I like her. Not much in the tendrils department, but she's got it going on with the color.
I need to find a Harlot next year. LOL Don't you just love those names.
Vixen - naughty but nice
The inside story. LOL
She certainly is pretty, wonderful color. Isn't it funny how we like this one because of the color, another will have great tendrils and then there are those who are blooming fools but the color is nothing to get excited about!! They each hold a special place in our hearts. I see the unique qualities of each and want to keep them all. lol lol
Nice shot of the face of the flower. Where do they come up with all the names.
Oh how pretty she is. I love the way she has the collar of color going up the corolla.. hmmm... say that three times!!.. that ends in a white throat. Bet she looks like satin. The color and texture of the leaves is a big draw for me, too. Looks like Vixen will go on my "gotta have this one, too" list. Judy... ain't it the truth!!
Barb
Great title and Great shots, Mary. I remember when Tracey first emailed photos of her new brugs. We were all so excited. I really need to call her! Hopefully next summer she will be back to growing brugs. She always came up with the best names too!
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Kell, can you tell me how deep the water should be to root brugs? Didn't know if it matters...thanks
Hi Janet! I do not think it does matter. You can get those white bumps all the way up on the part that you keep wet. You could go as high as to the point that you are going to put in the dirt, but you do not need to soak them that far up.
3 weeks ago, I put a 8 foot sucker in a 16 oz red plastic cup. It hardly fit in there the cup was so small. But I like to use disposable containers because of brug cooties and that is all I had. I leaned the sucker against my house and every few days I shot the hose in its direction. I finally got to potting it up the other day and it had roots on it! I was so shocked.
Wow, that is awesome! Is it better to have the longer cuttings? Like eight to ten inches or can you also root shorter ones say four inches?
I always like the biggest I can get. Also if you have ones that are older, where the base has more of a woody stem, they root so much easier. The all green ones can rot before you turn around. Or even after you think they are rooted, if you overwater, suddenly you have mush. Though brugs are hard to kill, the first month or so when you are rooting them and then they start growing, are the most difficult to keep them alive.
You know I was just thinking, I do not think I have ever lost a 8 ft sucker cutting but have lost quite a few ones under 8 inches.
So if you have a choice, get the biggest piece with a woody bottom.
The other problem is time of year. Right now the brugs are slowing down for the winter. So it gets harder and harder to root them. In spring you usually can root 1 inch pieces just by laying them on wet soil.
GOOD LUCK, Janet!!
Edited to add:
Also try to get a piece with as many nodes as you can. You need at least 1 node to get growth. But the more nodes, the more growth you will get above and below the soil line.
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