I'm currious, name isn't important matter...yet, the curriosity is about to drive me wild. Is this Snowbank? It's barely a foot-tall, and here is the first flush of blooms.
Kim
Is this Snowbank?
Another view of the brug.
A close up look at the variegated leaves and trumpets.
kim, whatever it is, it sure is pretty
Kim - looks like my Snowbank. I think the lady I bought it from told me it flowers white then turns to a peach color.
Thanks Emily, I'll take more pics. this evening as the flowers progress to see if the color turns. I'm excited with this new variegated beauty. It's small too, so will be easy to overwinter. Although, pf stated that some could grow to 20 feet. lol.
It sure is pretty - can't wait to see more pics. I had put mine at the back of the yard and the bugs have torn it up! Not sure what got a hold of it but it is not nice. What do you use? I'm going to take some pics today.
Emily, snail and slugs favor the young brug's leaves. Controlling them is the key to have pretty non-torn looking leaves on our brugs. I'm working on mine as well, many seedlings are being affected.
Here's my Snowbank
Oh the poor baby! Emily, try some slug baits if you don't have little pets around. At night, come and check on your brug with flash light, and hand pick them off. Create a dish of sand to place your pot on. Sand deters snails and slug invasion.
Beer traps too are effective to drown those slimmey pests. Good lucks.
Kim
I've been using crushed egg shells.. If you let the shells dry for a day or so.. then crush them with a glass or something with a flat bottom.. they will pulverize and not be so unsightly. Just sprinkle all around the trunk.
Also keep an eye out for caterpillars! They will do terrible damage.
That's a great way of combating the snail problem. Besides the physical barriers for snail and slugs, eggshells will add calcium and other micronutrients to our plants. Thanks Joyce for sharing the tips.
Kim
Your Brug is not Snowbank which has much larger white areas and doesn't handle sunlight well. The leaf edges on mine burned even though they received early morning sun only. I now keep them in a shade house to avoid leaf burn. The white on new leaves is a yellowish cream that lightens as it matures. Very slow grower. Mine hasn't "Y"ed yet so I haven't seen the blooms yet, but here's a photo of the blooms. The corolla neck is not visible in Snowbank. Your plant's blooms have very long corolla necks. It could be B. suaveolens 'Variegata'
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/16434/
http://www.kartuz.com/pc/50346/7RFPD/Brugmansia+suaveolens+Variegata.html
http://images.google.com/images?q=Brugmansia%20suaveolens%20variegata&hl=en&btnG=Search%20Images
Thank you, Chrissy, how are you mate? Missed typing with you for a long while. Glad to 'see' you.
Bettydee, I believe you're right about my brug. The leaves are variegated but with only white and no yellow to them at all. The flowers so far remains white, and no turning yellow either. Thank you, for your input.
Kim
It's Winter and raining ...it has been the year of the big wet ...I have been busy with my Angel program and ramping up an Australian Brugmansia forum (so little known about them here) .I see you are having great successs with your Angels ...that's wonderful! I am amazed at the amount of hard work and nurturing that must go into raising them in cool climates.Keap it up Kim ...you are an inspiration to all of those gardeners who have been a little nervous about trying to grow Angels in those cooler climates ...great work mate ^_^
chrissy
Ems... I just thought of something when I saw your plant that I forgot to say before..
When it's slugs.. they normally attack the bottom mature leaves or the leaflets that go up the trunk..
Caterpillars go for new growth or from the top leaves.. Check under the leaves and you will probably find it.. big and fat.. LOL
Oh shoot Joyce! lol i went out tonight with the flashlight on a mission to find slugs - didnt find any but had found my can of eggshells I had been saving, crushed them up and put them on top of all of my brugs and sweet potato vine that is also being eaten up. Now what do I do for caterpillars? I think that is right - lots of top leaves. I even have a bleeding heart that is in a hanging basket on my patio that I found holes in the leaves at the top tonight - how the heck are they getting up there??? lol
Edited to add - my nephew was with me and said Auntie Em - I think its caterpillars not slugs and I told him oh no its slugs lol wait till I tell him he was right!
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The moths lay eggs that develop into the caterpillars.. it's an ongoing battle.
You can use BT.. I use this stuff for everything
Here's what they turn into. I usually let the cats eat a few leaves then move them over to my neighbors tomato plants.. (NO, I don't, I'm teasing)... but I do take them to the edge of my property next to a pasture. It's silly, but I love it when the moths visit in the evenings.
Thank you Joyce for the tip. Bonnie I love to see those moths too. Is that Snow Bank? The blooms are very nice peachy in color!
Bettydee has accurately identified this one as Sauvolens 'Variegata' I think. It's happily showing off the mid-size ruffled trumpets.
AuntB, I love that photo of the sphinx moth visiting your Brug. I've been out watering and have heard them buzzing around. They are a sight to see.
Lily, your blooms look gorgeous.
why do you call it BT? Is that short for something?
cupcakeorbust,
Bt is an abbreviation for Bacillus thuringiensis.
http://www.mindfully.org/GE/Bacillus-thuringiensis-Bt.htm
thank you, where do you buy it?
You can find it at a nursery.
Here is my Snowbank in my mostly shade garden
scooterbug, your Snowbank is lovely. Are those Greendragons I see in surrounding? Are they hardy there too in WI/TN?
Kim
Kim , Nope , nothing hardy there . Just more brugs , some black EE's , a Mickey Mouse/Pocketbook plant, and the small unk. variegated ground cover.
It's Maya. I think the scent of her flushes bring them in by swarms from miles around. It's fun to watch the flutter. I did somehow end up with a Snowbank in my shopping cart this spring..cause... I have plenty of shade.. ;)