Brugmansia

Are Brugs ok to go outside yet?

 

Mine have been outside for about three weeks.
You need to acclimatise them, but I dont find them, in general, to be heat loving plants.

 

Thank Pete. I have been putting the Brug out during the day but bringing it in again in the evening.

 

No flowers showing on mine yet either.
But if we should get some warm weather,( maybe one day), they will get going proper.

A few days without a NE wind would be nice.

 

Mine also very slow.
Planted a couple of small cuttings in the front this year in the ground.

 

My B.sanguinea has been out all winter and has come back from the base again

 

Hi everyone,

Just a bit of advice please

I've seen an advert for three double Brugmansias ( £15 ).

What I'd like to know is can I grow them permanently indoors?

Thanks

 

I've tried overwintering outside, but found that they take so long coming back from the ground they dont really flower the following summer.
Even a sanguinea looked great but never managed to flower before being cut down by frost again.

But who knows, different positions, different weather, anything is possible.

 

Mine took -10°c over the winter of 2012/13 and bloomed again in the autumn. The trouble is that you miss out on the spring show. I grow mine in dappled shade - not sure if that makes any difference but it is their preferred natural habitat.

 

Lovely!

 

I picked up a four foot Grand Marnier for three quid t'other day

 

Ooh heck, how much brandy liqueur does a four foot bottle hold