Anyone take a guess at the name of this one?

Baltimore, MD(Zone 7a)

Hi, Everyone!

I am toiling away, lovingly and carefully at the 6 Brugs I have this year. Last year I had only two. Got some cuttings from Bruggie to increase my "family".

This is one I had last year that got totally destroyed by mites (if anyone remembers!). It had ONE bloom, and then she was history......When it came time to bring them inside, I saved one of the main trunks bu cutting it off and rooted it in water and then potted it up.

This year, she has been a very strong grower and was the first of all of them to bloom.
A pretty decent 'flush". Maybe 10-12 buds. The first 3-4 that opened, were sort of "hanging". Also, had NO fragrance at night. The next 6 or so, were much more robust and had a sweet smell at night.

Here are a few pictures of her. Any guess of what her name is would be appreciated.

This is of the first blooms to open.

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Baltimore, MD(Zone 7a)

This is of the second bunch of blooms to open taken during the daytime:
They just seemed so much more "flared"....

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Baltimore, MD(Zone 7a)

And here's a picture taken at night. it had been raining and thundering. Went out with a basket over my head to get this shot. Also, she smelled sweet.....

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Tulsa, OK(Zone 7a)

oh beautiful... great brug.. great pictures..

San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b)

A Frosty type is my guess. She blooms early and she blooms long. A hardy brug for sure. Yours is sure pretty.

Baltimore, MD(Zone 7a)

How about a "Rose Souvelons" or an "Insignis Pink" as someone else has suggested?

Not getting spastic about this, but it would be nice to know the name for future years.

Thanks, Gita

San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b)

Sorry, Gita, I personally do not think you can ever tell one of these brugs once the tag is gone unless it is an unusual one. There are so many look alikes now. And sometimes the tags are wrong too!

The suavs and the suaveolen hybrids all have a quite similar look to me. The best yoy could do to identify whichone this is, is to get another named one of the ones you think it may be, cross pollinate them to yours, and see which ones pod for you and which one doesn't.

Yours could easily be either you mentioned. Funny too for this morning when I was doing my walk around, I found one in my "I can't Kill you yet allee" that was blooming and the tag said Pink Suaveolons. I had kicked it over, a sign it is to be a goner, but then later feeling guilty, came back and tipped the pot back up to be reconsidered. There were great tall straight suckers on it and I thought......eh maybe I will do a standard out of this. LOL. But the blooms were broken so that is why they look odd and getting wilted.

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