Anna,
Kenboy posted a thread on Dave's Garden regarding hanging baskets. The one that worked best for him was one of JT's hybrids — Orange Sunshine. Unfortunately, it appears to be impossible to find. I had a small one a few years ago, but lost it when a gang of calves, looking for green grass, got into the yard, invaded my shadehouse and trampled it. I haven't been able to find a replacement. Orange Sunshire seemed to have very short internodes making the whole plant very compact. Look for other Brugs that have that characteristic. The problem I see with hanging baskets and Brugs is their high maintenance. The pots are usually very shallow and Brugs have large root systems that require frequent re-potting to maintain their good looks. It's almost better to start over with new cuttings every so often. What you want to avoid is one like this beautiful orange gold noid (The ID faded before I could make a permanent tag.)
I loved the large fragrant blooms, but this one really belonged in a huge garden. The internodes were over 2' in length. I saw only a few flowers before I had to chop it down to a manageable size again.
I bought Logee's Angel's Summer Dream, which is supposed to be fairly compact as Brugs go, in early spring. It was doing well, but the temperatures soared very early this year and it didn't really have a chance of getting established. It was part of the 75 - 80 of the Brugs I lost this year. This year was brutal on all plants. What with my back surgery, the high, high heat, lack of humidity and drought, I'm just lucky to have what few survived. The temperatures are down to the low 90s, high 80s now. Still high for fall, but better than the 90 days of 100+ temperatures we had. Didn't you mention in another thread that you thought your hanging basket Brug was one of Logee's Brugs?
