RE: Propagating Brugmansia

Donna,
Your Brugs sound so lush and beautiful!  I have never had that many flowers
all at once!  I think they really like your hot humid nights, yes?  We never
have hot nights, always cool - even in August - and low humidity.  So many
things that like that heat to bloom well - hardy Hibiscus, Hyacinth bean
vine, Morning glory, and the Brugs - bloom more sparsely or not at all here.
 A friend of mine had a Brug that got to be 14 ft tall after 3 years in the
ground.  It was quite a sight.  They took pains to keep it from
freezing...built a wire cage around it, wrapped it with burlap and stuffed
the cage full of chopped leaves.  I think it died anyway the 4th winter, so
why mine hasn't is a mystery.  This will be the 4th winter, so we'll see
what happens.

Marilyn Dube'
Natural Designs Nursery
Portland, Oregon


-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Donna Davis
Sent:	Tuesday, September 17, 2002 8:02 PM
To:	perennials@hort.net
Subject:	Re: Propagating Brugmansia

Skyler
personally I have never had any luck with these plants in the ground.  I
grow them in  "pots" and they do very well for me.  I have 3 at this
time that are over 8 ft tall  "in pots"
In the fall I always move them to my basement,  take several cuttings
and just put them in pots of soil and keep them damp.  sometime around
Feb. I can began to see green leaves start.  I have a pretty good
success rate on my cuttings.  I always have bunches to share with
friends.  I have a pink one that has really out done itself this year.
 About 3 weeks ago I counted  26 blooms, and right now it has about that
many.
Donna  in NE Mississippi

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