I'm in zone 8a and I'm lacking much shade so I'm wondering which brugs can take the most sun in your opinion? In the summer it's hot and humid here.
Which brugs can take the most sun?
It was really hot here this summer and very soil dry, but humid. I had several that did well in the sun.
Rubirosa
Pink Lady
Bad Angel
Sheer Bliss
Pink Charm
Rosalie
Rothkirch
Day Dreams
all are pink brugs. Others that did well were
Jamie and Maya...both variegated.
Champagne Fizz is a yellow and it stands up in the heat fairly well.
Culebra did very well this summer.
We had several days of temps in the mid to upper nineties with many of those days having a heat index of 110 or more. I only had one flush during the hot weather, but many of the buds set and held on through the heat.
Many are blooming now, but it's cool and they don't have strong color.
This message was edited Oct 15, 2007 8:53 PM
It was really hot and nasty here too with no rain. The ones that did well for me in 100 degree, full sun would be:
Everlasting
Enchanted Double White
Snowbank
Adeline
Mountain Magic
Mountain Treasure
Day Dreams
Whiskers
Tiara
The others I have would melt, so I had to put them in shaded spots.
I had good luck with these in full sun till 2pm.. our summer sun is really brutal.
Milk N Honey
Amber Rose
V Apricot
Candida Dbl White
Maya
Jamie
Tequila Sunrise
New Orleans Lady
Whiskers
Can we bump this? I'm getting ready to put my fall cuttings into the ground and would like to hear from others what brugs do good in full sun and REAL heat. Like 95° to 105°.
Latitudes for:
Lodi, CA = 38.14šN
Jeffersonville, IN = 38.315šN
Chariton, IA = 41.013šN
Palestine, TX = 31.761šN
La Grange, TX = 29.905šN
The sun is more intense for us than it is for the other posters. I've read some Texas people living closer to the coast have success with Brugs out in full sun. My worry is lack of humidity. Last summer we had quite a number od days where the humdity was less than 15%. With humidity that low, even those Brugs I had in morning sun only had problems getting enough water up to the leaves. Despite all the fertillizer I gave them, the leaves were very small, plants didn't grow and they didn't bloom. I believe they went dormant until early fall. I don't plan on putting any out in full sun.
That is the same difficulty I had last summer. My brugs barely had any leaves and they were very small. The brugs that grew well were on north facing walls so were shaded most of the day and received mostly indirect bright light. Our humidity was below 10% most days and were were in severe drought conditions. No matter how much water they received, the air just sucked the moisture out of the plants so the growth was severely stunted.. nothing grew well....even cannas had a difficult time! Here is my Mountain Magic when it finally bloomed.. I got two small flushes from it... anemic looking plant I know.. but I still loved the blooms... spider mites just loved the conditions all year!
Oh goodie! I have alot of those brugs you all named as loving full sun.. my backyard misses its' big shade tree we lost last year..
I want to add painted Lady and Adeline to the list, They were planted in the hottest bed in my yard last summer and I had multiple flushes on them.
We hardly ever go below 50% humidity in the summer. Most of the time it's quite higher. So that won't be a problem. I'm just concerned about the amount of time they would spend in that really hot afternoon sun. The only plants I have that like it are my asparagus ferns, nandina and mandevillia vine.
Well, you can always try them in large pots in that area first and see what they think about it.. just keep them watered well.. if they tolerate it fairly to moderately well.. then plant them in the ground...they would tolerate it even better!
I've had cherub in a pot for a year. It's ready for the ground. I've had the cuttings out in various places in the yard to see which site they like best. I figure if they do pretty well in these locations in pots, then they will do better in the ground. So far half like it sunny and half like it shaded. So I have pretty much decided that all will get morning sun and a few only about 2hrs of mid day to early afternoon sun. They will be planted with watersorb crystals to help retain water while they are settling in.