I'm sure I can get information somewhere on here, but I figured I would start a new post, and find out what y'all can help me out with.
I have 2 variegated Brugs. One is 'Peach Parfait' and the other is 'Snowbank.' They are the only 2 brugs that I have...don't yell at me for that...lol.
I want to root them up to either sell or give away, but where/what am I actually supposed to cut to root?
The 'Peach Parfait' I bought at a local garden center, the plant itself is almost 4' tall, and has about 5-6 large, they are a little over 2" in diameter, "trunks," that branch off further up the plant. It is just now blooming like crazy, the blooms are all about 90% open, and my deck smells like heaven!
'Snowbank' is a smaller guy, about 1-2' tall, and has 2 main trunks that are just under 1" in diamater, and only branches a few times...the buds are about 1" on them, and I'm not sure if it's going to get to bloom anytime this season. Our weather lately has been dipping down into the mid to high 40's at night time :-(
Any information that any of you can give me, please do so, Please!
Thanks,
Thom
Please help...
Thom, your brugs are lovely ones. I didn't know Peach Parfait was variegated.. We would never yell at you for having only 2 brugs.... I might offer you some cuttings... 2 will not be enough.. lol Have you over-wintered them before? How are you going to winter them over? I keep mine green, barely growing in a lighted/heated basement, so I don't cut too much on them unless they are too tall to fit, or I want to trim up or I'm training to be more tree-like than bushy. I've cut some of mine through summer, just wanted to get the stragely crooked ones cleared off. You could cut 1 or more of the Peach Parfait at ground (dirt) level and divide into 6-8 inch pieces for you to root or send them out as cuttings. The Snowbank with 2 trunks, maybe only cut 1... BUT I wouldn't cut anything if they are about to bloom... takes too long to get buds to sacrifice them for cuttings... wait until the blooms have faded.. I'll help you more, but I wonder what you have in mind for them next year... once cut, we can't "glue" them back on. I have my 1st snowbank this year, I won't be cutting him.. he's in practically full shade and doesn't grow as fast as my other brugs... any growth he gets, he's keeping (single trunk). I'll try to keep him alive in the basement this winter, if he gets a side shoot, then I'll think of possibly cutting, but that wouldn't be until next growing season.. Branches that start where you don't want them can be cut and rooted at any time, but growth cut above the "y" will be shorter and more bushy where cuttings taken below the 'Y" will be like the mother plant. 40's at night, already!? Let's move to Florida.
Ok, I hope this works.
I took pics and made a dorky little collage out of them. I couldn't believe how quickly this brug grew, I always thought they were sort of slow growers?
I bought this brug in a 2-gal nursery pot, so it was already a little over a foot tall upon purchase, but only had 2 trunks, and one starting, or atleast that's what I remember.
This is a progression from then, about June'ish, until today.
In this collage are the "guts" of 'PP' and the little itty bitty 'Snowbank.'
AuntB--Thank you so very much for your very quick response!
So, basically, I can take one of the trunks (at ground level) and chop it up to the top in about 8" sections, and just plant? Or should I soak them in water to root first?
Do I need rooting hormone? Or are these guys like pothos to propagate?
lol
~Thom
People root cuttings differently, but I put them in water/peroxide/superthrive for a few days until I see white numbs. Then I pot up and keep moist in a dappled shady area..once I see growth, I start easing into feeding it and getting into full sun (unless it's snowbank, it takes virtually no direct sun without getting crispy edged leaves)
I would leave SnowBank alone, at least for this year. It is a slow grower because the leaves have so much white. When you cut the Peach Parfait, make sure that each section has at least 3 nodes per cutting. When you get to the upper part of that branch you plan to cut, the cuttings will be very "green", more difficult to root and rot more easily in water. Some DGer use damp sphagnum moss wrapped around the base of the green cutting. It takes longer but appears to be safer for "green" cuttings.
Beautiful Burgs Thom, good luck with the cuttings.