Yeah really Rick. I would have been peeved

Sequoiadendron4 said:Yeah really Rick. I would have been peeved

Maybe just me but I was taught it was disrespectful to walk through someone's yard...as dad would say 'that's what the sidewalk is for'

Sometimes the neighbor kids pop a ball over the fence and they'll run around to get it...sometimes barefoot. That barefoot thing is really dangerous because my 60' pyracantha hedge is up against the fence. Little do they know that branches and thorns break off and take very long to decompose. They could easily get lodged in a foot. If I walk barefoot in the yard (and I rarely do) I give those a wide birth.

Chantelle--
Don't sweat. It will be there longer than tomorrow,
Most people in the MAF have already gotten one, had one, don't need any more.
Seeing a brug through the winter here takes a bit of work to overwinter them.
BUT--fear not! I will be there to help anyone out. Been growing brugs for years.

IF you are talking about temptation re getting the Maya--look what it did in 209!
I also do not know what on earth happened. Never seen it this big before.
It had FOUR bloom flushes that fall! The one I posted above was #4,
This is the Maya Brug I begged the City Arboretum for 2 weeks to come and get it.

Wouldn't you if you had this to overwinter???It was a rare occurance!

Re my neighbor walking through my yard--everyone does. I don't mind.
My property is the ONLY one that has a walk-through ability.
All the other homes have fences around them. Within 2 blocks--there is
NO other way to get to your neighbor's yard.
The man behind me--who mows peoples lawns around my area, even drives his
big mower machine through my back yard to get to my next-door neighbor's lawn
to cut it.
It does not bother me! We are all friendly around here...Been here for years!
We are ALL neighbors!!!
There are NO children around here--nor does anyone have anything growing
that has thorns, We all have nice lawns...and, other than me--no one really
does any gardening.
SO--I will ignore all your angry comments. la..la..la..la...la...la...la...la...la....

The lady who fell is the mother of the guy behind me. She is deep into dementia
already and has no judgement of what is what.
She takes walks around the block--through my yard--and we "talk"--"vacant" as the conversations are we have all lived here for 47 years..
After she fell--i made sure she was OK. Then I walked her home around the corner of our street.
Waiting to tell her Son that his mother fell. just FYI. She seemed to be Ok after the fall.
My bushy Maya Brug caught her half-way down, even if it broke my Maya into pieces.

I have another one--just like it. The one that broke will make 6 other people happy
to see these cuttings grow and thrive. They are already potted up.
It will be ALL in your hands once you claim one..
I cannot guarantee that all these cuttings will root and grow.
Wrong time of year to do cuttings...
PS--This was donner's favorite brug too. I have given her several cuttings of it.

Donner could make this brug grow into a full-sized, blooming plant all in ONE
year from a cutting. She has secrets on how she does it....I wish I knew the secret...

SO--Chantelle--this is for you. My amazing Dr. Seuss Brugmansia 3rd or 4th year from a cutting.Nothing special you have to do. They just grow like crazy. and bloom when ready.




Looking for pictures of my Brug--I came across the best pictures I had
of my Curly Spider.HB. Better late than never......Here! Enjoy! You CAN do this too.

Gita, I'd love a cutting from your Maya if you have enough to share. My Dr Seuss is getting taller but no blooms yet.

Lisa--I have not had any blooms either.
It looks like it is trying to "Y"--but NO buds or blooms.
Blame it =on the scewed up weather. G.

Now I feel bad about my comments given your neighbor it's condition. So sweet of you to be so compassionate and understanding!

Lisa--
I put you on my Early Requests sheet.
Have to seriously take stock as to what I have and then post it on my "Haves".

I started to do it--walking around with pen and paper inhand...and them my neighbor fell.
There's still time....Gita

Well-Chantelle--one must not "assume" things.
What happens if you do? You make an ASS-(out of) --U (and)--(Me... (get it)?

G.

LOL yes Gita it does...sadly it's not the 1st time and I quite certain it won't be my last time. You'd think I'd learn...

Gita, I'm glad your neighbor wasn't badly hurt. I love your 'Maya' brug, sure hope the main plant bounces back for you.

I'm also one of the apparently rare people who don't mind kids walking throught the yard (Martina is another)... but I have had to discourage off-road biking through the garden. Usually if I ask them to stick with a certain path or trajectory, it works out... and some strategically placed brush piles have helped as well!

I need to do that "walk around with pen & paper" thing, too. Waiting for the heat wave to break so it's easier to poke around and pot up bits and pieces.

Aee that open area where mu wheelbarrow is? That is the ONLY walk-through between
all the houses within 2 blocks. The smaller opwning, on the right of the raised bed,
WAS open--but my back-yard neighbor stacked all kinds of wood logs there to save.
I think he once said that they were cherry wood,,,,
They are on HIS side--so I cannot complain--but I sure miss that smaller walk-through.
I used to go through there to reach and trim the Butterfly bush and all my DL leaves
on the back side of my YUk bed.
Now I have to walk through the bigger opening--around the back of my raised bed fence,
OR completely around my neighbor's garage (The big white building), and then back
towards my bed. The opening area behind HIS garage is a dumping ground for all kinds
of things and toys and, his 2 big trash cabs, even his 2 jet skis.

Am I ever glad I built that raised bed so I don't have to look at all his 'stuff"...
OH, well--we all co-exist.....

I am sorry!
My above post was off topic So sorry!
Somehow we got to talking about my neighbor falling and all that other stuff
that followed that.

Lets get back to haves and wants....Thanks. Gita

My crushed "Maya" is coming back like a champ!
lots of new leaves==growing lush. I guess Mama plant does not realize she lost
the whole top of the plant.
Have to say--this year the "Maya" is a real champ. Hope it does not grow 7' tall and wide
like the one I had in 2013 did.

My undamaged Maya has a lot of bloom buds hanging around. Looks good!!!
In about one week--I will take some photos for you all.


Here is the broken off Maya recovering. Crazy fast too...

I think I'm finally seeing a 'Y' on my Dr. Seuss - hoping to be blessed with even one bud before the cold hits.

Chantelle--
My dr. Seuss has had a "Y" for a long time. NO flowers....Weird summer so far...

On the other hand--my "Maya" is now covered with buds. They should pop within a week or so.

The Maya that my neighbor fell upon is re-growing leaves like crazy.
Now I will have 2 to deal with over the winter.

Here is my Dr. Seuss....Everything looks OK--just NO buds. ????

Gita - what size pot do you have them in?

Chantelle--
Both Brugs have always grown in these 2 lg. pots. NOT planted IN them, htough.
If you read my primer--it describes the pot-in-pot method of growing brugs.
The brug is planted in a lg. black, Nursery pot with round holes cut out around the pot.
This black pot is then planted into the Lg. deco pot. And--there it grows, happily into a big plant.

Because you have to take the brug in for the winter, you will be hacking the roots which grew out from
the black pot's holes. Lift out the black pot and take it down the basement for the winter
to start its dormancy time.
Because I never planted my brugs directly into a bed or a lg. pot--this allowed me to just take the black pot
down my Shop for the winter. This method kind of keeps the roots pruned at all times.

Donner just plants her rooted brugs straight into her beds. Having increasingly moved it up in pot-size she is able
to grow a lg, flowering brug from a cutting in one season.

IF you lived South--you would plant your brug directly into a permanent location--and it would grow
into a small tree.
Using the pot-in-pot method--most of my Brugs have grown quite large and covered in blooms
in 3 years from a cutting.

If this sounds complicated--DO read through the "Seasonal care id brugmansias" Primer I think I sent you???
I have changed a few things since I wrote it.

Nope not confusing at all and your primer was very helpful...thank you again!!