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Mine have been uncovered now for maybe a month ,,and fertilized twice ~ once with fish emulsion and super thrive, the 2nd time with pete's fetilizer,, this coming week they will get another doze of Pete's We've had some good rains here since I've removed all the leaves and buckets, and fertilized and boy have they grown! this is right after I uncovered this is now... Adora and Cotton candy
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Njoynit, Lynne, Kenny, Jessica, Sheri, Jiffy,Cindy, and anyone else that has them,, sorry I can't remember all who do,, How are yours doing?? I'd like to keep this thread going on every ones progress,, I've learned soooo much from Njoynit ,, and I'm still learning,,! as of this spring the Brugs Njoynit sent me last year has come full circle,, and I have more to plant in ground , new ones she sent me a a while back!
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
Those look so healthy Diane! You should be proud! They are nice and full and green and and and...
Mine are coming along. Still in smallish pots as I don't have any more room for larger pots indoors. They mostly have 1 healthy branch growing each, but I'll take that! I have 3 that made it, and 1 that lost all its leaves but is still hanging on.
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mine are all doing well, happy to say I haven't lost a single one that i rooted last winter, though some of them are still in 4" pots and haven't grown much. I've read that people who bought brugs in 3.5" pots had them out and they grew feets during the summer (some got up to 6') so I'm hoping mine will do that!
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Hi Diane, You can count me in as a Brug lover and grower. I experimented last fall with potted brugs. We have a few freezing nights that I covered the potted brugs with sheets. Also had some small ones in small pots that I could take inside. All my potted brugs made it and are doing fine. Having a slug problem though and have been experimenting with natural deterrants.(ph?) I've been in the garden lately at midnight with flashlight in hand and learning quite a bit as to what's going on out there late at night.
I have three brugs in ground in front garden. Two came back, the other bit the dust. I had been having troubles with that one so I'm not too surprised.
Enrique, they sure can! I think they can stay in the ground all year where you are at
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WE do too I just covered them with sheets untill very late fall, then I cut down and covered with leaves and they are coming back fuller than last year!
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
They are huge with trumpet like flowers.. Should grow easy in calif. I had a rough time with mine, someone sent cutttings and they went ape.. Then the white flys attacked and I had to take it to the basement.
yeah, she's been so good to me and she's given me so many plants, I'm getting a mock orange, a banana tree, a silver leaf maple and some more in a couple weeks, just have to go dig them up
I got 2 pick up truck loads of plants from her last year and 4 car loads of stuff.
I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once. -Jennifer Unlimited- Yard Update -April 2012
I stopped there and ask her could I get a start off her banana tree and she said sure and told me she'd thin her plants and give me more too. So ever since then I see her about every other month and she loads my car up. the day I got the truck loaded she took me to meet her mom and I got plants out of her mom's yard
I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once. -Jennifer Unlimited- Yard Update -April 2012
DOes she live alone? Nice to get all that......... I transplanted browneyed daisys into a hanging basket today.. Yogurt cups didnt have enough room......
2maro I will do that to my Miss Wilmot sweet pea. Had my brussel sprouts out monday and the frost got them that nite.. However they did survive.. April a bit unkind.
emde, I saw Brugs on sale at the Home Depot last week for $29.95. Aren't you in California? What, zone 9? Sounds like you can grow them. Anyway, I was surprised to see Brugs for sale at the Home Depot. They were a substantial size too. They better be for $29.95 huh?
Enrique, I'll send you some cutting if you can wait a while, maybe fall? mine are still very small even after being inside all winter, I don't have much light for them or space for bigger pots. I had a packet of brug seeds you can try but they're from last year or year before. I never got around to sowing them.
Diane, and other bruggies I was wondering, I have my brugs out now (it's 21*C around 70*F and the nights can dip down to 5*C, can I keep them outside all night or should I bring them in?
Helping the world one seed at a time
When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. Mary Ann LaPensee
I gathered some money and I can now buy a packet of brug seeds.But they cost $5.I have $5.I can getD.metel in either yellow or purple.Which should I choose?
Enrique, the seeds you've found are daturas, not brugmansias. To tell the difference, brug flowers hang down, and datura flowers bloom upwards. I sent you some white daturas with your package of seeds...are the ones you're looking at doubles? Daturas can reseed readily, especially D. stramonium can get invasive (aka jimson weed). Do be careful, both plants are dangerous...deadly but so cool!
Helping the world one seed at a time
When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. Mary Ann LaPensee
I'm confused 99% of the time you would die laughing if you heard about all the mistakes I made when I first started in the garden I sent you seeds of both species: white datura, datura la fleur lilac, and brugmansia (white x white and pink) Did you get them yet, or is Canada post slower than ever?
Helping the world one seed at a time
When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. Mary Ann LaPensee
Kenny I'm soo sorry I didn't see your post about night temps,, I don't know about converting temps of C to F BUT I cover mine if it gets below 45degrees F
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
No problemo! I haven't moved them out yet, but we've had 45F nights for the past week. My mom's always saying the time to move everything out is after Victoria Day long weekend (third week of May) si I guess they'll go out then, thanks!
Helping the world one seed at a time
When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. Mary Ann LaPensee
Yours looks great......I have one in the basement all winter and got it out. about 3 feet ..Now starting to get leaves again.. I never had one before. But my banana tree is huge.
The flower garden is in my back yard,, I live in a house Dodge,, I don't know anyone that lives in a Highrise Apt,, That's too expensive and out of my league,,
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
The flower garden is in my back yard,, I live in a house Dodge,, I don't know anyone that lives in a Highrise Apt,, That's too expensive and out of my league,,
I thought you showed us that photo one nite?? Who did that>........i thought it was you?
I was thinking the same....$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
cant buy brugs here either,, sure wish I could get a brug, baby,, i love them,, i do have lots of daturas large giant white innoxias, and the mini lefluer lilac daturas, or i can send the priority two day stamp if someone will share with me,, I would be ever so happyto be a new brug mommy,, ive been an expectin one now seems going on forever,, blessings,, Beth
slugs,,,beer in dishes laid low to ground,, they suck it up crawl into get more and die,, like some drunks,, no offense if you know any, its just the truth,, would love a brug baby if you even have a sprout to spare,, when i was a young medic, i worked at the hospital in new orleans that we set up for the navy, not sure if its still there with teh hurricanes and all,, i knew and had lots of long lost friends from metarie,, lots of friends, it wasnt too far from the place i lived near the hospital.. t/c ,, blessings,, beth:)
hello i have the datura innoxia giant white, and the mini lefluer lilacseeds,, dont pay 5.00 , i can send you the daturas seeds from mine last fall,, i dont have the yellow or other colors, if you want we can share some of those, but im willing to send you some seeds ,, not a problem,,beth,, just send your addy,,
Beth, I'm certainly no expert on brugs, but from what I know, they should be trimmed in the fall and that's when cuttings are available
Helping the world one seed at a time
When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. Mary Ann LaPensee
glad you got them Enrique! Did yuo get a few things you were looking for, or were they all sorta ~nah~ seed?
Helping the world one seed at a time
When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. Mary Ann LaPensee
I have all of mine outside except four which will be going out tonight. It dipped to 4*C (~40*F?) and I covered two and moved the rest in a 'gravel' bed between our house and the neighbour's (the space is about 5' wide) and they did fine. I haven't planted any in the ground yet but will later tonight. Anyone have any suggesstions as to what looks good with brugs? I know I shouldn't grow tomatoes, or datura because they can host some devastating diseases. I'm assuming I shouldn't grow any other nightshade family plants around them...anyone know? I plan on maybe putting elephant's ears between them or castor beans.
Helping the world one seed at a time
When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. Mary Ann LaPensee
anyone have any updates? I'll post some pics later. I put one brug in the leaf mould pile in mostly shade to see how it's going to grow, and the rest in full sun. I've noticed that the ones in shade have been bitten badly by bugs and there are little holes all over the leaves, and the ones in full sun have little to no damage. The charles grimaldi is look pretty yellow but the new growth is all nice lush green. I threw a handful of epsom salts before school one day and when I came home, the plants all looked much greener, so I guess I need more. I also bought some fertilizer sticks (10-30-10) that were meant for tomatoes, but I figured as long as the middle number is high, it will promote flowering. I had a total of 13/14 plants growing inside throughout winter, all from cuttings. I didn't have enough space in the garden and I was only able to plant six. I gave them away, and my parents were telling me to sell them to make a few extra bucks to use during the summer. I would've but it didn't seem right to be selling something that I was given as a gift, so I figured I was spreading the brug bug to other people
Helping the world one seed at a time
When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. Mary Ann LaPensee
Well I'm glad your sharing them absolutely! better than tossing them! I figured I'd have a bud or two by now BUT nope,, we haven't had hardly any rain,, keeping my fingers crossed here!
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
I never had a brugs before, so far I have 2 growing.. All it is , are leaves not as large as that ..........Devil knows what kind......Keep us posted , if yours bloom .Mine sure arent getting excited yet.
remember when you plant in ground they love having the soil admended with compost and rich soil,, lots of feeds and lots of water, they do seem to like full sun,, I have the same problem as Kenny Shaded ones give bugs meals,, full sun look better grow taller and produce more blooms, and Watch for spider mites,!,,
Lynne your look like mine did when I first planted my starts, IF you have fish emulsion water it in they love that too!!! I did and by September they were tall and blooming,,
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
Mine are still small, having just been in the ground for just short 4 weeks. My biggest one is about 1.5'
In Sun (biggest one)
In Shade (another one...has become insect buffet)
Helping the world one seed at a time
When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. Mary Ann LaPensee
Here is my Unnamed pink it hasn't set buds yet,, last year it was end of Sept before it bloomed and continued untill I had to cut it back in the fall,, My starter of Dr, suess is struggling very hard to stay alive,, He doen't seem to want to grow,, and I want him to soooooooo badly! the rest of the ones that were in ground last year are just as big as the unnamed pink with the exception of Charles Grimaldi,, he is getting bushier but not so tall approx 1/3 the height of the rest of them,, again I think it all has to do with a very dry spring and summer,, and about 4 weeks ago they were all a bugs buffet too Kenny,, I took lemonjoy(1TBLsp and a few shakes of Hotsause put it in a water mister filled with warm water and sprayed the leaves under and over,, you can see in this picture all the new healthy growth at the top,, I removed a lot of the leaves and it seemed to have shot straight up after that,( a hint I got from Cindy) Yep I just removed a damaged large leaf here and there and UP it grew,,
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
Mine have been getting there.A few seem to just SIT (pink perfektion& knighttii)Monikia is doing the best.My pics from whats bloomed this year are up on myspace(njoynit)
Happy 4th everyone going to go back to cussing my PC.
I will age ungracefully until I become an old woman in a small garden..doing whatever the Hell I want!
Thought I'd update with pictures of the 2 of mine that are doing the best. They are getting nice and tall with large leaves, but no signs of flower buds yet.
Here's the one by the pond that's in front of Jimmy's cannas
And the one by the corner of the front of the house - gets morning sun til mid-day. Something has been eating the leaves - don't know what?
I just noticed that they really have different leaf edges - not sure which one is which type - didn't look at the tags in that awful heat we had today!
I'm going to continue in this thread it hasn't reached it's max' yet , and I started this to keep record of this first year after over wintering in ground last fall,, as a refresher This spring mine were growing really well,, until last month ,, I had to cut them back due to a major infestation of spider mites it was aweful, , I destroyed all I cut off and treated the remaining stocks, and everything around them , cleaned up the soil & replenished with compost and nutrients and the leaves have come back,, In this picture you can see where I had cut the branches way back and the new leaves came back very nicely!
and finally I have buds. ... this is on the snowcone brug
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
They look fantastic Diane! Once again, your gardening talent shines through with the plants wanting to grow for you. I'm thinking that you might still have time to see them all bloom since your growing season is longer there?
I'll have to look up the snowcone flower - I'm not familiar with that one?
Last edited by plants 'n pots; Aug 27th, 2008 at 07:14 AM. Reason: Just found a few pics online - WOW! Is it really pure white like the ones I saw? Gorgeous!!!
I don't think Washington is a good place for Brugs. Mine haven't grown much since Diane sent them to me.
It's because you haven't been feeling well enough to love and kiss them like you usually do. :ding: But - mine haven't done very well this year either.
They look fantastic Diane! Once again, your gardening talent shines through with the plants wanting to grow for you. I'm thinking that you might still have time to see them all bloom since your growing season is longer there?
I'll have to look up the snowcone flower - I'm not familiar with that one?
this the the snowcone from last year
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
Buds are starting to open open on a brug,, I had believed it was the snowcone well I thought it was but the bloom is yellow,, it may be the pale yellow brug ,, it didn't bloom last year at all, but then again,, it takes a couple of days for the bloom to achieve it's true color after blooming.
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
I have two pink ones that just finished their first small flush of blooms, and my white one bloomed as well...kinda disappointing as it was supposed to be a double white when i bought it...turned out to be a single
Helping the world one seed at a time
When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. Mary Ann LaPensee
Wow ...angelblossom , is that Gigantic ......Mine will never do that .. Just getting blossoms on 3 foot tall. It was huge indoors last fall an d I took it in the basement.
Dodge give it as much sunlite as possible all year it will get bigger and bigger ,, occasionally pull a leaf off here and there,, it will encourage it to grow taller,,
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
mine never really die back all the way I cut them within 6 inches from the ground right after the first hard frost then cover with a bucket of leaves, until late feb,,,,
For you ....... You can dig them up * if in ground* and pot up for the winter,, remember IF they are in ground in the spring and summer they will bloom better for you,,* IF in a pot they will be fine to bring on in,,,,, good light on them they will soak the sun up happily,,,,,, and will probably loss a few leaves,,
Hummers are still here I put a new window feeder on my bedroom window and one has discovered it,,, I will leave it there all winter for the HB's south window, under an eve,,, so it will be protected from the cold or freezing!,,
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
mine never really die back all the way I cut them within 6 inches from the ground right after the first hard frost then cover with a bucket of leaves, until late feb,,,,
For you ....... You can dig them up * if in ground* and pot up for the winter,, remember IF they are in ground in the spring and summer they will bloom better for you,,* IF in a pot they will be fine to bring on in,,,,, good light on them they will soak the sun up happily,,,,,, and will probably loss a few leaves,,
Hummers are still here I put a new window feeder on my bedroom window and one has discovered it,,, I will leave it there all winter for the HB's south window, under an eve,,, so it will be protected from the cold or freezing!,,
I have heard different things on hummers in this area,, This will be the first year I will have 2 feeders out all winter so we shall see,, I doubt this far north in Tx I will see one in the dead of winter,, I imagine far south TX they will see them in winter,, nearer Mexico,
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