Clare I bet there are skid marks in front of your house,I am sure that stops some cars!!
Brugs for real.
SD, I would have been out cold on the floor also if I'd gotten that estimate. LOL
I'm goint to order the SuperThrive and thanks to the nice person that posted the addy!! Also, (and I know I sound like a broken record), I have searched high and low and cannot find Peter's Excel 15-5-15. The only internet site I located, said - coming soon. Does anyone have an addy for them and, or a telephone number from someone that will mail it??? TIA!! BTW, I loved the beautiful house, steel_datra!!! Just lovely and your brugs look wonderful, are you going to plant them where they are??? I have a 100 year old Arts & Craft house, which I started restoring about 8 years ago. I find it's getting close to time to re-restore it, whew!!! SherryLike
Last year I googled for their website and found a place you can email. I asked for stores in my area that sold it. They got right back to me with a place in San Jose, not to far from me. Of course I have not made it down there yet.
Sherry, I just sent you two addresses where you can order on line.
Shirley posted: Sherry, I just sent you two addresses
THANKS, Shirley!! It is my hope, that in the very near future, that I'm confident enough to grow these wonderful plants, without having to have my hand held through each step.
Kell, unfortunately, I've tried 'every place' in a three state area to get the ferts some place where I can drive to pick it up. Apparently, that's an impossibility. Ooooh, San Jose, I love that area, in fact, I love CA, it's a great state. Thanks, again! SherryLike
Clare posted: Here's a shot of half of my front yard from the outside.
That is absolutely beautiful, I can only imagine how wonderful it must smell. Get a wide angle so we can see the whole yard, lol!!
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Rootdoctor, your Brugs look fantastic. I'm just starting a feeding schedule with Peters for our seedlings. Do you leave your brugs in pots? I am hoping to achieve some size with ours and wondering if I should take them from their pot.
Sherry, do not be so concerned. Brugs are easy and will grow as long as you keep them watered. Everyone uses different fertilizers and believes their way is great. And it probably is for where they live. They are not that picky and no one kind of fertilizer is a magic bullet.
Just go buy a cheap 16-16-16 and I bet you get great results. I use what ever I have around and I have huge, floriferous brugs. We just like to chase after the best brug and the best way to grow them. It is an obsession. We are the obsessed.
Some of us are trying to replicate Tracey's results. Well, I think to do that we need to replicate her entire set up and her green brug thumb also. But we can't help ourselves from trying! It is fun but it is not worth getting stressed about. They really will do great if you just give them the basics. A big pot, some sun, lots of water when hot and some food.
Yes Root, I was also wondering if your brugs (in the picture) are in pots or planted in a bed. Very nice!
Eileen
Right now I have about 4 or 5 different fertilizers that I'm trying to get used up. Like Kell, whatever works....that is what I'll use. In the ground plantings make it even easier, in my book. They don't require as much fertilizer and I'm getting lazy in my old age. LOL!
I should have said Tracey's pink brug thumb! LOL
Brugie, you have the brug touch also.
Brugie, how do you decide which ones go in the ground and which ones stay in pots? Do you dig them up in the fall or just take cuttings?
I'm trying to figure out how to distribute my "wealth" after our last frost date...
Eileen
Eileen, I have no plan. I start planting in pots and when I run out of them or the soil to fill them, I start putting them in the ground. I hold over some big plants that were planted in pots and otherwise, I take cuttings in the fall. I'll have lots of seedlings in pots and some in the ground this year, but if I don't get blooms or if I do and it is something I want to keep, out comes the spade and I'll dig and pot for winter.
Kell, Where in S.J. did they have the Peters Excel?
How far are you from S.J.? That is where I live! E-mail me if you would like!
I have the info on my computer at home, when I go back there I will let you know. It was not a nursery from what I remember. I am about 1 hour away. I go to some of your nurseries down that way.
Kell, great! Maybe we can meet each other &/or I could see your brugs someday! Maybe when you are making a trip down to the nurseries!
Do you know of any local sources for brugs? My daughter lives in Scotts Valley and had one put into her yard when she had it landscaped last year. I know they have them somewhere over there! I will have to check with her, where they are from! Margie
I have always grown mine in the ground,this will be my first year to grow in pots.
Great thread!
Clare: your garden is GORGEOUS!!!
Thanks, Gretchen! Not as pretty as yours is going to be when your 52 brugs grow up!
Thanks, Sherrylike! I will take a wide shot soon. The other half of the from yard doesn't look as nice right now, and I might need to do some rearranging:-)
Doc, LOL! The skidmarks are from cars breaking for the six young boys who live across the street and who are always in the street. They've occasionally thought it was fun to swing at my brugs with a play sword and a bat when the brugs grew over the sidewalk. I've since trimmed them back. I've never actually yelled at children before owning a nice garden. They think I'm a meanee!
Clare, I have a few of those on my street also. You'd think the parents would correct their kids but they think they're just being kids. They were just being kids when they tore big holes in my wooden fence. One had his head thru one of the holes and the other was sitting on top of the fence throwing rocks at my dogs. But of course, their kids didn't tear the holes in the fence.
Well...I believe that children just are not raised as they used to be... I guess with both parents working it makes it tough. I do know that my step-sons are not fun to be around because of a lack of discipline in their home. Just makes me wonder what kind of society we will have when this generation is adult???
Clare: I can't imagine that I will ever have anything that looks so lovely!
Gretchen, just think, these kids will soon be adults and will be running the country. LOL
And taking care of us in our old age!
Oh, my, Ada. I'd hate to to think what I would do to the kid who would throw rocks at my dogs. I'd probably be so angry that I would scare the pants off him. I do catch them teasing my dogs, and I scold them for that. I agree with you that the parents should be more involved. The stay-at-home-mother of these six boys is overwhelmed, and I can hear her yelling at the top of her lungs at her boys all the time. I'm actually trying to grow some vines along the front wrought iron fence with the hope that I will be somewhat shielded from them.
Thanks, Gretchen, for the compliments.
Sherrylike, here's the other half as it looked last July, but it needs some work:
Clare, it sure looks pretty. I don't see where it needs any work.
As far as the kids throwing rocks at my dogs, if I tell the parents, the kids claim it wasn't them and the parents believe them so what do you do? I've threaten to call the police out to talk to them but that would just make them more spiteful.
Ada, thanks for the compliment. I think it is terrible that the parents would believe their kids over an adult. They ought to be smarter than that. You are right that calling the police would probably make them more spiteful. I worry about that too and about what they would do when I'm not around. My husband is a police sergeant, and they all know that so I hope that keeps them from going too far.
Clare,
I love your brugs! What is the name of the pink one?? I really like that one! Margie
Thanks, Margie. That one is Pink Beauty, which I got from Logee's.
Clare, you have a beautiful yard and brugs. I agree with picturelady, the pink one is especially nice. It looks like it's in a pot... Do you move the brugs around your yard or plant them?
Eileen
Clare, I am going to have a Rosamond outside my courtyard this year by the street. I have a tree ready to go into the ground. I can't wait to see it in full bloom when I drive up to my house. I may put in a Cream sickle also though that may be too much of a temptation for flower nuts. LOL
If I were driving by your PB before I knew it existed a couple of years ago, I would have had to stop and steal it! It looks so pretty and pink!
Hi Eileen! Thanks! My husband and I rent our home here so I have a lot of brugs in containers, but they are mostly in the backyard. I put the Charles Grimaldi, Pink Beauty, Ecuador Pink, and the white Suaveolens in the ground in the front yard. I have a potted Rosemary plant at the base of Pink Beauty, which is probably the container that you see. I intentionally put bushytype plants at the bases of my brugs and other taller plants because they provide a buffer zone between my dogs and the public. My dog, Duke, especially gets upset when people and kids walk by the front of the house, and he hates those motorized scooters that all the kids seem to have these days. The potted plants seem to keep him from charging the fence and getting hurt.
This is Ecuador Pink, which is right next to Pink Beauty.
Hi Kell, I posted at the same time you did! That is going to be beautiful in your front yard. You will surely stop traffic. Not too long ago, my dogs were barking like crazy. I looked outside to see two ladies trying to move my Rosemary plant at the base of Pink Beauty. When I came outside, they said they were just admiring my plants. When I offered to give them some cuttings, one of the ladies whipped out the pair of clippers that she had in her hand. I knew full well that they were going to take cuttings of my Pink Beauty. I figured that I had better give them cuttings or they would come back and take them. So I gave them some Charles Grimaldi and some Frosty Pink! Other than that one episode, I don't think there have been too many people taking cuttings. My dogs are pretty good about letting me know when someone lingers in front of my house. It would have really upset me though if my plant had been small, but fortunately, the ones in front are large enough to withstand such theft incidents!
Clare in CA: I LOVE your yard and your brugs, especially the ones behind the iron fence, which really frames your plants. I have an antique iron fence and I used lots of it on the front porch of my house and I want to figure out a way to use it in one of my gardens. I've only had it about 10 years, I guess it's about time. My 'from the cradle' friend lives in Laguna Nigel and works part time at a nursery. The Golden Retriever National Specialty is in Los Angeles in October and I can't wait. I LOVE CA, all of CA, beautiful, fun state - I have lots of friends scattered all over, but generally located in the LA or San Fran area, Carmel, etc. Kell, your plans sound wonderful, which zone are you in and which state?? Funny story - about 5 years ago, I had beautiful tulips in front of my office and one day I came to work and noticed one had been removed and the empty hole had been fixed very nicely, so I wouldn't notice, I guess. I steamed about it for a while and finally, I called the Chief of Police to report the theft. We are in the leagle business and have a good relationship re law enforcement, etc. Our Chief is very professional, takes his job very seriously, and with good humor and common sense. The Chief came over and very professionaly went about the task of writing up a theft of property report. He asked all sorts of questions, when did I plant it, had I noticed anyone hanging around, anything else missing, yada, yada, and finished by asking in his most professional voice - Now, Mrs. Gibson, could you give me the serial number on that tulip?? Hahaha -
well, of course I well knew the drill and started to LOL and was brought back into real life, realizing that I would never see that tulip again and decided that the thief must have really wanted it badly to have left the crime scene so tidy. Oh, well, my mission was only to make a point and maybe it worked, no more plants were ever stolen. SherryLike
Very interesting thread and great pictures. Would like to respond to some of you but must get out to the garden. So much to do this time of year. Almost had frost again last night, 34 degrees and i didn't move my brugs back in but now at 7:30 am they look to be okay. We are supposed to have good weather for the next week. Donna
Putting brugs out:
I put a few of mine on the front porch (has roof but not enclosed) almost 2 weeks ago during our nice weather here in zone 5a and they are still there. The sanguinea seems extra perky with the chilly nights which seems to fit in with what I've heard about it not liking heat & humidity. But the others - Misty Valley Pink and Gabriel - don't seem affected either. In fact Gabriel just put out 2 new leaves during this time. So unless the temps get to freezing or below, is it ok to just leave them on the porch until the last frost date (at which time the will get planted in the yard)? Days are 55-70 and nights are 40-50's.
Eileen
Eileen: I left mine on my porch in that same type weather for a month. Then we had a cold snap and they had to go back in the GH before they were planted in the ground. They did fine on the porch with only morning sun... Hope that helps :)
Sherrylike, thanks for the compliments and for the cute story.
Eileen, I've had mine outside all winter and temps were exactly the same as what you wrote and even a few degrees colder. All of them are doing well. Ecuador Pink was the only one to drop some leaves in protest at the low 40-degree temps.
Yes that helps, thank you ladies. I was just thinking that it might stunt the growth of the flower buds or something. The whitefly population indoors is increasing, so I would like to put them all on the porch & turn the hose on them. A few dropped leaves won't bother me if that's the worst that happens.