I just noticed this the other day, I didn't even know it had Yed.. It is a Rubirosa cross. I may have to call it Phoenix if it is a good one. Anticipation I find is often more fun than the end result. I so enjoy the excitement of waiting. Gives life a lift esp if you find that you are feeling so blue.
She also is making a perfect standard. Though I need to get out there and start staking.
Wow, Kell. You're going to have a bloom. I can't wait to see it. In the second pic, looks like your addiction is as bad or worse than mine.. LOL
you are full of surprises Kell....How are you?
I'm gonna be waiting in anticipation with you. Those little guys get your heart to beating and waiting becomes such fun!
ADA- I agree with you about Kell. LOL !!!! You two must have a jungle of brugs. In fact looking at that second pic. I bet she has gone off and rented a plot in South America somwhere...LOL
Congratulations Kell! Isn't ia amazing how even a little nub of a bloom can make the whole world seem so much brighter? I can't wait to see what treasure unfolds!
Kell - incredible energy! Everywhere my gardens need weeding, my six at home doggies need bathing and scissoring, and I'm not sure where to begin.
Here you work full time, and yet create your wonderful Brug collection - my hat's off to you!
Good going Kell
Hey, how did the ones that got vandalized do over the winter?
another great one, I was wondering too about the vandalized ones and if they had been back.
Doris
Everyone of them died over winter. I do not know why. They were growing back after they they torn up. And none have come back from the roots. Sometimes if you have open areas when the rains begin you get rot. But they should have been long healed by then. All the others are doing just great and starting to flower down there.
Hi Pebble. Somedays are good and some days are pretty sad. I am a such a happy person by nature, so this is pretty hard on me to be so miserable all the time. But I am trying to keep going. How are you doing Pebble? Are your brugs surviving?
Kin, soon you will be just like Ada and myself. It is a sickness that is contagious and we coughed on YOU! LOL
Yes Mel, it will be so nice to have Rubirosa genes here. And she is sure a nice looking tree.
Polly, all I have to say to you is PREEN PREEN PREEN. It is fantastic. No more weeding!! And I am actually pathetic. Ada is the one that is superwoman. I am lucky to get from one room to another and then remember why I went into the room in the first place.
Look at this bud, has she doubled in size or what?
Oh shoot, LOL, I posted the same pic. LOL Try try again.
You know, that plant is so healthy and pretty that if it never blooms it is a winner, just big and fat, in super condition, wow!!!
You have got to be so excited .... I would be!!
Awesome bud! Can't wait to see what the flower will look like!
Very exciting, Kell. Keep your spirits up. I know it is hard sometimes:-) But you are surrounded by people who love you, and that makes life better.
(Does Preen work on doggies - LOL) - got two done yesterday!
That plant looks so hearty
Hi Jeanne. How are you doing??? This one is pretty tall, but I need to go look at it in comparison to me. I know I had to hold my camera way up to take that pic, so maybe 7 or 8 ft?
Thanks Clare, I think my overwhelming sadness this week is because my sister is selling my Mother's house and it looks like it will be torn down. After you die, your space on earth just seems to disappear.
LOL Polly. I think you are stuck doing the hard work with 6 dogs. Gosh, do they all bark at the same time?
Kell, that must be hard. Sometimes your space is torn down before you die! We had to move from our home in Buellton because the landlords sold the house which was demolished and four track homes were built where it once stood. I'm so glad I didn't spend much time putting in a garden there. Anyway, it's your memories which keep loved ones near; right? Be well.
Kell, I'm in the same 'movie', only I have your sister's role, I'm 'taking care' of the house, getting it ready to go on the block. Either role, it's difficult - we were just talking that it's really silly to become attached to 'stuff'. Stuff doesn't care who drive it or sits on it, or reads it or wears it. It's a difficult lesson but I suppose both you and I have faced it recently. My garden and this forum have helped me through some very blue days too...
Edited because I make stupid errors, whew!!
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kell....I feel so sad at what you are having to go through with the loss of your mother. Just remember the space that your mother took in your heart and in your mind will never go away...no one can take that from you. I am touched by your love for her. We are here for you, so just let us know what is going on, or we don't know. Thank you for sharing yourself with us.
Margie
Sherry...I didn't mean to go over your loss and feelings. Everything I said to kell applies to you too.
Your friend, Margie
Kell, I failed to say in the first post that I am so sorry about your loss also.
It is OK guys. Thanks so much. I know we all have to go thru this, I just never had a clue before. Sherry you too, it is so tough.
Lets talk about more fun things........like a new contest I am about to hold. It is one we all should be able to participate in!! Look to new topics. LOL
Ok, but first, I am sorry, Sherry, for your loss also.
Oh, Margie, Kell, Clare, sweet girls, all, I'm up to speed, if I wasn't, I wouldn't be posting, and there were times that I didn't. There is no way to rush through the loss of a parent, what Kell and I, and no telling how many others, are going through, is the natural course. I consider this topic a celebration of life and a message to all that we should live each day as if it was our last.
Amen.
And double AMEN.
Triple AMEN.
It does make you look at what is important and what isn't.
So Kell, I recall seeing in Monika's book that a certain Brug is distinctive by it's upright flowers.. they are dragged down by the weight. I don't recall seeing such an upright bud before could this be related to that one (ok I don't remember which one it is but hoping that someone does..lol) (gonna go dig up the book)
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