Brugmansia from seed

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  1. Spruce

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    Hi

    happy 2025

    hi any one grown Brugmansia from seed , and where to buy the seeds from

    as usual any advice appreciated

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      Hi, I have and they were quite easy but slow to germinate. I was given the seed so can't help there sorry but it's worth having a go if you can find any.
       
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        I have grown them from seed a few times but they rarely flower for me in the first year, possibly with an early start you might get flower in the autumn.


        Unless you can get hold of some decent hybrid seed from a grower I wouldn't bother again, I'd
        search out a decent plant of a named variety.

        I've rooted some cuttings of Grand marnier if you are interested.
         
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          I've found them easy to grow from seed. Fast growing brugmansia sanguinea will flower in its first year but is unscented.
           
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            I agree with pete, getting a reliable named variety is all I grow now. The seed raised ones are not as prolific, maybe just one flush a year.
             
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              I really like B. sanguinea, it one of my favourites but its cool grower and rarely flowers mid summer, it would like to flower all winter if you could provide the right conditions, I found it flowered spring and again in Autumn.

              I've spotted some really nice hybrids grown from seed on FB groups, but they appear to be mostly in the US, not sure what is available in the UK, I personally dont think mixed seed from the larger seed companies are worth bothering with, you need seed from a specialist to get something different.
               
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                Hi Pete ,,

                they get so huge I have always struggled to have space in the greenhouse.. what time do you take the cuttings and how big , so much easier to keep over winter
                 
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                I take cutting from the main plant when I cut it back for winter storage, I use fairly hard wood, not soft new growth, so sections of stem about 8ins long, cut off most of the leaves and put into a jar of water about 4ins deep, they take a month to 6 weeks to root on a windowsill in november.

                But you can cut your old plant back fairly drastically, dry it off and store in an outhouse fairly dry and frost free, just dormant, even leafless.
                 
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                  Definitely going for plants than seeds.. I found a nursery that are the national plant holders .. don’t mind paying the xtra for something different. Plus with Pete’s advice with cuttings makes it easier to over winter and I do that with my coleus on the kitchen windowsill.


                  Thanks for the advice

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                    Jungleseeds sells some crazy things like that, you might check them.
                    Theyre gorgeous but id be too worried having them in the house personally, they actually have all the same toxic compounds deadly nightshade has! Very poisonous, though only if you eat it.

                    Curiously brugmansia is thought to be extinct in the wild for several centuries. I think the amazon peoples grew it as a medicinal plant so maybe it survived by them. From the shape of the flower you can tell its related to both native Beladonna and Datura species you can find invasive in the UK.
                     
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                      Oh @Spruce I do wish you hadn't mentioned the existence of that nursery! I assume it's Exotic Earth Plants? I'm now going through all their stuff wondering if I can squeeze another brug in! My Grand Marnier from @pete is huge but wonderful... But there are other colours... And they have "nearly" hardy Musa!
                       
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                        Hi Caroline

                        You are correct .. all look fab but some are just got to have a go at growing I won’t mention the varieties I like but have emailed them to let me know ow when availab

                        I grow musa in the border , all wrapped up until the spring , they get an October chop to 4 feet ..
                         
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                        @Spruce where roughly are you in UK please? I tried Musa (from seed) in Nottinghamshire but even wrapped they went mushy. S. Wales is much milder but awfully wet...
                         
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                        What Musa was it @CarolineL
                         
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