Texas Gardening: Angel Trumpet-HELP!!, 0 by kenboy

kenboy wrote:
When you take cuttings is up to you. Do you need, want more of the same Brug? If it is blooming now, you only need to find out why blooms are only lasting one day. If you do want more of your Brug, you can take cuttings whenever you like. Most people find it easier to root in the Summer months and yes hard wood roots easier than green. You do not need to wait until it blooms, most people grow the plant for the bloom and do not want to cut until need be. A lot of people only take cuttings in the Fall to insure they have that Brug, if they have a cold Winter and the mother plant does not come back. I lost several Brugs this last Winter, too cold and too wet.

Do you have a name for your Brug? Some Brugs come back even after a cold Winter and some can't take a mild Winter. Sam has always been a week plant for us but because it was named by the seedling parent after one of our Great Pyrenees, we will always have it. Variegated Brugs are also weak when it come to cold Winters.

Here is Sam;