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Apr 6th, 2008 at 09:48 AM
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"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
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continued from above^This was right after uncovering,, Unnamed pink
this is now,,,,,
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!
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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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WOWWWWWWWWWW ALan Very Very Big!! Looking good It won't be long before you have blooms!!
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That's a beauty Alan! Can't wait to see it bloom!!!
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What is a Brug?
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What is a Brug? brugmansia
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
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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!
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
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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. Love those Brugs!
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Can brugmansias grow in my zone(9)?
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Enrique, they sure can! I think they can stay in the ground all year where you are at
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
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I better ask my parents to buy me one!
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I get frosts as low as 25 degrees.
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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!
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What kind of plants are Brugs?How do I grow them?Are they easy to grow?Where can I buy one?
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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. They are nice.
PS... My horse isn't here, this is my Nitemare..
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What's their botanical name?Cause I can't find brugmansia in any of some gardening books I checked out of my school library.
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Hot Rod
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Brugsmania is actually a DATURA DATURA....... THINK THEN LATIN NAME IS ARBOREA. IT WAS THERE BUT DID'T SAY FOR SURE. iT IS A GREAT PLANT.
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Found it in my gardening books.B ut where can I buy one?At walmart?
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I wondered what I had coming up
I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once. -Jennifer Unlimited- Yard Update -April 2012
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No not walmart. Most folks on here have gotten cuttings from some one else. THat is how I got mine.. But I think I have one growing from seeds . Takes really long . I have a friend in california , i will ask her if she raises them. Let you know if she does.
PS... My horse isn't here, this is my Nitemare..
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Hot Rod
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I wondered what I had coming up dO YOU HAVE SOME? Trade that fellow if you do..LOL I am going to ask Vi if she has any.
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yes, I got 5 last fall from a lady who lets me dig in her yard, not sure how many will make this year but if I get more than one up it's yours
I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once. -Jennifer Unlimited- Yard Update -April 2012
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Thanks .... But I was hunting that for emb, not me .. He is in california. He wanted it now.. I think I do have 2 growing, one in the basement an one about a foot tall. b
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okay wasn't sure what it was til today when I saw the pic, I covered mine the other day when the weather was frosty
I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once. -Jennifer Unlimited- Yard Update -April 2012
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YOur did have them before, I recall. THis seed must of come up from last spring planting.. It was in the same seed bed, for a year. b
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Daisy
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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
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Hot Rod
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Is the banana tree same as the banana plant?
I would do it if I was you. I always tell folks, I run a hospital for sick plants, and they give me theirs.. Ha ha
Can't beat the price........... :ding:
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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
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Is this the same lady you said has cancer?
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.
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I wish I could grow a Brug
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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?
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I'm flat broke.Some people are going through some tough times due to rising food and gas prices.
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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
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I can wait.I'm busy growing veggies.I'll have time for brugs after most of my crops are harvested and before sowing winter veggies.
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I gathered some money and I can now buy a packet of brug seeds.But they cost $5.I have $5.I can get D.metel in either yellow or purple.Which should I choose?
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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
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Oh, I guess I got confused.
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Oh, I guess I got confused. 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
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