Babies, babies everywhere!

Well, looks like we're going to get some cooler weather for tonight. Now the decision has to be made -- with all these babies do I take my chances tonight and let them go or do I cut now? Hmmm. They say it will be in the 30's so I'll have to make the decision by sundown.

Next question.....is the mommy brug a Charles Grimaldi? The first day it blooms yellow and then by the second day it's a golden yellow/orange. (Probably not quite as orange as the photo shows.) It seems to be blooming much better now that the weather has cooled.

My other large brug starts off yellow then turns rather peach and is more highly fragrant than the one in the photo. I have no bloom pic to show. But she is now 6' tall and is gradually losing all lower leaves so tends to look a little lanky. What do you think her name is?

Thanks for help!
Barbara

sure are lovely.. great pictures.. if 30 or below i would bring in when hits 32 34..

Twyla

barbara, beautiful babies!

Gorgeous! Looks like orange sherbert.

Barb

Not so long ago Brugmansia's were fairly easy to ID by a picture. Now because of the the increased popularity, hybridization and distribution of the plant it is no longer possible to make an ID by this method. Hopefully the logic is clear in that the only means of definitave ID'ing of a variety through expensive DNA testing.

Hard to tell Barbara. If the leaves are mostly serrated it may be Dr, Seuss. CG only has them on newer sprouts at least at my house! LOL. There are a few more that look so similar too though of the yellows. Yours is sure pretty!

I think it depends on if you get frost and for how long you get the frost for. For a couple of hours brugs seem to do OK with a light frost. Here I have brugs that live out in open and it can get down to 28 but it stays there only for a short while. I do get leaf frost burn and I also can get die back on the top branches on the tall ones.

What I do on the ones that have to live out, I toss a sheet over them and it really helps if there is a light frost. . If they are in pots, I lay them on their side and then cover them with a towel or sheet or even a blanket. The ones in the ground I take a sheet and use a tall pole to position it over them. Then I usually do not get even leaf damage.

Some brugs do worse in the cold, but I even had my EP live out all winter last year with no protection. I will say it got weird looking bark. I call it winter bark, but it grew great this year so I guess it didn't mind cooler weather that much!

However if you get a bad or prolonged freeze, sheets etc won' t help!! Well, maybe a down comforter would. LOL

If you leave them out, I would just take a few cuttings for the house just as insurance!! Let us know how you do!

The cold got my brugs last night. The leaves were all limp & so I cut them down, got a few cuttings & discovered a seed pod on Isabella. Do you think that it is developed enough? Never had a seed pod before from on of these beauties.
TIA,
Jan