Brugs grown from cuttings

I am very interested to see other folks brugs that they rooted and grew from cuttings. I have 5 that made it out of about 8 or 9 cuttings that I received from DonnaB! Bless her generosity!!! These are my first and only brugs currently! All have now bloomed. I received some of the cuttings during summer last year and two I got in October 2007.

This is Pink Beauty. It has grown very nicely into a standard form. I received the cutting last summer which I rooted in water (as I did with all of them) and then potted it up. I finally planted all my brugs in the ground over the last 2 months.

This one I just love because of the yellow blooms. It's called Whiskers. It was received as a cutting last summer. Also rooted in water, potted up, and recently planted in the ground.

This is what some of them looked like being rooted in water. I use spring water and a couple drops of MiracleGro plant food.

This is Ecuador Pink. It is now happily planted in the ground. It was also a cutting received last summer.

These last two were received in October of last year. This one has so many blooms and the plant is still very short so the blooms are all touching the ground. It needs to grow taller! LOL!

This is Miss Emily McKenzie!

Becky they are looking great. they like where you have them planted and seem to be thriving

This one is a cutting received in October 2007 as well. It is called Day Dreams and is a double ... or is there such a thing as a triple?

Here's the Day Dreams bloom up close. So pretty! And the fragrance in my backyard is amazing! I can smell the blooms from the front street! :-)

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Donna - THANK YOU again for sending me these cuttings! I just love them all! They are all unique and special to me in their own way. I hope they continue to do well in my yard. I keep reading about folks who have brugs that just up and die. Some of the cuttings rooted, but then died when I planted them in pots! Go figure!

Here is another view of the double blooming Day Dreams. So gorgeous!!! I think of you Donna everytime I walk around my backyard and see them all! :-)

Day Dreams does occasionally throw trips for some people. I grew her from seed and have never had a triple bloom yet. Your brugs all look very nice. I especially love Whiskers.

wow very nice good job becky!!

Hi they look wonderful ...but if you grew Daydream from seed it is a Daydream cross not a pure daydream...you did well and the Pics are great.
chrissy

Chrissy, I grew the seed and named the plant Day Dreams with the help of the members here. It is a cross made by Monika Gottschalk. It is the real Day Dreams and NOT a cross. Here is the thread where it was named. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/458091/

WOW! Becky, they're just beautiful and so healthy looking! Donna also extended her generosity to me this winter and they're now potted up and some ready to go in the ground (remember, I'm in a different zone so you're ahead of me). I hope I can be as good a Brug Mama as you. I'll post pictures as they get going well. Thanks Donna!!!

Sorry about that ...please forgive my ignorance as I am still unfamiliar with all the hybrid stuff ...wow you bred this? how wonderful ...you must be so proud. She is truly a Daydream that we would all love to have.
chrissy

Chrissy I think you're confused about DayDreams. Monika Gottschalk in germany is the hybridizer. The cross is Fandango x Rubirosa. She sent seed from that cross to the USA and Shirley was one of the lucky recipients. Shirley in turn grew out the seeds and one of the seedlings produced what I believe (I could be wrong) was the first double pink to be grown in the USA and was subsequently named DayDreams.

Day Dreams is a very special plant,thanks to Brugie and Monika!!
Bonnie

Oh, I have to second that! It is just beautiful!

X- Thanks for the background how Day Dreams was cultivated! Fascinating! That's neat that it originated in Germany and I managed to get a cutting! DonnaB must have some GOOD connections!!

Pretty close, Gary. The one named Monika was the first double pink. This was the second, I believe, but could be wrong on that. I was fortunate to be able to grow both Monika and Day Dreams. Day Dreams has been very popular. There are now lots of double/triple pinks....nearly all are pretty and would be a great addition to any garden.

Nice Brug Paul

Becky, they are beautiful, I just got some cuttings from someone in DG, nice ones too, what are your suggestions, I watered them today and was thinking of putting them in pots tomorrow, any suggestions? I want blooms this summer, and my season is shorter than yours, I am in NY, Clem

CIem - I rooted mine in water until they had some nice size roots. Then I potted them up in Moisture Control potting mix and set them outside in morning sun, afternoon shade. The need regular feeding during the growing season as they are pigs! But they grow fast and bloom like crazy! I use Bloom Booster and Osmocote. I use Bloom Booster every 3 weeks. Works great! Good luck with your cuttings!

Thanks Becky, I have them outside today, weather, maybe, low 60's. it feels pretty warm. i khow they are beast in regards to feeding, I've never tried them from cutting until this year. So some advise from someone that knows comes in handy. Muchas gracias, Clem

so nice Becky. thanks for fostering another new obsession.

Wow! I'm in a daze! Day Dream does well in zone 9. I'm rethinking my misconception of doubles that don't do well in my climate!

okay I have a question...

I am trying to root cuttings in water. I used rootone (?) and i've been changing the water every other day. I have lost 2 of them due to rot. now the others are loosing their leaves and looking shrivelled.. am I doing something wrong? should they have something added to the water. They are in light all day... morning sun and afternoon indirect light... ? help!
but all the seedlings are doing great! (thanks becky!)

I have heard hydrogen peroxide in the water helps prevent that.

Can anyone point me to a source that lists the hardy zones for brugs?
I've searched high & low. Even the brug info sites don't list it, as well as the sites I've found that sell full mature blooming plants & cuttings. The sticky on the brug forum has an nice admonishment from Dave, but no info on brugs.... oy.

There aren't many books on raising brugmansias. I visited my local Libarary, they have one single book on Brugs that was writen by someone long, long time ago, and it was checked out!

Anjl - Cut off the bottom of your Brug cuttings until you get some good solid and firm branch. Get rid of the mushy stuff! I use Spring water to root mine in. City water and well water sometimes can kill the cuttings. They don't need anything else that I am aware of until they are ready for planting in a pot or the ground. Once I see some roots growing, I will sometimes add just a little tiny bit of MiracleGro Plant Food (like a drop or two). Here is what the roots look like when it first starts making roots from a cutting.

Shawna - Here is what I have been told ... Most brugs will grow in the Spring/Summer/Fall, but need to either be protected in cold temps (freezing) by either bringing them inside a GH (or other sheltered area) ... OR ...If you don't get freezing temps that stay cold for long periods of time, then you can heavily mulch them in the ground for protection. They will completely die back to the ground and come back when the temps heat up. But that is in the milder zones, not the really cold zones. Pinks grow well just about everywhere. Doubles and triples don't do as well in the south where it is very hot. Colors also don't do as well in intense heat. All need sunlight to bloom, but morning sun afternoon shade is best unless you have yours in a cooler area of your yard. There they can take full day sun. Mine are out in the open in a very hot zone. They wilt every day and bounce back in the evenings after the sun goes down. Unfortunately, the blooms never fully recover. I think late Fall, Winter, and Spring will be good months for my brugs in my hot zone. They are heavy feeders. Need water only when they wilt AND don't bounce back after sundown. If you water them too much their leaves turn yellow and drop off.

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oneanjl,

If they are green cuttings (which youprobably have this time of the year), they're harder to root in water. Usually, people take fall/winter cuttings from the hardwood.

Also, when I root mine, I just put them in water on my kitchen counter. If you're giving them direct sunlight of any kind that may be the problem. I suggest get them out of light and only use indirect. I only use rootone if I'm planting them up in pots from cuttings.

Soulja,
In Louisville all brugs will die back to the ground in the winter. Cover them with mulch if you leave them in the ground for the winter. and most will come back in the summer -- some will not in your zone. You can take cuttings (hopefully above the "y") before your first freeze in the winter and root them in water over the winter. Read all the threads on the forum and you can raise them inside in the winter then be good to go once spring is back.

Or you can even dig up some and pot them up to bring inside for the winter. I have some standards that are in pots and I stick them in the garage in the winter and let them go dormant with only a tiny bit of water every few weeks then I bring them back out in spring. The rest I leave in the ground and once they die back I cover them with mulch and wait till spring.

Some are a few more tender but I'm not the best for knowing which ones. Go on the plant guide and type in "angel trumpet" and it will list many, many by name with the zone info.

Good luck to you both!

Actually, I wouldn't recommend keeping them in the ground, Soulja. It gets well below freezing here, and so does the ground, so they will not survive. Instead just keep them in pots and bring them inside or a warm garage for the winter.

I am in a slightly warmer zone and left my first brug in the ground last winter. We mulched it well and wraped bubble wrap around the main trunk and some of the branches after the Y for a total of about 3 or 4 ft tall. Well absolutely every bit of the plant that was wraped in bubble wrap survived and is now growing like a weed.. sure gave it a great start on this years growth. Could not hurt to try for anyone with one in the ground instead of chopping it to the ground. You may get a good jump start on your growth the next year. We sure did. I have 3 others now in the ground and a few more to plant and will do this with all of them in the fall. I will also take cuttings "just in case" Luckily the plant survived because only 2 of our cuttings did.. I did not baby them like I should have.

Tammie

oookay, Angel Trumpet! I knew that's what it was called but I've been searching for Brugmansia with not so much luck. and Thank you for all the info. Another DGer strikes again! I always tell friends that being on here and interactive for a year probably saved me 4 years if I had to go to the library and look all this up huh?


also And what size pots do you all use? The bigger the pot, I assume, the bigger the plant? Thanks again Brug people. for the lo-down & the pictures. I think I'll join ya!

Bigger pot is better!!! I like the bubble wrap idea! Very cool idea, Tammie!

Here is a photo of what my brugs look like by mid-day. I am in the process of trying to figure out some kind of partial shade set-up for my garden beds. Maybe they just need to develope longer and deeper roots. I did just water them after this photo was taken and they are bouncing right back. The heat here is so awful! I gotta figure out a way to make my backyard partial shade in certain areas, but not the entire backyard. What a challenge!

Hey BeckyG.. what kind of brug is that? I see so many with the serrated leaves..none of mine are at all.. I have checked. Mine wilt also but not really bad because I put the watersorb polymer crystals in the soil around them.. when I dig the hole I put some in and I also mix them into the potting soil I use when in pots. It does seem to help.

Tammie - I had already planted this Brug before I got the watersorb crystals from you. :-(

This one is called Whiskers. I love the leaves and the bloom color! :-) Thanks for enjoying it too!

beckygardener ...if they were mine I would use a different mulch ...that kind heats up a bit ...use something like sugar cane mulch spread over a few sheets of newspaper.Use a few inches of it and it will help a lot.In severe heat those big leaves droop a little just like pumpkin vines do but a heavy moist cooling mulch makes a big difference ...don't put the mulch right up to the trunks leave space around them of 2/3 inches. Good luck with them they look good apart from the wilting.
chrissy

They look beautiful, Becky! I think I may have to make a trip to Rainbow Gardens this weekend - see what they have!

Nichole - Do you want to try growing some from seeds? I still have some of my cross left.