Tropicals & Tender Perennials: White Orchid Tree in ILLINOIS!, 0 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
We get into the teens at times, and the 20's a lot in N. GA. We rarely get in the single digits.

In middle TN, teens are common, single digits often, and below zero is more a rarity than it used to be 30 years ago.

A lot of people that grow brugs here put them close to the house perhaps for a little more protection but I've never done that. In spring I cut the old stalks to the ground and rake out any leaves that have gathered around the previous year's stalks and wait for the show to begin.

Here is my Charles G. at my last house. It has a ways to go before it gets that big again at our new house but it has had several blooms this year and is about 4 feet tall. Maybe if I fertilized it and watered it then it might put more size on.