This poor brug has been beaten to a pulp three times now. The first two storms nearly removed all of her leaves and this last storm ruined her blooms. They don't take 50 mph winds very well at all.
ForeverMorr and the winds....
lol that poor thing! I think they take them rather well, if that a pic of after the winds. I dont know how I would stand up to those winds lol.
Its a beautiful flower Shirley!
She is a frilly Brugie! A girlie girl flower!
Love her, Shirley. Sure hope she gets released soon.
Kell, a lot of those frills are wind damage. LOL!
Sylvia, I know I have to make a decision later on. Will let you all know when I do.
I like it! Long tendrils, maybe it will get darker this fall?
I think it is lighter now because we have been so cool. Today is the warmest we have been in quite a few days and it is only 81 right now. The next several days are to be in the seventies with lows in the 50's. Very unusual, but great weather for the Iowa State Fair.
Are you going there Brugie? Enter your pies in the pie competition!
Nice flowers...even with the wind.My Clare Mills tree was bent over during the wind when the storm came thru here..I stood on the porch and prayed it wouldn't snap..it survived...only lost a couple of crossed blooms. I still have NO seed pods yet..I have crossed tons of flowers too. :-)
Brugie.....I still love this one .....especially the name because it deserved a name as special you.
Thank you Frannie.
Kell, I don't enjoy baking pies that much.
Kyle, I'll have seeds for you to grow. LOL!
Sorry the wind is so bad your way. It's very pretty.
Look at alll those blooms! Wow. She looks like shes got her petticoat on!
A beautiful brug Shirley, even with the wind! I love it!
There's a girl that takes a licking and still keeps ticking!
She's a beauty Shirley, what about your Champagne Fizz?
Thanks everyone. Nothing to call home about on most of my brugs yet. This has been a nasty year and it is looking like more rains tonight. Someone needs to slap me....I don't have pretty blooms, but I'm pollinating a lot of them and I can't seem to quit. LOL!
Shirley, what date do you bring your brugs in? Will you keep the ones with ripening pods in the garage?
Liz, if I'm lucky, I can keep them out, pods and all, until about the 10th of October. We usually have about three nights with frost, so I'll put them in the garage and then bring them out for what is usually three weeks of nice weather. Then they will have to go in to stay. I'll only be holding the ones with pods this winter. I have some that I've held for two or three years and they are much bigger than any of our buildings will hold now.
Very pretty, Shirley. Your cool nights have came our way. We're in the mid fifties at night and low eighties during the day. I'm loving these temperatures. LOL
When I got home,Linda said she had to drag the bruges into a circle to keep them from blowing over.
Yours still look pretty after the extreme weather.
So sorry you guys are having terrible winds this year. Shirley, that poor brug! but it's still beautiful even though it's a bit wind tattered.
Hi Shirley,
She is very pretty. And seems quite durable, too. LOL
Just keeps om going like the Energizer Bunny (o:
The cutting you asked me to trial and evaluate for you has done well. It has bloomed light and dark. Both very pretty (o:
Last flush had alot of blooms ..I remember taking a pix for you.
Will have to go looking for where it is filed.
I just repotted yesterday, so should take off now.
I like seeing how the brugs perform under glass as the weather turn to cold again. They bloom some of their lovliest and best colours then.
Looking forward to enjoying this pretty brug more and more (o:
Thanks for letting me trial her (o:
I am sorry I am so busy this year to not be here like before.
Hopefully, when through some of this I can be here more often again.
Alice
The flowers are very pretty. No brug flower is able to hold up against wind of such a strength. I think, she is doing very well.
Thanks Monika and Alice. I'm glad she is doing well for you Alice. Hopefully things will slow down for you Alice, and you can come to Daves and show us a lot of your brugs and new cannas and abutilons. Would love to see them all.
I think she is holding up very well considering and is still a beautiful brug.
Still a beauty after all that, Shirley!!!!
You wouldn't say that today. Boy, the winds were a mess again. I had just cleaned the yard of spent blooms and now they are everywhere. I'm ready to start a new year. This one sure hasn't been a lot of fun so far.
Shirley, despite the winds she is gorgeous. How tall is she? We have had the tail end of hurricane Alex here in Ireland but it has now passed over to England thank goodness.
Sue
Shirley, I think your Brug looks fabulous, but I'm so sorry that it hasn't been a good season for you... I hope it improves soon :)
Brugie, all your hard work and high hopes dashed but you just look towards next year. You are an inspiration.
Next time your found, with your chin on the ground
There a lot to be learned, so look around
Just what makes that little old ant
Think he’ll move that rubber tree plant
Anyone knows an ant, can’t
Move a rubber tree plant
But he’s got high hopes, he’s got high hopes
He’s got high apple pie, in the sky hopes
So any time your gettin’ low
’stead of lettin’ go
Just remember that ant
Oops there goes another rubber tree plant
When troubles call, and your back’s to the wall
There a lot to be learned, that wall could fall
Once there was a silly old ram
Thought he’d punch a hole in a dam
No one could make that ram, scram
He kept buttin’ that dam
’cause he had high hopes, he had high hopes
He had high apple pie, in the sky hopes
So any time your feelin’ bad
’stead of feelin’ sad
Just remember that ram
Oops there goes a billion kilowatt dam
All problems just a toy balloon
They’ll be bursted soon
They’re just bound to go pop
Oops there goes another problem kerplop
Thanks for the song Kell. Boy, that is one that dates me.