Ecuador pink never fails to put on a show and stop traffic.
More Pink and More pink
Gosh, you EP has such an intense color to it. Mine never look quite that pink. Very pretty picture.
Wow! Where is Kell with all these pinks around. Very pretty Barb!
Beautiful picture Barb. This still is my favorite pink with PB coming in 2nd.
Snow, I love EP. Just wish I could keep it in the ground year round. Both, PB and EP don't like my cold and wet winters.
That is gorgeous! Probably my favorite of the three pinks today.
Barbara, have you done ph test on the soil this one is growing in? would love to know what it is.
Sadly for me, all your threads now are missing their pictures. I do not know if it is my computer which is having a complete nervous breakdoown or if it is Dave's. However, I did see your EP just before my computer froze for the 2nd time in 5 minutes.
IT IS SO VERY PINK.........LOL!!! Nothing like my huge bulbous EP flowers. So tell me, where did this one come from orginally? I go mine from Kartuz I believe.
Does this color hold true year to year and for any cuttings you have shared?
I love Ecuador pinks color as well, but this one seems to not like the cold one bit. She is so slow to come back from a freeze. She is most excellent for adding color to your hybrids though. Personally, I prefer much faster growing hybrids, but one truly can create such wonders from this one. Its a must have for those wishing to hybridize dark pinks right now. At least until some of Monika's hybrids/pollen make it over here.
Kell, I got this plant before I started keeping records. The mind draws a blank as to where it came from. The hotter it gets the lighter the color. Always striking but right now it is a knockout.
Tig, don't have a clue what the PH is . Have wanted to test the soil I use but can't find the time.
Brugmansia, I don't leave my EP out in the winter and I am in zone 8. Very slow to come back. Several times I thought I lost it. It never really recovers and blooms properly when left out for winter.
Barb, alkaline (spelling???) (PH 7.0 and above) soil draw pink towards bluish and that can for Brugs mean less color and acidic (PH under 7.0) towards reddish. Its the same thing like with roses and Hortensias. I work to keep the soil close to 6.5 by using rhododendron fertilizer as the tap water here is alkaline (7.5 or higher). PH-level 7.0 and around 6.5 also helps to avoid iron and other metals deficiency as these are increasingly harder bound (unavailable to plant roots) from 7.0 and higher. That took me a while to figure that out. My mind works slow in the heat we have, but I had a good teacher :)
Barbara, you EP is beautiful. One of my all time favorites also.
Tonny, that is interesting, I used Rose food on some of my brugs for lack of other fertilizer. Will have to check the label and see what is in it. They will be less intense as the heat increases.
I must reread Tonny's thread till I remember it. I bought a $10 PH sticker thingey tester. I hope it is accurate.
Here it is freezing lately but mine are still a paler pink Barb. But this is the first flush so maybe it will pink up. Mine are huge so if they were the color of yours I would be thrilled!
If I am understanding your comment about pH, Tonny, it is opposite to what I know for hydrangeas. In our naturally acid clay soil, most hydrangeas go blue, or lean toward blue if they are "red" varieties. Adding lime shifts toward lavendar, pink and red. Can you clarify?