Brugmansia's at Kew Gardens

In the Temperate House ( my fav!) they had a few Brugmansia's in bloom. Here they are to enjoy. Arborea Kew, a white Candida with alot of Aurea influence , big Sang, a Grand Marnier with a woman who kept following me...oh it's my Mum! and Grand Marnier up close

Wayne

 

In Italy there was e even bigger one outside my house , it was a simple white one but it was massive , my grandfather knocked the plant down , just because someone told him it was toxic .

 

That last picture is fabulous Wayne. I think a key ingredient is a large greenhouse where they are out of the wind. They seem to be very bittle. I grew several from seed last year, but the wind just snapped the one inch diameter trunks of a number of them. Still even the snapped ones managed to overwinted and are growing again.

 

Absolutely gorgeous!!!... and heres little ole me so chuffed cos ive managed to germinate a sanguinea seed. No doubt it will be as huge as those, this time next year