I know you all don't think much of Frosty Pink, but I happen to love mine. As I was finishing up working in the garden early this evening, I could start to smell the aroma in the air. When I looked over at the tree, the twilight was such a beautiful setting, so ran for the camera. There are over 100 blooms on it, I tried to count them, but kept messing up. lol
Donna
BTW, the backside of the tree is as full as the front.
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Here is another angle with my yellow daylilies and purple butterfly bush.
Donna
That is sure pretty SoCal! The bees and moths must just love it at your house! I do not think it is that we don't like Frosties, it is just they keep showing up when you least expect them to........LOL!
Wow Donna! That's a beautiful plant. I can see why you love it.
you can't help but love something that performs like that!
Socal-----------a brug by any other name could not be any more generous or sweet. great shot.
I like Frosty because it blooms so much. That's a gorgeous plant!
Oh my!!! Here I am excited about my "12" buds and blooms and you have over "100".........I'm gonna crawl back in my hole now.............lol
Great picture. Like tiG say...when they perform like that.....you gotta love em.
SoCal:
That is gorgeous! I was excited to see your photographs because I have two Frosty Pinks that I started from cuttings in November, 2002. Now I know what I have to look forward to. :-)
That is one loaded Brug!simply beautiful,wish I was sitting there!
Socal, that is gorgeous!!! You must be doing something right!
Lucky you! Absolutely Fab!
Aren't ya gonna tell us your secret?
Wow Donna!! That is wonderful!!! I cannot wait til it warms up enough here to see anything do something! LOL That is one gorgeous Frosty!
Wow!!! Good, old Frosty :) Looks fantastic :)
Thank you all for your kind words. I have had this plant for 5 yrs. and had it planted in a shady location for 1 yr., didn't do very well. Then we relandscaped and the neighbors cut down all the Ficus trees, that were giving me shade, and it got moved to this corner. It has been here for almost 3 yrs. and loves it here. I just make sure it has lots of water and feed it every once in a while. I still want to get a Double white one, just not sure where to put it as my garden is so small.
Donna
Monica wants to know what the tall little purple flowers to the right are,she loves your picture also.Thanks
Waaahhh! Did they cut down the figus trees???? Lene has promised me a figus tree and a vine plant when the floor in the wintergarden is finished *lol* Just kidding *lol* Yes they love the sun and reward us plenty in return.
Root, tell Monica those are Delpheniums.
Tonny, the neighbors had 16 very tall Ficus growing along the back wall. The roots of these trees will grow everywhere and can do a lot of destruction. They have a pool and were worried it would damage it. I have battled the roots for a very long time, they get tangled in all of my plants. If you grow one, make sure you keep it in a pot or have nothing around it to get damaged.
Donna
SoCal, what a beautiful photo of a lovely brug. I have to take mine inside for the winter so don't expect I will ever have one as pretty as yours. rutholive (Donna)
the ones behind the delpheniums,purple blooms on tall stalks,that is not Delphinium is it?
How lucky you are Socal..just beautiful..it must be heaven to sit there and smell the fragrance.
That's part of her butterfly bush, as she mentioned
Doc, I see what you are talking about. They are individual stems and right behind the delphs. Definitely not the Butterfly Bush. I don't know what those are, but on my screen, they don't look purple, more magenta in color.
Beautiful blooms, even if it is "only" Frosty. Thanks so much for sharing with us, who have no blooms!
WOW, just beautiful!! Donna, can you send that aroma this way?? Thank you for the wonderful pics.
Hope this helps,they all look so great.
Root,
Ok, I know which one you mean. It is called a Reedstem Epidendrum, or we call them a poor mans orchid. They grow very easily here in CA as they are Mexican natives. They have small little plantlet/with roots that grow on the long stems and they are called Kiki's. They come in red, orange or yellow.
Donna
Thanks Donna,I may have to look for some,momma really likes the look of them.
Bob
Doc, I think you are going to need some deep pockets. From what I could find online, they aren't an inexpensive plant/bulb.
