Brugmansia Flowering

Discussion in 'Outdoor Tropicals' started by edleigh7, Nov 26, 2007.

  1. Thomas Anonymous

    Thomas Anonymous Active Member

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    Wow - nice colors! Mine are just white.
     
  2. lorax

    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    My collection is pitiful next to what the Botanical Gardens here grows; they have every possible shade from white to bloody red with stripes. I'll rummage my photo collection and see what I can turn up; I'm particularly fond of the variegated flower colours that they've produced by selective hybridization...
     
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    Yeah, do that. I'd be interested to see what different colors they come in.

    By the way Lorax, as a winter project I bought some oyster-mushroom spores and a pressure cooker to sterilize substrate and am going to give mushroom cultivation a try. I love growing things but when you're this far from the equator you run out of light near the winter solstice. Mushrooms are good for a winter growing project because not only do they grow quickly but they don't need light for photosynthesis. Wish me luck!
     
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    I can see why that one is your fave Beth. Beautiful array of colours

    Ed
     
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    I've sadly neglected my B. sanguinea this summer but in spite of that it has continued to keep blooming. It's a bit short of leaves and those are really tiny, but as you can see from tonight's photo, it still performs.

    I will be moving it into my unheated greenhouse for the winter probably by the end of November, earlier if it looks like frost. Then I'll give it a heavy pruning and repot it with some compost. It seems that it actually does better without too much sun and with the cooler temperatures of our fall/winter/spring. Diane
     

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    I've never given it the chance to. A bit of early morning sun and that's it.

    Cheers, Barrie (LPN)
     

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