Rhapsody, I definitely agree, brugs are addictive. Ohhhh, just for the scent of them all

Cora and Elaine, I haven't had any problems with nematodes on the brugs planted in the ground. We do get down to 5-10 degrees on some winter days, and we even get ice storms and periodically snow, and the noid yellow brug keeps coming back every year. I do have pine straw mulch, but I dont mulch that heavily.

Cora, I hear ya about lugging the plants in pots back and forth to the basement when it gets too cold for them outside. My DH has warned me he's is getting "too old" to lift the plant pots. Funnily enough, he doesn't complain about carrying his golf bag for 18 rounds

When I came home from work, this delicious scent greated me when I opened the door to the back deck



The buds that I placed in water are opening, and scenting the kitchen This is signs of a desparate gardener not wanting the fallen buds to go to waste. I'm thrilled that they are even getting their color.

Oh my goodness,LOL.......so sorry I forgot to change my profile. Was in S. Florida and almost bought a house(two days away from closing).

Too funny Cora, we are neighbors Now I understand why you have a basement.

Annette

I know, now come to think of it we maybe the same zone also.

Are you all in 7b or 8 that is zone I am in....

I'm say in 7a/7b, in that weird dip on the zone map. However, I feel like we get colder than 7b.

The brugs are doing better since the warmer weather, and I'm finally getting some blooms from the plants planted in the garden.





Noid yellow, is liking the warmer weather we're having.

Angel's Honeymoon kept losing a lot the tiny buds, but I do see a good sized bud finally.



Savoy Truffle, and the noid pink also have nice sized buds.

I also have few blooms here and there on my brugs but most of them keep dropping buds too.

Your brugs is looking good Annette.

Cem9165 said:I did find an interesting plant, there, a Candlebush Cassia that was on sale, I like the shape of the blooms.

I like the looks of that senna alata... I was just searching that baby

save me some seeds!





Since this is a brug forum... a pic of a patch at my house...
I gotta get those things outa the veggie garden...

Versa Peach is blooming here.



One on left is Serendipity and on extreme right is Painted lady....


Seredipity is a beautiful brug...


Monster, Autumn's Glow (geo. Hilder brug) and Versa peach

Cora, I dont know what's the deal with the young buds falling off something is also eating away at the leaves. I thought these plants were poisonous, but what ever is eating them must be immune.

Stone and Charleen, your plants are amazing, so mature and full of blooms. I need to show my plants a picture of yours, to show them what they're going to look like when they grow up.

Stone, I'll be happy to save you some seeds if I get any. I'll have familiarize my self with the Candlebush Cassia to see what the seeds look like.

Yesterday, I did rub some pollen from MK Rawlings into one of the blooms of the noid yellow brug, I hope I get a seed pod. I didn't know what the heck I was doing, but maybe I'll get lucky.

Annette

Annette, This is what i saw this morning when I looked out....
Show them this is how we do it.....

Oh, I bet those smell divine!

Annette, i stop worrying what's eating on my brugs. They looks like swiss cheese when cats get a hold of them.

Charleen, now I've gotten brug envy, your plants are amazing with Bubbles, your garden must smell amazing.

Cora, I suspect you're right, but I must have the stealth caterpillars eating my plants, I never see them😔 for all of the fine dining that they've done here, I hope they turn into beautiful butterflies.

I did find this on the Candelbush this evening, when I came home from work this evening, I wonder what kind of a cat it is?

Not sure but I think it's the sulphur butterflies that lay their eggs on the Cassias.

My NOID pink and Charles Grimaldi are both blooming in the pool cage. Pink one took a little swim in the pool this afternoon after a big gust of wind. I'm just waiting for it to finish this bloom cycle and will prune it back down to a reasonable height. They've both had snails and some green caterpillar snacking on the leaves, too. I went out with my flashlight and picked them off a couple of nights. I know they're not butterfly larvae, because there have been no butterflies in my cage.

Very pretty Brugs Elaine. I recently purchased Charles Grimaldi. I hope I get to see it bloom this year. I do have a few butterflies, mostly Swallowtails, and a few Sulphurs. For the amount of damage I have, it should look like a butterfly sanctuary outside

Cem9165 said:

I did find this on the Candelbush this evening, when I came home from work this evening, I wonder what kind of a cat it is?

Yay!
That guy is beautiful!
Found him

The cats on my senna obtusifolia tend to be green...

Cloudless Sulphur caterpillars that feed on the leaves of Cassia are green, and those that feed on the flowers are yellow

Thanks for the info stone