Charlene, the picture was taken 3-30 last year. After it warmed up a bit, i hung it under trees in the shade and it bloomed quite a while after that.
North Texas Roundup plant ID thread.
I still have maya in the propagation pot, but I had to cut the bottom off for a new start as it didn't look to good. I haven't tossed it yet. I hang in there until a thing is dead, dead, dead. LOL Who knows? It may get over itself yet. If not, I will try again next swap.
Charlene
You know there are Maya Rooted cuttings for sale in the classifieds..... and lots of unrooted brug cuttings for a dollar each....
running away now before rocks can be thrown to far...
Guys, I hate to let my ignorance show but I have never heard of Maya, what is it?
Of course a plant, but what does it look like?
Josephine.
Angel Trumpet
Oh! so it is a variety of Brug? Or is it a Datura?
oh yeah, the angel trumpet/devil's tears argument. one goes up, one goes down. mitch, do you grow any of the brugs OUTSIDE year round? those are the only ones i am interested in.
i am getting a half ounce of the goat's rue. john says they are somewhat hard to germinate. i hope not as hard as yellow cleome.
Angel Trumpet - Brug and point from the Heavens downward.
Mama - I have the one I took to the swap - out side year round no trouble. The others come in for winter each year.
Well goes to show you how much I know about Brugs, I guess Maya is a poetic name because of it's flowering habit?
Mitch I leave mine in the ground here, and cut down some and root them in water, and plant them inside. They root as easy as coleus!! I'll have more than I know what to do with soon lol!
I have two yellow ones that starts light yellow and turns orange as the days go on... Smells heavenly in the evening.
Then I have one called Cassie's Curls, and another called Cherub. Haven't seen the last two bloom yet, the webworms got them pretty good, but they survived. tough plants these Brugs are!
debnes
Glad to know they are tough. Mitch brought a long, full plant to my home about a month ago..shook me up when he whacked it into a dozen pieces. I have all of them in a potting mix in a plant bowl Looks like only one of two are not going to root. The others have leaves. Have 4 more that I started from seed last Spring. They are growing like wild in pots and have them in the tool shed for the winter. Sort of afraid of a freeze. should I put a heater in there if the weather gets really bad? I have double yellow daturas that are all over the place and still blooming. Today I have a yellow dat blooming near the yellow blooming rose. Will see if I can get a picture later.
Lou, I got some seed from your yellow dat. It has still not opened up. I have it inside near a window. Should I put it in direct sun?
The maya has varigated leaves. That is the special thing about it as far as I know.
Mitch, I potted the brugs that you gave me and have them in my hoop house. They have still not leafed out. Am I to worry yet? Should I whack 'em to pieces and start rooting some cuttings, or just wait?
charlene, I am not the one to ask. The ones I have everywhere have dried and exploded on their own. At RU time everything was still green. I hope that doesn't mean they are ruined. Each pod has hundred of small seed. Maybe someone else can help us both.
Lou, I will just hang on until they either rot or open. We'll find out eventually. I really love the double yellow dat and will keep my fingers crossed. BTW you gave me a hanging basket with some little yellow daisies in it. I know you are not a name the plant person, but any chance you know the name? I have cut it back and the cuttings have rooted. I gave the hanging basket to my sister, but mine are ready to pot up in a bigger pot as some of the cuttings are already blooming. I love it, and my sister does also.
Thanks again.
Charlene
I purchased it at a plant/produce stand in Emory. TX. They told me it is called *daisy curtain*. I cut it back several times last summer because it would drag the ground and I had it hanging at least 6 feet. wilts really bad. Needs water twice a day and I had it in dapple shade. Put it in full sun and the leaves were burned.
Really a pretty plant. I have no where to overwinter. Struggling now with how to protect what I have next week when the cold blows in. Glad ya'll are liking it. got the impression it is an heirloom/pass a long. don't count on me to learn real names. sorry
how much cold is supposed to "blow in"? haven't seen a weather report because i like to live in denial this time of year.
Are they green or are they brown? peel back a little bark and maybe take some cuttings... I have never them take this long to root.
Maya - the leaves are the big thing with Maya, white and green leaves. Just stunning... you want fancy you need Wiskers.
I got five brugs at the swap, and made them a nice sunny little corner in my dining room for the winter. They dropped a few leaves at first because of the drier air, but now they're all doing fine. Should I do anything more over the winter? Do they NEED to be cut back or anything, or can I just let them grow?
I hope Melva is reading this. I'm really worried about is her thunbergia. I read that it's only hardy up to zone 9, so I brought it inside too. It doesn't like it in here at all. I could move it outside with winter protection, but not sure I can keep it over 40 out there. Not sure what to do.
Brugs will loose their leaves anytime they are moved inside or out if it is a big shock for them. They dont need cut back.. but I do a lot just to get a few more.
Mitch they are rooted, they are the huge ones you brought to RU. They don't look any different from when you brought them, I just wondered if they would leaf out again this year or wait until spring or if they might be in trouble since they aren't doing anything.
The little ones you brought are doing fine and have leaves. I have room for them in the house in front of a window. If they are the same I guess it is not really a big deal if the big ones don't make it.
I put them in huge pots and they are in my hoop house which is closed on these windy days or when it is cold, and I will add heat if we have a freeze.
I am exicted to have them and just don't want to goof up with them.
Charlene
Then they will be fine - I take cuttings... but I am a cutting freak.
AMEN!
LOL Mitch... I like cuttings too!!
Barbara, What's the zipcode for denial? I will look it up for you and check the weather. :-O
You guys know how you can root ivy and coleus in a bottle of water? Last year I did that with my Brug. It loved the water and all the leaves stayed on, though I cut many off so it wouldn't be too much. When it got really full with roots I potted it up and left it in the corner window in the kitchen... Worked pretty good that way for me.
:-)
Now that I will have to try...
Sounds wonderful...
Rose cuttings are not rooting yet. Does anyone have roots on their rose cuttings?
I just heard of a really unbelievable way to root roses from a very believable person.
This time of year she takes 8-10" cuttings and puts them in her yard where she wants a rose bush. If the ground is dry she waters it when she puts it out. She then forgets it. In the spring she has a rose bush there. She says this is a very foolproof method.
I got this from DG's flowerjunkie who lives in zone 8b ofr 9a in Cypress a Houston area.
I am thinking of taking my cuttings outside and giving it a try.
This lady can grow anything. I think this method sounds too easy, but she swears by it.
Charlene
Flowerjunkie says this is the only time of the year she roots roses.
I have tried that - with crepe myrtles and mulberries too... it works - oh... maybe half of the time. But if you dont keep track there is noting to loose.
Trimmed back my 6 ft tropical hibiscus yesterday (it is still blooming by the way) Just a few of the tallest branches so I could cover it. Mitch, I stuck these into my *rooting pot*. Think they will take?
Not the tallest - ok take the stems that bloomed cut the "down" end that was closest to the roots in a V shape, cut the top off at the 4th leaf bud. The wood should be the size of a pencil. Put this in soil and keep warm - in the house. Shoul root and be blooming before the last spring frost.
Thanks.
No problem - do you want me to run over and get them ready for you?
The Dantura you gave me for cuttings have their first big boy leaves!!!
appreciate your offer but about to take a little siesta.
:-) when ever you are ready I can come show you how to do cuttings.... it is so easy it should be wrong to do but what fun it is!
Charlene, the Joseph's Coat cuttings I took mid-October FINALLY have roots on them. They're in a "greenhouse baggie" in sand. I guess roses are really slow. They have to develop scar tissue and then turn it into roots.
My mom told me that her mom always stuck them in the ground and put a jar over them, and would then just leave them. I'd be hesitant to do that in the summer, in full sun. Now would be a great time to try it, though.
I didn't know that tropical hibiscus cuttings should be wounded. I used the plastic bottle on top method. It shriveled up and looked dead as a doornail. But now it finally has new leaves.
I've been trying to get my Ragin' Cajun ruellia rooted for a couple of years. (Mine never overwinter or reseed; I have to buy them every year.) Same story this year in rooting medium. So this year I put one in water too. It just sat there for over a month, but it didn't die, and now it finally has some little roots. Yeah!
I've been rooting a lot of annuals and perennials that won't overwinter for me. (More money for new perennials in the spring, right?) Right now my kitchen looks like a greenhouse full of Dasani bottles. I always root in water if I can--it's just easier all around. They say it's not the best way (water roots supposedly aren't as strong). But if I've actually gotten something to root that way, I've never had any trouble getting it to grow in dirt later. Some things do have to be potted up pretty fast, or they'll rot. But others will live in water very well until spring.
I root in soil - well soil mix only. I dont do the water seeing that it is too hard to get them to move over to soil for me. Anyway you do it - cuttings are very addictive.
I like pattie's GMs way with the jar too! I did that in a pot with a Sambac Jasamine and it worked very well, but only in the cooler months in shade.
Mitch, have you tried rooting in water and then first potting up in your perlite mixture? That's worked for me on occasion, with some things that don't want to root directly in the mixture.
And then there are all the "easy" things that I can't get to root at all...... I must be the only person in the world who can't root salvias. Someone gave me a gorgeous unrooted cutting at the roundup of one of those gorgeous coral greggiis. Didn't root for me. :(
I have not - I root in the mix almost like that Josephine taught me... 1 part perlite, 1 part compost, and 2 parts good soil. I get 75% or so to really take root, and loose a few after that but I can get most things if I am careful and watch to make sure the soil was very very moist.
Hello Everybody, anyone interested in purple Mexican Petunia, Ruellia brittoniana plants?
They are the regular kind, and I have about 25 of them, I decided to redo the planters by the patio. They are in a bucket of water and still fine for 2 or three days.
If anyone is interested in coming to get them please let me know today and we can arrange it.
Josephine.
P.S. it is raining buckets over here, how about at your place?
Frostweed, when you say regular kind, do you mean short bunchy or tall with burgandy stalks.
Not that I live close enough to make it feasible to drive over, but would pay mail for the short bunchy ones.
My sister has a new house and needs some for putting around a bed with red flowers. She is into the purple hat society and is big on red and purple. I have a few that I got at my son's house and have them potted up ready to take over at Christmas when I go.
Sis is more special to me than ever as she has overcome breast cancer and several bouts with the bad kind of staff that is hard to beat as well as a dozen other problems (all serious and too numerous to list). We were always close, but I treasure her more now as I have come so close to losing her several times.
We are now trying to decide what pink flowers she wants for a breast cancer awareness bed. Her DH is going to make a ribbon shaped bed for them. I love helping her as she is not able to do much physically a lot of the time.
To get back on track, if you have the short bunchy ones I will pay for shipping if you are willing to send them.
Charlene