Stepping Out Of The Darkness!

I lost my beloved B. Culebra that I got from

Mark many moons ago  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.  

Have decided to step back into the darkness 

and just do my thing here.