Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Help! My Brugmansia is gonna bloom and Fall is here!, 1 by bettydee

bettydee wrote:
This is a photo of Audrey Hepburn in the forefront with a bloom and a bunch of buds. Also green and growing in the background are a pink noid, Georgia Peach and insignis Gold. I don't fertilize during winter, but my Brugs don't go dormant. Our winters here can fluctuate between low 20 into low 80s. Greenhouse temperature don't go below 45ºF, but can get up into the mid 80s+. I have to water. Up north it would be possible to force Brugs to go dormant, but not down here. Growth is very slow. Most leaves stay on. As some fall off, others replace them. You can see some yellowing of a few leaves and a few dead brown ones in the photo, but for the most part, the leaves are green. I took this photo winter before last. This past winter my greenhouse looked very different as I lost most of my Brugs last August. AH survived because it's roots grew out the drain holes and into the sand between the pavers in the greenhouse. I didn't have the heart to yank her out so she spent all of last year in the greenhouse blooming her heart away. She's in the ground to stay this year. I'm going to try wrapping her trunks & "Y"s with bubble wrap and see if it keeps her from freezing to the ground.