Some of the cuttings that are already rooted and on their way. It gives me so much pleasure to see them take root and start sending up green shoots.
Readying for spring
How many varieties do you have? It looks like you must get writers cramp--with all those tags! Which one or two is your favorite?
I was thinking the same thing yesterday Barbara - they all started putting out leaves at the same time. Then I had the sinking heart thing - very soon they have to be moved up to gallon pots and then I'll be screaming for more space and I'm at capacity right now.
Nice looking Amazonica you have there.
Desert-rose I was just thinking the same thing, LOL... All that writing... Bward, what a nice site to see all winter. Datdog
Oh my Barb! You sure have lots of babies. It is fun watching them grow.
You have been one busy woman, looks great!
Wow, I thought I had lots of cuttings, but she's way ahead of me.
middle bench and front of right bench. Needless to say I will be building another quickie hoophouse in the late winter to harden them off. Several of my better brugs have seed pods and I haven't had a chance to take cuttings yet.
desert_rose, right now there are about 60 or 70+ varieties. It is hard to have a favorite. Some of the ones that always take my breath away are Pink Beauty, Butterfly, Creamcicle, Tiara, Herrenhauser Garten, Pink Favorite, Whiskers,one called Golden Yellow which is just a versicolor which changes from yellow to a pumpkin orange but it is a non stop bloomer. Also forgot Jamacian Yellow for it's pure yellow and good old reliable Frosty Pink for proflic blooms. Oops, forgot the suaveolen white--best fragrance and always dependable. I could go on and on.
How many do you have?
Here in TX-- I started with Daturas a few years ago--then decided to try Brugs again. I had them in Fla back in High School--so far back I can't remember what varieties. I had moved all over the place and gardening has been depressing because you have to leave everything. I had one for 3 years now that has never bloomed. Very generous people from DG have given me cuttings over the past few weeks.
What are you feeding your brug that never blooms?
I've tried compost with extra seaweed. Medina Hasta Grow & Plumeria food as a last resort and that didn't work. I really like organic methods here because everything runs off into the drinking water supply.
Brugs are gross feeders and I am unfamiliar with organic methods but it might not hurt the environment too much if you gave your brug liquid fertilizer several times a year. Your TX soil is probably much like MS soil--lots of sand and nutrients just pour through it. They are also enormous drinkers. Mine bloom much better when I provide a drip hose a their base.
I have drip and soaker hoses everywhere. I planted it in reallyyyyyyy good soil(you would faint if you knew how much I had to spend on soil). We had to hall out rocks the size of yugos with backhoes just to plant anything. The plumeria food is 8-55-7. That should have worked. I'm thinking of stress it out a bit. Move out of the protected bed,let it dry out somewhat--then jolt it with food. If it ever blooms I'm going to name it "Stubborn".
Barbara, they all so good and healthy. I can sure see that you must stay busy all the time.
DR, monika told us not to use anything with a really high middle number (or maybe she said not very often, not certain)
Ok I won't do it again.. I promise...grin I only did it that once out of frustration. I didn't even kill the thing--I think it liked getting "juiced"
Barb, what is that real light brug in the bigger picture?
DR, I bet it is a very rare and special brug and is just waiting to make a great entrance!
kell, could be! tig, i bought this stuff on sale, but i am thinking it will be good for winter in my climate here, 5-30-5 with minors in it, help protect the roots maybe. i hope. we usually get 3-6 killer frosts a year, spread out from november to february, mostly just to january.
time to document!!! lol
Barbara,
I like the picture.
Itīs always good to have rooted "Babies"
GL
Kell, the light brug is the new variety "Snowbanks." The sun washed the color out. It is the variegated one with white edges on leaves.