Brugs in a container
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Posted: Mar/06/2008 4:04 PM PST
I heard you can plant brugmansias in a container and they do very well as long as they have plenty of root room and are watered well. This way since they are not hardy in my zone, I can bring them in and over-winter them. I`m going to try it this year. I think I`d like to grow the salmon colored ones. |
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Posted: Mar/08/2008 6:21 AM PST
They do get a large root system so make sure you have a good size pot. I say go for it, I love brugs to. I plant mine in the ground, some times they come back some not. But I have a hardy apricot (not sure it may be salmon) that so far has been reliable. |
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Posted: Mar/08/2008 1:32 PM PST
I see you`re from Ga., that`s why some of yours are coming back. They are considered tropical, so trust me they`d never make it here in Pa. if I were to let them outside all year! |
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Posted: Mar/31/2008 2:42 AM PST
I do still have one in the greenhouse from a cutting I did last spring. Still in the pot. I will plant it out this spring. But what I was getting at is from what I understand is a lot of plants are grown in containers an will get root bound but can survive in containers. They just may not get as large by being in the container verses in the ground. |
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Posted: Apr/02/2008 8:54 PM PST
I'm in Missouri with the same basic weather as Philadelphia. I had one brug overwinter; however, it was on the east side of a shed and very sheltered. Go for it! |
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Posted: Apr/26/2008 6:17 PM PST
I have a yellow brug that has been reliable in overwintering for me here in zone 7b-8a. I mulch the daylights out of it after a killing frost. This year it has come back a MONTH earlier than last year!!I have bought others, so far only one has overwintered, another still has live roots so some hope there, and 3 have rotted I say buy a BIG pot (These can be 4-12 ft tall)and make sure you keep it well watered and well fed. If you don't have room to overwinter it in your house, you can cut it back after frost kill and put it in a garage/shed. If there is only a little frost damage leave it alone, mine have bounced back to give me more blooms. Make sure you get a pot stand with wheels  If you're worried about it being root bound, you may be able to root prune it during the winter? Not sure about that, but may be an option. May need to research it tho... |
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Posted: Apr/26/2008 6:22 PM PST
Trudy, How do you root a cutting from a brug? I'd like to propagate my yellow one and any of the others that have come back (they were $2!! each because the nursery lost the color tags) since they are obviously a bit more hardy. Quote:
Originally posted by trudy I do still have one in the greenhouse from a cutting I did last spring. Still in the pot. I will plant it out this spring. But what I was getting at is from what I understand is a lot of plants are grown in containers an will get root bound but can survive in containers. They just may not get as large by being in the container verses in the ground. |
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Posted: Apr/28/2008 3:10 AM PST
Brugs? I thought it was a typo and meant "Bugs in Container." hahaha Then I think "What the heck is a brug?!" Oh, brugmansia is Angel's Trumpet! See how much you can learn on this site??? |
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Posted: Apr/28/2008 8:17 PM PST
I had my brug (pink) in a container all last year and it only had one bloom on it and it didn't get very tall. I know it became severely root bound. So, I brought the poor thing in this winter and it barely survived inside. I put it in the ground this spring, gave it a good pruning, and it has all kinds of new growth now. There is a nursery up the road from me that deals strictly in brugs. The gentleman there told me you could keep them in the ground as long as you pruned them way back and mulched the devil out of them! I'm going to leave mine out there this year and try that. Oh yah, he sales so many of them that his are only $3 a piece!  I think I will get me an apricot and a yellow one this year.
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Posted: Apr/29/2008 8:21 AM PST
The people in my area leave theirs out over the winter. I've never had one. I've heard that they have thorns. Is that true? |
