Cutting back for the year...

20 years ago

Hey, I have had my brug for 2 years now, i know how to cut it back and mulch it and stuff, but i had a thought.... when i cut them back, can i stick the big 6-8' limbs into a bucket of soil, and root them like a normal cutting??? It sounds like it is possible, so i thought i would ask first!

Sincerely,

Ryan Harris

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suzannesks
20 years ago
Oh,I guess you can try it.If it were me,I'd certainly go with rooting in water. Good Luck with your venture. SuzanneSKs
trigger_m
20 years ago
Hi Ryan.Yep,I've rooted 4 inch pieces,and 8 footers at well.I cut all side branches off,and cut the plant back to about 2 inches above the "Y".The side branches,and much beyond the "Y" will just rot anyway.Unless they are extremly large branches.By doing this,I have 6 footers that were cuttings,that begin to bloom in the greenhouse in February.I keep the large cuttings in about 3 inches of water,and pot mine up after a couple weeks.
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karyn1
20 years ago
I cut back a number of my brugs to the soil line and have loads of 3 to 8' cuttings that I give away, trade or root myself. They do fine and bloom very early the next season.
Karyn
fortunegardener
20 years ago
Karny1,
I happen to be in MD today for a meeting. Anyway, what color is yours? I have one light peach one that is blooming right now. I probably will not cut them until late November. Do you like to trade? I am trying to get some pink and double/triple ones if possible.
laura314
20 years ago
This is my first year with a brugmansia...what a wonderful experience...I had 2 full bloomings with the second well over 100! Of course now I am at the next step...these sugesstions have been very helpful...I had been told to dig her up and bring inside... I'm considering cutting it back as suggested here and covering heavily with mulch...What are my chances of survival? So far I've done only 3 cuttings... one was only 4" and the other two about 8"...none of them seem to have made it...I'm going to try the longer ones as some of you have.
Do you know anything about seeds? Someone at a nursery insisted that there should be pods at the base of the flowers as they fall off...Is there another type of Angel Trumpet that she may have been thinking of?
Also...when I bought it I was told it would have pink blooms
but they were yellow...anyway to tell the color before they bloom? Sorry this is so long...I'm just excited and would like to be successful next season...oh and I don't have a greenhouse if I were to bring it in...
Thanks
laura314
karyn1
20 years ago
Hi Fortunegardener. I have about 10 or so varieties of brugs. I do trade but am all out of my doubles and pinks for this year. They went quick! I still have a number of Jamaica Yellow and Charles Grimaldi cuttings left. Where in MD was your meeting?
Karyn
fortunegardener
20 years ago
Karyn1, I am back in Texas now. The meeting was in Bethesda. I wish I had time to visit a garden or so. One time I saw a huge orange yellow brug plant in Houston beside a driveway! I have mine in a pot under my crepe myrtle tree. May be next year I will bury the pot in the ground; hepefully they will grow bigger and bloom better.

Jan