I have A Brugmansia which my mum bought at Tatton Park Show in 2012. It was a 3' standard but after over-wintering it in the shed it died back to about 4" above soil level. During 2013 it produced 3 or 4 new shoots and flowered like mad, although some of the leaves turned yellow and fell off on a regular basis. Last winter I kept it in my utility, which has no heat and a perpex roof. It kept many leaves and went back outside in April. It has about 8 flowers at the moment and still some of the leaves are yellow, not sure why but think it will be due to lack of nourishment,as it needs repotting, another job on the list!. Its not as attractive as when it was a standard but I plan to take cuttings this year and train the as standards (fingers crossed). I live in the SW Cumbria so the weather isn't too harsh here if a little wet at times.
If you have it in a large pot,you can cut it down like you would prune a buddleja to store it in the spare bedroom, etc. The bits you cut off ,you can root in water(I use coffee jars) for new plants. I renew on a three year cycle. year 1 cutting grown on in 6 inch pot. year 2 put into largest pot I've got, feed and water and let it flower in pot. Cut down and take cuttings.Year 3 stick it in the ground, let it flower, take cuttings, let the frost have it.
I grew some from seed last year and over wintered in GH but still no sign of flowers but I will follow Fidget's advice.
Years ago, maybe 20 or more, there was a lovely specimen growing in a very shelterd area of St Ives in Cornwall. It must have been at least 15 feet high, covered in flowers. The local teenagers found out about it's properties and the owners reluctantly cut it down.
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Fidgetbones could you post a bigger picture on here for me please? It looks stunning
Did you ever get that thing about the tree poppy/peony sorted out?
I have A Brugmansia which my mum bought at Tatton Park Show in 2012. It was a 3' standard but after over-wintering it in the shed it died back to about 4" above soil level. During 2013 it produced 3 or 4 new shoots and flowered like mad, although some of the leaves turned yellow and fell off on a regular basis. Last winter I kept it in my utility, which has no heat and a perpex roof. It kept many leaves and went back outside in April. It has about 8 flowers at the moment and still some of the leaves are yellow, not sure why but think it will be due to lack of nourishment,as it needs repotting, another job on the list!. Its not as attractive as when it was a standard but I plan to take cuttings this year and train the as standards (fingers crossed). I live in the SW Cumbria so the weather isn't too harsh here if a little wet at times.
If you have it in a large pot,you can cut it down like you would prune a buddleja to store it in the spare bedroom, etc. The bits you cut off ,you can root in water(I use coffee jars) for new plants. I renew on a three year cycle. year 1 cutting grown on in 6 inch pot. year 2 put into largest pot I've got, feed and water and let it flower in pot. Cut down and take cuttings.Year 3 stick it in the ground, let it flower, take cuttings, let the frost have it.
The best variety to grow in UK is Datura sanguinea which is from high altitudes in Bolivia, consequently the hardiest. It is hard to come by, however.
I'd hate to think of pruning it. I really think you have to have a conservatory. On the bright side, it is very easy to grow from seedlings.
Datura is an annual I think, it's flowers are held upright.
Brugmansia is more like a shrub, it's flowers hang.
Follow Fidgets advice you will not go wrong.
I grew some from seed last year and over wintered in GH but still no sign of flowers but I will follow Fidget's advice.
Years ago, maybe 20 or more, there was a lovely specimen growing in a very shelterd area of St Ives in Cornwall. It must have been at least 15 feet high, covered in flowers. The local teenagers found out about it's properties and the owners reluctantly cut it down.
Brugmansias in the gardens at The Old Vicarage, East Ruston on the North Norfolk coast.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
How I long for mine to look like that!
Yes thanks, I found two, a tree poppy and a tree peony, I am truly spoilt!
Here's my Brugmansia
. . . . and its yellow leaves, in need of some TLC
Lots of flowers though.