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Brugmansias

Mary Engle says:
 PS. It is sitting next to the Brugmansia that you have me which is just
> sitting there in full sun, also not producing flowers.  Hard to imagine
> that it is getting too much water.  What else could divert it from flower
> production in summer sun?

And Sean O'Hara replies:

>Also, it is not uncommon for Brugmansias to spend time 'bulking up'
>before flowering, and this species (B. candida) tends to flower in
>the cooler weather.

I've been meaning to ask someone about the flowering time for these. I
bought the yellow/orange variety (Grimaldi?) a couple of years ago and have
it in a big pot on my front porch. It's doing very well, although it needs
a lot of water in a pot to survive -- plant plus pot are about 6.5 feet
tall. It does get filtered afternoon sun and it is very warm and sheltered
on the porch.

Anyway, it never seems to start blooming until around November. And I know
I've seen the yellow ones blooming earlier than that -- there is a
wonderful one in Berkeley that I drive by from time to time. Plus, the
white ones down here in my town (Mountain View) seem to bloom all summer
long.

I feed mine regularly with a kelp based fertlizer, starting off with a
16-16-16 and then changing to the 3-20-20 formula later on. Maybe I went
wrong by putting it in too large a pot? I see flowering specimens in the
nurseries that are in small, 2 gallon containers and they are blooming like
mad.  My pot must be about 30 inch diameter and about that high.

Thanks, Carol


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