You may remember that back in late February I purchased a Brugmansia 'Grand Marnier' from Hill House Nurseries, along with a Begonia Luxurians;
Well, on June 12th, the first flower popped outta the bud after a good few months of agonisingly slow growth!!!
After another 4 days...*waves magic wand* the first had grown and was bursting to finally show it's beautiful self to me;
Well, after having grown to flowering stage after a few months, he deserved a reward, and was put in a larger, roomier and nicer pot for his debut flowering;
And...after another 6 weeks, of which not a single day has the plant been without a flower, he looks like this;
I'm very pleased with this buy!!! The order was primarily for the Begonia...but I think the Brugmansia turned out to be the best! The flowers are prolific, large, start out pale yellow and darken to orange (particularly during that hot spell we had a few weeks ago), and have the most gorgeous smell ever. During the mild weather we sat outside many evenings and the scent wafting over was wonderful. Am so happy to have my Bruggie flowers back :DAm kinda dreading how he'll look when we come back...he's getting quite large for the pot again already, but I don't want to pot him on until next Spring at least, because they like to be kept a little pot bound. But this means that the water gets sapped out of the pot very quickly. We've got a watering system up and running on the Bruggie, plus a few other things, so fingers crossed that'll be enough to keep him going!!!
