.............and what great results!!!
gardener eaten by plant
Wow!!! That is quite a picture. Love the underplanting as well as it sets of the lovely pink of your brug...and the pot is rather nice too, lol.
Tussee
Too cool... award winning photo there!
It should be an ad for Miracle-Gro Lawn fertilizer.
That's one beautiful Brug and one proud papa!
I personally think it should be a toothpaste ad. Great smile! OK, plant is nice, too.
Nice plant, great picture. Could sell lots of fertilize & toothpaste, but.........errrr do those two go together in same sentence?
Great picture of a proud Brug Papa!!
Bonnie
I am SOOOOOO jealous :( but, I'll get over it! I'm awaiting my very first brug flower---each day it teases me but soon (???) my NOID brug shall give birth!!!
Jan, who admits that patience is not one of my virtues :)
You are going to have fun trying to pollinate that one. LOL! Great picture of you both.
Amazing that such a tree can be contained in such a small planter! Gives me hope. I have to lug them all indoors over winter as you do...
Brugie;
How do you pollinate your brug? I've a white brug that gave me a flush of beautiful blossoms earlier this year. I dead headed some, but a few spent flowers just dried up and no seeds formation? What's up with that? Lack of pollinators (bees, moths ect.)? I've a good population of bees and butterflies in the garden, even hawk moths and more. Or is that the brug's cultivar is sterile?
It requires pollen from a different plant. Flowers on the same plant won't cross with each other. I just use a clean artist type brush and dab pollen on the stigma. If you want to save pollen for later use, be sure you collect before you paint. The little pollen laden anthers pull right out. Let the pollen dry in a dark place for a couple of days and then store it in something like a tiny baggie or wax paper folded to keep it from coming out. Label it and put it in something air tight and refrigerate or freeze it. Most important is to clean your brush with alcohol before you move to another tree. I also don't like to stick the brush back into the pollen for fear of contaminating it, so I have several brushes that I use.
What a great picture!!
Brugie; thanks for such helpful info. Your kindness for sharing is much appreciated.
Kim
Thanks Kim. I didn't get into Arborea and Sangs, but they can be pollinated with their own pollen or with each other.
What a fabulous shot! LOVE IT!
I'll have to let the green house manager know that you all love his smile! I'm the one behind the camara. We both work on an estate up here and I'm the head gardener.
I'm not sure what we'll do with these over the winter but I imagine it will involve a root pruning.
We're thinking of putting them (we grew 4 of these) in the minimally heated sun drenched living room for the winter.Does anyone have any recommendations on how to do this best?
Well, darn. Now we need a picture of you too. LOL!
LOL, I agree!