Upcoming Plant Sales
There will be FOUR events in the next few weeks, so mark your calendars and be sure to stop by one (or all!) of them. All proceeds help benefit our local schools. Each of the sales will offer native plants (note that some are not on the Portland Plant List). Please see below for more details about each sale! Fort Vancouver High School Plant Sale: Wednesday, April 24, 8am-6pm, Thursday, April 25, 8am-5pm and Friday, April 26, 8am-4pm Native plants available: Trees: Cascara, Oregon White Oak, Vine Maple, Douglas Fir, Western Hemlock, Western Red Cedar; Shrubs: Mock Orange, Flowering Red Currant, Red Twig Dogwood, Cascade Oregon Grape, Baldhip Rose, Nootka Rose, Douglas Spirea, Thimbleberry , Serviceberry, Red Elderberry, Blue Elderberry, Black Hawthorn, Salmonberry, Golden Currant, Smooth Sumac, Salal; Groundcovers : Western Yarrow, Wild Ginger, Sword Fern, Goldenrod, Blue-Eyed Grass, Soft Fruited Bulrush, Tufted Hair Grass, Oregon Sunshine, Maidenhair Fern, Checkermallow, Sedum Spat
Thanks for all the information on this beautiful plant. My white one bloomed this year and I love it. It is in my vegetable garden area so no one gets to see it . I may have to move it to a more prominent location so that others may enjoy it next year. Maybe, I could get a cutting from your yellow one some day.
ReplyDeleteGreat post and very informative Philip. I was saddened to have to destroy most of my brugs this past week as they were simply too large to handle any longer, particularly as I am recovering from my shoulder surgery. I did keep a couple divisions of a pink one and my Inca Sun, which I hope to propagate, as it is a much more constant bloomer and doesn't grow as huge as the rest of my plants did... one thing's for sure... many wonderful hours were spent sitting beneath the many blooms of the brugs on cool summer evenings... the fragrance filled the entire garden! Larry
ReplyDeleteYes, I love mine too! Zone 8 mine dies back in the winter, but returns wonderfully in Spring.
ReplyDeleteThese always make me think of the tropics. Yours has so many blooms on it. Simply beautiful. It is no wonder people stop, stare and ask you questions about it. The only place I have seen them growing in gardens is in Trinidad. They were quite common there.
ReplyDeleteYou touched upon this in general theme. On a specific note, I wanted to add that this is a Deer Resistant plant as well.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Philip, for the great post. My first plant is starting to bloom and it's white - beautiful & fragrant! I think I'm going to winter mine over in the garage. Will have to remember to water from time to time since I've discovered already that it loves water. Your posts are always so enjoyable and informative.
ReplyDeletePhillip I have 1 which is about 3 yrs old and hasn't bloomed yet and I haven't brought it in over winter. Last fall I put about 10 inches of sawdust on it. It died back and came back this year. Just wondering what I need to do to get it to bloom? I also have 2 small ones I picked up this summer and my 3 hooligans haven't eaten them or my older one. I have a hooligan cage protecting one near their running path. Thanks for the information. Be sure to vote to help our special needs school get a grant to finish our greenhouse. Link on my blog. Mary
ReplyDeleteI love Brugmansia. You actually reminded me I forgot to order seeds! I'm starting a tonne of plants though so maybe I should wait. They're just so gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous. I used to have one in a container, but when I decided to plant it two years ago, we then had an extremely cold winter. It was never seen again! I remember how fragrant it was - yum.
ReplyDeleteThe first year we were here in Alabama the Angel Trumpet's were a mystery to me, I didn't have any idea what they were and then they bloomed and WOW!! What a beautiful fall show! But last year I got only a couple small flowers and this year, not one bud on either of my two plants. What do you supposed it is Phillip? Do they need fertilizer? I was really hoping to see them again this fall.
ReplyDeleteYour brug looks beautiful and very tropical. No wonder people stop and comment.
ReplyDeleteI'll just have to admire yours. I have lost tolerance for all that I had to do for this plant! I think just being north of there made a difference too. They are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love this plant too, and the first time I saw it I did a triple take, walked around the block and came back to look at it again. It reminds me of something from The Lorax/Dr. Suess!
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