That's definitely a subequal leaf base. I can't tell if the other pic is a "Y" or not but I usually ger the uneven leaves after a Y. The shape of your white brug is great. Have you done a lot of pruning or did it just branch near the top?
Karyn

Hey Karyn, for that type of Brugmansia it appears a lot of pruning was done to get that shape. Yes on the 'Y' and you have plenty of blooms to show for both??

Wow beautiful brugs!

KHT I asked about pruning because I have a couple of brugs that grow just like that and are never pruned. My Tropical Sunset gets to about 6' then fills out at the top. I cut it back every year and it's never branched at a shorter height. It has sent out a sucker a few inches away from the trunk a few times. I wonder if the cuttings that I've taken from that plant have the same growth habit?
Karyn

Hi Karyn,
No this brug grows this way. I have only ever pulled off the side shoots. The tree suckers all the time, quite annoying actually and the suckers that I have rooted and given away all grow the same way. No y branching till about 7ft tall. The tree was always in a pot till I transferred it here about 8 weeks ago. It got completely shredded in the move....DH moved it in an open trailer...God love him....lucky it survived at all.
I must say though that it has branched more on the top and grown significantly more in the ground than it ever did in the pot.
Great plants for impatient gardners like myself.
TY for your comments and advice, Jacqueline

Mine grow more in the ground as well but it can be a pain having to lift them in the fall. I'd keep them all in the yard if I was just a zone warmer. Maybe in another 10 years I will be! lol The weather's been changing so much. It's much warmer now then it was 20 years ago. Surprisingly I do have a couple brugs that grow straight with no side shoots. The Tropical Sunrise and my Versicolor Peach both get to about 6' before y-ing and don't put out any side growth but they do send out suckers.

There's so many native Australian plants that I just love. I'm trying to grow a few this year. One that I haven't been able to get the seeds to germinate is Swainsonia formosa (SturtÂs Desert Pea) and another that seems to be growing well is Hardenbergia violacea (False Sarsparilla). There were so many varieties that I wanted to try but so many don't do well in high humidity which I definitely have in the summer.
Karyn

Those are gorgeous brugs! I may try putting some of mine in the ground to see if they grow better or faster, but Karyn, even in my coastal zone 8, the brug I left out didn't make it. It was a very mild winter too.....

Linda I'm surprised that your brug didn't come back in your zone. Was it planted in a well draining area? Wet and cold is a death sentence but dry and cold in 8 is usually alright. I've spoken with people in 7b that can winter their brugs over inground but I think they might have some sort of micro climate.
Karyn