Re: brugmansia
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: brugmansia
- From: D* M*
- Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 20:46:29 -0600
- References: <12981cdd.24747bd0@aol.com>
>I am enjoying the brugmansia discussion as I am attempting to grow both
>a brugmansia and a datura. I know the datura will be okay outside year
>round since it came self seeded from a friend. The brugmansia will have
>to come in for the winter, I'm in a windy zone 5, but can it take a
>frost?
>
No, they can't take anything below 32F/0C. I take my potted plants into
the basement for the winter. No extra light, and only an occasional
watering to prevent the stem from shriveling, they will go almost
completely dormant, losing all leaves except at the very tip. I do not cut
mine back except to shape.
Don Martinson
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (Milwaukee suburb)
USDA Zone 5 (-10 to -20F)
AHS Heat Zone #4, Map at: ( http://www.suite101.com/userfiles/79/hz1024.jpg )
l*@execpc.com
But list! A voice is near;
Great Pan himself low-whispering through the reeds,
Be thankful, thou; for if unholy deeds
Ravage the world, tranquility is here!"
-Wordsworth, "Water Sonnets"
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