Its already several years old. The leaves burn in the sun and wind dries them up. Each year, I was going to cut it off but never did.
A white Maya sprout
different view of it
Blooms and all. I would have a hard time cutting it off myself.
That is too cool!!!
That is pretty cool .... I think I would have left it also.
Very cool Monika. I would have kept it on too just for a conversation piece.
Neat! Have you tried to root it? I'll bet it is a fragile and difficult piece to root...
I like the way you have impatiens in your pot. Very nice. It certaily helps to conceal the plain soil. I have groundcovers in most of my brug pots. The one I like best in mine, is tibouchina osbekia...
-T
Seedpicker, The albino sprout will not be able to live on it's own.
The shoot has no way to convert sunlight to energy.
It is living off the mother plant, just as a baby does thru the umbilical cord.
That is so neat, Monika. It would probably die if you took it from the mother plant.
Yes, I wasn't sure about the technical part ("not being able to convert light to energy"), but have had seedlings like that, that didn't make it to maturity, and also have the similar experience with birds.
I raise birds, and the albinos have a much higher mortality rate, and even those that live beyond fledging, never live as long as the others...
Figured something similar with a pure white plant...
-T
Monika-interested in hearing what other plants you've tried in the brug containers...
Seedpicker, many of my brugs are in containers. The brug pot is smaller and has side and bottom holes. With it, the brugs are planted in a large container. I use Impatiens or Ice Begonias for underplanting. Tagetes (Marigolds) are also suited but too attractive for snails.
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Never thought of begonias, but good suggestion!
I have also used the streptocarpus 'blue angel', and it worked well, too.
Seems a challenge to find a plant that likes as much fertilizer as brugs, but filtered light...usually the heavy feeders like a lot of sun...
Thank you for the suggestion. I'll have to get some begonias...don't like having "the same old thing" in every pot!
Also, I know the kind of container you are talking about. The local nursery near me has started using them for all their trees. It follows the concept of 'band pots', but on a larger scale...great containers! Kinda pricey, but so much better than the roots circling the bottom of the container...
-T
Seedpicker, I have posted a picture on this thread
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/410305/
Thank you!
I looked it over, and great thread!
Great ideas for underplantings, and I especially loved the torenia. (I am a sucker for blue flowers.) I had never even heard of that one...I'm off to find some torenia and begonias
-T
I grow mine in the ground and only pot up cuttings to over winter inside. I have only JUST started to think about underplanting but some of these ideas are wonderful and look so lovely!! Too much work keeping the Brugs all in pots--I don't have access to equipment to move them or a greenhouse, etc. I love Torenia and Coleus so probably will plant some of those around the Brugs this Spring, Petunias too!! Maybe even Snapdragons?!! Sounds good!! We plant the seeds for Snaps in Nov here so they will be growing under the mulch all winter I guess??!! Anyways, probably will be snaps before the Brugs really get started growing back in earnest so should look very nice. Maybe even some NIgellas, eh?!! WOW!!! I am gonna have a LOT of fun experimenting with various underplantings this Spring/Summer!! I'm excited about it and can't start for months yet! hehehe Only just Fall now!! Maybe I can play around a little with the pots of Brugs overwintering inside!! Over Winter! hehehe Bonnie