brugmansia help

Hi guys.Can anyone tell me if these plants are fast growing?Also how do you guys overwinter them please?.I,m affraid i know nothing about these plants so any input at all will be grafull.Also i,v seen some about 8 inch tall in our local gc.Will thay flower this year?Thanks...daz

 

Walnut would answer any brug questions D & D. He is the father of all brugs. (Or at least the ones owned by GC members). He comes on early morning so last thing tonight put a post on this thread to shoot it up the list and he will catch it

 

Thanks verry much my friend i,ll do just that.all the best. Have a nice weekend in the snow lol...daz

 

Hi D&D yes they are very fast growers,they are very greedy feeders and with the right treatment should flower this year, the ones in the garden center are probably the Suaveolens type, they can be overwintered cut back and brought inside and kept frost free until spring, I am trying a couple of varieties outside this year to see how they go on but as a back up cuttings were taken in October grown on through the winter.If you go on to the Brugmansia thread in any other plants I will post a couple of pics.

 

Thanks walnut my friend.Well i went to the gc yesterday afternoon all exited to buy a couple and wada you know !!!!!!!!1Yes thay sold them allmmmmmmmmm.I will try to get some from somwhere else.Are thay all scented walnut?If not which ones whould you recomend for the smell?Thanks again my friend all the best.....daz&debbs

 

I've got some brugmansia seeds D&D. PM me if you're interested. They are B. Insignis hybrid and appear to be pale yellow (I haven't grown them before, but have some germinating on my windowsill as I type).

 

you have pm.

 

D&D there are about 7 main species of brugmansia the one that Tiarella has described is probably insignis crossed with suaveolens,it will have flowers up to 16" long and will have a delightful fragrance, they all have a nice fragrance except the sanguineas they have no scent but make up for this with their stunning triple colours,my favourite scented one is the arborea a small flower (7") but a wonderful aroma,all species are frost tender except the arborea and sanguinea they will recover after a slight frost,I have posted a couple of pics on the brug thread of a suaveolens type this flower has some b.candida genes .

 

Thanks walnut you a star....daz