Some Recent Pictures

Here are some pictures taken recently. Enjoy!

This is Pink Beauty being weighed down by flowers. Ecuador Pink is blooming right next to her.

Here is Pink Beauty again today:

Here is Solid Gold and Isabella:

Here they are again coming over the wall on the other side:

Here's a daytime shot of them:

One more of Solid Gold:

An Isabella flower:

Snowbank finally starting to grow some branches:

Double White has a lovely fragrance at night:

They are fantastic! You are so lucky to be able to grow tropical plants in your almost perfect weather. Thanks for sharing.

This is a Pink Beauty seedling that just bloomed. I've never had a seedling before that wasn't white! The difference that I can see is that the narrow part of the corolla isn't covered by the calyx, and the flowers hang straight down instead of turning upwards like Pink Beauty does. It may be a cross between Pink Beauty and Ecuador Pink, which is right next to Pink Beauty.

Here is the Pink Beauty seedling again in the day time:

Thanks Gloria!

Here is the inside of the Pink Beauty Seedling:

I also have Goldtraum, Rosabelle, and Butterfly blooming, and I'll get some pictures of those a little later.

I forget which one this is. It is either Melon Kisses or Spring Peach:

OMG! There's that sacred CA zone for you. Fantastic specimens I can only dream of. Thanks for sharing and that closeup of Isabella could sell a million of them.

(... blaine heads back outside shaking his head wondering if he laid on the ground his short cuttings would look like that...)

Having lot of zone envy here. Clare everything looks wonderful.

Oh My!!! Takes my breath away!!!

Judy

Isen't there a law against having so many blooms at one time???

Its all gorgeous
and I'm sitting here with my ICU brugs.......
pity por por me
LOL

Do your neighbors encourage the brugs to come up and over the fence???

LOL, Blaine! Thanks for the compliments everyone.

LOL, CC! The other side of the brick wall is still on this property. I did give my elderly grumpy neighbor a Charles Grimaldi, and it looks like she is getting lots of blooms from it, but she likes mine too; although, I know she doesn't like it when the spent buds drop on her side so I try to keep them picked up. I've had to cut a lot of trees and bushes back because she does complain when branches come over to her side.

Clare, your brugs are very pretty. It's too bad you don't have very many blooms though. LOL!

LOL, Shirley! Thanks!

Beautiful brugs!!

They all look beautiful!!

Beautiful blooms, Clare! And it must smell heavenly at your place right now!!!

Beautiful Clare ....

Thanks, all. Nat, it does smell great in certain sections. The brugs combined with my white Bouvardia create a sensational fragrance.

Here's Rosabelle, Goldtraum, and B. suaveolens variegata all hanging out in a corner together. I don't know why Rosabelle is so floppy. It might be that she has been in too much shade.

Here is a close up of the three:

Here is Snow Cone:

Pink Beauty again.

Duke likes the shade of Pink Beauty and Ecuador Pink

This one is for Kell. I don't know the name of it, but the color is pretty.

Wow Clare! Those are just beautiful.

Being in zone CA, with your green thumb and digital talent is a real treat for me here in Arky waiting on blooms. I figure you have more blossoms in this thread than I will see in person for a couple of years. I dunno. I could luck up but mercy me, yours are just perfection!! Can you tell a difference in colors, more or less vibrant?? Your rose is a real beauty too...

Clare, you have such a great selection and they are so beautiful! I love them all, gorgeous! Thank you so much for posting and sharing them with us. I adore that rose, it's gorgeous.

Hugs
Julie

Thank you Terry, Sherry, and Julie:-)

Sherry, you are too kind. I bet you will see lots more blooms this summer than what I have showing here. About the colors, people in areas with lots of humidity seem to have darker, richer colors than I do. Even though I'm only 10 miles from the ocean, it is still fairly dry here. My Pink Beauty, Rosabelle, Butterfly, and Cupid's Blush are all a light pink. My yellows are nice and dark, but I don't get them to fade to a rich orange really. I bet that even my HG was lighter when it bloomed than others got in a more humid environment. This picture is about as dark as it got.

Hugs back, Julie.

Here's a better picture of HG when it bloomed:

Hey lady, you have the nerve to complain about the color fo HG? LOL I have had 2 for 3 years and finally got buds last year just to have them drop.
And you got big blooms! LOL

All your pictures are fantastic Clare. So pretty! I can't believe that canopy you have on Pink Beauty. It is amazing that single straight trunk can hold that canopy of blooms up. All of your brugs are so healthy! I am glad you have had no more trouble!

I love the rose too! LOL. THANKS CLARE!!!

Clare, wow, she's gorgeous, I love the orange color on HG and she's so frilly and flippy :-) Nice recurve!

Hugs
Julie

LOL, Kell! I know I'm a brat!

It's funny that you should say that "It is amazing that single straight trunk can hold that canopy of blooms up." The single trunk is thick and solid, but some of the branches are being weighed down by the flowers. I was out the door before 6:00 a.m. this morning only to see that my Pink Beauty tree pruned itself in the middle of the night. A huge branch was on the ground. The tree still looks fine, and I can't even find where the branch fell from! It is blooming like crazy, but some of the branches don't look all that healthy. There are rings inside the wood, and I have to find out what that means exactly and if that is bad. I don't see any marks typical of SB, but there are parts of the bark that are distorted and very nobby, split, and woody.

Thanks, Julie;-)

Kell, if it makes you feel any better about HG, I have three plants and only got two blooms last fall!