Seems to need a little trimming ?
Dick Strever
is it time for a hair cut ???
how would you divide this one ?
Dick Strever
Amazing! How old is this plant? I am new to brugs but this one takes the cake. I guess you leave it out all year. I wouldn't have the heart to cut or trim it at all. Jenny
If I had one that looked like that, I'd sure not give it a hair cut. Beautiful brug!!
That is just outstanding!!! Send more pics!
here is from the underside
Wow Dick....I think I would just camp out under there! Beautiful!
Wow that's amazing. Instead of giving it a haircut, I think I would be finding a nice comfortable chair to but under it.
I'm with Jenny... how old is this plant?
Good thing you're so far away, or I'd be camping out under it.
OMG look at how thick those branches are! Beautiful!
Amazing!! Whew!
I wouldn't have the nerve to touch that beauty! :D
there is a smaller one about 15 ft from this one under an arbor
this one is estimated to be 10-12 yrs old
i'm sure Monika could give us a better estimate ?
Dick Strever
Absolutely beautiful!! Are you really going to divide this? This is a tree to die for!! I'm green with zone envy!!
Bonnie
Wow ... absolutely stunning.
Tree is right!! Boy, I'd hate to have to tackle digging that one out if it ever has to go.
Dick, that is just absolutely amazing. I think one has to grow brugs in a warmer area than my Zone 5 to every get a tree that large and beautiful. Donna
Wow! What a tree.
strever, does that have a name? It is such a show piece. Like others asked, how old is it and did you do any special to get it to grow like that? Thanks for the pictures. George
Maybe it's been mentioned and I missed it, but did you grow your tree?? What in the world do you feed it??? Just beautiful, unbelievable too...
Dick, is this brug in your yard or in a botanical garden?
:-)
i wish it were mine
but they are at Rogers Gardens in Newport Beach
i have to believe the big one is at least 30 years old
i was hoping some one who has been keeping them for a long time
would have a good guess on the age of it
look at the flower drops at the base for a ratio of size
Dick Strever
I would cut it back. If you cut it back to about 5 or 6 nodes per branch, all the nodes put out branches and it becomes full and lush. It also seems to make it grow faster.
I looks just great!
you would have to cut it with a saw, a big saw
the branches are 3 to 4 inches in dia
the trunk bases are 10 to 12 inches in Dia.
one last pict of it
the next time i will hunt up an employee who knows something about it
Dick Strever
I live in Michigan. I have never seen nor heard of a brug before joining DG. Do these plants grow in colder climates like mine? Can you tell me something more about them? I think they're beautiful.
Rosemallow
What a show!!
Rosemallow, you would have to hold them over in a greenhouse or basement or take cuttings for the following year.
I do have an enclosed porch off my patio where I keep plants over winter. I am hoping to have some heat in there when my a/c heat exchanger is finally installed - many years in coming. Most of my houseplants survive somehow. I do keep a small heater there to ward off the coldest nights. If I were to purchase a brug, tell me, is this a vine? And would I cut it down and re-pot it to bring it in? Or do you make a start? Now, I keep a fig tree in the yard. Last year I moved it and even though I covered it with a bale of straw and burlap, the old growth died back. I think it was mainly because of the move, not the harsh weather. I am hoping that it will come back stronger next year and I'll get figs. Could this brug survive if covered, do you think? What a beautiful plant this is. I would be the envy of my neighborhood!
It isn't a vine, it's a tree and no, it wouldn't survive staying outside, even if mulched heavily. They really are easy to hold over in the house, heated garage, wheverever it will stay about 45 degrees or above. They don't even need a lot of light to live through the winter. When you bring them back out in the spring, they begin growing like crazy. Cuttings will work as well. Here is a picture of a three year old brug that I've held over in a heated shop each winter. I'm debating on whether to take cuttings this year or hold it over again. Will know more this fall.
Bad Brugie Bad! You must save her, what a great form!
Kell, she is so tall I could barely reach the two blooms that I pollinated and they were at the bottom of the canopy. I don't think there is a place in any of our heated buildings that she would stand up in. I may have to....chop, chop.
She is beautiful Shirley, I hope you figure out a way to winter her!! What's growing in the bottom???
Blushing Susie Thunbergia that I planted in there last year. It survived the winter too.
You know Brugie, maybe Jim will have to give up his bed.
I just wish he would give up his shop. I could winter over a bunch of big brugs in there if he would let me clean out all the junk he collects.
Thank you for the info on the brugmansia tree. One more question. Does it thrive as a potted plant? That would make it easier to move in and out? I am sure you think I'm pretty stupid, but I've never seen one of those before and am quite taken by it. Your tree is lovely.
That one has been in a pot since it was started. Yes, they are easily overwintered in pots and grown in them during the summer to. The first brugs I had were in 5 gallon pots. I soon found that they needed a lot more room because I was watering several times a day. Now I use 20 gallon most of the time. I still water a couple of times a day when it is really hot and dry outside.