A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Plants and Flowers Forum Brugs Update............

I'm sooooooo hoping to get blooms on the unamed pink,, it has grown back tall and full since I had to cut it back,,,,,,, I look everyday for even the slight beginning of a bud ,,

Four of the cuttings Diane gave me last year made it. All got spider mites then as soon as they are growing good I found leaves yesterday looked like some animal had been chewing on the leaves still was slick with what appeared to be saliva. Only thing I can guess is one of the neighbors 10 cats came over and chewed on them as my dogs can't get to them as they are in a chain link fenced yard.

Jimmy My adora looks like something has chewed on it too left nothing but the spine of the leaf on many leaves and even some of those are half chewed,, I've looked very carefully at the plant I see no insects of any kind,,,,, guess I'd better get the hotsauce and lemon joy out, and spray it down After it cut off the bad pieces again,,,,,,,,,

So sorry you both are having something chew your brug leaves.
A few of mine are chewed a bit too, but for the most part they are ok - knock on wood!

Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut... Diane - LOOKIE LOOKIE!!!

Adora has sprouted her first bud!
It's pretty tiny - only about 3/4 of an inch - but it's definitely there!
Can't wait to see the bloom!

We have about 3 weeks to see the bloom................
Frost

it is so hard to think you will have frost in 3 weeks since it was 92* here today.

We rather not have 92 here.......

Dodge - I am in zone 6 here, and the first frost dates are between Oct. 30 and Nov. 10th. I thought you were in the same zone there?

I probably won't get to see a lot of blooms, but at least I'll get to see what they look like and for that I am thrilled!

I am in zone 5..

Your luckier...

Three weeks frost ? I don't know for sure if we even had frost last winter maybe in February. Were still having 97+ temps but today only got to 94 I think. Yesterday morning was 60 when i got up @ 4 thought man it is winter better get a coat then I remembered I don't own a coat why would I need one living here.

We are accustomed to it...............winter....Snow 4 wheelers, and sleeping in....lol

They say we will have frost around the 13th of September this year. It is supposed to get down to 38 tonight!!

whoa,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Your worse than us...............
Cold front 2maro here.

We were thru minnisota A few years ago,......on the way to the dakotas.......

Beautiful there.

It is nice here but our weather can be brutal as can yours. or I should say

We haven't been above 62 in 5 or 6 days.

Today is 80º
We were at 90 for A WHILE Never below 70for ages..............
I like 70.

70 is good. I definitely agree with you on that one!!

Yipeeeeeeeeee


OMG I was just thinking what If I got the names mixed up when In sent them and that one doesn't turn out to be an adora,.

Awwwwwwwwwww I'm pretty sure it is,,,,,,,,,, :wink:

lEAST WAYS WE AGREE ON SOMETHING.LOL

Mine are about 3 feet high but not a bloom on them. Is it too late for me?

Don't feel pregnant Sheri........Mine is the same and 2 buds .. I have others shorter and nothing at all.....wahhhhhhhhhhh

We cant show off.

Sheri Brugs have a tendency to bloom in Sept the first year off a cutting, I have no idea if it's in a pot I only got two blooms from my potted one last year and this year it's not as good looking as last year,, they do like lots of bloom booster this time of year,, welllllll actually they like it all spring and summer once a week or at least once every ten days,,,,,,, They simply love fertilizers and compost,.

How do you keep them in zone 5

b

Dodge,,,,,,,pot it up in a good compost enriched soil and place it to get as much sunlight as possible,, ,, bad thing about being indoors is you'd have to watch for spider mites,, at least here I do,, Brugs like lots of root room too btw,, if yours is already 2-3 foot tall it would need a good size pot but not clay ......... plastic is better probably say a plastic bucket like a 25 gallon one or bigger,,,, I've know someone that used a cheaper make of rubbermaid tub and punched drain holes in the bottom and used the lid as the catch tray,, problem is she had to use a dolly to move it outside in the spring, , but it bloomed in the winter because she had it in a south window,, and she even fertilized it once a month in the winter too.

These aren't new. They've bloomed in years past. They're outside in the ground. I'm thinking it may be the drought because they were only inches high until we got rain. Watering with a hose doesn't seem to help them much.

Yours are so white diane. they've beautiful.

I had brugs inside last fall with leaves 3 feet log................
White fly attacked terrible......
Down the basement they went.

I hope I am able to overwinter some cuttings from Diane's brugs - these Charles Grimaldi keep getting better by the day, with more blooms, and WOWZERS do they ever smell so wonderful! I love going by that side of the pond in the late afternoon/evening - the scent is heavenly!

Wowwwwwwwwwwwzerssssssssss I'm so glad they are doing sooo great they are beautiful!!!!!!

oh my................look what I am missing.

They are in the datura fmy. right?

They are very pretty Lynne! You are doing a fantastic job with them!!

I finally saw a tiny bud on the Unnamed pink today!!!!!!

here is how big the unnamed pink has gotten even after cutting it way back after spider mites got to it

The small pink with bloom looks like castor bean plant. The busy gree is great looking.

That's the Texas star Hibiscus Dodge to the left of the Brug!

I've tried castor bean they won't grow for me

Wow Diane! That has gotten huge!! Very nice!

OMG Diane!!! I cannot believe how tall that plant is, especially after having cut it back already! It is MUCH taller than my Charles Grimaldi!

Can't wait to see a bloom on it!

Amazing what a little rain will do!!!!!!!

Lynne How is the Adora Bloom bud doing??

It wasn't doing much of anything, but today the bud seems to be as long as it's going to get, and is fuller and very very lightweight - I hope there is a flower still in there, what with the weather we've been having - hot then cold, then hot again, and now cooler - we finally had some rain last weekend and that encouraged lots of other buds to pop a little bit.

Here is the origianl bud - I hope it gets to open soon - we are supposed to go down in the high 40's at night this week.


I counted 19 more buds today - WOWZERS!!!
I sooooooooooo hope they all get to bloom!!!

WOWWWWWWWWW They will be okay in the 40's the problem would be frost But I'm thinking they will bloom before it frost there!~

Put a huge piece of plastic on them if frost threatens..
Mine aren't near that big, but I did get one bloom.

Good luck.
I hope, I hope you get to see them.

dodge

WOW 19 buds----I hope Diane is right and that the weather holds and you gete to see your blooms.------and WE get to see your blooms...