Tropicals & Tender Perennials: I think I'm going to lose my Brugs! What am I doing wrong?, 1 by AuntB

AuntB wrote:
It was HUGE- big thick trunk and over 10 ft. I put them in my basement in a semi-dormant state in winter.. .the ceiling is just over 8 ft so, I'd have to cut the tops out anyway. I have numerous brugs and lots of ETC. to store for winter, so I just whacked it off a t soil level (in the pot). Had I clipped some off the top out, it and stored it, it probably would have died back to the roots anyway, so I whacked it, let the root ball go dormant in the pot, in the basement. In winter, I like to keep them alive and just barely "growing"... rather than completely dormant, then I get blooms sooner in spring. But that bad boy was tooo big (did I say that?). Too big to try to keep semi-dormant. You won't have to worry about bringing them in where you live, but I would keep the Christmas lights and blankets on hand, just in case! Guess I didn't take a pic of the trunk, but it was the tallest brug I've had.