Maybe I should ask that, excluding the variegated brugs? My question is really more about leaf size, shape, texture, hairiness, etc.

I s'pose my favorite will change over time, but right now I give the #1 rating to Miami Orange Glow. The flowers are nothing to dismiss either, but I love the leaves because they are not only "toothy" in the immature stages, but they stay that way even as the leaves get older.

A close #2 rating goes to Whiskers - another "toothy" leaved brug. I also find this brug to be prolific - currently sending up several basal shoots.

I could go on about other brugs I love for other reasons, but I'll stick to just the favorite leaf topic for now. Tell us about your's!

Patrick
USDA Zone 8b
Heat Zone 3
Sunset Zone 5
SeaTac, WA...one cool place

Never really thought that much about the leaves, Patrick, except when they turn yellow or get bugs (grin). I know that Aurea Pink has the largest leaves of all my brugs so when she loses one, it leaves a hole.

USDA Zone 7/8
Copper Canyon
North Central Texas

I like the saw-toothed leaves the best, I had one that was especially serrated but had to dispose of it. ( a seedling)





I also have a seedling with hugely wide ovate leaves and they really stand out.
This is my hand on one of those leaves.....





Canada 5b
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Both those leaves are very impressive, RA. I'd love to see a "keeper" turn up with sawtooth leaves like that 1rst one. I hope that one has some siblings out there, passing those genes along.

I was blown away last year when I saw how big seedling leaves can become. I don't think any of mine matched your's for size, but I know I had a few that were close. A few of the overwintered seedlings have produced large leaves again this year.

Patrick
USDA Zone 8b
Heat Zone 3
Sunset Zone 5
SeaTac, WA...one cool place

Probably the vulc seedling! LOL! I guess it's a toss-up between 'Culebra', just about any of the Sphaerocarpiums & the really serrated lowland varieties. All of my serrates are seedlings too, I'm still hoping Whiskers x ? will finally bloom this year. Maybe I should just get 'Whiskers', I know her leaves are pretty serrated.
And of course we all love the variegated Brugs, right? Hey, does anybody here have any reverse variegates?

John
Sweet Home, Oregon
Zone 7-8
Heat Zone 4