I'm having flower envy. Nothing but foliage on my brugs. Question...it's going to be consistantly in the 90's for the next week (105 in the shade). Can I continue to feed with blooms or do I need to wait for a break in the weather?

Louise,
I'm glad you found the information helpful. I need to put some of the Brugs in the ground so I don't have to cart them all into the greenhouse, but then I look out and see all that dratted Bermuda grass. I'd be fighting a losing battle trying to keep it out of a well fertilized bed. So all but one of my Brugs remain in pots. I need an automated Rainbird watering system for my Brugs.

I have to plumerias too. To keep them from toppling over, I have some posts in the ground. At pot level, I've driven eye hooks into the post. Then I thread a small chain through the eye hooks and around the pot.

That Brug you are trialing for Vicki is gorgeous. I love that full flouncy skirt. Perhaps you should try to contact her to give her the information you have gathered. You may ask her what she wants you to do with the plant.

Jan, from whom did you get the seed of Nathan's Dream? I couldn't find any reference to it anywhere. There are a few sellers on e-bay that name everything, but nothing is registered. Brugs don't come true from seed.

Susan, Many Brugs don't produce blooms in very hot weather regardless of the amount of fertilizer we give them. If the plants continue to grow, then by all means continue to feed them with all purpose fertilizer. The way Brugs grow, they don't really need a bloom fertilizer. The phosphate given should be lower than the nitrogen or the potassium. If, however, the whole plant does absolutely nothing, stop feeding it for a short while. During stressfully hot periods, Brugs will go summer dormant. As soon as it cools off some and the plants resume their growth, start to feed them again.

The seeds came from the netherlands in a seed swap I did last fall. They just said Nathans dream on the package, I guess we'll see what they are when they grow.

Some of the leaves on Maya are turning yellow ( the bottom tiny ones on the trunk) is this a sign somethng is wrong? She has all kinds of new growth, gets lots of sun and food..
I had to keep Chrissy tall, but she now has a new plant at her bottom, the main trunk is longggg and there is a tuft at the top, should I cut it off? VLD, I value your input here..
this picture is the new plant the stalk (trunk) is bare up to the top and then it is fluffly..It is about 6 foot tall or more.

for Doris.. CC is in the middle there, hidden.

Debra, It's normal for old or older leaves to yellow and fall off. If you don't see any spidermites on the underside of the yellowing leaves, don't worry about them.

It looks like your Chrissy came from below the original mother plant's "Y". She won't "Y" until she has completed her vegetative growth cycle. You can't force it.

Don't cut off that tuft on the 6' old stalk. I've noticed when the top is about to "Y", it puts out all kinds of little shoots near the top. If you don't want a standard that tall, you might try air layering a few feet below the top to reduce its height. Then you could cut off the leafless trunk leaving the new growth coming up from the ground. The air layered Chrissy would continue to grow and "Y", but as a shorter plant. The new growth look really healthy!

Gordo (Liz) has a thread on DG which shows how to air layer. The beauty of air layering is you don't interrupt much of its growth. In 2 months, you would have a shorter Chrissy ready to pot up or plant in the ground.

Adorn, I'm still waiting.

Ridesredmule said:Adorn, I'm still waiting.

What is "ADORN" Charleen!!!!! never heard or seen one before that's why i' m asking.

Cora

Buds on Golden Lady

and this one Rosemond X Pink Smitty

What is wrong with this brug, all the leaves are curled and bubbly, it is seperated from the rest of the brugs

kareoke said:What is wrong with this brug, all the leaves are curled and bubbly, it is seperated from the rest of the brugs

It looks pretty cool to me Doris : what is the name of that brug?

Thanks Veronica I'd better hold off on the fertilizer.

The japaneese beetles have arrived and they are everywhere. It's the worst invasion I've ever had.

doris, my seedling cross from Phicks looked like that, then I put it in full sun and it flattend those leaves right out.

Adorn is dropping her skirts.

Well, my HG has dropped the bud that had made it to 1 1/2". This morning is was brown and when I touched it, it fell off. Our temp was 100 yesterday and today. Water, water, water!!!! I'm bringing it into the garden room before dark tonight. Don't know if that will make a difference or not but it won't hurt to give it a try. The other 4 or 5 buds are still there. So all may not be lost if I can rescue it.

It's in a large 18" or so pot and I've mixed fertilizer in the water often. Open for suggestions here -

Louise

Louise,

How tall is your HG? It is entirely possible that the plant itself is perfectly OK. Sometimes if a Brug is relatively small, It may drop some buds. If it is stressed or allowed to dry out too much, even once, it could drop its buds. Heat stress could cause it to drop its buds especially if it got just a bit dry because it could move the water fast enough from the soil to it's buds and leaves.

HG doesn't bloom for most of the people who own it. Many end up throwing it away. If I still have it, mine won't even produce a "Y". It just keeps sending out new shoots up from the ground. When the older ones get up to about 3' - 4', they brown out and die.

I tink you have done fantastically well to have gotten your HG this far!

Milky spore will help with the japanese beetles! it is pricey, but a little goes along way. It is cheaper at Amazon.com.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb...

Beautiful blooms everyone, and excellent info!