I'm surprised that your brugs didn't do well outside in your zone. You might not have gotten blooms if you didn't fertilize them often during the growing season. Brugs are probably the heaviest feeders I've ever seen. When you say you followed instructions from the nursery exactly what did you do? They are pretty easy from seed as well but cuttings are easier and faster to bloom. Seeds are fun especially if you want to be surprised. Except for a couple varieties brugs don't grow true from seed. Give us an idea of what you did with your previous brugs. We might be able to give you advice on what to do and what you might have done wrong. They are really a very easy to grow plant.

Try again with the seeds. Like Karyn said, tell us exactly how you planted the brug seeds.

My 1st try did not work either...until I came here and listened to everyone on how they do it.

Lucy

Hey rainydaywoman...Where are you in Oregon??...I'm in SW Washington and may be able to help you out with your brugs and some other tropicals.

Let me know...knotz :)

In your climate, you might have luck with sanguineas. They are one of the easiest ones to sprout from seed. Actually, pretty much all of them ae easy to grow from seed, but they usually take at least 2 years to bloom.

Thx for all your interest. The site where I bought my cuttings advised me to put them in potting mix, keep warm and under lights. What I got was rot.

Now that I've read some later entries I see what I should have done. First mistake: trade for cuttings, don't buy. And they obviously don't belong in potting mix under grow lites.

So---when I manage to trade for some cuttings, I'll follow the forum members' instructions & start in water, sphagnum, etc, in low lite. I really don't want to plant seeds and wait 2 years for blooms---too impatient.

To Knotz,

I live in Eugene. It sounds like you grow tropicals too. I'd love to know what you are growing.