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Mid-Atlantic Gardening: August Blooms part two, into Sept possibly, 1 by Gitagal

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Gitagal wrote:
Here are some Impatiens in front of my HUGE "Peaces and Cream" Brugmansia. It has grown SOOOO huge, I am not sure what to do with it for the winter!!!!!

Last Fall--I just dragged the whole pot in my basement and it lived there (happily??) for the Winter. I root-pruned it in the Spring and re-potted it and now.......I have NEVER thought it would now grow this HUGE!!!!!
Originally---about 4 years ago----I bought it at a Farmer's Market in a 4" pot.

Have to decide if I want to repeat the "dormancy" thing----or, maybe take stem-cuttings and root them????
It has lovely, fragrant blooms! They start out as creamy-white......then turn a deeper cream and then a slightly pale peach. Then--in the end--they turn a really nice shade of peach before they are DONE. All this in 3-4 days!

This "THING" has grown into a massive bush! It has about 5 main trunks and is, finally, ready to bloom it's head off.....Dah!!!! It IS almost October!!!!