and it was time to find him to see if he had one I could get to replace
mine. That has got to be the most exciting Brugmansia that we grew
beside the 'Tissue Culture' ones. These take special care to get them to
grow and bloom!
I found Mark on FB and that open up to joining the group he and Mike
were on. So back online I went. I'm not a FB person so some of you will
be surprised. Yep after going underground for 5 years I took a leap! For
how long, one never knows. I have now stepped back into the dark away
from the FB group. The goal is to grow and maintain healthy Brugmansia
not to use chemicals.
I went underground due to health issues and after the 5th doctor said to
give up my gardening I decided to cut back. My passion is our gardens
and I complain about the neighboring issues, I wouldn't trade my garden
in for all the gold in China! I deal with a lot of messes here but my neighbor
don't care about what they do to our property. So please forgive my bitching.
We try to live with the mess but there is a cost to this mess......our health!
If you read the back issues of the blog you will know just how in deep we were into
the Brugmansia world. Whom in the earth tears out their back yard to plant these trees?
There are a lot of folks!! Believe me!! Once you smell the fragrance you will not
want to go without. But growing them takes talent! Lots of time and commitment to
getting them to do what they do best. Ladies of the night!! Fragrance that take your
breath away!
I got hooked on Tissue cultures when I visited Terra Nova Nursery and Dan shared one
of his babies with me. I had also gotten a D. Missouri Marble from them and that is what
started the best adventure I took. I knew of the studies of the crossing of Daturas and
Brugmansia done in the 1940s. I thought heck, Tissue Cultures are the best of the genes
one can get, so why not try it!! Hence the 'Datmansia' were created. But with that came
the naysayers and being told I couldn't do this was hard to take. Just makes one say try
it and see what you can come up with. I had folks test the seeds across the world and low
and behold they came back year after year until I dug the last one up a year ago. I did ask
that they be destroyed due to the back lash from the naysayers. I have been sitting on the seeds
that we did save, so all isn't loss. When playing with Daturas and Brugmansia, one needs to
know what they are doing and what will self pollinate. Timing is the key here!!
Word of advise to those that are just starting out. Find common Brugmansias to start with and
find someone that is willing to teach you. I know there are a lot of growers out there that will
not help but I feel the more you educate folks that more you are wanting this species to continue.
I offer seeds, cuttings and plants on my terms.
Seeds, we do for postage as these are new hybrids and ask that folks test these and report
back to what they become. Many of these are open pollinated as we do keep the crosses
that we make and plant these by mid January. If we do have space, we then start on the open
pollinated seeds.
Cuttings, we ask that you make a request. We start shipping after April 15th until June 1 for
spring cuttings. Then in the fall in Sept before we move the Brugmansia to their winter home.
If you want us to root any cuttings please ask and we will let you know when they are ready to
ship. We use the bottle method in soil for all our cuttings. On some we do tip cuttings and these
can take up to a year before they are ready.
Plants, we deal mainly in new hybrids that we start from seeds. As we are a test garden and will
have to make a request from the hybridizer if they can be released. If they are our seeds than, we
request that you report back to us.
Our nursery is not a retail nursery, but a test garden. We do sales for our area and do open the gardens by appointment only. We made the mistake several years ago of opening the gardens one
weekend and had over 450 folks tour the gardens.
I went underground due to health issues and after the 5th doctor said to
give up my gardening I decided to cut back. My passion is our gardens
and I complain about the neighboring issues, I wouldn't trade my garden
in for all the gold in China! I deal with a lot of messes here but my neighbor
don't care about what they do to our property. So please forgive my bitching.
We try to live with the mess but there is a cost to this mess......our health!
If you read the back issues of the blog you will know just how in deep we were into
the Brugmansia world. Whom in the earth tears out their back yard to plant these trees?
There are a lot of folks!! Believe me!! Once you smell the fragrance you will not
want to go without. But growing them takes talent! Lots of time and commitment to
getting them to do what they do best. Ladies of the night!! Fragrance that take your
breath away!
I got hooked on Tissue cultures when I visited Terra Nova Nursery and Dan shared one
of his babies with me. I had also gotten a D. Missouri Marble from them and that is what
started the best adventure I took. I knew of the studies of the crossing of Daturas and
Brugmansia done in the 1940s. I thought heck, Tissue Cultures are the best of the genes
one can get, so why not try it!! Hence the 'Datmansia' were created. But with that came
the naysayers and being told I couldn't do this was hard to take. Just makes one say try
it and see what you can come up with. I had folks test the seeds across the world and low
and behold they came back year after year until I dug the last one up a year ago. I did ask
that they be destroyed due to the back lash from the naysayers. I have been sitting on the seeds
that we did save, so all isn't loss. When playing with Daturas and Brugmansia, one needs to
know what they are doing and what will self pollinate. Timing is the key here!!
Word of advise to those that are just starting out. Find common Brugmansias to start with and
find someone that is willing to teach you. I know there are a lot of growers out there that will
not help but I feel the more you educate folks that more you are wanting this species to continue.
I offer seeds, cuttings and plants on my terms.
Seeds, we do for postage as these are new hybrids and ask that folks test these and report
back to what they become. Many of these are open pollinated as we do keep the crosses
that we make and plant these by mid January. If we do have space, we then start on the open
pollinated seeds.
Cuttings, we ask that you make a request. We start shipping after April 15th until June 1 for
spring cuttings. Then in the fall in Sept before we move the Brugmansia to their winter home.
If you want us to root any cuttings please ask and we will let you know when they are ready to
ship. We use the bottle method in soil for all our cuttings. On some we do tip cuttings and these
can take up to a year before they are ready.
Plants, we deal mainly in new hybrids that we start from seeds. As we are a test garden and will
have to make a request from the hybridizer if they can be released. If they are our seeds than, we
request that you report back to us.
Our nursery is not a retail nursery, but a test garden. We do sales for our area and do open the gardens by appointment only. We made the mistake several years ago of opening the gardens one
weekend and had over 450 folks tour the gardens.
Have decided to step back into the darkness and just do my thing here.
