So easy to prop from cuttings. I now have maybe 10 in various sizes. This season I buried two big'uns in 20 litre pots with no bottoms into my raised beds. They got really tall and bushy with lots of flowers.Im going to leave one out in the bed with wrapping for the coldest nights and bring one in. Green Dragan in Toronto has monstrous Brugmansia...Mind u he has monstrous protective enclosures too. You're right, Craig its a great plant. Thanks for the info.
When you get really high up in the Andes, you run into several other species. They are known as ‘The Cold Group ‘, as per the Brugmansia Growers Association. They actually tolerate a few degrees of frost. I grow a few types and have seen them take several hours of 30f while in flower with no damage. They look very ragged in the heat, and stop flowering when temps get in the low 70s
Right on! I found your tips and guidance here to be exactly the same as what I’ve learned growing them and sharing with folks who wonder how I grow mine so big and beautiful here in the Seattle area of the U.S. biggest hurdle I found starting out was the feeding and watering aspect. Great video!
So much sage advice here. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience. Thought it worth sharing my experience: I have two brugmansia in the soil of a cold glasshouse. I’m in zone 9a and we did have a mild winter last year but both brugs have done well and flowered by mid-August despite being knocked back to the ground over winter. I thought I’d lost both but in fact they popped back up and are as big as last year (4’x4’) and smothered in flowers now.
Thanks so much! I know now that I have been doing it way wrong for the past 2 years! I grw a plant in San Diego, So Cal, which became an enormous tree for many years. Here in the middle of France, NOT the same climate. It hasn't grown a ton in the two years... will repot, put lotsnof great compost, and feed regularly! Agzin, thanks!
Lovely plants :) thanks for the info. Always good to be able to look a video like this up when the time comes.. in the meantime, I enjoyed learning a bit about them
Excellent video. They need a free draining soil mix and none of mine survive frost. I’ve also found suppliers will often send plants and years later they flower a different colour from what I ordered. Still nice. Though 🎉
Hi Craig thank you for sharing your knowledge about this plant, I would like to have a go at growing it so it’s definitely on my wish list for next year 2025
I'm in zone 3 (Alberta, Canada) and I took some cuttings from my Brugmansia. They rooted beautifully and I am ready to pot them up. We are just beginning winter here and plants will not go out for at least 6 months. Do I now put them into my cold room to go into dormancy?
Merci pour les infos! Je les cultive aussi mais au Québec et ils fleurissent surtout au mois août et octobre, puisque les nuits sont plus fraîches. Ils sont énormes avec une grosses quantité de fleurs! Maintenant, je comprends bien pourquoi ils aiment l’automne. Je n’arrose jamais à l’eau claire! 😚. Je les rentre à la fin du mois de septembre mais en diminuant leur hauteur afin de faciliter le transport de mes plants. Il faut aussi mentionner qu’en soirée, ils dégagent un parfum sublime, bien qu’ils sont toxiques! Donc attention aux contacts avec les enfants mais il est possible de leur enseigner de ne pas manger n’importe quoi! Que faites-vous pour empêcher les feuilles de trouer? Merci pour cette vidéo intéressante.
just got to wiltshire to see how the brugs are doing and no buds or flowers sand no branching stem either. Plenty of growth though, given they are from seed I started in my bay window. Have now got a red bottle of tomato feed and about to go in
I grew my first plant from a cutting purchased in spring 2024. It started flowering late September, but having watched this video, if I had fed it more it probably would have flowered earlier. But the one plant produced 20+ flowers through October and early November when I brought it indoors. It’s now in a greenhouse, cut back hard, waiting for spring! Am trying seed in January of a white one!
Hi, its now end of august. Should i cut down my brugmansia ready to propagate over winter? Your video says once rooted in water to pot up into soil. Can this be done in next few months or wait until spring time? Thanks 😊
I had one successful experiment pinching out the apical growth point and forcing it to branch - and then flower. I am trying it on a bigger scale this year with seedlings from crosses that I made
UPDATE. Not sure if it's because I drenched them with Tommy feed or because of the hot days and colder nights this week but now I suddenly do have some flower buds! My life is complete
I have cuttings I'd be happy to send to you. I'm in ohio as well and I put a couple trees out every spring in oversized 3ftx3ftx3ft cedar planter boxes I made and they both reach around 12 feet in height. I overwinter in a basement and they shed their leaves and go to sleep. I have orange and pink blossom ones and the blooms open at sunset and perfume the perimeter of my house with a heavenly scent
I’ve tried to overwinter in an unheated greenhouse but unfortunately not warm enough and the cost of heating a greenhouse is too expensive on my pension especially with no winter fuel allowance. I have overwintered cuttings in the house but fruit type flies are a pain.
I've only seen them growing in high mountain areas in South America, never near sea level. They don't like it hot all the time. I've grown some here in GA zone 8a. They kill to the ground in the winter but take all year to get blooming size again. Just about when they start flowering again the frost takes them out. Frustrating. If you are going to leave them out search for an early blooming variety.
So easy to prop from cuttings. I now have maybe 10 in various sizes. This season I buried two big'uns in 20 litre pots with no bottoms into my raised beds. They got really tall and bushy with lots of flowers.Im going to leave one out in the bed with wrapping for the coldest nights and bring one in. Green Dragan in Toronto has monstrous Brugmansia...Mind u he has monstrous protective enclosures too. You're right, Craig its a great plant. Thanks for the info.
I'm glad you are here to allow people to enjoy these wonderful plants, thank you Craig
When you get really high up in the Andes, you run into several other species. They are known as ‘The Cold Group ‘, as per the Brugmansia Growers Association. They actually tolerate a few degrees of frost. I grow a few types and have seen them take several hours of 30f while in flower with no damage. They look very ragged in the heat, and stop flowering when temps get in the low 70s
Right on! I found your tips and guidance here to be exactly the same as what I’ve learned growing them and sharing with folks who wonder how I grow mine so big and beautiful here in the Seattle area of the U.S. biggest hurdle I found starting out was the feeding and watering aspect. Great video!
So much sage advice here. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience. Thought it worth sharing my experience: I have two brugmansia in the soil of a cold glasshouse. I’m in zone 9a and we did have a mild winter last year but both brugs have done well and flowered by mid-August despite being knocked back to the ground over winter. I thought I’d lost both but in fact they popped back up and are as big as last year (4’x4’) and smothered in flowers now.
Thanks so much! I know now that I have been doing it way wrong for the past 2 years! I grw a plant in San Diego, So Cal, which became an enormous tree for many years. Here in the middle of France, NOT the same climate. It hasn't grown a ton in the two years... will repot, put lotsnof great compost, and feed regularly! Agzin, thanks!
Lovely plants :) thanks for the info. Always good to be able to look a video like this up when the time comes.. in the meantime, I enjoyed learning a bit about them
Thanks for the great tips what is the name of the orange one you showed
Excellent video. They need a free draining soil mix and none of mine survive frost. I’ve also found suppliers will often send plants and years later they flower a different colour from what I ordered. Still nice. Though 🎉
Hi Craig thank you for sharing your knowledge about this plant,
I would like to have a go at growing it so it’s definitely on my wish list for next year 2025
I'm in zone 3 (Alberta, Canada) and I took some cuttings from my Brugmansia. They rooted beautifully and I am ready to pot them up. We are just beginning winter here and plants will not go out for at least 6 months. Do I now put them into my cold room to go into dormancy?
Merci pour les infos! Je les cultive aussi mais au Québec et ils fleurissent surtout au mois août et octobre, puisque les nuits sont plus fraîches. Ils sont énormes avec une grosses quantité de fleurs! Maintenant, je comprends bien pourquoi ils aiment l’automne. Je n’arrose jamais à l’eau claire! 😚. Je les rentre à la fin du mois de septembre mais en diminuant leur hauteur afin de faciliter le transport de mes plants. Il faut aussi mentionner qu’en soirée, ils dégagent un parfum sublime, bien qu’ils sont toxiques! Donc attention aux contacts avec les enfants mais il est possible de leur enseigner de ne pas manger n’importe quoi! Que faites-vous pour empêcher les feuilles de trouer? Merci pour cette vidéo intéressante.
Curious your method of seed, from your plants. =)
just got to wiltshire to see how the brugs are doing and no buds or flowers sand no branching stem either. Plenty of growth though, given they are from seed I started in my bay window. Have now got a red bottle of tomato feed and about to go in
I grew my first plant from a cutting purchased in spring 2024. It started flowering late September, but having watched this video, if I had fed it more it probably would have flowered earlier. But the one plant produced 20+ flowers through October and early November when I brought it indoors. It’s now in a greenhouse, cut back hard, waiting for spring! Am trying seed in January of a white one!
Hi, its now end of august. Should i cut down my brugmansia ready to propagate over winter? Your video says once rooted in water to pot up into soil. Can this be done in next few months or wait until spring time? Thanks 😊
Thank you for this guide!
Is it possible to get a seed-started brug to bloom in the same year?
I had one successful experiment pinching out the apical growth point and forcing it to branch - and then flower. I am trying it on a bigger scale this year with seedlings from crosses that I made
UPDATE. Not sure if it's because I drenched them with Tommy feed or because of the hot days and colder nights this week but now I suddenly do have some flower buds! My life is complete
Omg I want one! But I don’t know where to get one where I live in Ohio 🥺
I have cuttings I'd be happy to send to you. I'm in ohio as well and I put a couple trees out every spring in oversized 3ftx3ftx3ft cedar planter boxes I made and they both reach around 12 feet in height. I overwinter in a basement and they shed their leaves and go to sleep. I have orange and pink blossom ones and the blooms open at sunset and perfume the perimeter of my house with a heavenly scent
I’ve tried to overwinter in an unheated greenhouse but unfortunately not warm enough and the cost of heating a greenhouse is too expensive on my pension especially with no winter fuel allowance. I have overwintered cuttings in the house but fruit type flies are a pain.
So much easier to do cuttings
I've only seen them growing in high mountain areas in South America, never near sea level. They don't like it hot all the time. I've grown some here in GA zone 8a. They kill to the ground in the winter but take all year to get blooming size again. Just about when they start flowering again the frost takes them out. Frustrating. If you are going to leave them out search for an early blooming variety.
I've seen them growing in sand on BEACHES in India, above the high-tide mark.
You can get poisoned just by touching them. Are you ok?