My girlfriend grew brugmansia last spring in her greenhouse. I got a coral colored one from her. I planted it outside in the ground and anchored it to a post as it grew. The post is behind the bench. It totally hid the post with the 3 stalks it had last year and grew to about 5 feet tall. The flowerbed is in full sun. I did not pinch it back at all last year or this year.

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It did not bloom for me last year and I am attributing that to it being an immature plant. Once fall came and it got frost, I cut it down to 4" and placed it in a bucket and covered it with dry soil. Then it went into my pit where the potatoes, carrots, cannas, callas all go. On Mar 25 I took it out of the pit and it looked like this...

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Just a few minutes ago, on today, May 5, I took a picture of it. It has 9 shoots this year and the largest leaf is 11 1/2" long. I am going to wait unil June before I plant it outside.

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Hopefully this year it will bloom for me.

Hope this helps you.

Brenda

Where did you find these seeds?

Most brugs like full sun in our zone providing you supply water regularly, however B. sanguinea does like it on the cool side, so this one I place in part sun. They also like a sheltered spot, otherwise they will get wind whipped.

Yes, they like their space, so grow one plant per large pot.
My sanguinea that I started from seed did not flower the first year. I hoping they will this year ;)

I store my pots, plant and all, downstairs in a cool spare bedroom (+10/15C), window cracked open slightly and the vents and door closed. I water very sparingly with no fertilizer. Basically you want them to go dormant for the winter, don't worry about the leaves shriveling up and falling off, they will recover in the spring.

If your seedlings are leggy, then yes, pinch back to make them bushier, then only prune off any dead branches or tips the following year.

I bought my seed from JL Hudson.

Sharon

My girlfriend said that she had purchased her seeds last year from Thompson and Morgan Seeds. They were 5 seeds for $5.95. She had excellent germination from them. The brugmansia that I have is still on this year's site and it is the brugmansia sanguinea pictured in their site.

Brenda

I purchased a variety of Brug and Datura seeds from a lady off of e-bay, very cheap and they are about 8" now, Too bad they cannot stay outdoors for the winter, I do not have a cool room dwnstairs so they are in the front room enjoying the winter sun and growing. Is sort of annoying haveing all these pots in the front. Maybe I will buy a large fridge for all my bulbs and tubers and such. I have Red, White, Orange, Yellow, Light Purple, Pink, hope they all grow, wouldn't it be so pretty if they all bloomed?

Annie

Annie, most daturas are quite easy to start from seed, so if you collect some seed in the fall, you'll have them for years to come. Also, some varieties will self seed in your garden without any help from you, and you will still have them for years in the garden ;^) I have a single purple variety that is almost a weed in my garden already, because it seeds itself everywhere.

I'm not sure if brugs are as easy from seed, as I've never tried them before.

Laurie

actually brugs are not as easy, I have 2 red ones that I started a couple of months ago, my white and pink ones, nothing yet I may have to start all over.

Are you saying if I leave the Daturas in the ground they will self seed and/or survive winters? Here in Alberta??? I am zone 0Z some days, lol

Annie

Yup, they'll self-seed freely, as long as the seed was mature to begin with. I know it seems kind of weird that such a tropical plant's seeds will actually survive our winter and germinate come spring.

Laurie

great, that is just great............... I will let them do their thing this year. Except the Brugs I will bring in, I just dont think they are as hardy. I bring in so many plants during the winter. And half way thru winter all of us are pretty tired of so many plants and fungus gnats, outdoor plants always bring fungus gnats and they stay all winter. I will have to start charging rent and food. BUGGERS

Thanks for the info.... I see you are zone 3 so it should work for me too.

Thanks alot
Annie

Not all Dats are easy to start from seed, I've had no luck with D. metel 'Blackcurrant Swirl', Datura stramonium var. tatula 'La Fleur Lilac' grows like a weed, this one for sure will self-seed!

Brugs can be a challenge ;)

Sharon