Tropicals & Tender Perennials: WINTERING BRUGMANSIA, 1 by Texasgrower

Texasgrower wrote:
I did start a thread about why mine hadn't Y'd when I first joined Dave's. One woman told me hers was 12 feet tall and hadn't y'd until it was 7ft tall. So I thought maybe mine wasn't so odd since it was only four feet tall. I think some of them are just tall trees and take a little longer to Y. I just figure I'm going to have one tall tree with plenty of room for the blooms to fall.

Bubba it is normal for them to drop leaves and grow new ones where the old ones were too. So I wouldn't worry too much about leaf drop unless it's the new top growth. Mine is doing that all the time. I feed it Miracle Grow once a week. Miss Emily won't bloom until she Y's. Be patient with her. She'll Y eventually is what I'm told.

I don't know if cutting her will make her fill out. If you do cut make sure the part you cut has those whitish nubbies on the stem. That's where the roots will emerge. Put the cutting in H202 ( 3 prts water to 1 part hydrogen peroxide) about 4-5 inches until roots are about an inch long, then pot. But I'd wait on her. She'll be worth the wait. That's what I'm doing with mine. Here is a pic of her before her lower leaves
started to drop. I can't help with the cats.. :)