I haven't had brugs in a while and so there must be some new ones out there. Please list which ones that have done the best for you and why you like them so.
Thank you,

Teresa

Do the variegated ones do well? I would love to have something that blooms heavily.

For a variegate that blooms heavily Maya is the one to choose.
My top three would be:
Karoline
Jinny Lind
Double Play
Do I like pink?Yes
Am I partial to my own hybrids?Yes

Mine would be:
Miss Emily Mackenzie
New Orleans Lady
Dreamcycle
because they are low maintenance and haven't given me a lick of problem

Thank you for posting. I will look these up. I have heard of Maya and that it is a good one. University of KY has a very large one in its arboretum.
We are in zone 6, so I wonder if they have it in a buried pot or just mulch it heavily?

The others I will look up. I never had a double before. I do think they are pretty. Do some have better substance for their blooms? I know there is a big difference in daylily blooms.

Does brugs have an award system? Like the Stout winners for dls and Dykes for iris?
Thanks

bluegrassmom said:Does brugs have an award system? Like the Stout winners for dls and Dykes for iris?
Thanks

The only award system I am aware of is the "Brug of the Year" done by BGI at http://www.brugmansia.us

Dr Seuss is very cold hardy, I didn't take cuttings snd I giesd I'm really in 7b because it got down in low teens , record breaking cold. I didn't tske cuttings because my brigs usually survive, the only one that did is dr Seuss. Also smells great and is orange.

I saw a nice pic of SNOWBANK. Anyone have a comment on this brug?

Thanks for the link.

Dr Seuss might be a good choice for here. I had one person tell me that they put straw bales around the trunk of theirs.

What is the coldest temp that a brug can survive? I saw some cut GHs made from old window. I was wondering if a couple heat lamps would be enough.

bluegrassmom said:I saw a nice pic of SNOWBANK. Anyone have a comment on this brug?

Thanks for the link.

Dr Seuss might be a good choice for here. I had one person tell me that they put straw bales around the trunk of theirs.

Snow back is a good looking brug but unless you live in a area that has nice temps all year round I would not suggest her. From what I hear she is not hardy and needs more sun then most because of the variegation in the leaves. That seems to make her harder to come back after overwintering..;. or at lest that is my tack on it.

If I am wrong someone please correct me!

Thanks, sometimes beauty is not worth the extra hassle. I am in zone 6 and I doubt it would live here unless I had a GH.

You are right, I am in zone 6 and it is in early fall until summer.

Lots of people up north do grow brugs, cut them way back in the fall and just let them go dormant through winter. Kept in a cool basement, they're easy. If you keep them in a pot, it's easy to get started again in spring if you have a sunny window, so they will bloom all summer for you. Less trouble and more vigorous than growing annuals, jmho.

You can also just take cuttings in fall and grow new plants each year. Cuttings grow roots in a week in just water. My first brugs grew from 8in. and 12in. cuttings into shrubs in one summer, and still bloom once a month.

First pic, new cuttings just potted in May 2011, second pic, the right hand cutting was 6ft tall and blooming by July, third pic the left hand (wimpy) cutting blooming in July.

So pretty. I have overwintered a few in the house. I had a bad gnat problem. I didn't bring them inside any more

bluegrassmom said:So pretty. I have overwintered a few in the house. I had a bad gnat problem. I didn't bring them inside any more

Gnats would be the lest of my problems if I had to very winter. It's those dang blasted spider mites that would just drive me nuts. LOL

Hey Rhaps, I came across a tip and have been trying it out for a couple of months. About once a week I spray all the brug foliage with the hose, a good firm dousing, trying to hit both sides.

The lady that posted this idea claims that the "rain" disrupts the life cycle of the spider mites. They do love the weather to be warm and dry! In any case, although we have not exactly had as warm or dry a fall as usual, I haven't seen a single spider mite problem since I started doing this.

Give it a try - now that you have actually had some rain, you won't feel too guilty about spraying a little water for a few minutes, right?

Elaine ~ Thanks for the tip. I have been out spraying the Murphy's Oil Soap in a hose end sprayer once a week through the day. Thought I would cover both bases at once... and it smells so good.

I know it is bad to say but I never felt guilty watering my plants. I used under trays to catch each drop and then watered only once a week. Then I got hit with the spider mite thing and it did not matter any more since I had to strip the leaves... they needed far less water at that point. I get home really late and was watering and spray the hose end sprayer at night. Some of my babies got a fungus so I had to toss them and ask the person that I got them from if I could purchase another.

Rhapsody

I love your avatar! What is the name of it? I have never seen anything like that in my area. What does the M. oil soap do?

Thank you... she is Aeonium 'Sunburst'. MOS kills most bugs by striping the wax layer off of them so the die of exposure ( that is the soap part) plus the oil portion suffocates them.