brugmansia?

Do any of you guys have these? Do you grow them in pots or in garden? If in garden do you trellis? I have one in the ground. I read that it has to have a y in the trunk to flower. It also said it would die back in winter but would come back from the root in spring. Do they grow fast enough to have the y in the trunk again. Someone please advise me.
Thanks

I have brugs and they are beautiful. Mine are in the ground year round (zone 8b). The only problem I have is the beatles love them. They do have to form the Y from the trunk before they will flower. They love liquid fertilizer.
This is a picture from a few year back.

Yellow brug

I grow them too .. they are all in the ground and come back bigger and better each year! Mine have been in the ground since 01. They get over 12 feet tall too! Brugs are greedy guts for water and food. I don't think you can over feed a brug! Here is a page I made about the Y in brugs.

http://www.xeramtheum.com/mysteriousy.htm

Brugs like morning sun and afternnoon shade, but you can grow them in full sun as long as you keep it watered well. The yellows seem to do the best in full sun.

X

what kind of soil? arganic potting mix type or fine, sandy kind like on the coast near the beach

This link will give you all the info you need about growing brugs.
Good luck!
http://www.brugmansia.us/newtobrugs.html

The soil i have is sandy clayey stuff .. I've found that brugs will grow in just about anything, good soil and bad soil .. pure clay too! .. the main thing is to keep them hydrated. In areas with good percolation like sand, you need to water them more frequently or add compost or peat for water retention.

Brug cuttings are also very easy to root in water.

X

Thanks everyone.
I amended the planting area but it still has some sand. It gets morning sun and afternoon shade. I was just concerned that in the winter when you cut it back that it would take a long time to get the y again. But it's sounds like they come back stronger every year.

They do! I do not cut mine to the ground after the first freeze .. I wait until Spring to do that. You are left with ghostly skeletons for sure, but the one time I did cut them to the ground after the first freeze I had all sorts of new growth starting which was a bad thing.

Here are what mine are looking like today and another picture of a newly forming Y and the arrow is pointing to an embryo bud.

X

BSD: What do you do about the beetles on yours? I've never seen them on mine, but the leaves are always chewed up on the brugs I have in the ground. Doesn't seem to happen to the ones I've had in pots on my deck.

Most likely what's chewing your brugs in the ground are snails and slugs .. go out after dark with a flashlight and look. I use snail bait around mine.

X

I use Orthene. This is a systemic insectacide. Orthene is the brand name. It is actually Acephate. Purchase it from from a Farm Supply Co. and you will find that it is cheaper.
I also agree with Xerantheum. Slugs and snail love to eat them also. Do as she/he said and use the snail bait also.
Beatles will leave small holes in the leaves and the snails will chew the outer edge of the leaves and leave a slimey trail.
Read the directions on the Acephate container and use as directed. It can be harmful to some plants such as sage so be careful where you spray it.
Good luck!! Brugs are worth all the trouble.