Whats Looking Good Right Now
If you were to ask me right now what is looking the best in our garden I would tell you it's our Brugmansias. We have double white variety that is cleverly called 'Double White'. Someone clearly sat up for nights on end coming up with that name.
It's blooming up a storm right now and looking pretty fabulous. You can get a better view of the double flowers below.
Some of the blooms don't really look doubled until you look up into the trumpets, but many look like they have an extra layer of ruffles around the edge (the second set of petals peaking out).
Our 'Yellow' Brugmansia is also looking pretty good. It took a big hit this year during the mite infestation that also caused the demise of our tomato plant this summer. It's bounced back pretty well, but the section of the tropical garden is definitely thinner than the rest of the border.
We bought this beauty from Barton Springs Nursery during a visit to Austin, TX. They have some great nurseries down there. It's a great place to visit.
Even the unknown Brugmansia has a few blooms right now. Look at that nice stripe of color and the pleats.
We don't exactly know what it is. It isn't 'Charles Grimaldii' or 'Cherub', they maybe lost at this point, or they maybe the one that didn't bloom this summer. The thing is, we didn't really have any others.
What's looking goo in your garden right now?
Brugs are so pretty. If I had a greenhouse where I could winter them over I would have some too.
ReplyDeleteThey really are nice plants. There are so many different kinds too.
DeleteI forgot to say that while the plants are root hardy here, we do take out a little insurance each year and take cuttings we put in the greenhouse each year. We leave them in water until we start to see the white rootlets poking out on the stem and them put them in soil. Maybe you could have cutting and little plants in the house rather than an entire plant.
DeleteAwesome brugmansias! Mine all suffered from spider mite infestation but a weekly spray of neem oil seems to have helped. Love your mystery bloom with the groovy yellow stripe!
ReplyDeleteIt's so easy to misplace a name isn't it. We know what we had, but this one just doesn't look right to be any of them, so for now it's a mystery.
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