On the advice of farizona and roadrunner, with whom I had lunch today, I moved all my Brugs inside. I now have no place to walk or sit but at least my burgs will be warm. I have five more to dig up tomorrow and I hope that the temps don't drop too much tonight as they are looking so nice I would hate to lose them now.
Tooo...... Cold for my Brugs
Is it going to get that cold in your zone? Mine stayed out this year until temps dipped into the high 30's. If you have any versicolors you might want to bring them in a little early when the temps go down into the 40's.
Oh yes. We get down into the high to mid 20's. Last night it was 39'. We even get snow here some years although it doesn't stay on the ground long. Maybe a couple of days. We are at 4800 feet elevation. High desert. I just checked the brugs that are still planted and they look fine. We aren't suppose to have any further 30' temps for the next few days so that gives me a little time to figure out where to put my plants.
I think I'd be tempted to leave those in the ground right where they are. They should come back from the roots unless they are a versicolor. Sure could save you a lot of backbreaking work.
Brugie, Jan's brugs are fairly new. Wouldn't this make a difference? I understand that established brugs could be overwintered outside - - but can fairly new cuttings? Nat
What is versicolor. New at this. Hehehe
Jan, there are two groups of Brugmansia, with 6 different species. The versicolor species are heat lovers and cannot be overwinted in cool temperatures.
If you will post the names of the different brugs that you have, I am sure that some of the experts will ID them for you. The pink frosties that I send you are suaveolens.
aurea Group includes:
aurea
versicolor
suaveolens
arborea Group includes:
arborea
sanguinea
vulcanicola
Oh my! I didn't realize it got so cold so early in Arizona.
If they are established plants they can be left in the ground with some mulch on them but newer cutting plants should be brought in.
I think we all have the problem of wondering where to put our plants in the fall. Right now I've got 5-6ft trees in my LR and sunporch. LOL
I agree...I didn't realize they were just new plants. Yes, by all means bring them in. If they are trees, they would be okay. I always think if something is in the ground that it must be mature. LOL!! Guess I can't assume, can I?