I recently ordered "Inca Sun" from Logees. I'm wondering if this new brug will out perform all other existing brugs like the Stella D' Oro Daylily. So far I can't seem to find much information on the internet about the plant. Has anyone information on the breeder from Iowa with the name of Kyle Courtney. Is it true that this hybrid is a cross between versicolor and Insignis "Temple Goddess"?
What do you think about the new Brug "Inca Sun?
Kyle (eclipse) is a member here , Inca Sun has been around a little while.
I heard the parents were insignis gold x betty marshall but I'm not sure.
WOW Kyle!! Congratulations on your award!! That is so fantastic! And it got the cover!
http://www.logees.com/
Frankford, this is not really a new brug, I think some people here probably have had it for awhile. Here is a thread from 2002 where Kyle talks about it.
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/313971/
Boy Kyle, I sure hope you get some of that $24 for a 4 inch pot!
Hey Scoot Logees would really be impressed with Tuffy that flowers heavily under 1 ft. ... And soooo many others. Not putting Inca Sun down. It is beautiful but so many brugs flower heavily at short heights. I wonder why Logees calls it a break through?
You'll find a really nice pic of Kyle and Inca Sun here! ... edited: Inca Moon not Inca Sun
http://davesgarden.com/forums/fp.php?pid=1961991
edited: Since Inca Sun was first distributed here 2-3 years ago at DG maybe there are testimonials after all this time? Does "flowers at two feet" mean from new shoots? I would love to own this brug if it would look as pretty as Kyles pic in my environment.
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Vickie, the picture of Kyle that you linked to is of Inca Moon, instead of Inca Sun. Inca Sun is a compact grower for me and absolutely loaded with bloom. This is a 2003 picture.
This picture of Inca Sun isn't the best, but she got so heavy that she fell over a couple of times so I moved her here and tied her to the tree behind her so she wouldn't fall over anymore.
I don't know how widely Inca Sun has been distributed here, but when Kyle asked me not to mention having her, I didn't say anything until I knew it was okay.
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Inca Moon ... Duhhhhh! hmmm I wondered why it was white but just assumed it was a wintercolor. They must be related? Siblings or a completely different cross?
Your plant is certainly loaded. Reminds me of Cypress Gardens.
Does the two foot description apply to new shoots?
edited: It looks like it flowers along the trunk like Tuffy does. You've grown Tuffy. Are they alike in that way?
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What time of year was your picture taken? Does it only turn that pretty color when it is hot? Does it wilt in heat? Do bugs like it? ... so many questions.
Can it handle short periods of drought? Do the flowers hold up in rains and winds?
And if you were told to keep quiet then that explains why we've never heard much about it before lol!
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Brugie oh its beautiful.. great picture...
That picture was probably taken in late Sept. or early Oct. It holds up well in the heat. I never had any bug problems with it. I don't know about drought because it was in a pot and got water when all the others did. I never had broken branches from rain or wind. It is this color all of the time, I think. You are asking me to tax my memory and that isn't easy these days. I can't answer your question about new shoots because mine didn't send up new basal shoots, but you can see little side shoots at the bottom of the plant that sent out buds and blooms.
I have to say that Inca Sun blooms much heavier than Tuffy does, but I think Tuffy might have more aurea in her. Her blooms are a little more horizontal or nodding and they are definitely more yellow than Inca Sun. Last year wasn't a good test year for Tuffy at my house. I'll give her a little more tender loving care this year and see what she does for me. This is Tuffy this last summer. After the first of July, she wasn't cared for other than water to keep her alive. She continued to bloom tho.
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Thank you so much Shirley! Everything I needed to make my decision to get Inca Sun! You're the bestest even if your mind is going! lol! ... v
Tuffy is beautiful Shirley with those serrated leaves and long tendrils.
Well I did it! I ordered it (backorder). I'm so praying it will be as beautiful as yours Shirley! Thanks again :)
Oh ye of so little faith.......I waited 10 long years before I released this plant. Not just a matter of weeks after some types bloom the first time. It takes heat, cold, wind and rain equally well and blooms more flowers at a time on older plants than any other I have grown. See pic. .this is the original tree after 10 years it was still only 6 feet tall and 5 feet wide. at the time this pic was taken it had over 350 flowers open at a time.It tends to keep the original form without all the sprouts at the base of most types. the cross was B. Insignis Orange (aurea) x B. X.
Betty Marshall (suaveolens hybrid) The aurea was responsible for the smaller sized flower and heavy fragrance. The suaveolens contributed the smaller broader stature, and the heavy blooming qualities.It's slow to root as cuttings, is a great seed pod former, and holds well in many conditions.
this is a daytime pic of the flowers.
I've been thru so many brugs yours included that I don't know which ones to trust Kyle! :)10 years is quite the trial! Looking forward to giving this one a try. Sure is pretty!
WOW!! Kyle sent me PB x Hybrid Inca Sun seeds and my largest, and only one to Y this growing season, was full of buds, when Hurricane Rita bashed her to the ground, too late in the season for her to bud up again. I feel fairly certain she will survive the winter, all digits crossed, as well as eyes!! Thanks, Kyle, I feel like a celebrity, sitting here in south Arky with one of your seedlings, who might turn out to be a super star, like her pop!!
:-) should survive from the roots.
Wow, what an eye catcher! A belated congratulations Kyle.
That is yummy! A so desperately needed "space saver" to boot! Beautiful. Congratulations. It is on my wish list.
Wow! Congratulations, Kyle! I didn't know brugs existed until a few months ago, and now I want to try my hand at one. I think maybe this one just might need to be the one to try. It's gorgeous!
Kylee
It tends to get more woody and less tall then other varieties, versicolors get up to 30 ft tall eventually. The tallest the original plant of Inca Sun got was about 9 feet. But it was containerized the whole 10 years.had a 6inch diameter trunk. :-)
Holy Humo...Santo Smoke...dat looks da kine ono brug, brah.....
Kalola
Thanks everyone for contributing info and pics!!!
It makes me so hopeful as a newbie brug addict to see the success Brugie and Eclipse have had in my homestate! If they can grow them so wonderfully, maybe, just maybe...fingers crossed.....
mg
The magical zone 5a has more famous brugmansia hybridizers than I've been able to find in any other zone. Zone CA has lots of outstanding hybridizers and so do the coastal areas, east, west, FL and the Gulf. The Canadian hybridizers that I see on DG have beautiful brugs too...
Kyle, I think it is wonderful that your Inca Sun is a star. I am so proud of you, and feel 'special' to be growing some of your seedlings (not Inca Sun).
Sherry, when your seedling broke off, did you try cuttings from the top?
Hi Linda!!! The limb was huge and smashed the brug, just smashed it into mush, it did come back and I do think it will be fine out this winter, so far anyway. Even if I had known about my new rooting trick, rockwool, there wasn't anything to root. If she makes it through the winter, Linda, and if she is special, I'll send you a cutting. I love PB too, and just bet the combination is a good one. Fingers crossed!!
Hi Sherry, thanks
WOW! How did someone keep a secret that long?! It's like winning the lottery and not telling anyone. (Don't mean that amount of money, but rather that amount of excitement) Probably only a man could keep a secret like that. LOL! Kyle, I have never seen a pic of a brug so heavily loaded with blooms and they are so-o-o gorgeous. I can't wait to show around my Logee's catalog and tell all my friends that I "know" the hybridizer. Like bragging about a child being an honor student...... Thanks for all the input you give us, Kyle, and for all the beauty you bring us with past, present, and current brugs.
Barbara
Maybe someone has already mentioned this, but if you look in your Logee's catalog, Kyle's 'Sunray' is in there, too. :-)
I had Sunray for 2 years.
Sad to say that here in my gardens , it did not peform well enough earn a place any longer and was composted last Fall.
I hope Sunray has bloomed better for other brug-maniacs.