dried brug flowers

[Jaeda]

.....and I thought my yellow ones were cool  :roll:  :roll:  :roll:

I can't believe the amount of cross breeding and work that has been done!!!!

Our trees are very fragrant......is there a particular cultivar that  has a reputation for rapturous smells?

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They vary on fragrance - not just in how or what they smell like, but also on intensity. "Lemony Persnickety" (working name) that I have here has a moderate to strong aroma that is distinctly like Lemongrass Essential Oil with a hint of Rosemary Essential Oil. Whereas my B. suaveolens 'White' has slightly citrusy smell but a lingering after-scent (olfactory version of an after-taste) of natural vanilla. It's the kind of fragrance that you could drink down like the purest water if only it tasted like it smelled... truly intoxicating, almost aphrodesiac(-like). Jean Pasko or maybe it was Halo Peach - both prolific bloomers - were both at it simultaneously for me indoors after they were moved in to winter-over... I couldn't give you a truly isolated description of their fragrances because of the mixture in the air but I can tell you that they also struck me as having a citrus flare. I'd have to check my notes about the fragrances of others.

I'm hoping some test seeds of Datura Missouri Marble germinate and grow well for me - the test is to see if they can defy the allegation that they don't produce true and plants from seeds will not be variegated, but even without variegation I am told that the blooms smell like Peanut Butter.

If you're up for some pictures/slideshow format...
Halo Peach
//http://jaeda.cat-basket.org/Botanical/Brugmansia/HaloPeach.html

Jean Pasko
//http://jaeda.cat-basket.org/Botanical/Brugmansia/JeanPasko.html

non-slideshow ones...




They're incredible... and you don't even have to eat them LOL

[Jupe]

Jaeda

"has slightly citrusy smell but a lingering after-scent (olfactory version of an after-taste) of natural vanilla. It's the kind of fragrance that you could drink down like the purest water if only it tasted like it smelled... truly intoxicating,   - both prolific bloomers - were both at it simultaneously for me indoors after they were moved in to winter-over..."


If more things tasted like they smelled....wow!!! I could eat orange blossoms too....they have that almost  vanilla smell...

How could you have those indoors.....wow...that would be almost too mcuh for me!!!

[Jaeda]

Actually their blooming wasn't planned! I didn't think the Halo Peach was going to bloom that year and the Jean Pasko had already bloomed... things were settling for winter, so I brought all of the Brugs in... well they evidently liked it because within a few weeks they were blooming like mad. I must confess, there were some sinus issues for those of us here for a short time because all of those in bloom were on a dual-level counter that separates the LR from the kitchen and you have to walk right by coming in the front door... so they were basically centered with the home indoors and the scent was well distributed.. but strongest there. Hence the complaints about me "bringing the jungle inside"... it took awhile for things to even act like they would go dormant.

Under *normal* circumstances I would have had the front/southfacing deck enclosed in plastic and would have been over-wintering things out there, but it didn't happen this last winter.. so everything came inside. I figure if I "annoy" enough each winter, maybe hubby will poop out the funds for a greenhouse LOL

[Wakinyan]

Lemony Persnikety...it looks like both of this ones parents had some versicolor in them, but neither one was pure versicolor. Definitely looks like some suaveolens influence as well. Nice flower. How did I do on my guess?

[Jaeda]

Pretty good... the "experts" and I see heavy B. suaveolens influence and like B. versicolor.... the pisser about this one and 8 others is that I ordered them and they were supposed to be 7 whites (B. suaveolens) and 3 Salmon... 1 got replaced with a totally different genus that isn't hardy here and promptly died, the Brugs were in horrid shape, labels not secured and thus no way of knowing who was what but they did note on the order that they had sent  more salmons than white. "Lemony Persnickety" is the only one who has grown and bloomed.. and she's neither white nor salmon obviously... the others are sorta hanging in there, this will be their second.. strike that, THIRD year with me, maybe they will grow and bloom. Word of warning though - do NOT order squat from Ransom Gardens in Texas...

[Wakinyan]

Sniket...sometimes weather conditions can bring out different shades of color in Brugmansia. These are definite multihybrids and hence maybe the first time they bloomed the owner thought that these would be the color that they stayed for each subsequent blooming cycle. How many times has this one bloomed for you and have you tried to set seed to it to see what the seedpod most resembles. This one might be nice to cross a nice aurea yellow x yellow suaveolens with. In other words, this might be a nice bridge plant.

[Jaeda]

Cross-pollinating LP with B. suaveolens 'White' yielded no seed pods, but the reverse did (but shock of digging up and bringing in Miss B.s.W. had the pods abort)... so far, all of her (LP) blooms have been within the same colour range. I keep her around because her scent outweighs everything else that I don't especially like about her. She's a trooper when it comes to cuttings successfully rooting. LMK if you're interested in some cuttings.  I'm only inclined to cross her to a white or an orange/salmon/pink (salmon being the ideal I'd be shooting for)... I'm not particularly fond of yellow flowers in general *shrug*

I just got my outside Brugs protected as best I can manage for the night and subsequent forecast of more cold nights.. hope my efforts are passable... then I went out in this wind and cold and lit up a good ceremonial campfire to try and burn out some negative juju.... I'm letting it burn down now though... winds got harder/stronger and a risk of things getting away if I kept loading on hickory and oak...