Hi Catnappur, (love that name). I grow them as annuals. I bring brugmansia in to winter over or let go dormant, but I think you'll need to let your AT go to seed and start them outside right after the last frost in Spring. You could start inside earlier. (I'm not an expert, but that's my knowledge of them).-B

Hello BonBon :)

Thank you very much for your answer! :) They are such beautiful plants aren't they???

Have a wonderful day!

Marcy :)

I brought mine in last fall, let it go dry and dormant in my laundry room. I brought it outside and started watering it in April and it did fine, but hasn't bloomed, so I believe it isn't worth the trouble to drag them in - easier and more rewarding to start them fresh each spring.

When you say let your brug "go dorment" inside. Does that mean I put it in my (new england) basement and don't water OR treat it like a houseplant and try to get it thru the winter. Mine is 5 ft tall and I just trimed it way back in preparation for bringing it inside. Celler or a window in the house??

You sure dug up an old post. lol By dormant it usually means in a cool, dark room with just enough water to keep the roots from drying out. I'd put it in the cellar and give it about a cup of water a month.
Karyn

Oh jeeez - I just saw that date. . LOL

Hey Karyn: Out of curiosity - when you over winter your brugs (in a pot) - do you cover the pot in plastic so it doesn't lose moisture? I was looking at someone's sand suggestion, and was just wondering about a garbage bag around the whole pot.

What do you think?

The post that started this thread said...
I puchased a beautiful double purple and white Angel Trumpet a month and a half ago from a nursery on the net..
This member had to have been referring to a Datura as there are no purple and white 'Angel's Trumpets' ( Brugmansia). Some of the following posts by members seem to be talking more about over wintering Brugmansia rather than Datura so don't get confused in how to do each one.

As for daturas I grow them as annuals and don't bother holding them over the winter. I don't use plastic on my dormant brugs. I don't want to hold in the moisture. Cool and moist = rotted roots. I allow them to remain pretty dry and water just enough to keep them alive. If the mature woody stems are shriveling they need more water. I probably water about once a month.
Karyn

Ok - thanks Karyn.