I came across this one in the local gardens, I thought Grimaldy???
It is about 7'-8', has a pungent spicy aroma, not much bug damage for public gardens.
Who is this
You have a very pretty brug there but since it did not come with a name tag it is referred to as an unknown (unk)
With all the brugs floating around today it would be impossible to ID one without a tag.
Enjoy your pretty new flower ;-)
Which gardens Rita? I remember a member here collected lots of brugs for a public garden in Texas a couple of years ago! Wouldn't it be funny if you were there. I remember because a friend of mine, Susie, donated lots of the brugs.
Do you mean Charles Grimaldi? That is a yellow to orange brug tha tis so popular in California gardens.
Here is a very young Charles Grimaldi tree.
You Know I think the story does match, this one is in the Japanese Gardens/ Sunken Gardens. I was given a strange story by the local Botanical gardens manager about their origin. Said that they had been brought in to the country by a US Military person who had German connections. These plants he believed were German stock.
The plants are not pampered they have to cope with pretty harsh conditions where they are planted, the pictured one I have a root off spring from and have 1 growing self sown seedling that I found under the cnopy.
That is too cool. I have never had a brug seed self sow. LOL. In fact on most of mine, the pods seem to dry up on the tree. I have noticed that Arborea though does toss its ripened pods down and the pod disintegrates leaving the seeds free but no seedlings yet have appeared. Are you sure yours was't a new sucker coming up from the ground?
I think a lot of German brugs have come into this country thru servicemen stationed in Germany. A friend in Florida used to get his son to send him lots.
Sorry, but I have no clue which yours is. Does it turn pink? They were not tagged as to name?
I have a hard time imagining brugs in a Japanese garden. LOL
Hi Rita :)
The flowers on your plant looks a lot like those on B x 'Sweet Lena' coming from Denmark, but it can't possibly be it. 'Sweet Lena' was never official released in Europe, but I gave away a few cuttings to two friends in Germany and Switzerland in October 2003. On the other hand, a lot of seeds from the same lot ended up in America in the winter 2002 and spring 2003.
There are probably many hybrids out there that looks more or less the same as 'Sweet Lena'. The cross was simple and could have been made all over the world as the parents or similar plants was ww available back then. It was a white hybrid (B. aurea x B. suaveolens) that was crossed to a golden hybrid (aka Charles Grimaldi), so I am sorry, that I can not be of any help finding out its name.
Rita, I think the serviceman that donated these to the San Antonio Botanical Garden actually got them from Susie. She sent them to him to give to the garden for a Moonlight Garden Show about 3 yrs. ago.
So they were probably from Susie, Calalily! LOL. I know others too donated brugs to give to them. It is great they are still there to be enjoyed by all!
My guess would be "Adora".
To answere the seedling question, I collected 2 plants, the first was an unattached germinated seedling and has different shaped leaves than the parent plant, smoother, rounder without the defined serations of the parent. The other plant was a root that had surfaced some distance from the mother plant and started growing leaves, I cut the root on either side of the leaved to bring it home. This one has the same leaves as the parent, rougher with obvious serated edge. There are about 10 more varied brug bushes in this garden which I have been watching, the conditions are tough though, this bush looks the best, its in the most protected position, the others are more exposed, but they do have pretty substantial trunks. suggesting 3 to more years old.
Tony the leaves certainly look like Grimaldis, the flower is on the smaller side about 6''-8''.
I got the impression that there may have been some less than honourable history here , so to who ever provided the plants I am gratefull as they grace the gardens. I will post on their progress and send cuttings if requested