I believe I will let it grow and then root it. Thanks, Eloise!

You are welcome :-)

I just leave them and let them grow together for a much bushier plant.

Later if you take cuttings and root them, you can get a million for the price of one. Well not that many of course, but considering the brugs do well for rooting cuttings, you'll have plenty for your yard and to give away to friends and family.

Carolina Girl, so you have some options: let 'sprouts' grow and it becomes a bushier plant; let the sprouts grow out more and later root for more plants; or just cut off any sprout and grow your plant as a standard.

That looks like a root sprout, which are the ones that grow very straight and tall and make the best trees. I always let root sprouts grow.

Here's how it looks now. I had a second sprout come out!

Yep, see how straight they are? Root sprouts. If you cut them off and grow them out, they may or may not grow into trees, but if you leave them on the plant, they will get very tall.

That's good to know. Thanks, dirtygardener :)

Can you tell me how long it takes or how big brugs have to be before they bloom?

No special size. they will make a 'Y' shape at the top and that's where the blooms start coming out. That's why you should not prune them, because you'll cut off the potential of having a 'Y'.