Check out this one. http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/477854/ . Looks like some good prizes and a chance to get some Brug experts to get our Brug datebase up to par. Of course now you can work on other plants too. :)
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Hey gang,Terry and crew have asked for our help.
All these brugs need more info to be completed in our database:
Brugmansia 'Audrey Hepburn'
Brugmansia 'Aurea Pink'
Brugmansia 'Brazilian White'
Brugmansia 'Day Dreams'
Brugmansia 'Desiree'
Brugmansia 'Forrestville Double'
Brugmansia 'Hawaiian Double White'
Brugmansia 'Leilani'
Brugmansia 'Pink Floyd'
Brugmansia 'Tsuki'
Brugmansia hybrid 'Abelard'
Brugmansia hybrid 'Pure Love'
Brugmansia hybrid 'Spring Fling'
Brugmansia multi-hybrid 'Heloise'
Brugmansia multi-hybrid 'Spellbound'
Brugmansia multihybrid 'Vixen'
Brugmansia multihybrid variegated 'AxelRose'
Brugmansia suaveolens 'Goldtraum'
Brugmansia versicolor 'Apricot Moonflower'
oh man, wish I had just one of the ones on this list LOL
kathy
Yeh, give us them to grow and we will tell you all about them.....how's that deal?
Nancy Lee
I have Pink Floyd, and in fact I probably added it to the database here originally. What do they need/want and I'll try to accomodate.
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I added the needed information to Pink Floyd :)
Good for you Gretchen! Seems kinda silly that we talk brugs so much yet don't fill in the data in our own database, huh? The only one I have on that list is HDW, and it's too young to know all the details :(
Something missing is a place to click to show it grows in the cooler zones during the warm months, but has to be held over, inside, during the winter months. I can't click and say it grows well in zone 5 without it being misleading. Some people might think that it could live over the winter here like perennials, and that isn't true.
That's true, Brugie -- On Pink Floyd I put that it was hardy to Zone 10, since its really a Tropical plant. I think there needs to be a designation for type of plant, i.e., annual, perennial, tropical, etc.
Maybe Peggy and Sue will read this and take these suggestions to Dave.
Thanks Gretchen and everybody else that are filling in details every little bit helps.
If you think there are additional fields that need to be added to the form to make it more specific for Brugmansia, figure out what needs to be added. I will be glad to tell Terry or direct her to this thread once you get some ideas.Terry is usually pretty willing to add fields if people are willing to go back and fill in those details on the existing entries.
Gretchen, that is absolugely gorgeous. If you ever need to prune it, please think of me.. Jeanette
Thanks, Jeanette -- its really an odd little brug. Probably should've never been released, but maybe that's why it ended up with the name. It has unusual, cupped leaves, mis-shapen calyx, and lopsided blooms, but hey, its got PERSONALITY! And, I like it despite its flaws. I took one cutting of it and I think its surviving. I hope that my plants will continue to be disease free so I can share some of them this year... :)
Peggy, I'd be happy to fill in on anything new added that I've grown in the past in my zone. It doesn't take that long to go through them. An hour one afternoon would easily take care of one or two changes on those I've grown. Thanks.
Gretchen,
Annual, Perennial, Tropical. The answer would be different for different zones. What would be Tropical for me could be Perennial for you. Annual would only apply if you put them out in an area that freezes hard in the winter and don't bring them in or if you have so many you plant in spring and toss in the fall. Maybe "Tropical in Zone 5" and people would understand that they do grow here, but have to be brought in to survive. As Joan Rivers would say....let's talk. LOL!
True Shirley. Of course there are lots of people that misuse those categories too. Even here at DG, I've seen plants categorized as annuals (because people grow them for summer color), that are actually tropicals, such as impatiens. I guess we would be entering a whole new area of confusion, but many of the better gardening books define these zonally. It would just take some effort to do it correctly.
Gretchen, Brugie, I don't guess I know the difference in an annual and a tropical, please enlighten me. I thought impatiens were annuals, except for those large impatiens, big flower, big leaf. Sorta similar to brugs, annuals in some places, perennials in others and then there are the original tropicals, huh??
Sherry -- here are the definitions for each from Websters:
Main Entry: Annual
Function: noun
1 : an event that occurs yearly
2 : a publication appearing yearly
3 : something that lasts one year or season; specifically : an annual plant
Main Entry: bi·en·ni·al
Pronunciation: (")bI-'e-nE-&l
Function: adjective
1 : occurring every two years
2 : continuing or lasting for two years; specifically : growing vegetatively during the first year and fruiting and dying during the second
usage see BI-
- biennial noun
Main Entry: pe·ren·ni·al
Pronunciation: p&-'re-nE-&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin perennis, from per- throughout + annus year -- more at PER-, ANNUAL
1 : present at all seasons of the year
2 : persisting for several years usually with new herbaceous growth from a perennating part
3 a : PERSISTENT, ENDURING b : continuing without interruption : CONSTANT, PERPETUAL c : regularly repeated or renewed : RECURRENT
synonym see CONTINUAL
- perennial noun
Main Entry: trop·i·cal
Pronunciation: for 1 'trä-pi-k&l, for 2 'trO- also 'trä-
Function: adjective
1 a : of, relating to, occurring in, or suitable for use in the tropics b : of, being, or characteristic of a region or climate that is frost-free with temperatures high enough to support year-round plant growth given sufficient moisture
2 [Latin tropicus, from Greek tropikos, from tropos trope] : FIGURATIVE 2
Thanks Gretchen. It is always easier to understand when you have everything right in front of you.