4th of July CONTEST FUN COMBO PICS

Mary (mpabbott1) has been so nice to offer this very special contest prize for the winner of.............................. the Brugmansia Combo Contest. Isn't she grand? (Both Mary and the Pink Fairy!! LOL)

The extra special prize is garden art: THE BRUGMANSIA FAIRY WHO WILL SPRINKLE PINK FAIRY DUST ON YOUR GARDEN!! THANKS MARY!!!

Post all the pics you want of Brugs in combination with other kinds of plants from your garden. Little garden vignettes!! Can be brugs potted with other plants or just wild in your yard harmonizing with other pretties.

Post all the pictures you want.
Must be your picture from your garden. When taken does not matter.
Post them from now till Monday at 9 PM PT.
A new thread will started to vote on your favorite starting Monday at 9PM to go to Tuesday 9PM PT.

Thanks Mary! It is so sweet and generous of you to offer that precious garden fairy as a prize and to you Kell for organizing the contest.

This is just a Frosty Pink type brug and my antique bathtub water garden.


Editing to correct spelling.

This message was edited Jul 2, 2005 11:15 PM

Vanda orchid, Justicia carnea, and Shaman's Dream brugmansia

As good as those 2 pics are above, thank god Loretta you do not have a brug growing on an island in your pond or I would have to declare this contest over before it began! LOL No one could compete with that sight except maybe Candy.

You have such a lovely garden.

EP, solid gold, first day, kbs, in front of cotton rose background.

Peaches and Cream (before bloom) w/ azaleas

Kristi-that 1st picture is enough to make a girl throw in the towel. You certainly have a gift for growing brugs. And your P & C makes mine look like a twig. lol I can tell the competition is going to be tough for this contest.

(big grin) Thanks kell, you are much too kind. HMMMMM.......an island??? lol

Awww; Thanks Loretta. Yours are wonderful too, and easier to see the different plants in. I'd planted these brugs pretty close together along the road that runs by my house, and with the Cotton Roses behind them, they made a wonderful thick privacy screen, that would knock your socks off in the evening with the fragrance. There is also yellow Lantana and red Vinca planted underneath which looked really great, but don't show here due to the time of evening and the weight of the brug blooms pulling the branches down.

Now that is one problem I could handle. lol I hate to be a contest hawg but here goes...oink...oink!

Mayla waterlily framed by Brugmansia

Brug tree, begonia, New Guinea impatiens, and Firefly Princess. A repeat, and just for fun, since we already have our own pink fairy princess!!! That prize is so precious and will be a wonderful addition to any garden, good luck to all...and my vote goes to Loretta (Mayla waterlily framed by brugmansia), that is one of the most beautiful brug photos I've seen, just breathtaking!!!!

I'll have to agree with the waterlilly vote Loretta, but will still add this one, because they make good underplanting plants!

First day w/ lantana, vinca, and hibiscus

I love that floozie, ruffled skirt, who is she lagata?

Actually, the prize fairy itself isn't actually pink. She's the color you see in the picture. However, if the winner is dissatified with that one I can promise to dress up in a pink tutu, and suspended by wires from the nearest television antenna I'll sprinkle; not fairy dust, but common household dust over your garden. I have a lot of that because housecleaning is not my favorite thing to do. Tee Hee! Gads, I'm 20 pounds overweight, I'd probably scare small children and animals if I did that. They'd be throwing diet pills at me! LOL
Mary

Sherry, You are just the cutest littke thing I have ever seen. I had no idea you were so playful. lol

LOL, Mary!!! Most wear Razorback Red tutus here, but my fav is pink!! Thanks Loretta, I've always been a silly girl!! Your waterlily and brugs is really pretty and different, the Mayla compliments the brugs, which remind me of the brug lamp that someone sent to the forum - I like the photo being long, rather than tall, the typical shape of brug prints...

LOLMary. No more house dust needed here for I am good at making my own, but I may go for the pink tutu. LOL

Sherry, who is that falry?? What a kick.

Hey Sherry, no voting yet. And who knows, someone may trump Loretta's pond. You never know.

Ooooops, that vote was supposed to go in the absentee box, fooey, I'll be good next time!!! Where is Candy and Margie, they usually have super photos too, ooooh, and Clare, we are missing some of the big guns and I'm sure there are lots I cannot remember right now.

The fairy is my grand, and understudy, Madeline, 10, she makes every step I make and plays dress up - that was a total surprise and my other grand, Kristen, called me and said there was a big firefly in my garden, I went out, and there was Mad in her get up, they are fun kids...

Mixed bed in the front with 2 large brugs.

Mary, that is one beautiful flowerbed. I love your pot man.

I love you tub, Loretta, I wanna get one!

Well, love the pink fairy and want one of those for my garden.

Wow! Everyones brugs look so good. I sure do like all the combo plantings with them. Getting some good ideas. Well here is a Pacific Northwest combo. This is FP with Crocosmia, Hydranga, Lilies and veronica. I hope you can see the FP it's got a few blooms showing.

Oops I forgot to resize it .. Sorry

This is one just to share. This little guy showed up while taking some photo's. The hummers just love the crocosmia. He even flew up close to get a closer look at me. I have never seen them interested in the brugs though.

Kin love the PNW. If I was'nt such a good Texan and a true Steel Magnolia I would be living on Vancouver Island, BC. They love my accent up there. It reminds them of dueling banjo's lolol. Your plants are lovely and the little hummer is so cute.

Oh Mary, forgot to say. Keep your eyes open when driving through neighborhoods from the 30's and 40's. I saw my tub in a yard, stopped and asked to buy it. Got it for 75.00 and a six pack of beer. Then I came home, looked on The Internet and discovered they are selling those old tubs for 1000.00 dollars and up online. Some people must have more money than sense. lol

Loretta

How can anyone choose a winner? All the pictures are beautiful.

I can't seem to edit my first post but I thought I would extend this contest till Tuesday night just in case more people would like to join in but are celebrating the 4th and do not have time. Then voting from 9PM PT Tuesday night!!

CONTEST EXTENDED by 24 hours SO GET YOUR ENTRIES IN BY TUESDAY NIGHT 9PM.

Traffic has been light on the Dave's Garden site. I know where everybody is ....... They're all at the beach in San Diego this weekend. Wall to wall bodies. We leave it to the tourists on the holidays.

Happy Fourth of July everyone! Aren't we lucky to be living here! Hurray for the Red, White and Blue!
Mary

Whew...didn't think I would make the deadline. Wish the Shredded White had been pink or red...whe would have shown up more! Forground Coleus, to the right of it an EE someone sent me in a trade and it wasn't what it was supposed to be...it is better. In the BG is Costus Sanguinea with the purple undersides to the leaves and Curcuma 'Oleana'. Way in the upper right in the back you can see some "Blue Ginger"..Dichorisandra thrisifolia (I think that's the name). Really impressed by the photos of your gardens...didn't think anyone was obsessed with it as much as I am until I came here!

Well you all are so good with the combo plantings. I just love everyones beautiful brugs.
ShadowG, Your water feature is a beauty. I believe you have shared this with a member for their website? It's very striking.
Lagata, you sure do have some beautiful brugs a bloomin!! So beautiful.
Sherry, you are just a hoot. Your GD is such a cutie and she must take after you with her good humor.
Maryin, You have a Beautiful yard. What a combo of plantings you have there.
Carol, what more can I say, you have a Paradise!!!!
Gosh I could go on and on--------...... Sooooo Beautiful.

I am just in awe at the different climates our gardens are in...and what a diverse plant the Brugmansia really IS!

Happy 4th! I managed to scare the wadding out of an Englishman today....anybody else?

Carol

Wowie! Gorgeous brugs! I didn't even try to compete since I don't have any blooms...not sure if I have any Y's yet...sigh.
:) Donna

All of your photos are grand, I love your pot guy, Mary, and Carol, I'm up for adoption, and Kin, you have a natural talent with both gardening and photos! Thanks re my grand girl Kin, she's most entertaining!!! Yesterday, the 4th was wonderful, with a great, soft breeze and today, we have glorious rain!!!

Ahhh Drats! I missed another contest! We were at the lake. We are there alot in the summer so I usually come home right after it is over. pooh. :-(

ohhhhhh - just saw that the contest has been extended. Will get some pics when it cools down a little, but I think I already know who the winner will be.

No you aren't too late...

Here is a little combo going on now! L'Amour is front an center.

Another view..

Maya.