Brugmansia Buds!!

 I have been watching for a week as 

the the buds have been forming!  With

cooler temps they are coming along 

nicely!   Blooms should be showing up

soon!

 

It's now time to clean up the limbs

and remove all the new growth to 

the top, so one can see the blooms.

Plus get small cuttings for next year.

I found a couple more brugmansia

that have new buds!  

The brugs when we moved them out

were in bad shape due to loosing 

power for over 6 hours in the cold

winter.  Even the rainbarrel's water

that we keep filled in both greenhouse

started to turn cold.  We knew that we

would loose some limbs!  It's just a

part of gardening up North!  Time

to get more cuttings and now is a great

time to get them while they are actively

growing.  I was impressed with B. Shorty's

variegated cuttings that I took a week 

ago, they have now skipped a beat. We

lost some year old plants but that was due

to the fact there were walnuts found in the 

pots.  Plus the wild fire /neighbor's burning

smoke isn't good for these plants!

 

This is our cross B. Jutner Peachy Cream,

should be open something this weekend.

Sunday 6/25 morning's bloom.

This morning she was fully open.  She is so tall I'll

have to cut her back to get her in the Brug house

in the fall.

With the heat they are drying out

fast.   

B. Shorty's Variegated 

Photos taken 6/30/2023, very fragrant!!

6/30/2023 Evening photos:

Last photo as she fades.

B. Frosty Pink

7/10/2023

Today was the day to clean up the 

Brugmansia due to weeks of smoke

and the leaves were smelling of smoke.

So we have to strip the yellowing leaves

and hope for the best!

Here is B. Shorty's Variegated all cleaned up 

and getting ready to for the second flush!

Smoke can be very harmful to these plant!!

7/12/2023

Second flush starting to open.

B. Jutner Peachy Cream

New bud to open on our oldest 

B. Shorty's Variegated.

7/16/2023 --  With the heat comes

some awesome blooms.  Not normal!

Some one made a request last week

that I post the collection.  They wanted

to see how it was going as they saw the

stick coming out of the pots early in the 

season.   

Yes, it's a jungle out there!

I'll tell you with 90 degree weather it's

been fun keeping them all watered.