i have a angel trumpet plant in a planter, i live in nh so i leave it inside during the winter months. i heard that it can be cut back after the flowers are gone. Help, i don't know how. i also have the seedlings from the flowers, i hear they don't stay well but don't i need to wait to spring to plant them, or can i do it inside in a planter??
All of my brugs are in pots. Just need to repot them as they grow.
I think a lot of people grow Brugsmania in containers.
You can cut it almost anywhere along the stem, and it will usually root in water, then your plant will have new growth below where you made the cut.
I take mine down to the basement after cutting them back in the fall (sometimes I don't cut them back...depends on their size and if they'll fit!) where it's cool and there's little light, just water them enough to keep the roots from drying out and bring them back outdoors in the spring. They're very resilient plants....even some that may appear to be dead in the winter will resprout with new growth fromt he soil line in the spring.
What do you mean you have 'seedlings from the flowers'....do you mean that your plant produced seeds?
thank you for the information. my tree is 8 almost 9 feet tall and i want to cut it back for the winter if i know it will grow back because in the winter months it is just a tall skinny tree trunk with no leaves. the flower has a seed pod and when the flower falls off i take the seed pod and dry it out, i am not sure if i can put them in soil and it will grow?
I've been told they do produce seed pods if they are polinated. You can do it from one plant to another using a cotton swab. I'd like to try it but my flowering brugs dont flower at the same time. (wonder if I could save the swab till then????)
You Plant is probably growing too tall and leggy because it has never been pruned to help it send out new side shoots, the lack of leaf is a tricky one to answer as it is either getting the very sensitive leaves blown off by wind, OR you have either red spider mite or some other aphids sapping the leaves that cause them to drop, these plants are hungry feeders due to the amount of energy they put in to flower production and you should deadhead all the faded flowers so the plant wont put so much energy into setting seeds, if you want to collect some seeds, then Waite till the end of the flowering season and just leave say one or two flowers on the plant to set seeds for you to propagate, you can usually cut these plants down almost to the ground at the end of the season and store them cool but just give enough water so the soil dont dry out, then when the new growth starts in the spring, re-pot it into a much larger pot, new potting compost, give it a liquid feed, say every 2 weeks half strength to start with, once it has really sent out a good bit of foliage and side shoots, add full strength feed every 2 weeks and stop the feeding when the flowers stop and you want to store it for winter again, they also like a lot of water in the growing season when they are growing in pots no mater how big the pot is. your seeds will do well started indoors over the winter but the plants may not be the same as the parent plant, to get this, you will need to take cuttings of the newest growth with no flowers and stick them either in good compost and indoors or in water till you see the roots form then pot them on. wash your hands after handling these plants as some people are allergic to them and also the sap and seeds are toxic if eaten, good luck, hope all works out for you. Weenel.
Oh my neighbor has one of these and it is so beautiful! I may have to see about taking a cutting from it and see if I can get it to take! What is the hardiness zone for these? Hers is planted in the ground. Misty
Most Brugmansia (Angel's Trumpet) http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2077/
are Tropical's and are hardy to zones 9, 10, 11. I have heard of some folks having them inside in containers during winter. They are beautiful plants and some have very fragrant flowres!
As pretty as they are, I think I would have to find room, somewhere! However, I just looked and it seems as though most of them are already removed. :( She is moving, so I guess she is taking them with her. I believe there may be one small portion left. Maybe I can find someone with seeds? Guess that is what I get for waiting to ask, huh! Misty
I can send you a cutting of a Brugmansia.
However, I lost the tags to a few of them, so it would be unidentified - a surprise for when it blooms!
They're very prone to spider mites indoors, but the store in the basement of our house on benign neglect during the winter, only need enough water to prevent the roots from completely drying out.
Oh, that would be just awesome! And I always love surprises! Let me know what I need to do. I would be so appreciative, because I am not even sure where she came across it around here. I see very few in our area. I would love to have some to give some TLC throughout the winter and hopefully be able to set some out for next spring. Just let me know how to go about it, and if I may be able to send you something I might have in exchange. Very greatful! Misty
Misty...I'll send you a d-mail.
For outdoor growing, it really depends on your temp over the autumn/winter, it is not really the root balls that will freeze if kept in a large enough pot with some protection, but the top growth is very tender, even a high wind will perhaps kill it beyond recovery, but hey, have we not all just learned that with the strange weather everyone all over the world has been facing this year, nothing is impossible, things we thought would be fine have gone, other thing though tender, have just proved us wrong, the Angel Trumpets are a fab big tropical looking plant, poisonous if eaten, that's any part, so always wash your hands after working with it, but even with all that, they are worth having, just for the perfume from the flowers alone, the size of the flowers too, well fed and pruned at the right time, I have had up to 30 odd flowers come on mine with many more in bud, I put mine outdoors summer and bring inside for winter, yes Red Spider Mite is a problem, but seeing the signs and treating before it gets a real hold will sort this out and the flowers still come even with the Mite. good luck. WeeNel.
