How should I care for my brugmansia plant please?

Question

I bought it in April as a 6'' plant and it's now about 6'. It's growing in a large pot and is about to flower. Should I cut it back? How far and when? Should I get rid of the side shoots? When should I put it in the greenhouse for the winter, and how much should I water it? I live in Cornwall close to the sea if that helps.
Many thanks in advance for your advice. I really appreciate it.

Answer 1

Wait until after it's flowered and prune with secateurs, taking care not to remove too much at once - you might kill the plant through shock or loss of sap if the cuts bleed.
I'd get it back indoors around now - before the frosts. and water sparingly (when it's dry or once a week) during the winter.
Be careful when pruning / handling the plant material as it's a memeber of the Solanaceae (deadly nightshade / potato) family and can be poisonous.

Answer 2

Brugmansia has a wide range of leaf forms and individual growth habits. The Brugmansia flower has an even wider range of sizes, forms, shapes, and colors that can change drastically in appearance from one growing environment to the next. The different Brugmansia flower scents drifting in the air on warm summer evenings can only be described as exotic and intoxicating! The Brugmansia flower anatomy is much like the Lily making it extremely easy to hybridize these plants. At times it can be difficult to point out differences between these hybrids with the naked eye, but still all are as different as snowflakes. The charm and the beauty of this genus is unlike any native or imported plant we are familiar with!

Brugmansia love humid, warm days, and cool nights.
80-85 for daytime highs and no less than 40 degree nights would
be the perfect environment for Brugmansia. Unfortunately
this perfect environment is not likely in much of the U.S..
Fortunately MOST Brugmansia do survive higher temps (100+),
and ALL survive lower temps.
Fortunately ALL Brugmansia is easily wintered inside.

Brugmansia is a long lived perennial in zone 9 and warmer and can grow to become a small tree to 35' tall, 6'-15' tall when grown in containers.
Brugmansia will survive zone 8 winters "if the roots do not freeze" and they’ve even survived zone 7 winters. Repeated ground freezes, year after year, will eventually weaken and kill the plant.

Answer 3

Brugmansia Care

Answer 4

Angel Trumpets are a tropical plant, they grow hugh in tropical countries, this plant needs to stay warm and watered, if you have a greenhouse to grow it in during the winter good for you, like I said keep it warm and watered, watch for mites, this is the plants main enemy. We grow ours on the ground in s.e.USA, and we cut them to the ground and cover the root stock with mulch or heavy pot to protect the roots from the cold.

Answer 5

Cut it before it flowers? Not if you want to see the blooms or keep seeds.

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