Tropicals & Tender Perennials: What do they want?, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
mstish...

I cut my Brugs back to a "skeleton" to bring them in--making sure i never cut them back below
any "Y"'s that have formed.
They spend the Winter in my dark, cool basement....

Since I grow my Brugs "Pot-in-Pot"---I only dig out the inner pot and that is what i bring in.
Any roots that have grown out of the pot's holes--I trim off and then put a plastic bag over
the pot to keep the root-ends from drying out. I remove most of the leaves--as they will fall off
anyway. Less mess to clean up.
And so they survive in my basement till planting season.
I water them now and then with a bit of water--just enough to keep them from completely drying out.

When the temps. get Spring-like---here-- in late April--early May--I bring them outside.
At first--it shade for a couple of weeks. Then in part sun--then in bright light.

You won't believe it! They just go "POOF!" and get all green again and keep on growing.....
The Brug is, basically, indestructible. No need to baby them...

You are a zone warmer than me. I am 7a. Perhaps--in your zone--you can almost leave them
outside for the winter???? Maybe not!
There is much more info on Brugs all over the internet.

Here is an example on how severely I cutback my HUGE "Maya" Brug before I brought it into my basement
for the winter....It survived--and grew the best it has ever been.. The following year--it had 4 huge bloom flushes...
Gita