Eddie Has MM at World of Brugmansia Store for $14.95 ... I gave all of the Tiara away a couple of yrs. ago.. I will look around to see if I have it somewhere.. If I do you are very Welcome to have it...
Kylie

Thanks Chena!

Juuuuuuuuuuuuust got back from his site. I saw the other post "world of brugs" and went there.

MAN now THAT was an expensive visit. (grin)

I got a MM for mom AND another one for me!

You see, last year, her eyes lit up real bright when I said I would bring THAT one down to her place and put it in HER garden this year.

And there it is, slowly dying. I was in tears yesterday. The one she REALLY wants, and it's giving up the ghost.

Thank you to you guys SO much for finding Eddie's place for me.

I'm gonna get another HH too. Plus, of ocurse, being the addict, I kept clicking. . and clicking. . and clicking. . .

Loved my Tiarra, but he didn't have one of those. Gotta try that "kongmonsia" for myself though. Annnnnnnnd, gonna give one to Mom of course. (grin)

But that MM was breaking my heart, when she was so excited about it.

Shoot. Should have gotten 3 instead of 2. Then I could give her 2 and I'll keep one.

Crap. Wonder if he'd let me change my order. . . .

LOL, do you really think Eddie would say no to selling another plant? ;-)

Why not get four, two for each of you, "just in case"....

Hey Phoenix, that's not very nice!

Should have ordered the Adeline too. grrrrrrrrr. . . . I'll have to place another order.

Just glad I found the MM. I'll take all the fancy ones I just ordered down to her place and put them in for her.

(See, they water with LAKE water. The brugs THERE got MONSTROUS.)

They got so many compliments last year, everyone asking "what ARE those" because they just keep blooming over and over again. (As opposed to tulips and stuff that bloom once a season and are done.)

Dad said he would just shrug and say "My daughter put them in."

They were blooming all the way down into late October. When I was taking down the Sunsport, it must have had 200 blooms on it. Broke my heart, but such is life in Illinois.

This year, she and dad will have lots of fancy ones around the house. I'll keep the rock hards for me, like the frosty pink, jamaican yellows, the grimaldis.

but I HAVE to try that "Kongmansia" Anything named monster like that is GOING to get my attention. Give my Paulownia tree a run for its money. (grin)

I want to try the Kongmansia, too. But I need to know if its heat-proof first. I lose too many delicate ones come summer.

Good question.

Well, we're supposed to have a "hot" spring. Supposed to anticipate high 80s in May. Lower than average precipitation.

I'll let you know how it does here in May. They ALL get kinda mopey here in the real brutal heat.

'Cept that silly frosty pink. It seems to love it no matter what. That and charles grimaldi.

Boy I've only got one breezy/christine (NOID) left. Dark dark green foliage and a wonderful light pink/white blooms that smells like roses.

SHE'S great in the heat also. She's originally from Florida. (She is a plant from someone on this forum gave me from ANOTHER person on this forum.)

I didn't trim her last year, so hopefully she will do well again this year.

Bob Has Kong growing for him and he is in Florida!! Blooming!
I'm bettin heat is not a problem...

Technodweeb

Wish i knew 3 weeks ago you wanted a Herr Haus Garten
i dug up a 6-feet Herr Haus Garten and threw it across the
tracks after having 3 cups a coffee after reading one of lucy post. well Lucy said she will like to have one so i went across the tracks and cut 2 large Branches. i am rooting one
for Lucy, If you will like the other Herr Haus Garten its yours when it root i will send it to you as well as lucy and mary there plants.

Chocolate Brug

hrm, Technodweeb, I may have to hit you up for a cutting from your rosey-smelling NOID when it gets bigger. That sounds just wonderful, and its heat friendly. That's always important when we spend 3 months in the One Hundred Teens. Seems like for most of the month of August, the LOW temps don't make it below 90.

Chocolate:

Ok, that begs the question, WHY did we pull out a 6 foot HH? And throw it on the train tracks?

Phoenix:

Oh they're WONDERFUL. It's a really unique Brug.

It has a darker than average leaf, kinda the color of the outside of an avacado. I took her down to the lake and dunked her.

She was hurting. The other one was done in, the mites were just savaging her. So, the last best hope for her was take her to the lake, and I dunked her. . .

Again, and again and again.

She was STUNNING that same year. She came roaring back and eeked out 2 blooms for me.

She hasn't had a problem since.

Of course, my mom pouring MILK in my Brugs ("Hon, you said they like some calcium") and of course, she got dunked AGAIN. After I got done going (blink!) (blink!) you did WHAT mom?

Breezy (or Christine) is a beauty. She really is. And she's a hand me down from others in the forum. Which makes her REALLY great. She's "asleep" right now down there in storage.

she needs to be repotted this year, outgrew her big pot, so I'll put her in a MONSTER pot this year, or maybe even in the ground.

But she is a beauty. LOVES the heat. Can't remember the original forum member's name. Happylove I think. From florida. Breezey/Christine is a name she named after the person there who gave it to HER. She gave it to another and that person gave one to me.

As a matter of fact, I'd love to have another Breezy/Christine.

I'll send you a cutting and take one for myself and have some more this year when she gets REALLY big.

She is a beauty. She's a NOID, but as others know here, I like NOIDs. I dont' have to have a pedigree for my cuties.

If they're beautiful, that's all that matters to me.

She has been in a POT sitting on a DECK that gets SO hot, you can see the heat shimmering off it. You can barely walk on the deck.

And there she is, shining, bright, and blooming. You'd love her Phoenix.

She's a beauty.

I may have to share it with a close friend of mine, named Christine, who's favorite color happens to be pink ;-)

Sometimes plants are like dogs. Its the mutts that melt your heart! Especially when they've got a little bit of history to go with them.

You got THAT right about the mutts.

She really is a beauty.

But neither of those individuals come to the forum any more. I could drive to his house, but I'm betting he doesn't have any more from her either.

So, we'll have to do with the cuttings. I'll make sure I send you one come the fall. (or SOONER if she gets SUPER big down there.)

She really is beautiful. Those really dark green leaves are gorgeous.

The bloom emerges white, THEN turns pink. And at dusk, the scent is VERY VERY strong.

Very pretty. I'll make sure I take extra special care of her for us this year Phoenix, since I only have one left.

Wished I could have saved the other. But by the time I realized this was desperate, I had already lost one.

I didnt' want to lose the second one, so I scooped her up, threw her in the back of my truck, and raced to the largest body of water I knew of, the lake by my parents.

Dragged her out of the truck and down to the lake, kicking my shoes off as I ran. (Didn't want the mites to spread into the yard)

There I was, socks, jeans and all, in the lake, washing her down, stripping leaves off. . .scrubbing her with my hands. (It was a pretty funny thing to see.)

She's a fighter. And she loves heat and will reward you for a LONG time.

I'm excited to have a few of my NOIDS blooming soon. Its like Christmas, because I can't remember what named plants I bought two years ago, and then the sun bleached the tags. So now when the blooms open, I get to be surprised!

Here are a couple of pictures of my cutting of Mountain Magic from Marian (lovelyiris -- thanks again Marian). I can't believe I didn't kill this cutting, and it flowered! The lighter one was taken April 1 and the rest today; it's scent is amazing!

I still don't know what I am doing wrong that some pictures come up vertically. I tried separating each picture, rotated, etc., but when I load them up here, they are wrong, rats! Anyone have an idea what I might be doing wrong? Thx.

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Great photos, Eloise! Actually I kinda like the pics all lined up horizontally. Makes the post smaller and you can see all the photos in one glance. However, if you do want them lined up vertically... after you paste the link, any characters you type after it will appear after the photo, so if you paste and then hit enter, paste again, your photos will be stacked on top of each other. You could also just hit the space bar and you'd have a space between each photo if you leave them horizontal.

Thanks Ryan. Guess I should have been clearer. I meant that some of the pictures on here are not standing up, e.g., the first two are laying down. Yep, I usually do stack up my pictures, but I thought like you, lined up vertically saves on space!

Those are GORGEOUS Eloise.

So pretty.

Thanks for the pics. I can't wait. Ih ad to ask Eddie to hold them for 2 weeks.

Can you believe, they're calling for SNOW tomorrow?

Gotta love Illinois. . . eeeeesh. . .

So weird, the first two pictures were not facing the right way, and now they are! Who fixed them, LOL??!! Somewhere else I posted pictures and the same thing happened. I'm going to search and see if those also corrected themselves.

Thanks Dweeb, the two blooms are now fully opened and beautiful. I hope the two weeks go by quickly and that you no longer have snow so you can start growing your MM.