Thanks Carrie. I was surprised to see MM blooming since we've had cold and rainy weather. Last year, the brugs got all burnt with the cold so we'll see how they do this winter. You should posts some pictures.

Since I live in North Texas, my inground brugs get cut back and mulched heavily the first to middle of November. My containr ones have to go into my greenhouse and plant room. Due to some health issues, I have been unable to care for them as I once did, but still enjoy them very much. I had vowed to cut back, but instead got six new varieties from a friend in Seattle. Two of those were the ones blooming. I am not tech savvy enought to post pics, wish I could, but I really enjoy looking at fellow brug growers pics.

Try 'Little Angel'. It's a compact growing full bloom size white, doing great for us in PNW. Even with 3-4 hr full sun locations.

It's a fast strong grower here. Once it starts blooming, which is early, it blooms at every node. It blooms both in flushes and with stray flowers in between. So it is almost always in bloom for us mid summer (from fat cuttings started in Feb).

Full sized, full noctural fragrance flowers, with nice substance, beautiful "single" flower shape and nice end whips. When it flowers more warmth, it has a second skirt inside, filling the inner bell level with the outer edge.

Late season Oct flower shown below with nights in the 40's.

Overwinters easily inside for us. (Testing one left in ground last fall for this year.)

If you don't have it yet, I have an extra fat stem cutting or two for trade.

Thanks gfleatham, Little Angel is a beauty! I haven't traded in a while, but send me an email to discuss as your message board is not set up here: luera_2001@yahoo.com

Thx eloise_ca

Just changed my ID to a better descriptive "GaryPNW" style name and figured out how to turn on messaging. Pls try it to test.

Yes, 'Little Angel' is a newer and a quite productive introduction. Liked it now for 3 yr. Fat stems = reliable yearly starts. Never without it now. Will put several in the yard this summer to hold and pretest spots for future Brug diversity. Also to play with overwintering outside in our cool wet winter z8b.

Now testing cold frames this winter = warmer, rain shields this winter. Did not freeze inside at 22 F outside temp. I could likely just crown mulch and get by. BUT ...

I'm worried about crown rot and getting greedy now am positioning for a 128 or 256 final flower flush size this year. Only have approached a 64 flower flush so far with an indoor stored cutting start.

'Frosty Pink' in known to do great here in PNW compared to many other Brugs. But FP starts flowering later than LA and in my prior admittedly shadier and cooler yard, the best I got was 8 to 16 flowers/cutting starter. Hey, I'm looking to break my personal best for the fragrance experience alone. That's the greedy part.

A 'Cypress Garden' style hanging flower event takes from flower density and will look great next to a Red Ensete Banana wresstled from garage storage back to the yard. Have no choice on the Ensete, just the green Basjoo, and Chinese Golden Lotus Banana (Musella lasiocarpa) survive or pur winter outside. The Musella is better eye candy.

I'm testing more marginally more hardy Canna musafolia red forms this summer too for ... I admit it ... eye candy.

We've this nearby Canna zone in our pond area and a Canna 'Tropicanna' (= Durban = Phason) and 'Australia' are visually playing unfairly. Brug and Nicotinia alata fragrance can waft by and please here. Eariler in the year Cardiocrium giganteum then Lilies must do it.

We have two kinds of Cardiocrium giganteum (std and Yunnan).

And actually have a series of serious fragrance plants starting with Witch Hazel NOW, Sarcococca, Daphne, Hyacinth, Honeysuckle, Mockorange. Cardiocrium, Stock, Dianthus, Wallflower, Lilies etc. Nicotiana and especially Brugs steal the late summer to frost period.

My motto is if it wafts well and smells more pleasant than our Crown Fritillaria and Skunk Cabbage interest points. Increase it.

Don't get me wrong, I like our two Skunk Zones (safer via plants) and our dead meat smelling Arum family zones listed in increasing size Sauromantum gutatum Drancunlaris vulgaris* and Amorphallus konjac. But the neighbors will start complaining if I increase them. They get the Waft Impact with no Visual Compensation.

* Dragon Arum (Drancunlaris vulgaris) comes back and flowers every June here. About the time houseflies are really active. Baits Frog food. One pond designed to support Tapoles the other one fish. Both eat Mosquito larvae, so we can have Water Lilies and a Lotus.

It all kinda works. You know, Japanese Iris Bog and lot's of Hydrangea leaf habitat to support frogs.

We have little tree frogs all around our formerly dry yard so the habitat will attract them. But I trying to get the larger beautful native Leopard Frogs back into this county.

Expensive OK eBay tadpoles at $1-2 each. That that pond fish eat faster than popcorn ... explaining my fishless side pond ... installed after that first ghastly feeding frenzy experience. This Spring's next import trial should go better.

And just imagine. frog sounds with Brugmansia mystique.

Eloise I love your MM. I've had that one for years and years lol. It is such a good flusher! She does love rain..and pond water lol. I almost lost it a few times in greenhouse mishaps (trees falling etc) but she has come through.

Gary I love your Little Angel..such sweet curly tendrils on her. Your garden is so lush and beautiful. Thanks for sharing your pics!