Hi I just signed up. I have been growing brugs for about 5 years. I have grown them in different parts of the country from zone 3b to now a zone 10. It is interesting to see the differences. I am also interested in and grow all kinds of tropicals. I am glad to be here and recognize some people's names from the gw forum. This seems like a nice place to belong to.
My gw and other brug forum sign on name is sultry_jasmine_nights and I currently live in Lake Havasu City, AZ ( a zone 10 but unfortunately is not tropical !)
Welcome sultry_jasmine_nights. That's quite a long name to write. LOL! You are going to enjoy this forum. Everyone is friendly and helpful. We are glad to have you here. Can't wait to see some pictures of your brugs and other tropicals.
ChSam (Shirley Morr)
Chariton, Iowa
Zone 5
This message has been edited by ChSam on Feb 21, 2007 9:35 PM
May we call you Jasmine? That might be easier. We're happy to have you join us. Jump right in and become a part of a very friendly group of brug enthusiasts.
Hi SJN - I'm really glad to see you decided to join us. We'll be looking forward to getting to know you better & hear about your brug experiences. Kick back and put your feet up...enjoy!
Patrick
Brug Moderator
USDA Zone 8b
Heat Zone 3
Sunset Zone 5
SeaTac, WA...one cool place
Welcome Sultry, I've seen your postings in citrus & tropicals many times. For Brugs, I like it here much better!
Patty
Milwaukee, Wi
Edited to fix extra coding in gif
RA ...Thanks for editing! I was practicing & somehow came here to see the banner from SC!
I changed it 2-3 times on signature so hope it is working now for good.
This message has been edited by Ladyaqua on Feb 22, 2007 6:57 PM This message has been edited by Tiedjens on Feb 22, 2007 1:23 PM
Thanks for the warm welcome. I am glad I joined and look forward to learning more about brugs and datura. Thanks for the invite Patrick
Lynne the "night" in my s/n , was my gw name I made when I lived in the deep south (Louisiana) where I grew and still grow lots of jasmine and night bloomers. Night blooming plants is what led me to grow brugmansias. We had one in our yard ( in Phx) when I was a kid but didn't really pay much attention to it just remember it bloomed yellow. Later, I obviously became hooked on brugs on my own due to their evening fragrance and beauty.
You can just call me SJN or Lenette or whatever lol :P
Look forward to getting to know all the nice people here and figuring out how to post plant photos etc.
Welcome! Do you have trouble giving your brugs enough water in AZ? I'm in Florida and with out sandy soil, some of my brugs suffer. Compost has helped quite a bit to hold in water.
Michele
Jacksonville, Fl
Zone 9a
Nature, in order to be commanded must be obeyed. Sir Francis Bacon
Hey SJN! I've know I've seen you over at GW for quite a long time. I am new here too. Was it not you experimenting with "braiding" brugs a couple of years ago? If it was, I'd love to know how that turned out!!
Welcome, Wildflower and SJN. Real nice forum. Plenty of knowlagble people here. Check out what I am propagating. I kind of got the bug real bad. Now I do not grow by the 20s but start around 100. I am doing trees right now. I will have a bunch of small Banyans soon. Interested let me know.
Hi nice to see ya again lol and nice to meet the new faces.
Michele,
I have just returned to AZ after 10 yrs away. Before I lived in Phx, AZ. It is a little hotter here than Phx. and definitely more windy. It is a pain to water in the summer in the desert. It helps to mulch add drip lines under the mulch and lots of organic matter. Deep soaking/watering in the evening here is best because there is less evaporation and luckily not much problems with fungus and slugs like I did in the deep south (LA). There doesn't seem to be as many bugs here in general except aphids and thrips yuck! And of course scorpions but they don't hurt the brugs.
Jim I can't see the picture- is there one some where to see all your babies that you are propagating? Banyan trees sound interesting!
wildflower, yep that was me with the braided brug experiment. I have a insignis pink, super nova, and CG braided together. The first attempt went bad when the super nova accidently got broke off and I had to put a versicolor in its place (to hold the place of super nova) Then I had to re-grow another tall skinny s.nova tree start. I finally got it in place. As some people predicted the I. pink grew the fastest and is still taller than the other two. CG is next tallest and s.nova smallest cuz it has to catch up now after rebraiding it into the mix (taking out the versi color). The good news is that the pink is done growing and the other can catch up while I gradually braid them around it. I found out that they are much slower growing this way. It has been about a year or more and they are not near as tall as individual trees would be by now. I will post some new pics as soon as I get my other puter fixed
( I am on the old slow one now till then lol).
~SJN
How interesting, SJN, I really want to see those photos. Sounds as if you have a more difficult time watering than I do here in North Texas. What dedicated gardeners we must be !!!!!
and happy exploring in your newfound home for brugs.
