A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Plants and Flowers Forum Brugs grow and Bloom!! ~ ~ Prepare for Fall/overwinter

another brug topic went by! wow,
hope ya get to see em when you get back diane!

Wish I lived closer.I'd ask Colin too...but he's a love sick lil puppy on cloud 9 right now.He's gonna get married,he couldn't even tell me if his plants had buds or we're blooming!
Have FUN!
maybe you shuld put a cam on the plant...then leave computer logged on and can check cam...HAHA

Frosty pink.Yes thats about 10 ft.I'm going to try pushing for 2-14 ft.After this flush will remove some smaller trunks (ok you Yankee's)


I think its causeing my jamicia yellow to have trouble getting blooms ,by stealing all the light,but it looks good this year otherwise.

Unknown pink behind the bananana plant& seedling whiskers x butterfly in the B&B bed.


Dr suess

Dr suess with red castor bean.truely awesome.



This is another piece of unknown pink I started over winter its a bove the 'y' piece.



Bolero xGQ is close so is the other half of D/M delimia.looks like Betty Marshall gonna bloom next week too.Jean Pasco has a nice 'Y'I'd really love some blooms& I don't even LOOK at orange versiclor anymore.Versi color peach looks good.Charles has some buds for next month starting.The other trunk is forming another shoot on a 'y' area.The one from the ground.It will shock youhopeing the buds don't blow off today.unsure why 2 leaves got yellow on edges(I'm thinking...can a dog aim pee that spot?but they won't show me.)

its breezy here with Humburtio.about a 12 mph steading breeze,gusts 25 record last hour& no rain.I can hear my cans clanking!A good day for beer chimes!He snuck up on me.I learned about him about 3 yesterday& was like secure the yard?flying debree?(I was playing with my virtual villiage new home game)Then seen it was forming pretty good on the news,then durring david letterman it went to a hurricane...in like 14 hours(I missed the 1st 6 hours& we got the 1st US landfalling hurricane..zippidie-do dah!)

oh and the front shot.



my brain is shot.I got 2 females in heat& the boy dogs are just awful& the youngest don't care for doggie shuffleing& tried comeng through the gameroom window to get back in house.this will be a long 3 weeks

I had to bring my brugs in the garage the other night because we had frost warnings. So, it got me thinking about what I need to do to overwinter them because it won't be long unfortunately. Got some tips for me njoynit?

ooo yes, i need some advice too. i got two starts this year. (white) I planted one in the yard but i left the other one in the pot.

Cindy it seems like you had posted a picture once and said it was Dr. Suess!

Shooooot I don't have Dr. Suess or I would bring some of it to ya,, THe unnamed pink I have smell good too!!! I'm AM bring that!! AND I have several more that are budding right now I can cut and bring also,, I have no idea if they smell or not,First time for them!

Sure as long as they get full sun ,but will have to be cut down in the fall, or brought in if potted up

They do great in the pacific Northwest.you can still grow it indoors for the winter under lights or let them slow down.I know someone in Seatec WA and think he's a zone 8b.I think he tried 2 in ground last year and they returned.The soils mounded in the spot so it drains well over winter.I think you had both unknown pink & Dr Suess.Dr Suess was took with a sunset or sunrise behind it(I have it saved somewhere..........I know its in my screensaver slideshow show)They'd proably grow and look better cause not as hot.Boy...you sure did relocate...all the way across to other side.

growing them in cool temps like in 50s-60s is a good dormant temp.you don't want wet soil and cold temps,so if your temps lower you'd want your pots on the dryer side.I kept mine watered enough to keep from being limp& had them getting southern light and western light,but kept them rotated and some days that we're nice I'd drag them all outdoors.When trimming your 'y's to get the indoors or in garage you want to try to leave at least 6 nodes.your 'y' cuts will bloom sooner if you pot/grow them.

Do I have to trim the y's? I had mine in pots and they are not too big to get into the house. My basement is in the mid 60s in the winter. So, if I keep them down there I should keep them watered but just enough to keep them from going limp. Did I understand all that right? They are in my garage right now because we had our first frost the other night. I know it is crazy! So I will be moving them to the basement soon and I want to make sure I do it all right.

sure...if your 'y's can fit for the travel.leave them be.I have double opening french doors so thats not quiet an issue for me.what will be intresting is the dig& removal of banana tree to the GH....and I'm putting a ceiling fan in the GH


Looks like Bolero x GQ will bloom about Tuesday-Wensday.D/M about same time too or a day behind it. BxGQ bud feels FAT!!!!!!!!

Bolero x Gypsy Queen







Now ain't SHE something.I like this one.It didn't smell right off,but after sunrise she did.
and here's D/M still a delimia





She'll pinken up this morning& hopefully not go brown on me today.its 71 this morning....going to 91.Another good day for fishing.I got to watch Gary knock his self halfway out of boat and up under the pier yesterday.He was lucky I was fishing with him to save him.now the trolling motor is STUCK in the boat.the wood broke at the back and its stuck in it now.I lost my fish...it went in some trees& I had a time breaking my line& now my pole don't reel in.I know it was a good sized fish...he was dragging boat AND anchor.

This morning

And its Bolero x Apricot Queen





And I've been setting winter cuttings as backgrounds....to solve my delima.We have Monika in bloom and have seen 2 flushes of Daydreams (*Paul Harvey voice*And now you know the REST of the story)

Monika this morning& as she turned.(which I think she opens& turns ugly,but looks fine afterwards)It was 63 this morning.it felt great!

Bolero x AQ flower lasted 5 days.Here is sundays

Saturday


Monika saturday






Here's Betty Marshall today




Her blooms don't photo well...with different flashes.I also tried pollinateing one of her flowers with unknown pink.I'm going for the smell.....


Dr suess.full moon flush.

Backside of frosty pink with jamicia yellow.frostys blooms I can't reach now..unless use a ladder.

OMG Njoynit I love the Monika!!!!!!!!
Well guess what The Brugs didn't bloom until I got back from Cedar Hill
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Cotton Candy



Snowcone


Charles G and PinkBeauty in the back




More next post

continued from Up there ^

Adora


Pink Beauty
Look how short this plant is the first time it bloomed a couple of months ago there wasn't a Y this is the one I was telling you about.


unnamed Pink

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west side of the yard




Ohhhhhhh Njoynit Finally the tigerstriped canna bloomed you sent me a lonnnng time ago,,,,,,,, seems like it took forever to grow and bloom!!

The striped canna is bengal tiger.I got a xerox copy box FULL of tubers from Renee a long time ago.She fertilized her's with horse manure and they must like it cause mine have not done good this year but plan to go back to the horse manure,they did fine with rabbit poo too.don't why they stick their nose up about cow manure.we'll the one in pond has done well.I forgot about that one.

I like Adora,thats a large flower.

Is the white in west side picture snowcone?

My other buds dropped off Bolero xAQ so we have to wait on the others to grow now.Daydreams& Monica both are forming buds again.still waiting on jamicia yellow to get her act together.she'd got enough 'y' growth.I seem to always have frosty pink/unknown pink& seedling pink in bloom.Dr suess will bloom again wensday.betty marshall is on her last flower and her twin is now starting to grow buds.no 'y' on rosa turaum yet or martha stewert or pink perfektion.Versicolor peach& versicolor orange are in that 'lets drop our buds' mode.And I'm still looking for buds on jean pasco,but she looks good being taller than me...i'm just thrilled that after 3 years she's 'y'd!



Cindy Your lighting will be different from KY.you will need supplemental lighting.Might want to run to walmart.they have reflector plant lights for $11.When I get time and pop in the brug forum,I'll sent patrick your way.He's in seattle.
Diane...Did your huge EE give a bloom?I almost missed mine,but I did see it dieing.It looks just like a peace lilly bloom but larger like a philodendron's.I'm going to buy some more EE tubers.at least 2.

pretty pics diane
got my brugs potted up for the winter, gotta figure out were to put em, dont think they;ll all fit on the window sill thing,


you can see the canna from njoynit in this pic, its huge!!! n pretty

Njoynit I didn't know EE bloomed!!!!!!!!!!! WOW

Bengal Tigar That's it,, I wonder if it will like sheep manure LOL

Yep snowcone is on the west fence gets east sun til about 11 and they smell really nice tooooo!!!

CHristy Good to see you,, Everything looks great,, Is it getting cold there?? Willy Village has another Lonnnnnnnnnnng story waiting for you to read it! lolo

and just think Christy your canna would be taller in Tx.Mine are about 10 ft tall.I do hope it will bloom for you.they bloom later.some of mine of those russian reds are blown down,then some have had a dog pass through them...so are blooming verticle.But someone sent me some twist ties!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!so I get to play with my new toy.

Yep diane the EE blooms& I didn't get a picture,but hopeing it gives another bloom.It looks like one might be forming again.I don't know about sheep manure.I know the farmers alamac has a chart about the amount of stuff in each kind of manure.I don't know which year one it was in&I'd proably never find mine.My computer room needs overhauled.I just dug up a cracked cup this morning to plant a teacup garden in and found 3 twist ties(that went stright out to garden)and a baggie of unmarked seeds,a day lilly seed pod& a lone caster bean seed and a rubber band& a partial stale bag of recess peices.

nothing new blooming.I bought a huge variegated ginger yesterday on clearance for $10.it wasn't easy to divide either to share with SIL.It took a shovel AND a tree saw.too much work.Carrion flower is still blooming.I repotted yesterday and shared some of it.It was pot bound too.I bet by spring the new pot will be pot bound too.

Ruthann grows brugs in Canada.I thought this post with pictures would help you yankee gardners.she's always so good about them details.

http://www.network54.com/Forum/4446...91368209/Bringing+in+a+Brug+for+dormancy

Heyyyyyyyy thank Njoynit That was a great explanation !!

I plan of digging Creamsickle and one of the jamicia yellows(and thinking of maybe the 2nd jamicia yellow as well) and doing this.I know the pictures will help many of you.And we owe a big thank you to RA as I did not know she had fell and injured her back and still tried getting those posted for those further north.Its so hard for me to think of some of ya'll prepareing for winter...even as we speak,while I'm sitting here sweating in the mid 90s wondering when FALL will arive.The only sign I have of fall is the leaves i've raked for compost pile and sometimes the morning temps are in 60s...briefly till the sun pops up.Its 94 right now.i'd kill to have some highs in the 50s right now,but then I'd not get to see the rest of mine bloom....so I'll just sweat it out and keep thinking.'It don't feel like Oct'and turn my AC up higher.

Looky, looky. What kind do I have?



plenty more to come.

Sheri I didn't even know you had any brugs!!! Where did you get it from??( a starter or Nursery?}
Remember after it is fully opened does it change to it's true color,,, Be sure to post a picture in the next day or two,, It looks like it may be a dark pink or orange,,

Possibly a Dr. Suess?? How long have you had it??

I want a start of Dr.Suess!! I don't know of anyone with those,,,

thanks njoynit!!! thats a great site! i learn better with pics

There used to be a lady on here named Bonnie (Servants Heart) that had some one time and she sent me a starter. Actually 2 starters. I kept them in pots for a while then moved them outside. One of them has a thing growing from the root I guess. If Cindy will tell me how to get it away from the main plant without killing it I'll send it to you Angelblossom.

Thanks.

SHeri ~ When I went to CedarHill I cut some pieces above the Y with bloom buds still on it to give to CIndy,, BTW CIndy Have they rooted yet?
Sheri I will have cuttings on all of mine when it's time to cut it back to overwinter them Let me know If you want starts!

Alllllllllll Righty Then!! Your welcome!

I'm mucho confused now. Do you want a cutting if it's a Dr. Seusse or did you get cuttings and doesn't Cindy live at CedarHill?

Very Funny CIndy!!


Sheri Yep CIndy is in CedarHill,,
When I went to visit her I brought cuttings from my Unnamed Pink and Adora brug with me to give to Cindy, ,,
I do not have Dr. Suess Brug BUT would like a cutting from someone,,

I will be cutting My Snowcone. Adora.Unnamed pink, pale yellow,cotton candy, charles grimaldi down to over winter soon and was asking you if you wanted any of those cutting to root over the winter>

How will I know if I have a Dr. Suess?

Hang on I will link you a picture!

Here Ya go Colors varies Per time of year of blooming

http://www.brugmansia.us/galleries/v/brugmansia/brugD/album52/

by the way Diane, I got your seeds today. Thank you. I love the cool stamps you put on the back.

so is Dr. Suess several different colors? I think mine does look like one of those pictures.

Ohhhhhhhhh Good!! glad you liked the stickers!



I believe the site I posted said depending on the season will the color differ in darkness It showed Dr,S blommed in spring summer and Fall I believe, I believe temp and Sun Exposure per hours in the day affects it's bloom color it's only slight but I'm thinking in the summer it would be somewhat darker in color tho the same color just darker,, Because of longer hours and more intense Sun

on that link you can click on the pictures Mannnnn that DR.S trees is huge and gorgeous! They also have a strong Fragrance,,, Do your blooms smell really good??

Here is a great site for Brugs Listing in alphabetical order



Great Pictures too,, http://www.brugmansia.us/galleries/v/brugmansia/

Just click on the albums!

Diane, I went out this afternoon late while the flowers were open and they do smell good. Not over whelming but sweet. I got Johnny to take a snif in case it was the power of suggestion and he said they do smell sweet.

so are brugs full sun?

for you and I Jiffy part shade I have mine in part shade too hot here,, and I have to water dailey or the leaves get limp like wilted lettuce,, after an hour or so after watering they perk right back up tho...


Sheri,, It doesn't look completely opened with it's "wings" back ~ another day or two or and it will smell stronger and have it's true color ,,,,,Please post a picture tomarrow and the next day ??

I grow Dr Suess.so Dianne,your set for that one.

I'll have to look around my e mail files.I sent Bonnie brugs& I got Jamica yellow from her,But I should have what she offered after her e bay sales from 2 years ago& she DID have mega tons of dr suess cuttings,I think the other orange one she had was miama glow& she had some un unowns too.Jamicia yellow can throw some shredded flowers too and the shredded's won't smell.My jamicia yellow has not got buds this year yet,but does look alot better.it does have short flowers,but can't recall how they hung.She had charles G also.I just can't remember the rest off top head.

some of my brugs are in full sun.frosty pink is in full sun,but is mulched.Its 12 feet tall with 7 trunks.I bet If I'd have kept it to 2-3 trunks it would have been 20 ft tall.It did like LOTS of water 3 times a day.I've had to put a bungie cord on its trunks cause they we're wanting to spread out from the weight.I've had to do the same on unknown pink too.it gets full sun too,but is only about 9-10 feet.I'm really dreading all this cutting.I bet I use my saw saw more than the clippers.

Bolero x AQ is still been dropping more buds than blooming...so after 6 buds dropped off ..........I've got one working on opening.which after the last bloom,which 3 dropped then got a bloom then 4 dropped....I'm understanding why she got culled!
Monika is blooming right now& the blooms are weighing the branches down.someone took my fishing pole tips when they realized what I had planned to do them!(I was going to tape to branches and stick a pole in ground to tie off the branches too....BIL is a party-pooper...but Kalui makes us do strange things...not to mention hot Dam)so her apperance is...well as-is.











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Daydreams is blooming,but they don't look too hot.I hoped they'd look better as the temps cooled down some.Maybe this one ain't for TX.

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My Creamsickle has a bud forming...and logee's orange has a bud forming and will bloom this week.Dr suess will bloom again tonight..charles G has 2 blooms about ready.Betty marshall has buds almost ready.I've learned my pollinateing problem is my temps!I'm too HOT.so at least I grow them well!One of my seedlings looks good.Its Versicolor peach x Vixen.It site right under Daydreams.Versicolor peach X mountain Magic don't look bad either.since the temps have gone down a wee bit...they've perked up....and the headless seedling that lost its tag....is growing again.I'm culling the rest of the no tags& keeping those left far from Duke.He's not as bad about my plants now.I think he's got the hint from me popping him a few times...very hard headed dog.and his mom,dutchess is pregnant...due Thanksgiving Day.I'm so GLAD we will be getting her fixed.I wished I counted her days the day I went to breed her BEFORE breeding.

....and here's my one and only bloom....arrghh why wont mine bloom lots like yours...??!

Do you give it lots of feeding Alba??

well Diane... I THINK i do...but ...emmm may b d brug doesnt 'think' what i gave was enough... may b i should feed more frequently...s leaching is a big problem here! Well..this bloom has opened more since i snapped that pic...

I been busy in GH.Thought I'd at least SHOW where i've been.









I'm starting to move some things in so not doing it all at once.cause will cutting BRUGS soon as they finish flushes.I'm sitting here pricking out epi seeds so Diane can have rest of pod.My camera has had a major malfunction.I fineally found the book to it and tried the re set button and have a code of a 'irrereversable damage has occured' refer to page 93 which tells me if repeatedly re seting reset button don't resolve problem,find nearest service center....after 4 days of no CAMERA.I bought a new one from geeks and its arriveing in 3-5 days.It shipped yesterday.A ploaroid 6.1 MP and it has TWO video modes.so now my pictures will look even better!I took some photos with the sony in its malfunctioning mode...it has no flash or video mode right now.
Betty marshall is in bloom.
Bolero x AQ dropped its lone bloom after lasting a whole 11 days!It threw a triple,though camera was not FUNCTIONING for that& this morning after 11 days she dropped off.I think it came close to haveing a quad,but did not look formed all the way,but will cut open before going to town.My dropping disaster smells good durring day but that drop issue is annoying.I plan to dig the whole thing for GH and see what she does over winter with cooler temps & maybe try some pollon.Jamicia yellow has decided to grow some buds....and will likely drop them when I move her.I might move her from ground today so can keep some bud not there yet.
Dr suess has had a bloom last 8 days,edges slightly browned,but its still opening.





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If you look back at sept's bloom pics....you'll see how much Bolero x AQ grew in a month.
Diane,so you know...I want snowcone cuttings.I still have your christmas cacti cuttings in the shot glass too.And I've forgot what colors they we're too.I'm going to guess ones not red as the edges aren't sunburned.

Sure thing Njoynit You'll get some snowcone cuttings!! Do you want some candy cane cutting too?? All of my brugs are setting more buds! This will be the third time!! They;d better hurry tho before we get some cold weather!! May I please Have a Dr. Suess Cutting!? You should see the MOT you send me it is TALL!!!!! I still didn't get it in another pot,, Guess I have to wait untill spring now??

you can still pot it up a size,just whatever is easier for wintering for you.I have some babies that dropped on deck& rooted and grew beside the pot.I'll try some candycane.there's seed you got I want too.I just got to remember which ones..lol

logees orange



these we're day after it opened.It smells nice.

Betty marshall


Dr suess

njoynit, you have some beauties. Would you like to trade some cannas for a double bloomer. The only new brugs I got this year was Axle rose, Maya, Sanguinea if these intrest you I could take cuttings but they would be green cuttings. I have Herrenhauser Garten that I have had for 3 yrs it is 7' tall and has the Y but has not ever bloomed. I am ready to shoot this thing. LOL

Njoynit was it the dble petaled Purple datura?? you wanted or the dble petaled white holly hocks?

I'll take some Double purple dauntra dianne,I know its something growing in the front yard around a tree with the coneflowers.Maybe its bergamont?I've had a few drinks over the summer.I was going through my bottles earlier getting discusted cause they all have only 2 or 3 drinks left in them...meaning its time for a trip PAST the county line to the middle of next county.I told Russell he needed to go scrap yard this week.We pass 2 liquir stores that way.I can re stock my tequilia& I think I want some rum.

cinta
let me go through my trade list tomorrow.If I have to.....I'll sacrifice some of my pink perfektion (I was keeping a trunk to root to see blooms as its not 'y'd yet)I got axel rose on my WANT list.I LOVE guns& roses.I'm wanting twisted sister too so can have a 'rock garden'.I'd like Maya too.I lost shirleys over the winter.

I got a POD forming.I found it on limb was cutting for shipment this morning.I freaked my neighbor out....she thought I was running from snake...lolShe came running to rescue me in housecoat with her mop.



I crossed 4 flowers on unknown pink with Betty Marshall.I think this was the one I left the pollen in when done dabbing.I'm so hopeing it will still form rooting in water.I learned last month Its not me haveing problems with pollinateing....its my climate.I'm too hot...so my chances are better in fall& early spring.I got my new camera today...but think the pods got me more excited.Anyone else& they would have thought I was crazy.Addie is nuts about plants like me...so she just thinks I'm normal haveing a great day.shes who got the seedlings my dog dumped that lost the tags.so shes excited she can grow a few seeds of this....away from my dog of course...lol and know where they came from.

logees orange again getting darker.

Njoynit here is a picture of the tree ring,, taken late spring,,



here is the other side of the tree ring not shown in first picture ,
white datura.moon flower shrub



is it anything here you wanted??

I'll go look through them blooming month photos,but not today.I need to work in yard.I grew your moonflower seeds.one of the plants bloomed & Brenda might take my smaller plant to try crossing with a brugmansia.someone has successfully crossed a dat with a brug.I'm on the list to trial seeds.


I had a POD form and found it after I cut the stem!here is another shot of it in kitchen.


I'm hopeing it will keep,but its iffy...BUT know I can hybridize now!so I'll proably dig more plants for GH...for that very purpose now.

OK, I do like A/rose. The colors are pretty and it tried to bloom but it is getting cold and I had to bring it in now so it may bloom inside.

I've heard the variegation passes on in the seedlings...but coudn't tell you which forum I was in to read that.But i'm in BGI the most so that may be where.

I'm waiting for darkness so can go play with my camera and its settings.I'll proably run my batterys down,but will be fun all the same.sunsets at 5:35 so by 6 I'll be playing.

The cold got my brug. It's all wilted and the flowers have fallen off.

Sheri Give it a deep watering and start cutting it back,, and put some cutting in a water to start rooting again for the spring,, I think it will be fine and come back next spring HEavy mulch what you have cut to the ground,,

sherri,when I further north in east TX I would take a bucket and stuff with leaves and place the bucket over the plants roots leaveing about 1-2 inch stub above ground. pine needles will work good too. The woody parts should be fine as they would have matured more. The greener stuff will proably turn to much. so get them cut and rooting and we'll see how they go. I was a 7b zoner then.And when you get freezes...water you plant in ground good the day before...it will make the ground freeze slower.


My pod is still holding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Njoynit.....Heres' My last Flush of blooming for the season,, I will be cutting back the next two weekends,






These pictures were taken today,, Nov 30, 07


I have several request for Brug starts off these, How soon after I cut down Must I mail them out,, and do I let them dry out first ,,?? If I have to mail as soon as I cut , then I will prolong cutting them $$'s are a little tight right now for mailings and can I send to Canada and northern states where it is so cold right now, is it safe to mail them and not freeze them.??

WOWZERS Diane - that's a LOAD of bloooms for this time of year!!!
You REALLY have the magic touch!

you can mail canada.pack the boxes with newspaper...something to insulate. I mark the forms as crafts-gifts for CANADA. I understand the $$ tight part. I just mailed out $70 of plants shipping cost,plus took me 4 hours to pack all those up. its really time consumeing when you do alot of them up. The woodier cuts will travel in cold areas better.You can use those one time use hand warmers when someone don't grab them off counter..or newspaper if someone don't take it to pack dishes. noprmally I like to wrap the cuts in newsprint. I actually used diapers...and I had a dream last night that kenny put those diapers on his feet as slippers and was running down his sidewalk slideing. I woke up laughing & couldn't get back to sleep.

I got blooms in GH.....gameroom as creamsickle & laundry room has dr suess trunk...with 3 blooms.I took pollon from those to dab in GH and dried the other 2. I did some as trunk cuts,till got some cuttings out of way. I still have a jug of trunks to cut up in kitchen. I've not got around to pictures yet. I just got caught up online. I got to take pups to vet to get stitches out& going to lowes,walmart & hope somewhere to eat. I'm going to try re doing things in ?GH...i ran into a problem...i've got a 10 ft brug plant i dug and its got some blooms opening tonight that I can't REACH.I can't fit a ladder either& my bucket...just ain't cutting it. I can't pull the limb lower cause its OVER a rafter. But HEY it smells good at night& I like the way Whiskers x Butterfly colors up in winter in there.

Wow! You must have been busy. Hope it wasn't too much trouble having to send them to me, sorry if it was. Would you reckon it'll work if I did put them under my feet lol

It was funny enough to wake me up laughing.

I was actually more busy sending cuttings out last year,but didn't send this many out in one day.Its definately NOT a habit sending 14 boxes in one day.I actually got a partial taste of what its like to have a JOB packing& shipping plants for a day...well at least 3 hours of it.

i'm updateing my media player so can use my MP3 player....then will go visit photobucket& be back.

I mailed you yesterday Diane.Here's info on your TOY!
http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/...h&page=g_col_sutton_catfish_yo-yoing

Here are some pictures.and yep....I got blooms in Dec,Creamsickle has been open 9 days and slowly dropping its 2nd skirt,but is indoors now (but outdoors on bar right now till sunday) I've got blooms on 2 plants and 3 cuttings in GH.











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pod on whiskers x butterfly

charles last flower (besides the 3 on cuttings and on trunk in laundry room)

Creamsickle on the 3rd in gameroom

2 shots of creamsickle on 30th
2 shots of creamsickle on 29th

Dr suess

3 shots of GH rearranged so can get a ladder in to pollinate brug blooms on a whiskers x butterfly which is 10 ft and mostly in center towards the right a lil.

Bloom on whiskers x butterfly

creamsickle bud nov 11th-it emerged. (I told ya it was s-l-o-w)

WOWWWWW njoynit! We both have blooms this time of year!!!! Tomarrow they are allll coming down to the ground we are Expection freezeing temps this coming week

Just ONE question!!!!!!! DO they HAVE to be mailed out as soon as I cut them down?? Like the next day?? I've been prolonging it due to Short on funds for mailing,, .

I have seen the Yo-Yo ,, That is Sooooooooo Cool!!!!!!!!!

no but some hold up better in water than others.It just makes it a lil harder wrapping for packing if the roots have just started?like when are 1/4 in- 1/2 inch. I seen ya already had cooler weather.your haveing 40s while I'm down here sweating in upper 70s& the rain showers have made real it muggy.We won't get cooler till Wensday and your getting more rain than us.

I have 21 blooms in the GH then creamsickle has its bloom on porch railing(day 12 but looking shabby on edges) I got 4 more blooms for tonight 2 Dr suess 1 betty marshall 1 whiskers x butterfly.And my AC is running on day 2.

IT's coooold here now! good thing I got your box today!!! Thanks!!! I'll send your out this weekend! You may get a few of each if that's okay,, The Pink beauty didn't get very big but had lots of Y's . I'll send you a solid Y branch so you can make three if them if you want,, ! :wink:

When i get back from christmas....I'll have cuttings.They'll be rooted.

Well All the brugs I had in ground has been cut back and topped with leaf filled buckets to over winter,, That was a killer to cut them all back,



I have mailed off many starts to a lot of you here,, and taking the rest of the starts to work to let them get theirs share as well/ This has been a great year learning about brugs and watching them grow into the beautiful blooms they have presented to me!

Njoynit>>>>>>>>>>>>>


I have questions for you..


why are some of the cutting peeling their skins after placing in water??


Even tho I change the water every day some of them are getting mold or fungus,, can I cut it again and start again with those pieces??


And sadly I think I have lost the two pieces of day dreams you sent,,

I hope NJOYNIT hurries up and answers your questions, Diane - a couple of my cuttings have peeled, and one got so mushy I just had to throw it out just now.

BUT... I did pot up most of the other cuttings this afternoon!
Most have at least one teensy leaf growing out of an old leaf spot.
Here's crossing my fingers that they continue to grow now that they are in soil.



(Ya think I like [color:#3366ff]BLUE pots or something?!? ) [/color]

I googled peeling brug, and one reseult said that loose skin indicates that the brug had frozen and thawed, and the person added it there is no hope for those :S The only ones that seem to fair the best are Charles Grimaldi (I remember some calling it the king of brugs) and frosty pink, maybe they're a bit more frost hardy? I have all my cuttings potted up now, and they're sitting on a heating mat (the seeds starting type) A few that Njoyinit send me are really leafing out now, and the ones Diane sent me are still hanging in. The top of some are starting to wrinkle, but I think they're supposed to do that. Most of the cuttings are nice and firm, the soft ones I had to toss, oh well. Hopefully they'll make it until June so I can put them outside!

I wish you both the best with growing!!

Thought I'd update you on 3 of my brugs that you sent, Diane.

Charles Grimaldi


Charles Grimaldi


Adora

Those are doing well, Lynne.