Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Minnesota Brug Update, 1 by smkennedy

smkennedy wrote:
Erick,

Thanks for the great thread. I have to chime in here with the report that the method described in this Forum about 16 months ago seems to be working great for me. It describes how to chop off the Brug trees at the ground, and remove every leaf and some branches. Then put the Brug in a 5-gal. bucket with Hydrogen Peroxide added, add an aquarium bubbler, and keep the water topped off all winter. Place the bucket in a cold, dark place, and by spring, you have roots. The beauty of this is that it takes so little space to store, and there is no struggling with big pots to get in the house. In my case, the Frosty Pink is the most vigorous, and started roots immediately. (It is the one with the most new growth.) The other two have swellings for root buds, and are clearly still alive. Each of these three trees is about 5 feet tall, and I was able to keep the Y structure, which I hope will give it a fast start on blooming. You can see that my basement is cold, and this is a tiny, dirty north window just above it.

Susan in Minneapolis