This one will be compost this fall. I just don't care for it at all. The winds have whipped it around a lot, but the blooms do hold well even if the plant is leaning a lot and has gone through a lot of tough weather. LOL! I guess I just prefer blooms with longer tendrils.
Is it a Frosty derivative?
You can compost it my way, Shirley.
It looks like a glorified Frosty to me. It may get a little darker, but it still isn't something I want to use up room to store or grow again.
Geez.....and I paid $30. bucks for that from NH!
PS your coleus are so hot
Brugie i think it is pretty i know their are many look a likes but brugs are just some are just a bit different but have their own personalities.
Sorry Gloria. I've had it for two years and there are so many others I like better. I appreciate your sharing with me. At that time, I didn't even know what it looked like.
Brugie, the coleus underneath compliments it so beautifully...if ya get a notion to compost it out lol....peices that is, compost my way. :D She is beautiful
Brugie wherever did you get those lovely coleus??? LOL
lol!
I agree Brugie.....must have space for better ones that don't resemble others. I am getting stingy with my time, soil, fertilizer and chemicals. . . especially my time.
Kyle, I know this great guy that lives in Norwalk, Iowa that is so generous. You should be the recipient of some of his great plants some times. Wonderful stuff he shares.
It's very pretty Shirley!
I agree, brugie, it does look like a glorified Frosty Pink. I understand why you're not keeping it, it's just not worth the effort to care for over the winter considering the number of others you have. But it's still pretty and would make a good plant for a newbie or someone who doesn't need the latest and greatest. I'm sure you could find someone send cuttings this fall before you compost the rest.
Aaaw, such a shame. I like it, but mine never got as tall as yours, lol!
I might like it better if it would get the color of yours. Still this morning, she looks a pale pink. Mine isn't very tall Susie. She is in an oak barrel, so a couple foot of that height is planter.
I can see that you might not think that this plant has the class to go in with your exquisite coleus, but at this point I can't see discarding such a hardworking Brug -- does it appear to be prolific? Is there such a thing as a "rescue Brug"?
(Maybe it's tuff love).
Polly, with 150 brugs + this year and probably one or two that I'll be saving from the new seedlings, I have to cut back and so this one, being one that I'm not overly fond of, has to go. This is the first bloom cycle for this summer.
Brugie, what are some of the other ones that you prefer? I'm so new to this and your pink looks gorgeous to me.
I love Butterfly, Rosamond, Pink Beauty, L'Amour, Susanne, Vixen, Aurea Pink, and even ForeverMorr. I will be keeping all of the above plus I'll keep Golden Lady, Double Peach, Antique Lace, Ecuador Pink, Carissa, and the list goes on. I'm still waiting on some of my yellows to bloom and have some new ones that haven't bloomed yet. Seedlings.....well, there are quite a few out there and I've only seen bloom on about 4 or 5 so far.
Thanks, Brugie. Of the ones you love, I have Butterfly, plus I have Ecuador Pink. The others ones must be really special!
Appreciate your 'I love' list, Brugie-I'm fairly new to brug mania and that will help with my 'aspire to ' list. Mary
Mary, my problem with brugs is that I love to many of them. Last year I weeded out some and this year I have to weed out even more. I love growing from seed because it is always a thrill to see that first bloom and then a flush of blooms.
Brugie, you don't know me at all, but if you find yourself with seeds to spare, I'd be obliged if you would keep me in mind. I grow lots of things from seed and would be happy to try to 'grow out' one of your brugs here in Arkansas.
That is the trouble with brugs, no room for the new ones every year unless you toss the old!
Susie, yours is a nice pink.
I can understand now the thrill of the new and unique; it seemed at first that with so many gorgeous varieties available, creating new ones was overkill. But Tracey sent me two gift plants with my order in MAy, and one has developed a clump of banana looking buds on the top; two sets one on each branch. So much fun! What will the blooms be like!!!
