We were lucky that we did not get any heavy damage but the wind sure hammered my plants, this is (was) Golden Lady, snapped off at the base, and she was LOADED with buds.
Tornado damage
These are the buds, 35 in all. I placed them in a bucket of water to see if they will bloom, and get new roots
I was just reading a report on the internet about the expected bad storms in the midwest, I'm so sorry for you all!!! Your poor brug really got battered, I hope it will have a second chance to prosper and be beautiful. The weather sure can be frustrating, we're looking like we'll be suffering the same drought conditions we had last year, which were devastating. Good luck to you, hope things quiet down!!!
Oh Doris, How sad... but we have to count our blessings and just be glad there was no one hurt.
Those buds look like they may still be able to open! All may not be lost yet. Now you have 2 Golden Lady brugs! gotta dig deep for the positive sometimes.
I have some big cuttings in my kitchen I was supposed to mail.. *gulp* (public admitting my flakiness) and they are open and smell divine.
Hope all settles down there for you.
ZZ I have never had that happen to me ...do you mean the flowers will bloom even after cutting? wow is there no end to the wonders of these flowers ...and does the bloom use up all the plants growing energy? I am curious as we are expecting severe winds shortly and I have buds on my branches.
Would staking the brugs (sorta like when trees are newly planted they are staked...) have helped them from not being snapped off like that? My condolences kareoke but, on the brighter side, you now have two plants as I'm sure that the root base will re-grow?
Take care...Jan
I am hoping the buds will still bloom it is supposed to be in the 90s for the rest of the week, I will leave the root planted and hope the large branches get roots also.
Doris, I'm glad to hear that the damage wasn't any worse. The mid-West has had more than its share of tornadoes this year. Here, the drought looks like a repeat of the 2006 drought. The pastures are beginning to brown out and having unusually early hot days. Your Brugs will bounce back. Meanwhile I hope the buds on Golden Lady open.
Sorry to hear that Kareoke. My brug 'Cypress Gardens' is like my holy grail and I don't want anything to happen to it. This is the first brugmansia I have been able to grow on to a nice plant. But with the tornado and severe storm threats yesterday, I lost half of the Y branch before I could get it inside. I was moving pots and planters inside as fast as I could and all of a sudden I see a branch whiz by me and I knew what it was. My poor Cypress Gardens. It is still growing fine and will heal, but most of the flower buds were ripped off and I snipped the others off so it'll put more effort into regrowing and heal. I expect it to bloom later again anyway. I actually have mine staked in the planter for now and that's probably what saved it from breaking off. My plumeria looks horrible too. AT LEAST mine did not completely snap off at the base like your Golden Lady. Such a sad sight. Hope your Lady grows back strong and beautiful!
I am so sorry. What a georgeous plant that was --- and will be again.
Well as you may have heard the weather did get worse, we were totaly flooded Sat. I have never in my life seen so much hard rain, we got over 7" from Friday midnight untill 4 pm Sat.most all roads in town were closed as were the stores, a couple of guys in trucks who decided they could get anywhere had to be rescued because the bridge had washed out, the rain stopped yesturday, today the sun is out, but rain forcast for later today.I am thankfull that everything else seems to be intact.
This was a nice sight this morning Golden Lady never gives up, a lot of the buds have fallen off but some are going to make me feel better.
