but he can't make it, he is out of breath. Oh no, he feels terrible. But he is weak, too weak to get the beautiful plants that have my name on them......oh no.......... look there are some he tossed in the garbage days ago............. dried out but hey, maybe salvageable............ a little spit may revive them. Spit spit. And then with his last bit of strength he decides that since I sure was not getting my money's worth with brug plants he would bestow upon me $80 worth of tape. So with his gasping breath he wrapped and wrapped and wrapped tape around and around and then around again each tiny pot.
And that is how folks, I started growing tape in my brug garden instead of brugs!!
lol!! that's funny. but when you mention the way those were wrapped, that doesn't sound like how I got mine last year. honest, maybe someone took over for him.
Oh my God, the tape was horrendous. The plants were so tiny I was petrified I was going to kill them just setting them free.
I just went to the LBJ site - haven't been there in awhile. I've heard a bunch of you say that you never received your orders. I see there is a message there saying NO Brug orders are being accepted. What's that?
so what are you still looking for that's readily available?
oh............ that is interesting. I must say their site is beautiful!! Liz, you could step in and save the day. Start cutting and potting!!
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I wasn't really looking to buy anything - they never did ship here anyway. I was looking for a really good picture of Butterfly. Mine hasn't bloomed yet.
My plants from Earl were taped so tight I could hardly get anything behind the tape to cut it. Mine had Priority tape wrapped around the root ball many times, however I did have good luck with his plants. Nice size and good health. One was about 2 ft. tall above the root ball.
did they not come in pots? I know mine from last year came in pots. 4" I'm thinking. when did you get yours Brugie?
tiG - do you think someone else is taking care of business for him?
it sounds like it to me. but who knows? I hear they don't answer email or anything. need to get Dee to drive out there.
tiG, I got mine last year in the spring and they were wrapped in plastic and then taped to beat the band. Nice root balls on them all. He made one mistake and replaced it, but I was totally happy with his plants at that time. One of them is that Dr. Suess that is so tall. I thought I had CG and ends up it was Suess all along. Now I have CG, thanks KEll.
you probably got bigger plants than me, and I'm just not remembering the tape.
My two plants From Earl were supposed to be gallon sized and came in little tiny pots.He said they would be about 2 ft tall..more like 5 inches.Anyway they grew and are budded but look like two I already have....Valley Sunshine ooks errely like Jean Pasko so far(buds included) and Aurea Gold looks like Dr Suess..will know when they open..I hope they are labeled right!!!