Re: Propagating Brugmansia
- Subject: Re: Propagating Brugmansia
- From: "Marge Talt" m*@hort.net
- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 02:40:22 -0400
Well, Marilyn, I am thoroughly jealous! I've tried with markedly
little success to overwinter in the ground tho' roots are supposedly
hardy to 18F. You are z 8 aren't you? My mom is in 7b and a museum
in her town in AL keeps theirs in the ground in a protected courtyard
and has them come back....what a difference a few degrees of frost
makes!
I am going to try again this winter (which someone just told me today
was supposed to be cold, bitter, and icy - yuck?) covering them with
plastic as well as mulch and leaves to keep them dry and see what
happens as I've been told this will often bring some marginally hardy
Colocasias through in the ground and did bring some cannas through
winter in a z5 garden, amazingly enough. I cannot overwinter Canna
in the ground, either. This year we shall do some experimenting and
see what happens.
Mine are aphid magnets in the greenhouse in winter...no spider mites,
just zillions of aphids...no matter what I do to combat them..blasted
things! But, I love my brugs, so put up with it. Do not have any
aphids outside...something else likes to chew the leaves
periodically, but I have never caught anyone in the act to figure out
who it is.
My oldest one, suaveolens, blooms all winter - aphids or no
aphids...she is a good bloomer, tho' flowers are white; sweetly
scented; fills the air in the g.h. as well as the garden.
Your pale yellow sounds lovely. My favorite - from a flower
standpoint - currently, is 'Charles Grimaldi' who is just now
beginning to form flower buds after several serious conversations
about compost heaps with it as the season is getting on here and if
it does not get busy, I will see no flowers. My largest plant of
that - in the ground - is now topping 8' tall! Charles starts out a
soft yellow and finishes a soft, deep apricot.
http://mtalt.hort.net/gallery/brugmansia-charles-grimaldi-404x319.jpg
That URL is a photo in the yellow stage taken year before last when I
had lots of flowers, if you're interested...love that flower!
Yes, do think the white bumps are lenticels...thanks!!!
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Marilyn Dube <mygarden@easystreet.com>
>
> Marge,
> Much to my surprise, I have had a Brugmansia survive in the ground
for 3
> winters in a row. It got too large for me to struggle the pot into
the GH
> and back out, so I planted it and thought I'd just enjoy it until
it
> froze......I'm still waiting. It is a pale yellow-gold, about the
same
> color as the David Austin rose 'Graham Thomas'. I loved it in the
winter in
> the GH because it would just keep on blooming and perfumed the air
at night.
> I used to go out there and just inhale :). The biggest problem
with
> Brugmansias overwintering in the GH for me is that they are spider
mite
> favorites. Outside, no mites.
>
> Are the little white dots lenticels?
>
> Marilyn Dube'
> Natural Designs Nursery
> Portland, Oregon
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net]
On Behalf
> Of Marge Talt
> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 9:37 PM
> To: perennials@hort.net
> Subject: Re: Propagating Brugmansia
>
> Extremely easy from cuttings, rooted in a glass of water in a warm,
> light spot in the house.
>
> Key is that the stem you use has to have those little white dots on
> it...I know they have some scientific name, but don't know what it
> is.
>
> Stems can be any size IF they have the dots. I prefer to pot them
up
> when the roots are about an inch long. Once potted, they will take
> temps down to around 40F and a tad lower.
>
> Check out http://home.att.net/~brugmansia/abadscuttings.html for
> detailed info. on rooting cuttings.
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@hort.net
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> > From: jill kathleen cline <cline@scnc.sps.k12.mi.us>
> >
> > Hello: I remember a propagation conversation in which someone
> commented how
> > easy it was to propagate brugmansia. I need details. I have an
> eight foot
> > plant that is getting too big to horse in and out and I would
like
> to replicate
> > it. Thanks. Jill Cline
>
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