Thank you so much for all your replies,its never flowered,its always been indoors,when it did grow to about 18 in a pot we put it outside,it hated it,and started to die,so its been kept indoors ever since,I'm sorry but I am trying to upload photos,but we are not tech savvy,age I suppose,its huge now about 4ft the pot is huge as we replant it every year,because the roots come ubove the pot,
I keep mine in an I heated greenhouse over winter. All the leaves drop off but by April they spring to life again . One is over 5.5 ft this year. That one has been moved now to where its sun all day. The others are happy sat in a warm spot with sun for 6 hours or so a day ( if the sun comes out...) I love these plants.
Paula - yours is stunning. Do you take it in doors over winter?
Hi Barefoot gardener, I don't have mine any more.It got too big and heavy to keep carrying it in and out of the conservatory and I don't particularly like plants in the house. It use to flower even through the winter but the leaves use to turn yellow and die off quite quickly. OH and mother in law use to hate the smell. I did buy four a few years back in white, yellow and two coral. but the wretched red spider mite took hold of all four, so I binned them all. I would love another as they are one of my favourite plants.I became a first time Nannar in June so I don't think I will be getting one now. They do need quite a bit of room if you don't prune and train them into a standard,(lolly pop shape)Yours look fab, the one in the first pic looks huge.
They've some huge ones at The Old Vicarage at East Ruston on the North Norfolk coast .... but they do have a large conservatory to wheel them into for the winter
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That is a superb specimen brugmansia, Paula.
Martin 188,
Do you bring it inside every winter and protect it from frost, or is is hardy?
Does it die all the way down in Winter?
Has it ever flowered? What do the flowers look like?
Hi Everyone
Thank you so much for all your replies,its never flowered,its always been indoors,when it did grow to about 18 in a pot we put it outside,it hated it,and started to die,so its been kept indoors ever since,I'm sorry but I am trying to upload photos,but we are not tech savvy,age I suppose,its huge now about 4ft the pot is huge as we replant it every year,because the roots come ubove the pot,
Trying to upload pics better
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Can I ask if you're in UK Martin. Brugmansia seem and odd "weed" to spot here.
I keep mine in an I heated greenhouse over winter. All the leaves drop off but by April they spring to life again . One is over 5.5 ft this year. That one has been moved now to where its sun all day. The others are happy sat in a warm spot with sun for 6 hours or so a day ( if the sun comes out...) I love these plants.
Paula - yours is stunning. Do you take it in doors over winter?
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Hi All yes we live in Torquay,Devon uk
Hi Barefoot gardener, I don't have mine any more.It got too big and heavy to keep carrying it in and out of the conservatory and I don't particularly like plants in the house. It use to flower even through the winter but the leaves use to turn yellow and die off quite quickly. OH and mother in law use to hate the smell. I did buy four a few years back in white, yellow and two coral. but the wretched red spider mite took hold of all four, so I binned them all. I would love another as they are one of my favourite plants.I became a first time Nannar in June so I don't think I will be getting one now. They do need quite a bit of room if you don't prune and train them into a standard,(lolly pop shape)Yours look fab, the one in the first pic looks huge.
They've some huge ones at The Old Vicarage at East Ruston on the North Norfolk coast .... but they do have a large conservatory to wheel them into for the winter
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks fidgetbones. That was about three years old.