Nope. You can leave them in the ground. If you have a freeze, cover them with blankets and they should be o.k. They may die back a little, but they'll be o.k.

but all my brugs are potted will this make a difference?

No, they will do just fine outside. We had some strange weather here last winter and my brugs still made it with no damage at all. We had a couple of frosts and my car was actually covered in ice in the morning. I was a little worried because I had brug babies in my driveway. I think they did okay because they were in a warmer more protected area between 2 buildings on concrete. My driveway isn't a particularly good place for my plants when its hot, cooks them. I like to root plants there on the shady side. My peach brug is in the backyard where the microclimate is warmer because of it being on the top of a hillside. Are you closer to the ocean or inland? Because the frost hits worse inland, it's not really a problem closer to the coast. I still wouldn't worry about it but if you are just plant them in a protected spot.

I was wondering though, do you have your brugs in the ground or a pot? Because if you have them in a pot the Santa Ana winds will knock them right over.

BTW my peach suaveolens actually bloomed through out the winter. No big flushes but it is nice.

your right about the santa ana.. i have a couple of plants got knocked out. all my brugs are in a pot.. i live inland thats why there's a 30 degree difference between nightly lows and day highs... do i have to cut my brugs back during winter??

thanks

How far inland? I live about 2 miles inland and I'm a sunset zone 23. I can see Coronado from my backyard so I have some ocean influence. I don't think you should have to cut back in a 10b zone. You might want to ask on the California Forum. Everything I've read says they are hardy in sunset zones 16-24 and that pretty much the worst that could happen is a some loss of leaves, maybe 50%. Also try to put them in a more sheltered location where an occasional frost won't bother them.

Here is a link that might be useful: Microclimate info

WickedHeart and alfred_floro it seems like you are talking foreign languages here :))
It is so weird to me, to even imagine a place where there is no winter, no frost...

Valentina

Alfred, I live in zone 9, up by Sacramento, and all but 5 of my brugs are inground. I have 18 brugs altogether. Some are fairly sheltered, some are out in the open.

We do get some frost here and I do get Winter kill, but I just cut those back to a healthy part in the late Winter/very early Spring and they grow with a vengence. I've even chopped some down to about three feet and they've grown so fast that you wouldn't even know they had been chopped nearly to the ground.

If we're expecting a hard frost then I toss an old sheet over those that are out in the open for the night.

Here's another thought and an experiment that I tried. I have a bunch of those tiny Christmas net lights. About three years ago I had rooted and potted up a ton of small brug cuttings in the Fall, along with other cuttings. I put all the pots in one area and covered them with the net lights (not sure what they're called actually). I had them supported so that they didn't touch any of the plants. I didn't lose one small plant the whole cold season. The following year I draped a couple of my more exposed brugs with these net lights and again had great success with them.

Altho they don't seem warm to touch, the lights must put out enough heat to stave off the frosts at night. That, and they also look rather nice when turned on at night as well. I do remember that once or twice the weather people said that we were going to have some VERY hard frosts (which is unusual here) so I tossed a sheet over the lights just to be on the safe side. I honestly don't recommend this due to fire danger, but I did it that one time.

Jenna