Daniel's Pacific NW Garden

The First Sungolds.  7.6.14 Brugmansia.  First Flowers after Dormant Overwintering.  7.6.14  Today there were three firsts. We ha...

Time to overwinter containerized plants, or give up on them. Pelargoniums (zonal geraniums)  are still green and blooming, but some neigh...

 First blossom for brugmansia, which I started from cutting this Spring.  I did not know what the color would be. Interesting.  White wi...

Brugmansia and Charlie

 A few weeks back this brugmansia dropped its buds and some leaves.  I was having a difficult time keeping up with watering.  I repotted i...

Brugmansia cutting Brugmansia new roots  Not sure when I started this Brugmansia cutting.  It was mailed by a fellow gardener.  Sta...

Charlie's not as enthusiastic about this as I am. It's late but I had neglected it for a couple of months. Not sure what's cau...

Today is the day for progress notes. I have been diligent about keeping the deck plants watered. They are on the North side of the house, al...

This no-name brugmansia was taken out of the garage, cleaned up, and repotted 10 weeks ago. Not too promising then. I'll post again when...

This brugmansia was also stored in the garage. I did give it water 2 or 3 times during the winter - about a couple of pints each time. Some ...

This room has a south-facing window. It is not used so the heat is turned off. The temperature is usually in the 50s on cold days. Some of t...

This dracaena and trailing pelargonium are overwintering, dry, dark, in the garage. It is attached so doesn't freeze. The brugmansia ove...

The brugmansia like this weather. The most blooms ever. My favorite fig, "Vancouver" Brunswick- giving me about one fig per day. T...

I'm a BAD BOY. All summer long, I've been watching this brugmansia limp along, anemic and rarely blooming, with yellowish leaves and...

The first brugmansia flowers of the year. Today is a day of firsts.

I thought this might bloom mid or late summer. Here it is tonight. Below is the brugmansia. Sorry about the blurry photo - might need to ...

The leaves are starting to fill in. It's on a south facing deck. The leaves are a bit yellow. This is also the case for come of the gin...

The brugmansia was starting to produce tiny leaves in the garage. I decided to repot it and move it outside. The root ball wasn't as th...