First Brug Flower of the season ;) Feeding Discussion

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First Brug Flower of the season ;) Feeding Discussion

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I was working up the polytunnel late yesterday afternoon.... walked out and was confronted by a wonderful whif :lol: Following my nose I was lead to my Brug Charles Grimaldii, which has it's first flower open icon_thumright Sorry for those who asked for cuttings.They were taken in autumn and are far too big for posting.
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i thought my brug that i had kept dormant over winter was well behind but if you have only just got your first flower then i may only be 2-3 weeks off :D

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why do you keep your brug as a single stem to such a height?
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Post by lee-ann »

Lovely Dave I'm waiting with baited breath for mine to do something I may have a long wait they were knocked back hard over winter :(
jimhardy

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yea,they certainly can't hide those flowers to long eeh?

I didn't notice mine was blooming(although I had seen the
immature flower on it earlier)anyway,like you said.
Easy to follow your nose on these!
Not sure what kind mine are,they are almost 7' tall now
but I wish I could get them covered with blooms like in
the pics you see of them!
derrick

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My pink Brug is flowering now my others have just started to bud up
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I love the flowers and the smell of em
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Mr List wrote:i
why do you keep your brug as a single stem to such a height?
Height is the most important thing unless you want the lay on the ground to see the flowers :lol: They look best from below, and the more height you have the better they look :wink:

I remove all side shoot until it forks (flowering growth) putting all the energy into the one stem. Once it starts forking it fills out well :D
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Post by Bob »

Had my first brug flower too this week. You're right Dave, the taller the better. I have to stand on a stool this year to smell the vanilla scent of Arborea.:)


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Im going to go for more height next year this year had no time .Bodster had some big 8 feet stems that you look up at .They do look good from below .They dont seem botherd by the weather start to grow early finish late .A lady had a Brug in her garden but also had free tortoise i told her the Brug needs to be moved if the Tortoise gets near it goodnight Tortoise
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A couple of mine are in flower too :D
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Nice plants, but ere they in pots Jase? Also what are you feeding them? They have lovely dark green leaves. icon_thumright
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Heres a picture of the 2 Brugs next to the 12' Abyssinian-
they are both almost 7' tall and at least that big around!
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Dave Brown wrote:Nice plants, but ere they in pots Jase? Also what are you feeding them? They have lovely dark green leaves. icon_thumright
Both are in plastic pots dropped into stone pots, which are lifted and brought into the house for winter.

This is the second year I have had them, I picked them up as 3" seedlings last year but they didn't Y until this year.

As for feeding, I was told to feed them well. They have been getting potash and Epsom salts once a week and Miracle gro every day :wink:
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:shock: miraclegro everyday :shock:
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Jase forgot the name of red yellow flower Brug i have one but its small no flowers yet .They look great mate
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