Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Think Spring! Lunch & Seed Swap, Sat. February 21, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Chris--

I went to work and made a bunch of copies from all my advice when I was new to Brugs.
Some of the people don't even post any more...There are a lot of back and forth Q. and A. in the pages....It sure helped me!
It will be a business sized, manila envelope.

It will not hurt the brugs if you cut back all the exposed roots that have grown through the holes in the pot. Just put a plastic bag around the pot to keep them from drying out....
Water sparingly maybe 3 times during the dormancy period....

You should not trim the plant as you haul it inside--except for cuttings you want to root.
Trim it in the Spring as you put it outside (NOT below any of the "Y"s!!!!!). You will have a bit more compact plant....

I would recommend you use a bit larger pot than a 2 gallon. If you have a 5 gallon--that would be even better. You can leave 1/4 of the pot sticking out above the soil level. Kind of a water-catcher.....

Don't worry too much! Brugs are very tough plants.

Gita

Here is one of the cuttings of a Rosamond" Brug in 2006 just starting to leaf out. This was a top-cutting from the plant the year before. This was taken middle of May.....They grow quickly!