What are you 10 favs of brugs? I've only been growing a short time and am not sure what brugs I should be picking out. I live in Arizona and have very hot summers. I don't think that my 2 brugs liked summer but they recovered this fall. They are wintering in the Arizona Room were it is around 50 but gets a little cooler at night.
Mickey
Cave Creek, Arizona
10 favorite burgmansias
Favorites only count, if they will grow in your area. Here are some that we have found tolerate the Texas heat.
Miss Emily MacKenzie
Pink Beauty
Mountin Magic
Axel Rose
Isabella
Orange Sunshine
Serendipity
Adeline
KBS
Natine Habitat Double Peach
10?? OMG. That's a hard one. You gotta realize that they perform differently in each zone and all that good stuff.
Ok, I'll try....
1. Whiskers -- awesome scent, stands up to 100+ degree weather with little wilting; gotta love those leaves too!
2. Mountain Magic -- Prolific bloomer, withstands heat, drought, no spidermites -- probably my favorite.
3. Day Dreams -- Once she is established, has amazing flushes with very nicely formed blooms.
4. Adeline -- Takes forever for her to hold buds, but when she does, has very nice medium pink, large blooms.
5. Tiara -- Gorgeous white double that smells almost like Whiskers. Sets pods easily.
6. Isabella -- Could not go a season without seeing her 200+ bloom flush in the early fall.
7. Orange Custard -- not officially named or released yet, but gorgeous dark green leaves, blooms that won't quit, and practically bug free.
8. Miss Emily McKenzie -- Huge, gorgeous medium pink blooms that are practically non-stop during the growing season.
9. Snowbank -- Even though mine didn't bloom last year, the foliage is to die for.
10. Everlasting -- because of the nodding blooms and the ping spotted hawkmoths love it!
That was hard!!!
Thanks for posting this, Mickey. Taking notes here!
1. Pink Charm - gorgeous, frequent blossoms, heat tolerant....curly tendrils and fragrant!
2. Painted Lady - beautifully shaped, large blossoms, heavy bloomer, fragrant!
3. Miss Emily Mackenzie - Huge blossoms, heavy bloomer, fragrant
4. Jamies Monkey Business- Beautiful petite orange blossoms. Just a pleasure to grow.
5. Taylor Dawn- Heavy bloomer, fragrant, blooms are petite, but she produces lots of them frequently. Pink color has lavender overtones.
6. KBS- Heavy bloomer, color varies from amber to apricot to pinkish white depending on the weather. A staple in my garden.
7.Sweetheart - beautiful petite white double. Nice shape and form. Loves to bloom.
8.Harlot - color,color,color. Harlot and her pod sister Vixen have the most amazing color. Heavily fragrant and frequent bloomer
9.DayDreams - Beautiful double pink that has fantastic shape and form. Fragrant.
10. Vixen - see Harlot traits
Not necessarily in that order.....this is based on overall performance in a hot south florida environment
This message was edited Dec 16, 2007 8:54 AM
I still have many that haven't had enough time to be fully established, so this may change in the next couple years.
1. Day Dreams - Lovely shape, color, dependable bloomer. Dependable is very important to me.
2. Mountain Magic. Great pink single. Blooms even in the heat.
3. Fascination - One of the first double pinks to catch my eye and start the obsession. First to make me say "wow".
4. Meadow Princess. Smaller double with rich color and kept her nice shape. Some small ones don't
5. Painted Lady. Pretty pink with copious amounts of blooms. Will bloom when others have given up for summer.
6. Vixen. What she lacks in tendrils she makes up for in color and is a free bloomer
7. Mountain Treasure. Dependable, pretty; made a nice bush/hedge for me.
8. Dorthea. Bloomed early. An elegant pink single
9. L'Amour - One of the oldies, but worth keeping. Bloomed many times.
10. Adeline. Took 2 years of waiting but the reward put her on this list.
Oh my - I just realized all but one are pink. I am obsessed!
Mary
This message was edited Dec 15, 2007 9:31 PM
Yeh Mary we need more of the bright yellows dbls. & singles.
I can't help because I am just now starting to collect as of this fall. I appreciate all of you making your list and why.....
Thank you all for taking the time and letting us newbies know what works for you.
Joyce
I'm following this thread also, and taking notes! :-)
OH YEAH !!!
Rothkirch, single pink aurea that smells wonderful and likes heat.
Maya, variegated with peachy blooms. I have no problems with her.
Day Dreams, my best double pink from Monika's seed.
Pink Charm, much like the Eveready Bunny..it just keeps on going.
Rubirosa...an awesome bloomer with great fragrance.
Sheer Bliss, much like Rubirosa, blooms are a little bigger.
Jamie...great yellow bloom color over variegated leaves.
Painted Lady...awesome deep color and good bloomer.
Champagne Fizz..nice yellow/gold.
Luminosa x Charleston seedling pictured here. Should bloom better outside this summer.
I like nearly every brug I see tho. I'm very partial to brugs with nice tendrils that don't hang, but like to curl up and stay perky.
Good morning Shirley. Is Maya the one alot of people have problems with? Someone sent me a cutting, but it didn't make it. Just started shriveling up and the first thing I knew it was hollow.
Same here cat, Maya just shrank up and croaked, It was my first one and I didn't know anything about them. Was it me or is she really that difficult.
My notes are getting long and I'm trying to pick out some of the good ones besides what the most amazing people here a DG gave me.
1. Rubirosa - Beautiful flower, great scent, sets pods easily.
2. Vixen - Coral/rose color, knock your socks off scent, great flower texture, sets pods easily.
3. Pink Smitty - Lovely form, nice scent, sets pods easily.
4. Peanut - Lovely form, nice scent, sets pods easily.
5. Mountain Magic - Good form, great color, sets pods easily.
6. Jean Pasko - Blooms, blooms, blooms and great scent.
7. Earth Angel - Color color color!!! I love this one.
8. The Chief - Great form (4 skirts!), unique and strong fragrance and its yellow!
9. Apricot Reise - Big fat flower, powerful fragrance.
10. Isabella - Blooms, blooms, blooms and great scent.
This message was edited Dec 16, 2007 1:26 PM
Maya is a little hard to root unless it is rooted in the summer...at least for me. I meant I had no problems with it in heat, cool, or with critters of any kind.
Brugie, any kind of input helps, thanks.
1. Goldfinch- Beautiful yellow, great scent, sets seed constantly.
2. Jinny Lind-small plant with large Aurea type,fragrant pink blooms.
3. Sam - Smallest of the pink doubles-very prolific and very beautiful.
4. Mon Amour du Mareiul.....simply the best of the double pink/peaches
5. The Chief-Fragrant,bright yellow/orange and unusual "A"line skirts
6. Wretched Mess-Stunning white triple/quad..
7. Lamour-It just doesn't get any better.
8. Becca Lynn-An oldie but a great yellow-none better!
9. Delta Dawn-I love the color,fragrance and size.
10.Vixen-great color,prolific bloomer,sets pods easily
checking the lists above,it's obvious there are different strokes for different folks but I see several of the oldies on most of the lists.Newer does not always mean better.
I think better when I have a visual aid such as a chart or table. So I hope you don't mind if I took all the information supplied and turned it into a table. I would like to share it if anyone is interested, but first I need to find out how to convert an Excel file into a GIF, JPEG or PNG. Anyone know how to do it?
If it's one page just take a screen shot of it
My list :
Painted Lady
Golden Lady
Rubirosa
Mountain Magic
Isabella
New Orleans Lady
Apricot Reise
Whiskers
L'amour
Vixen
Not in any special order, but love these. I have two or three yet un named ones that I also love.
1. Candida Double White - Constant blooms - Pretty good scent too.
2. Whiskers - best brug for scent in my yard, picture perfect bloom shape too.
3. Chesa - double/triple pink blooms almost constantly, perfume scent, great plant all around.
4. New Orleans Lady - Very vibrant color in summer.
5. Maya - Can take sun and blooms okay too.
6. Amber Rose - Blooms great in heat and has awesome color.
7. Tequila Sunrise - Mega Bloomer and scent is amazing.
8. Creamsickle - Blooms are enormous and smell divine.
9. Jamies Monkey Business - Tendrils are soooo cute! - great color.
10. Rosamond - Huge Flush of blooms is overwhelmingly beautiful.
Best bloomer ever - Frosty Pink - blooms no matter what.
Not in particular order. Next year will change I'm sure, as my collection has grown every year.. more brugs more brugs more brugs!
I am a newbie as well and I love them ALL! And thanks to ZZ for all my cuttings, and one other person that was kind enough to send me one!
ZZ, they are still kickin! :)
Great thread!
Guess I have to join in here! My favorites are:
1) Xena - Withstands the heat of Arkansas. Huge blooms & a prolific bloomer. Little wilting.
2) Dr. Seuss - Another one that withstands the heat here in Arkansas. Wonderful scent!
3) Maya - Blooms well here - but needs afternoon shade during the hot months. Watch for wilting.
4) Creamsickle - Blooms well & needs extra watering. Afternoon shade during the hot months. Wilts easily.
5) Herrenhauser Garten - Seems to enjoy the heat with late afternoon shade.
6) Frosty Pink - Afternoon & evening sun. Prolific bloomer & the smell is great! Little wilting.
7) Cuba - Beautiful apricot colored blooms. Few blooms as mine is only one year old. Seems to enjoy early morning sun & afternoon shade.
8) Vixen - Enjoys sun with afternoon shade. Almost a watermelon red/pinkish color. Great smell!
9) Candida Double White - Early morning sun & afternoon shade. Prolific bloomer & wonderful smell!
10) Jamaica Yellow - Afternoon & evening sun. Withstood the heat of Arkansas! Pleasant scent!
Seeing these, I'm thinking, "How could I forget that one?" There's so many good ones!
Thank you everyone. I'm really enjoying this thread!!!
Mickey
Arizona
O.k. I am jumping here, as well. As a newbie, I am taking notes. Gotta add my thanks to ZZ as well. Your babies are looking good. Roots about 1 1/2 in. long. Beautiful leaves....can't wait until they look like yours! Thanks everyone for all the info! Don't know what I would do without everyone!
Compilation of all Brugs mentioned in the thread page 1
Compilation of all Brugs mention in the thread page 2
Wow! Thanks Bettydee. That's handy!
Compilation of all Brugs mention in the thread page 3
Compilation of all the Brugs mentioned in the thread page. 4
I just saved them all off. Thanks Betty
Gosh only 10 ! Well here are my favorites so far:
Creamsickle
Golden Lady
Margie's Delight ( unregistered)
Chesa ( not released yet)
New Orleans Lady
Painted Lady
Jamie's Monkey Business
Adeline
Mt. Magic
Rubirosa #1
I could go on, there are many other's I just love.
betteydee those are wonderful - I have them saved and printed off! Just getting into Brugs for reals - (not just the one but more then one...) I am loving all the lists and details.
Thank you!!
I thought 10 would be a good starting point for some of us beginners. Thank you all for the great help!
Mickey
Hi Mickey I live in AZ too. I think I spoke with you once on the SW forum. My dh's grandfather built a house in Cave Creek at one time many years ago before it was considered a city, and it was passed down through our family. It had an AZ room too. Beautiful views of the mountains. When he was a kid, my husband used to be able to shoot his BB gun from the side patio and not hit any houses. His granny was onery and kept a golf club next to the patio door to whack the rattlesnakes with, who crawled up on her porch to warm themselves in the sun.
I am in Lake Havasu City now, but grew up in the Phx area. Your temps are probably comparable to Phx but but cools off more at night.
Couldn't really say which brugs like it here in the summer~they all hate it, as do most of my tropicals! It bounces around between 110-120 here on a regular basis.I think you are a little cooler than that- thank goodness!! .I actually had to take many brugs in and cut them back this summer, even though I had built a shade house with misters etc.
A consistant 110 (with the night temps staying 100+) degrees is about the limit for most brugs. They will quit blooming after that and some flat-out will die from the heat. I had two huge brug trees that I have had for 6+ yrs do that for no reason other than heat!.. We also get hot dry winds which the brugs hate. The winter, late fall and spring are great and they love it. If I was dumb enough to be staying here, I would stick to my plumeria and cactus LOL! Only 3 of many, did fairly well with those temperatures, and they were NOL, Charles Grimaldi, and a large seedling I am growing ~hybridized by paul phillips.
My mom and grandmother have brugs in Phx and Peoria (I enabled them of course :P) and they don't have as many problems as we do here, they are more sheltered from winds via Phx area being in a valley, but they still look pretty bad in the summer.
Mites can be a problem due to the hot dry climate-it is perfect for them.
Your best bet is to amend your soil and put them in beds with mulch and a drip irrigation. They will like a lot of fertilizer. Keep them away from block walls and large boulders etc. It will cook them in the summer, they will need shade in the afternoon in your climate. Some type of shelter from winds, if it is often windy.
MickeyAz, I have had good luck with Charles Grimaldi in Tucson. Right now it is blooming and also has lots of flowers about to open. It is in a large pot under a mesquite tree.