In New York I grew tons of brugmansias, storing them in the basement over the cold winters. I‘m wondering now if I could do something similar here in St. Petersburg Florida for B. sanguinea but instead over the hot summer months.

My purple datura metels stay outside but go nearly leafless over the summer here because of the heat. They begin growing actively again fall into early summer. The seeds also wait until fall to start coming up. Its on average around 70 for a high in winter, and 60 for a low, cooler during a cold front.

I don’t get any frost most winters. When I have, its been a very light frost, not a killing frost so my tropicals stay outdoors year round. Humidity and dew points are high over night here. It doesn’t rain often in winter but everything is dripping in condensation each winter morning. Fog is a regular occurrence winter mornings.