Where best to buy brugmansia?

Sorry to be a nuisance here, I've got some 15l (12") pots is that to big?

 

Well, you could go that big but you've left it a bit too late in my opinion.

You will get very lush growth and the plant will love it, but I'm just wondering if it will flower this year with such a large pot on this late.
I'd go for the 10inch.

 

Thanks for your time @pete I'll go with the 10"

 

No problem, just hope it works for you.

 

@andrews thanks for the input into 10" pot and hopefully i will be better at feeding, do you feed tomato feed? I've seen a specialist feed for brugmansia is it worth buying?

 

I use chempak 4 but any high potash feed will be fine

 

First flower is opening, is it diseased or rain damaged? Must say it has a really heavy scent

 

Look slightly like a bit of rot, must admit I've never seem one open like that, maybe it could possibly be wind damage to the flowering bud?

 

I bought a Brug, quite a few years ago. From memory, it came with a help sheet which stated that Molasses should be used? I did get some and used it. Not sure if it helped as the plant really didn’t perform.

 

I'm sorry I have no idea, it has cover from the cannas but would have a wind from a southerly direction, more likely the neglect it's had, but that's been remedied, there's more buds so I'll see how they appear.

 

A bit more tlc and the second bud looks a lot better.

 

what does everyone do for winter care for Brugmansia ? I've brought mine into the house. One has lost some leaves from the frost early this week . I tried in the past storing them dry but that failed.

 

Interested too, I put my two in the greenhouse last weekend have an inkbird thermostat set for 10° and will just water sparingly thinking on the same line as my cannas.

 

I hack them back and store in the garage, pretty much bone dry, but they need to be a certain size before you can do that, I get some die back from the cut areas.

You need the plant to have a fairly woody base to do that, it wont work with newish cuttings, they need to overwinter in the green.

I dont think they like house conditions in winter, mostly too warm and dark.

The woody bits you hack off make good cuttings

 

Mine are still green on the stem about 2ft tall.