Tropicals & Tender Perennials: 100+ Damage, 1 by Z4golfer

Z4golfer wrote:
I live on the south east side of Houston and have 7 brugmansia of different varieties. They droop a little and I turn on the automatic drip system. All of the brugmansia are in the ground. They did freeze to the ground, but they have come back and been glorious this summer. I can't grow brugmansia sanguinaria because it needs a lower temperature than we get here in the summer. I did have a leaf drop, but with a little TLC, they are back to blooming again. Do you feed your plants at least every 2 weeks with a high middle number fertilizer and water them daily? If you have the brugmansia in pots, make sure that they get watered several times a day and that the drainage is good. Use light colored pots that do not absorb heat; this lets out terra cotta pots. White flies and spider mites are a sign of plant stress. Take the stress away from the plant and the critters will disappear.