i m experimenting with my microclimate .i m leaving things in the ground and taking extras out to see what survives here . it seems like z 7 things will survive here .its just that chance ice storm . or late freeze . i wanted to get a brug that is the hardiest and see what happens .
whats the hardiest brug
Even zone 7b is pushing it for growing Brugs in the ground, but if you really want to try it, wait until next spring. Planting them in spring will give your Brugs a chance to develop a large and hopefully healthy root system before they are subjected to freeing weather. I don't know of any, but you could look through the entries in the PlantFiles. I have seen a few indicating they grow in one 7. However the PlantFiles don't indicate whether the plant is in the ground and left there to overwinter or dug up for storage.,
I live in MD and I am going to try what someone else did and bubble wrap my plant. I have a frosty pink that has been growing all Summer in the ground. I will remove the leaves and wrap the trunk and above the why with bubble wrap (2 layers).
Other comments I have read is to but the brug to the ground and mound with 18 inches of mulch - I am trying this too.
For me, Kyles Pink has been amazingly hardy! Would you believe I left her outside in a big pot all winter long with no mulch, watering or anything? Of course the trunk died but she came up from her roots to be the first bloomer in late June--and bloom she does. She was close to the front porch with a southern exposure, a microclimate for sure. I ask you, how can I get rid of this one?
Here she is in her same spot, the next fall--her trunk from last year is still showing also.
im so exited by this new world of brugs . my micro climate is protected by my garage and a very tall hedge . its boxed in . the garage is aluminum and painted white so its like a giant reflector and it hardly freezes back there . it does get a break from the sun as it passes over the house . i dont know though . it will stay balmy until like feb then bam we get hit with 2 inches of ice . im gonna try though . even if i get a couple seasons of it growing in the ground it will be worth it . i got 2 in pots, my first 2 , and i keep checking on them like a sleeping baby . i think there is something wrong with me lol
I live in Z7 a&b depending on the area of the yard. I have left them in the ground out in the yard & against the house with no luck. I tried bubble wrap & heavy mulch didn't get a one to come back. So be sure you take some cutting of your Brug to plant the next spring.
Bj
I'd sure love to have her...and a climate that doesn't have freezes! I grew one from seed this year and it got really big. We had to bring it in one night as 70MPH winds from IKE came thru Ohio. the second one I grew is about 4 ft. so I could handle it....fortunately my son got home from work in time to come over and bring the tall one in for me.
There is no chance of leaving one out here....it gets really low sometimes. I left a supposed hardy bananna out last year...mulched..it never came back.
its iffy here . one year you could have no freeze and the next popsicle . last year was cold but the year before ,i didnt even wear a coat .