Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Over Wintering Brugs Outside & GH, zone 8a, 1 by lagata2

lagata2 wrote:
Winter 2003/2004, my first with the bubble buckets, I left some of the cuttings in it for a good 5 months, and while they were harder to pry apart, all did great, after giving me blooms all winter (see picture.)
This past winter I had "cuttings" from 9 inches to 6 ft tall tree trunks in 5 buckets; I didn't lose hardly any, but noticed it was the smaller/skinnier cuttings that tended to root last and rot easier.

I too left a batch of Brugs out for the winter this year, and even HG, P&C, and Ecuador Pink have returned from the roots. They were the ones I especially didn't expect to make it. I glad you tried it with tiara; I just couldn't make myself leave hardly any of my doubles out.

Others left out (and have returned) are Butterfly, Solid gold, First day, InsigPink, Blush, Cool Blush, Golfito/Isabella , Miss Anna, Rosa Traum, Gold Traum, Ambrosia, Rosabelle, Pink favorite, Jam yellow, Janet reno, Daybreak, KBS,... I know some others, but can't think of them.. I'm right on the edge of zones 8a and b.
Good thread! Thanks for sharing!