Overwintered Brugmansia

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      Just noticed a flower on one of the brugmansia should i start feeding it? 20200530_110157.jpg
       
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      Yes, feed and water lots now.
       
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      Carol built some frames for her Bruggs covered with polythene for over wintering, it worked and the bonus is I'm using the frames as bean support, win win?
       
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          Do brugmansia suffer in an open position? I've got 2 plants both treated the same (watered regular and fed once a week) one was a bit sheltered from the wind the other not, the taller one (a bit more mature maybe) is holding it's flowers fine, the smaller one is more profuse with flowers but its losing an awful lot and getting a lot of yellow leaves, the only difference that comes to mind is the smaller one has probably had more wind to contend with so I've put it along side the other one.
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          Are they the same variety?
          They do get damage obviously from wind,but also probably dry out faster.
           
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          Yes different varieties, the one that's flowering well is Angels Flight and the other is Goldface.
           
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          So not really a fair comparison?:smile:
           
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          I've made some room in the greenhouse to bring in my brugmansia, is it best to cut off all the buds? And I'm thinking the central stem is perfect to leave as the main plant cutting off the other shoots would you agree? (By the way I'm not thinking of cutting it back now)
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          I cut mine back and brought it into the garage a couple of weeks ago.
          Couldn't see any point in leaving it any longer, it had been battered by the winds and looked rubbish.

          The harder you cut back the longer it will be before you get flowers next year, I find.

          Some wood is bound to be unripe and will wither during winter any way.
           
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            When you prune your Brugs, don't you all use the prunings to do cuttings? In water? I used to do them as insurance against losing the big plants, but ended up with far too many which I couldn't bear to bin. Useful for swaps, though. :)
             
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              Yep, got some in jars now, the riper the wood the more chance of rooting I find.
               
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                I've left a brugmansia in a pot out in the garden all winter, no protection just by the fence. I've just cut off most of the wood to chuck the plant in the compost bin and as soon as i chucked it out of the pot i see the roots are still good and the wood that is left is solid, just put it back in the pot topped it with some compost and put it back where it was. It'll be interesting to see if it gets any new growth. 20210424_145459.jpg 20210424_145508.jpg
                 
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                  Don't hold out too much hope @mazambo ,unless it was well sheltered from the February freeze.
                   
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