But I just have to ask! I grew Brugs from seed this year. Which seemed fairly easy. Also they grow fast and seem to be happy. I have heard they are tropical and I need to bring them in the winter....Sooo I'm thinking...This is a tree, looks strong, happy. Why wont it come back for me?? Has anyone left one outside mulched in zone 7? If I leave them in the ground will I just see the remains of dried, frozen to death sticks..come next Spring?? Should I experiment or is it Just plain NO?? There's a plant listed in the PDB which states it's not hardy for me. But I grew one from seed and not only did it survive. But it was evergreen through the winter..Well hopefully someone out there can answer my goofy question...LOL
~Kim
This may be a silly question???
Hi again Kim, seems we are thinking about the same thing tonight. Check out my thread in this same forum (should be right under yours). Our zones are not that much different and I have already had a very helpfull response.
I think zone 7 is kind of low. I know some come back in zone 8. I am in zone 9 and I even lose some in the winter if it gets cold enough. I build a hoophouse every year for my special ones.
Maybe if you really mulched it it would come back from the roots but no way will anythign be left standing above ground.
People prune then above the Y and then let them go dormant. They stick them in their closets or garage. Or some will winter over in the house in light like a house plants. I do that with my special ones. I take cuttings just in case!
I bet some zone 7s will be here in the morning and tell you exactly what you need to hear.
And WElCOME to the Brug Forum! What do your seedlings look like? I just love growing them from seed.
Okayyyyy so I'm gonna experiment... and put all my brugs wayyyy down in the ground and kill them all this winter...LOL Noooo just kidding. But as easy as it was to grow them all from seed. I guess I can just grow some more if they all kick the bucket ;-)
Well...unfortunately I got the leaves cut off the top of this pic. But this is one of the Cuba X from seed..It was already 8 inches high after a few weeks.
oh so you recently planted them? We have found that to get them to bloom in just one season,you need to start them indoors early! I would think December/January is the latest to be sure of early bloom. If you get one flower you really like, you may never get it again with new seed.
I started this one in March and gave lots away...sooo when do flowers come? I'm looking at the clock on my computer...Is it really 3:30 in the morning? Well who could sleep with a husband snoring like trains speeding through the room. The walls are even rumbling! :-/ grrrrr...Ohhhhh Ok. We were talking about Brugmansias :-D
fertilize it alot and see if you can get it to Y. It still may from march. depends when you get cold there. They flower at all different times depending on them, on the weather, and how much they are fed.
Kim, I live in zone 7 and I have six this year that came back from the root but we had a mild winter. Last year I cut Dr. Suess at the ground, mulched it with a huge garbage can of mulched leaves and turned the garbage can upside down over it after wrapping it but it never came back. I definately wouldn't leave a special Brug outside for a winter test.
I am in 6b, and I can tell you for the most part they are a goner, if left in the ground here.
My friend here in z7 had several brugs that came back this year as did a Charles Grimaldi I had. My CG was'nt even mulched but it was planted as a foundation plant. Her's were mulch with a thick cover of leaves and a 20" pot stuff with leaves and placed over it then more mulch around the outside of the pot. Hope this helps.
By the way, if you decide to try make sure you take cuttings just in case it does'nt make it.
This message was edited Aug 4, 2004 10:05 AM
Thanks Much! :-D