Brugmansia problem

I noticed that suddenly one of my Brugmansias has the bark coming off the lower trunk, the rest of the tree is fine with healthy leaves and budding.

At first I thought one of my cats had suddenly had a 'go' at it as she likes attacking things, but now I am not so sure.

Any ideas? ....



Ignore the weeds at the base, I have those up for ID as they suddenly appeared out of fresh compost when I top dressed the other week.

Many thanks in advance for any assistance.

 

Wish I could help! Looks like rot, but given your dry conditions???
Best salvage a decent cutting from elesewhere on the Plant

Wayne

 

Thank you so much for responding Wayne.

We have been up to 35c these past couple of days and I'm watering them 3/4 times a day. I'll keep my eye on her, guess she's about five by now and my lovely pink B suavolens. Think I'll spray a little diluted Hydrogen Peroxide on the area for good measure.

Eek, just went to check my spelling on Google and the pic of my beauty is third pic top line here, and on page 2 first pic is my Datura metel which I has now departed me and I have no seeds left ... ...

http://www.google.pt/search?q=Brugmansia suavolens&hl=pt-PT&rlz=1C1AFAB_enPT444PT446&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=hXjsT5z-G6L80Q

 

I'm guessing it has a thin strip of bark still alive running up one side of the stem.
Its the kind of thing you see in many woody plants, it could be stem damage or some kind of canker.
Whatever, the stem will be seriously weakened and likely to break off at that point, so maybe a stake would be a good idea.
I'm thinking that will always be a weak point from now onwards.

 

I've been looking for a Brug thread to add this on to, hope you dont mind if I add it here Victoria.

Its just a picture of three of the cuttings Davygfuchsia sent me late last summer, doing fine and looking healthy.


This is my favourite, as it looks good even before flowering.


Thanks Dave.

 

Evenin' Pete

I thought about canker but don't know much about it and will have to have a read when I have some time morning.

The diameter f the trunk where the problem starts is 13cm circumference, starts about 22cm from the soil level and runs for 38cm to the 'leg'. The affected area is about one-third with two-thirds being good trunk and new growth. I just took another couple of pics, don't know if they help with the other above or not ...





I don't mind at all that you have added your lush-looking Brugs ... they are nice and compact whereas mine get leggy and tall. My yellow one is now nearly two meters tall and looks quite grand! One one bloom open at the moment having had around 20 so far and more on the way.

I do like that variegated one, very nice indeed. We only see the white, yellow and pink boring ones here.

 

Hi Pete ,
You rooted and grew them on nicely ...The variagated always does well ..
Dave

 

I can't help with your problem as I'm a Brug virgin, but I do have seeds for Datura metel and wrightii if you're interested.

Is this the metel that you had, or was it one of the hybrids?



D.wrightii is halfway down this page - http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/whats-looking-exotic-in-june.43588/page-2

 

My Datura metel was 'Blackcurrant Swirl' ...



It liked to self-seed itself and I had it for several years. T'other half called it Frilly Knickers. Thank you so much for the offer of seeds, but I am really quite useless with them probably because they have to get on with their own thing in the heat. I will keep my eyes open for another plant here, about 50cm tall in bloom only costs about €5 so it's almost not worth the effort growing from seed.

 

Well cheap!

 

Victoria - so sorry to see a sick Brug. I would agree with Pete, I suspect that it is not long for this world. I find that even with healthy Brugs the wind can easily snap a one inch diameter trunk.

Pete - those are looking really healthy. They are amazing growers. However I think that mine have met their match as my Dahlia imperialis is currently growing 2 inches a day. Unfortunately, my greenhouse can't match that.

 

We all need bigger greenhouses

Especially this year.