Brugmansia 2

Way to go strongy well done it's a Suaveolens brug. the name is hard to tell without knowing its lineage looks a lot like frosty pink, the scent will appear towards evening and through the night they are normally pollinated by moths so they pour the scent out then.:thumb:

 

You mean I have to go back to work tomorrow night and sit next to it sniffing the air??:D:D

 

I went down to the greenhouse last night to feed the tomato plants and as I opened the door the scent from the Brug was really strong, lovely sweet smell.

 

Terrier, the top heavy one in the garden has buds but will be a couple of weeks before flowering, might be warm enough then to sit outside.

 

terrier, that's why we love 'em. Put it on the patio and enjoy the scent while you're having a beer(or whatever). :thumb:
Makes you think of Tropical climes

 

Hi Everyone,
Hope you can advise me, I have 3 Brugmansia plants which I grew for the first time last year, 2 of them flowered but not until the end of September and into October, which was very late and we didn't really get to enjoy them at that time of year, in fact they were still flowering when I needed to put them inside in case of frost. I took some cuttings and wintered them in the garage, and brought them out again in Spring, all seemed to be going well, but I seem to now be getting lots of yellowing leaves on the original plants, though the cuttings are doing well, sadly there aren't any sign of buds on any of them yet, I am feeding and watering them regularly. Also they are being eaten, mostly I think by snails, my garden has thousands! Where the leaves overhang the pots they crawl along and just eat and eat! I am tempted to remove all of the leaves near the base of the plant to avoid the little blighters getting onto the plants, but since I haven't much experience of growing Brugs I'm not sure, any help would be most welcome! Thank you Moya

 

Moya are they still in the same compost as last year or have you repotted them after bringing them out of storage if you haven't they need feeding about once a week in the growing season, a couple of handfulls of chicken pellets in a 2gall watering can is a good feed, if you get them growing on quickly after bringing them out of storage they will flower earlier,although they like a lot of water don't let them stand in it, no problem taking lower leaves off to stop snails getting on your plants,try a couple of bands of copper tape around your pots about 1cm appart to deter them.

 

Thank you for your prompt reply Walnut, I have repotted the largest plant, but not the smaller ones, and I have been regularly feeding, but I've been leaving them standing in water thinking that it would stop them drying out, so that's probably been most of the trouble. I will certainly try the copper tape.
Thanks again, I'll let you know how they progress!
Moya

 

I have five seedlings 2 inches high and more seeds sprouting. I am in business :D

 

What makes brugmansias interesting is you don't know what you are going to get,in a seed pod you can get hundreds of seeds each one as the potential to be differentin colour shape scent,here are two plants grown from seeds out of the same pod an american cultivar called "xena" it's usually pink but

Pink xena





The pod sister cream in colour and six points on the flower occasionally it has seven






These three flowering this morning,"xena" the yellow one is a "suaveolens noid" the white one is one of my suaveolens crosses from last year not yet named.

 

Stunning as always, walnut. How unusual with the additional points on the flowers as well.

I'm sure I asked the question before and don't remember an answer .... how is it that I never get seed pods on mine? I leave the blooms to drop naturally and don't 'dead head'. I can't say that I've seen pods on the ones that grow wild here .... the wild ones here which bloom profusely don't even get water through our long summer let alone feeding .... is it all the pampering and feeding they get from you? :confused:

 

LoL the majority of brugmansias are self sterile so will not fertilize themselves if you transfer pollen yourself from one cultivar to another (don't rely on the bees you choose which ones to cross) it's a simple procedure you will get pods, in their native land they are usually pollinated by moths which is why their scent is stronger at night for some reason bees don't bother with them much in the day time,however I have had the occasional pod that I have not done myself and some inquisitive insect must have pollinated,I am surprised that none of the brugs near you don't get any pods at all there must be some transfer of pollen occasionally.Let me know if I can help you I can send you pollen with instructions if you fancy a go

 

Thank you, dear walnut for the explanation ...... :confused:xx

Also thankk you for your kind offer but I don't think I want to pollinate myself. :D One of me is enough for any man or woman ..... :eek:

 

Walnut, is there any source for the yellow flowered form of Brugmansia sanguinea in the UK at the moment? I'm rather keen to try this since I've room for a small tree and I know that the type species does very well here. Having seen a pic of the yellow form producing a mass of flower and looking extremely handsome, I'm keen to repeat that.

 

Hi Dave,I have some seeds at the moment yellow x pink suaveolens they could be anything from yellow to pink if you fancy growing from seed planted now and kept growing through winter at a minimum of 10c they will probably flower next summer,drop me your addy if your interested. Jungle plants have a sale on at the moment http://www.junglegardens.co.uk/PlantOrders/enter.html don't think there's any pure yellows.