A few pictures of last year's Brugmansia's

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  1. Penny in Ontario

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    Wayne, those are all just STUNNING:dbgrtmb:.....the colors are amazing.:sunny:

    I'm hoping this year that mine will "finally" flower:cool:, this winter, its looking the best that it ever has:heehee:....so here's hoping.:WINK1:
     
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    Great looking Brugs. everyone.
    It looks like I'm among friends:dbgrtmb:
     
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    In another forum folk are recommending B. sanguinea as it is happy with cool conditions (harking from Peru) and thus "suited" to our climate.

    Not your experience though?

    Tempted because I love the flower colour, but I have no wish to try to help it flower indoors in the Winter!
     
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      P.S. Jungle Plants description: "A stunning small 4ft to 12ft shrub from Peru and the Andes with 7" soft leaves and up to 1ft long flowers that are shaded from yellow to bright orange at the mouth. It likes cool conditions and therefore ideally suited to planting outdoors during our relatively cool summers. Also flowers in a frost free cold conservatory during early spring."
       
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        Sanguinea never flowered for me in mid summer, only spring and late autumn, ie. it likes cool conditions, or maybe even short days.
        But on trying it a few times its only ever produced foliage in summer for me.
         
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        Thanks Pete. I think I might give it a go ... not so bothered about Summer (now that I know it won't flower then), hopefully it will flower in Autumn well enough before the frosts arrive.
         
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        I have grown B. sanguinea and must agree with Pete , with only flowering in spring and autumn ,also had bad foliage from time to time , flowers are wonderful when they do arrive ,but for me it went in the recycle bin ...
        Probably best to give it a try and see if it suits your needs ...

        Dave
         
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        Hmmm ... the guys over on HTUK are more upbeat, but they are a different kind of gardener so I don't think its a useful comparison, I think your advice is more likely to match my expectations / outcome. Perhaps I should cancel (or lower?!) my imminent Snipe bid on ebay
         
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        Best I pop over there to build my flagging hopes for mine up again!
         
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        Here's the thread [link]
         
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        Kristen - B. sanguinea is very happy with our climate and easy to grow and flower (with a bit of winter protection). I found it would flower in the autumn (but not the summer) and it would continue to flower over the winter. My problem was that it was difficult to appreciate when it flowered in winter, because it was squashed in with loads of other plants which I was trying to overwinter.
         
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        Thanks PeterS, that was how I read a post you made some time back, but (like you) I am not interested in Winter flowering, I want it to flower in the garden. I don't mind if it is Autumn flowering, but I do want it to flower before frosts arrive (otherwise I'd prefer to allocate the space to something else :) )
         
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        That's better - my faith is justified!

        How do you do the link thing (as in insert your own text to be visible instead of the link address)?
         
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        Type a word:

        LINK

        then highlight the word and press the "insert/edit link" button (looks like a link from a chain) and in the popup paste the URL of the link

        Or you can do it longhand and enter the VBCode:

        [URL=http://www.example.com/somepath/somefile.htm]Label to display[/URL]

        But mostly I just put it in the text, then folk can see exactly what they are about to click (I used LINK above as its to a.n.other forum, and didn't want to splash it about, so to speak ... but that's probably a "just me" thing)
         
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