Lily_love Brought up the Southern Garden...There are some Brugs that just HATE it.... BUT then there are the ones that just LOVE it..I have my Fav's.. What are yours?
Dola.. Bloomed like Crazy..
Heat Lovin Brugs
Another is Ludgers Windsong..
I have several more.. Cherub, Santa Rosa, Apricot Queen, Sun Godess and Shooting Star.. NO wilting...I don't know how to post multiple pic's..Sorry..
Kylie
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For me amongst others is most definitely the Bad Angel
OMG!! That is Beautiful.. Look at all of those Blooms..I just started a new wish list..
That Bad Angel Loves where it lives..LOL
Kylie
And the list goes on....lol, great thread idea Kylie2x! Keep them coming please everyone.
I guarantee she will not disappoint you, she did wonderful in that extremely hot and dry summer Florida had and she can take full sun as long as you give her enough water.
Beautiful Pic's Ya'll!!!! Here is Apricot Queen.. She stays in bloom!!!
Here's the link to a previous thread that was really about Brugs that will tolerate heat. It's tagged as 10 favorite brugmansias:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/797671/
wow! thats what I need .. heat loving brugs!
Betty Thank You for the link! Would rather grow Brugs that can take the heat than those that can't.. Saves room for new seedlings..
Here is a pic of Santa Rosa she's a heat lover..
Thanks for the link. Really appreciated it, very helpful. I have just trimmed many of mine and potted up to the gh. I still have some noids blooming now. I took a cutting off a double white this last year from a friend and it is now blooming. But.... it is not double. Really a pretty white with long upturned tendrills but does anyone know why it is not a double? I did see the mother plant with double blooms on it.
Did not know that. thanks for the info.
Burgele.....Wow! I've never seen anything like that Bad Angel!! As you can probably tell, I'm new to brugs. I have two down here in my zone 10 garden. I left them to their own devices all summer while we were in NH, and both were blooming when I got back. I was amazed that they did so well without any care and no fertilizer. Can you recommend a good, reliable source for ordering a Bad Angel? I'm also trying to find a nursery that sells good quality brugs in the Fort Myers area if you know of any.
Kylie - your Santa Rosa is also very pretty. I like the color!
Thanks!! Louise
Betty, on that link, someone mentioned wind. You know here in Texas we can get some pretty strong winds with thunderstorms. Is it advisable to plant brugs out in my yard away from the house or barn? I have an acre that I have already invisioned my plants, but they will be exposed to high winds when they come.
Some brugs can grow rather tall, and become top heavy. In my garden those that are 8 feet or taller are susceptible to breakage due to high winds, storm condition. Perhaps, you can look for more compact cultivars?
All things considered, they're soft woods and brittle in nature. This one I don't have to worry about breakage, it is indoor this time of year. ^_^
Ila Marie was a new one for me this year and it did great in full sun..bloomed all summer long.
Texasgrower, I'm in the same sort of situation as you, I live on a ranch. Where the house is situated, there isn't much to block the northwestern or southeastern winds. We have a barn 200 yards away and two large live oaks a little closer to the house, then nothing but pastures. The winds have gotten fierce. We got real nasty winds during Rita and with Ike without much damage (Some shredded leaves and blooms). Parts of the ranch have been hit by down drafts during thunderstorms, but the areas hit was away from the house. In a sense, those don't count in making a decision on where to plant Brugs. Not much survives those whether you live in the country or in the city. Until this year, I've kept my Brugs in pots, but the roots were allowed to grow out the drainholes. That helps stabilize the plant and it keeps them from blowing over. I've kept the pots fairly close to the house. So far I haven't had any major damage. If the plants are close to the house and head on to the wind, the damage is minor as the wind tends to rise and flow over the house. This year, I planted one near the northeast corner of the house. In that exposed area, that Brug may get battered more severely and I may have to move her next year. Would it be possible to plant them so the house or barn offer some protection? I've often toyed with the idea of using a section or two of decorative fencing for protection and planting the plants on the lee side.
well, my cherub just Y'd at five feet. She's in her pot until next spring. Will she get more than eight feet?
I have no idea how tall the others will get. Does it make a difference in height if it's cut from above or below the Y?
I will have to look each up in the plant files. I have 19 cuttings, some rooted and the cherub and an 18 in American Pride. Some of the cuttings are double. I plan to give them to family.
I plan to plant at least two near the house. I wanted to plant two near the bottom of the yard up the rise from the street so others could enjoy them. My yard has 31 trees, oaks, ashes, dogwoods, blackhaws. Do the trees provide some wind break from downdrafts?
I am trying to get away from pots or at least reduce the number of them, because it takes me so long to water them all in the summer. Last summer I broke my ankle and my poor plants suffered because nobody wanted to go out and water everyday. They don't love them like I do. I relax taking care of my landscape and pots. Also we camp a lot and putting everybody in wading pools while we are gone is time consuming, not to mention being gone for more than a week and the water starts to turn green and smell.
Beautiful pictures everyone! Christa, what are you feeding that Bad Angel?? She's stunning!
I just checked plant files and it looks like I have two tall growers and the rest more compact. The Cherub grows up to 8 ft. The Knightii up to 10ft. Phew. That makes my planting choices a little easier.
Reported heights can be decieving .. It will depend on your feeding schedule and your zone, ph ,water ,age of the plant, in the ground ,in a pot, etc..
well that just blew everything out of the water. Back to the drawing board. :)
In zone 8a, Brugs will die down to the ground in winter. One Brug grower wraps hers in several layers of bubble wrap from the ground and beyond the "Y" to protect it. The way our winter temperatures bounce up and down, the wrap would have to be removed when the temperatures rise and re-wrapped before the next freeze. I'm going to try wrapping my one Brug this Saturday and see what happens.
Me too Betty. When mine are in the ground next year I will be wrapping too. That's Tammie in Odessa who bubble wraps. I think it would be worth it to wrap and unwrap if it meant you didn't have to cut all the way back and start over in the spring.
I have used field fence to make a cage and cover it with 6ml plastic.. Got to open and close each day.. Is that what ya'll plan on doing ?? just with bubble?
No, Tammie actually wraps the brug like you would an ace bandage on a sprain. She said the exposed part died back to where it was wrapeed but the wrapped part was green and actually had new leaves growing.
And the plastic touching it doesn't burn?
Apparently not. I suppose its because of the air in the bubbles. It acts as an insulator. The wrap around the actual stem never freezes to burn the plant. She had a pic of the plant she wrapped. It looked great.
HMMMM! Thanks!!!
your welcome
Kylie, Eternity does well for me and so does NOID Carrie Spek both love our hot Louisiana weather and zero wilt. Brenda's (Seedsprout),Lady Liberty is another that adapted well without foliage wilt-down. All German imports in quarantine from Monika's collection do beautiful in hot climates.
Great tip about the bubble wrap.
I have a small Eternity.. that put on a couple of blooms.. they dropped.. Due to my neglect I am sure...It is a potted plant that kind got shuffled to the back..I'm glad to hear it is a heat lover.. How far is Deridder from Slidell?
One I didn't really expect to do good in the heat was Bergkönigin .. I only got a few blooms but it was fairly new and it was in Sept .. it had been in the 100's for days.. It is in the garage and starting to put on more..LOL just in time to be stripped and come in the house.. I am really surpised at some of the ones that just didn't preform..
Rosalla has done very well in heat for me here. It bloomed sporadically all summer and then some flushes during the fall. Sets seedpods good in the heat too! She is full of them.
Others that do good in humid heat for me here NOL, Painted Lady, Paul Phillip's seedling (Inspiration x vulcanperle), Lemon Meringue.
Kylie, Bergconigin ...bleah, that's a mouthful for me to even try to pronounce....its color is very deep orange/red. It's that its true color? The wiskers are lovely as well. Eternity did well here for me on 7b. She was lovely, and blooms non-stop all through summer and early Fall.
atb... You need to post your pic of Rosalla.. Talk about drop dead georgeous...!!!!
Lemon Meringue hated it here.. or me anyway..LOL It is so cute too!!
Yes Lily.. This is one of the first blooms.. it was around the middle of Oct.. We were still HOT but the nights were starting to cool down a bit.. some of the pics I have seen carry more red. I can't wait to see what it looks like next yr.. This one roots very easy also.. that is a plus!
Thanks kylie. It is not near as gorgeous as your Berkonigon though :P
Rosalla gets real dark pinkish coral here for me in the summer but loses the coral a little in the colder weather. I really like the shape of the flower the most.
BTW I almost have that cutting rooted for you that we talked about b4 :)
Summer
Fall (don't mind the weeds LOL)
What weeds..LOL
When your front~back yard is a pasture anything that is green is considered good and worthy of keeping...
She is really Beautiful so very graceful looking....I'm excited!!!