Vera I just attempted to do a search in this forum for a pic I posted a while back but there's something wrong with the site. Try looking up unequal or sub-equal leaves or foliage in the forum search and it should come up whenever it starts working again. The only way I can describe it is picture a brug leaf. When you look at the base of the leaf where it meets the stem the sides of the leaf will attach about 1/2" difference on either side of the stem if it's a leaf once there's been a Y, otherwise the base of the leaf will attach equally.

This isn't mine but I did find this pic of subequal leaves. The top 2 leaves in the first pic. Look at the bases of the leaves.

Here is a link that might be useful: subequal foliage

Karyn your picture says it all what they look like :-)

Vera are you waiting for buds?

Lucy

Thanks! That clears it up perfectly!! In my mind I was visioning leaves at opposite sides of the petiole where one is larger than the other :O
Lucy I wish! This cutting rec'd in trade was just potted up a few weeks ago.
After all the reading I've been doing I am now considering planting in the ground, but am not sure if I should leave it in the pot or not? What is the benefit of sinking the pot other than less watering? Won't the roots grow outside the pot and make it difficult to dig up in fall? Is it better to remove the pot? Why?
I posted pics in my first post "New Cuttings...New to Brugs! Lots of ???"
I don't think I'll see flowers any time soon.
BTW if I want to train as a standard, I can remove lower stems/leaves as they form below the uppermost leaves regardless if a "Y" has formed yet correct?

Thanks,

Vera

Besides less watering I think they do better inground. I'd sink the pot. Just put a heavy duty tape like duct tape over the bottom drainage holes and cut holes around the sides of the container. That way when you go to lift it in the fall you can just slice through the roots that are growing out the sides with a sharp spade. Root pruning is fine as long as you cut back a comparable amount of above ground growth. I'm not the one to ask about training it as a standard. I think some just want to grow the way they want to grow and I leave them be.

Hi Vera! :) You taught me alot in the wintersowing forum..Nice to see you here... I wish ya the best on your new bruggie...Stick around you will have lots more..:) You have the best blue flax picture ever.....

Sweet! I was looking for this picture earlier today. All my white brugs, including KONG, have these leaves. SaaaaaaWeeet!

Thanks Karyn1,

Is it ok if my pot is only 10" across by 8" deep? Will it outgrow that within the next 4-5 months? Just so you know it could have been planted in a 4" to give an idea what the roots are like right now. I have no idea how quickly or slowly these will grow :O

I just finished digging a 2.5' hole and here in a few minutes I'll be amending it with some of last years fall leaves and compost from the bottom of my pile.

I'm gonna go ahead and sink the pot, but still wait for your reply on the size. If you say too small then I'll just have to lift it back out :)
I have no duck tape but will transfer it over to another nursery pot that has only side holes.

Thanks,

Vera

Well just went ahead and transferred to pot with only side holes...never mind about the 10" pot...I just realized I said I was going to transfer in my previous post...duh!!..This pot is little bigger and is a 2 gal standard nursery container. The 10" x 8" held about the amt. of soil a 1 gal. standard would hold.
Sunk the pot leaving just about 1.5" of the rim above surface and mulched all with leaves and straw. I'll be adding grass clippings as they become available.
One more crazy question:
What do you do with the earthworms that I imagine move into the containers? Does everyone change the the potting soil before bringing them back in for winter?

Vera

Wow, my photo posting is now a reference thread. Glad this newbie could help in some small way.

Thanks to all for your help. I am now adding a product called Medina to the water. It has magnesium and other nutrients in it. The plant is greening up nicely. I will track progress when the blooms begin to appear. It lost a branch in a storm, but seems to be okay.

Sorry I didn't get back earlier. Even a small pot works when you sink it because the roots will grow out into the surrounding soil. I soak my potted brugs really well before taking them in. It chases out most of the critters but not all. Most of them are stored in the garage dormant anyway. I also strip the foliage and cut them way back before letting them go dormant.