Brugmansia planting and care in the open field in the urals

Brugmansia is a beautiful plant that stands out brightly against the background of other inhabitants of the garden with huge green leaves and large fragrant tubular-bell-shaped flowers. For its resemblance to a musical instrument in Western Europe, it is called "angelic trumpets." For the poisonousness that all parts of brugmansia have, and especially the seeds, it is called the "Devil's Tree". In Argentina, due to the content in the plant of large amounts of psychotropic and toxic substances, it is prohibited to plant in public places. The cultivation of brugmansia is put on stream for the industrial needs of pharmacology and biochemistry, namely the production of atropine and scopolamine alcoids. The Indians of South America make full use of the poisonous flower for medicinal purposes and during spiritualistic rituals.

Brugmansia: a fragrant pearl of the garden

Among the people, brugmansia, the care and reproduction of which does not require any unbearable costs, is called "dope" (or "datura") because of the heavy intoxicating scent of flowers that spreads throughout the garden and intensifies in the evening. The intoxicating scent can be the culprit for headaches and insomnia, so do not place abundantly flowering plants in insufficiently ventilated rooms.

In fact, datura and brugmansia, the cultivation and reproduction of which are similar, differ only in the arrangement of colors: white, yellow, orange, bright pink, which look down in brugmansia.

Description of brugmansia

A lot of varieties of this tree-like plant, striking with splendor and beauty, have been bred in the selection. Flowers can be ordinary (in the form of funnels), double, semi-double, two-tiered, and there are tiers of different colors. Brugmansia, the care, cultivation and reproduction of which is not particularly difficult, reaches a height of about 2.5 meters, is characterized by a powerful root system and succulent shoots. It often happens that from the severity of its own flowers, brugmansia can easily break, especially if it is provoked by heavy rain or small gusts of wind.

Under natural conditions, Brugmansia grows in the humid climate of the American tropics and subtropics. It can be found along river banks, in hilly areas and foothills. Despite its exotic appearance, this plant in home cultivation is completely unpretentious and can bloom in undulating periods until October - December.

Growing brugmansia in the winter season

The plant can be safely grown in tubs and open ground, and in the summer period brugmansia (even a beginner gardener can easily master its care and reproduction) will feel more comfortable in the fresh air, and in winter - in a bright cool room at a temperature of + 5– + 12 ° C ... Wintering can be arranged in a dark room, keeping the temperature close to +5 0С (this will slow down the growing season and save the leaves from decay); if this indicator is higher than + 100C, it is preferable to place the plant in a bright unheated room or on a loggia, observing moderate watering, regular airing and good feeding, at least once a month. The invariable rule of wintering brugmansia: the higher the atmospheric temperature, the brighter the lighting should be.

You can arrange for an adult plant to winter in a dark room (for example, a basement), if there are no other, more suitable options.In order to avoid the possible loss of some foliage during the cold period, it is important to prevent the soil from drying out by watering the plant very sparingly. At the end of the winter cold, with the first growth of shoots and spilling of the buds, brugmansia needs to be transferred to a bright room.

Brugmansia: description, reproduction, care in the summer

In the summer, it will be optimal to plant a flower in a sunny place, protected from drafts. Brugmansia will feel good in partial shade, compensating for the lack of lighting with active, to the detriment of flowering, leaf growth. On hot summer evenings, it is advisable to spray such natural beauty, trying to avoid getting water on the blossoming flowers.

Pruning the plant, carried out in January - the first half of March, is recommended to be done with gloves in order to protect yourself from the action of the poisonous substances of the deceiving beauty. This process, which is mandatory, includes the removal of diseased and damaged branches, thinning out dense processes and shortening them by no more than a third. It is important to preserve the U-shaped branches, which contribute to the high-quality formation of the crown of the plant, as well as many small knotty lateral branches, which are the basis for the formation of most of the flowers.

Brugmansia: care, planting, application

The pruned twigs can be used to propagate the exotic beauty. Having placed the shoots in a container with water, you need to wait for the growth of the roots, and then plant the seedlings in the ground. You can immediately plant the twigs in the ground, covering them with plastic wrap. After about a month, when the plant reaches a height of 30 cm, it can be pinched, which will provide more branching in the future. Plants sown for seedlings in February-March, planted in open ground, by August reach a height and diameter of up to 1 meter. After laying above the 15-16 node of the first bud, branching of the main stem begins, giving new shoots. There is an active growth of lateral shoots (stepchildren), which makes the plant more branched. The flowering of young brugmansia usually occurs in the second year of life, and during this period the plant requires feeding with calcium and phosphorus. Powerful bushes give up to 12 new flowers daily, with the same amount of old ones withering. The opened flower lives for one day.

Propagation by air layers

Also, brugmansia (plant description, care, propagation by cuttings were discussed in detail above) can reproduce by air layers, which is not particularly difficult. To do this, in the upper part of the plant, you need to select last year's developed shoot, on which to make a wedge-shaped transverse incision. The formed cut should be lightly sprinkled with a rooting stimulator, wrapped in sphagnum (marsh moss) and on top with a film. It is important to ensure that the moss does not dry out and periodically moisten it with a syringe filled with water. Within 1-1.5 months, the branches are rooted, which are carefully cut off, tearing off large leaves and flowers on it, and planted in a pot. The container with a young plant should be placed in a semi-dark place and sprayed daily.

Soil for growing brugmansia

Brugmansia, maintenance options, reproduction, the pruning of which is quite diverse, requires an optimally selected soil. The soil should not be sour. When using purchased peat soil, it is advisable to enrich the latter with fertile loamy soil and humus, bringing the proportion of peat in the total mass of the earthen mixture to 50%. Before planting a flower, it is advisable to water the soil with a hot solution of poorly diluted potassium permanganate.

The plant is positively affected by good feeding, accelerating its development. With proper care, young brugmansia (care and reproduction should be carried out only with positive emotions) will require almost annual transplantation into more spacious containers,due to the active growth of an exotic beauty. From March to September, once a week, it is advisable to feed the plant with complex fertilizer according to the doses recommended by the manufacturer.

Pests of brugmansia

The main pests of brugmansia are whiteflies and red spider mites, which often attack a plant that is kept in closed, unventilated rooms all year round. From diseases, the flower is susceptible to damage by gray mold. Fighting these negative factors is required by spraying with special preparations. This must be done evenly and abundantly, since the pest often lives on the inside of the leaf and in internodes. In outdoor conditions, brugmansia can suffer from slugs and caterpillars eating flowers and leaves.

It is recommended to water the plant with hard water; abundant in spring and autumn, moderately in winter. Once a season, it is advisable to treat the trunk circle with milk of lime (dilute 1 g of slaked lime with 1 liter of water).

Problems in growing brugmansia

Even if all the requirements for proper care of the plant are fulfilled, the latter can get sick and die. Frequently asked and worried questions for gardeners:

• Why doesn't brugmansia bloom? This can occur when the plant is too young, not yet ready for flowering. This problem can also occur with insufficient lighting, which is indicated by weak elongated shoots, the leaves are fragile and light and the prolonged absence of crown branching.
• Why are buds crumbling in brugmansia? This can happen with a sharp change in temperature, especially in the autumn, when the plant is transferred to a warm room for the winter. Or, this problem may occur when the illumination of the flower changes; for example, the container with the plant was moved to a darker place or turned at a different angle. Falling buds can also occur when the irrigation regime is violated (when the soil is underfilled or overflowed).
• Why does the plant die? One of the factors may be the constant stagnation of water at the bottom of the container with a flower, leading to rotting of the root system. This happens when the plant is grown in containers without drainage holes. Or the soil may be too heavy. The resulting rot spreads upward along the roots, reaching the base of the trunk, leading to the death of the latter. The existing disease can be identified by a strong yellowing of leaves, falling buds, acidification of the earth in a container, an unpleasant swampy smell of non-drying soil in which brugmansia grows. Care and reproduction, carried out correctly, as well as timely transplantation into fresh soil, will save the flower from possible death. To do this, all rotten roots are removed, and the rest are treated with a fungicide; most of the old soil is shaken off. Moderate initial watering is required. At a late stage of the disease, brugmansia can be tried to re-root by using young cuttings and parts of the trunk without signs of decay for reproduction. The death of a plant can also occur under the influence of low temperatures, if you do not have time to transfer it to a warm room for the winter period in time.

Brugmansia is a magnificent creation of nature, the dream of many gardeners, worthy of love and admiration. Warm gentle hands, touching care of which brugmansia will undergo, care, cultivation, reproduction, carried out only with positive emotions, will provide the fragrant beauty with a well-deserved place in her beloved garden.

Brugmansia: description, reproduction, care

Already at first glance, a plant with large foliage and drooping, bizarrely shaped fragrant bell flowers will fall in love and amaze the imagination. This is brugmansia, planting and care in the open field, which requires attention and time, but all the work will definitely pay off.

Perennial exotic culture, called "angel pipes" for the shape of flowers, in nature looks like a large evergreen shrub or tree. In Russia, because of the frosty winters, which are destructive for the plant, the cultivation of brugmansia in the open field is possible only in the warm season. Leaves begin to fall off even at 5–7 ° C. When the temperature approaches zero and below, the ground part is seriously affected and often dies off. Therefore, from autumn to spring, the ornamental plant is forced to be indoors.

How to grow a brugmansia tree and care for this beautiful South American rainforest dweller?

Planting and caring for brugmansia

Whether it is a seedling or an adult brugmansia, a plant that is to get to a flowerbed in spring has previously been in a state of relative dormancy.

With the arrival of heat, the vegetation processes are activated in the decorative perennial. This means that the brugmansia tree can be prepared for planting in the garden:

1. If the plant was in a heated room in winter, it needs hardening. To do this, brugmansia is gradually taught to fresh air, extending the "procedure" day after day.
2. When the wintering of brugmansia is organized in a cool basement or other room at a temperature of about +8 ° C, the plant must be taken out into the light, where its development will quickly resume.

Brugmansia is a fast-growing one, therefore, already from April, while the tree is in the tub, they begin to feed it with a mixture with a predominance of nitrogen. This stimulates the growth of new shoots and foliage.

And when to plant brugmansia in open ground? This can be done only when the danger of recurrent cold weather has completely passed. In central Russia, this time does not come until mid-May or June.

There are two options for planting brugmansia to choose from a summer resident:

• in open ground, in order to remove the plant again in the fall and mark it in a tub together with an earthen clod;
• in a large container so that the tree grows like a tub culture.

Both methods have their advantages and weaknesses. It is difficult to extract a large plant from the soil without damaging the root system and drooping shoots with flowers. And in a tub, brugmansia needs more frequent watering and frequent feeding. In addition, the roots of a flowering tree are growing, and it will soon need to be transplanted into a container even more.

The choice of the shortest varieties will help to save energy and maintain the decorative effect of brugmansia for a longer time. They are as beautiful as trees up to 3 meters high, but are more compact and need less pruning.

To care for brugmansia after planting in open ground was not burdensome and effective, a sunny area with good protection from the wind is looked for for the plant. This will help create the most suitable microclimate for a tropical guest and provide her with the conditions for constant flowering.

The selection of a suitable soil is equally important. For the growth and formation of many large flowers, the plant requires a nutritious substrate that includes:

• 1 part loam;
• 2 parts of low-lying peat;
• 1 part well-rotted and cleaned of coarse inclusions of humus.

Before planting in a pot, the soil mixture should be disinfected by calcining in the oven or spilling it with a thick pink solution of potassium permanganate. It should be borne in mind that for brugmansia you will need a voluminous pot of 10-30 liters, depending on the size of the root system.

If you have to take care of brugmansia in the open field, before planting, as in the photo, the soil selected from the pit is also enriched with humus and peat is added as a baking powder, and if necessary, then sand.

Caring for brugmansia after planting in open ground

The main conditions for the beauty and long flowering of brugmansia are:

• availability of food for a powerful fast-growing plant;
• abundance of water;
• warm weather, in which temperatures prevail above +23 ° C;
• lack of gusty cold wind;
• protection against diseases and pests.

If nothing interferes with the cultivation of brugmansia, caring for it consists in regular abundant watering and feeding.

The rainforest plant reacts sharply to the dryness of the soil and air, therefore, in hot weather, brugmansia can be watered several times a day. But the tree should be sprayed carefully, otherwise the water will damage the appearance of the magnificent flowers.

In cloudy and rainy weather, the irrigation schedule is adjusted so as not to cause foliage and flower rudiments to fall. Brugmansia in a pot brought out to the garden may suffer from overheating of the soil. To prevent this from happening, it is better to dig in the container or use tubs of porous clay that are not dark in color.

When the plant has grown a crown, it should be pushed to bloom. Top dressing with a high content of phosphorus and potassium will help to do this. However, one should not forget about nitrogen and trace elements. They will support growth and provide vibrant greenery and bell flowers. Top dressing is carried out regularly, from the moment of planting in open ground and until September, alternating between mineral mixtures and organic matter.

The signal by which the florist will determine the need for fertilizers in the brugmansia tree will be:

• reduction in the size of sheet plates;
• yellowness or pallor of the leaves;
• fewer buds than before.

Like all plants of the Solanaceae family, oblong fruits are formed in place of the wilting flowers of the brugmansia. If they are not removed, the ovaries will take a lot of strength, the tree will dramatically slow down the rate of bud formation.

Wintering brugmansia

Low temperatures are dangerous for thermophilic brugmansia, therefore, without waiting for frost, it is removed from the ground and transferred to the room. Wintering of brugmansia takes place:

• at an air temperature of 5–8 ° C in a dark, even basement room;
• in a room with air warmed up to 10 ° C, but with lighting and watering.

In the first case, the plant must be prepared for a change in habitat conditions, gradually reducing the intensity of watering.

Until the second decade of March, that is, before planting and caring for brugmansia in the open field, the plant is cut off. Such an operation will make the crown more compact, and will provide splendor and duration to the flowering taking place on young shoots.

Brugmansiya inherited the "habits" of the garden nightshade well-known to summer residents: peppers and eggplants. It does not bud until branching appears on the stem.

Therefore, during pruning, such "forks", as well as small side shoots in the upper part of the crown must be left. Damaged or excessively elongated branches are subject to removal or shortening. If brugmansia on the site is grown from a stem cutting without an upper point of growth, such a plant can be cut off a year after the first flowering, that is, at the age of 2–4 years.

Reproduction of brugmansia and care of young plants

Brugmansia propagates by seeds and vegetative methods, more often by cuttings. Self-obtaining seeds does not guarantee the preservation of the characteristics of the parent plant.

But such seed is easy to hatch and sprout within 7-10 days after planting. The older the seeds are, the longer it will take to germinate.

Sowing in light nutrient soil is carried out from January. Until shoots appear above the soil, the container is kept in a greenhouse at a temperature of 20-25 ° C. At the time of mass germination, the plants are provided with illumination and increased air humidity. The soil is regularly moistened, preventing it from drying out.

Brugmansia seedlings can be dived at the stage of 4 true leaves. Plants are not afraid of deepening and form adventitious roots well, quickly braiding the volume of soil "entrusted" to them. When this happens, the seedling is transferred to a larger pot. First, nitrogen and then complex fertilizing help to stimulate and maintain growth.

Cutting is the easiest and most common way to propagate brugmansia when caring for it in the house and in the open field.Suitable for rooting are fully or semi-lignified shoots with 2-3 internodes 15 to 20 cm long. You can get a suitable planting material from spring, when pruning is carried out, and until autumn.

For the early emergence of roots, cuttings with removed leaf plates are treated with a stimulating composition, and then dripped into a light sand-peat mixture or dipped into water. In a greenhouse, rooting can take up to three months, then the cuttings are transplanted into separate pots. The seedlings can be transferred to a permanent place when the dormant buds in the sinuses wake up and grow. When caring for brugmansia after planting in open ground, it should be taken into account that young specimens react sharper than adults to changes in temperature and humidity, and are also more likely to be attacked by pests.

We grow brugmansia at home - video

Looking at these photos, many will think that this isdope(having a more euphonious name -datura ), and inbrugmansiu renamed as if for beauty. Not at all, and in order to dispel this rather common misconception, let's first see how these really very similar plants differ.

First, atbrugmansia flowers always directed downward like a funnel (hanging), whiledope - up and to the sides.

Secondly,brugmansia - woody herbaceous perennial, butdope - herbaceous annual.

The seeds and leaves are also different, butthe most important thing in brugmansia - its beautiful harmonious appearance with a very impressive size: beautiful leaves up to 30 cm long and, of course, extraordinary flowers, very large (up to 25 cm) and fragrant.

It is for brugmansia, and not at all on intoxication and our tourists "fall" in Western Europe, the Mediterranean and South America. For its resemblance to a famous musical instrument and unearthly beauty, it is also called angelic trumpets there.

 Varieties and types of brugmansia:

They are remarkable for their huge drooping, tubular-bell-shaped fragrant flowers with all shades of white, yellow, orange, bright pink.

There areBrugmansia varieties with double flowers.

In the nature of brugmansia distributed in tropical and subtropical America, where they grow in a humid forest climate along river banks, in the foothills and hilly areas at an altitude of 250 to 10OO m.

In culturebrugmansia has hundreds of varieties (there are even variegated leaves - for example, B. suaveolens Variegata, Apricot Queen, Ogo Verde). However, in Russia their number can be counted on one hand.

There are many reasons for this, but the main one lies in the well-established opinion about some mythical difficulties in growing this exotic, but, fortunately, very unpretentious plant.

These difficulties are greatly exaggerated. Judge for yourself.

Brugmansiya in the middle lane - tub plant, i.e. summer should be spent outdoors, and winter - in a cool and bright room at a temperature of + 8-12 degrees, (at least +5 degrees).

For the plant, the lower limit of this temperature range is preferable, because illumination in winter, as a rule, is not enough and therefore it is necessary to slow down the growing season by all means - to reduce the temperature as much as possible and limit watering.

Winter storage brugmansia (more precisely, finding a place for him) is perhaps the only difficulty, but who said that covering thorny roses is easier? It can be a staircase, and an entrance, and a loggia, and a veranda, and a greenhouse or a heated greenhouse, and an attic, and a basement.

Finally,keep brugmansia at home - flowering and evening fragrance until the New Year is guaranteed to you. Some argue that it can be stored in a dark cellar by reducing watering almost completely.

Such an attempt can be made only in a very dry cellar - the stems are still herbaceous and, if they are rotted during storage, the plant will most likely die.

Brugmansia in the summer it is best placed in a sunny, but no midday heat, protected from drafts - it needs good lighting, prefers direct sunlight or partial shade. In the shade, foliage grows more abundantly than in the sun, to the detriment of flowering.

The soil should be well-drained, constantly moist and by no means acidic.Flowers in hot weather last one day, in cloudy and cool - up to two days or longer.

The scent of brugmansia increases in the evening and spreads throughout the garden. When the necessary conditions are created, flowering in waves continues almost until December, and in the open field - until October.

The most unobtrusive, in my opinion,way of keeping brugmansia is as follows: wait for the first light autumn frost, which will destroy only the leaves, immediately dig up the plant and, if necessary, cut it off. You need to trim it carefully so as not to damage the flowering zone (or generative), which can be easily identified by the base of the leaf.

The symmetrical base indicates the growth zone, and the ledge at the base of the leaf indicates the flowering zone. If the generative zone is not removed, then the flowers in the next season will appear in June. After that, the root ball must be placed in a suitable container, or you can simply wrap it in plastic wrap, pulling its ends at the butt with tape or rope, and immediately bring the plant into the room.

To make it easier to drag this bulky structure, fill the voids between the roots with soil and compact it at the place of winter storage.

The frost-beaten leaves will dry out and fall off, the whitefly will have nothing to do, new leaves will grow up somewhere by January-February, and then spring is just around the corner.

In the spring we plant brugmansia directly into the groundwhen the threat of frost has passed. When planting, it should be borne in mind: the poorer the soil, the larger the hole should be.

In poor sandy soilone of my brugmansies reached up to 3 meters when it was planted in compost prepared in a former limestone pit of impressive size.

If brugmansia is constantly kept in a container, she needs an annual transplant in a larger volume, with fresh, humus-rich soil.

Monika Gottschalk (Germany) is simpler.Growing up brugmansia plants in a suitable plastic bucket, in the walls of which holes with a diameter of 3 cm are drilled

(maybe less).

In summer, this bucket is placed in a spacious tub or in the ground. The roots grow through the holes unhindered into the fresh soil. In the fall, he takes out the bucket, cuts off the protruding roots and puts the plant in a suitable container (you can just put it in a plastic bag). So that the soil with roots in the holes does not dry out, the voids along the walls should be covered with a moisture-absorbing substrate.

Evgeny Bredikhin (Russia) places only the lower part of the plant in the bucket. After planting in the ground, the upper roots actively develop the most fertile upper soil layer. In the fall, extra roots are also cut off, stored in the same way.

Brugmansia is a very moisture-loving plant, accumulating water in its slightly lignified trunks and branches. Therefore, from spring to autumn, she needs abundant and regular watering and frequent spraying with an air humidity of less than 60-75%.

For watering brugmansia it is recommended to use hard water or once a season to spill the near-trunk circle with milk of lime (1 g of slaked lime per 1 liter of water). In winter, watering is reduced, maintaining the soil in a slightly moist state and constantly controlling the turgor of leaves and green stems, preventing them from critical dehydration.

Brugmansiya: Pruning, shaping. Part 2 - Magical "Y"

Subtleties of care and pruning of brugmans. As promised, about the mysterious "Y". The article is an addition to this Magical "Y". A peculiar sign of the maturity of the Brugmans. Branching the top of a young plant into two: If your young, or even elderly brugmansia at the tops begin to branch out like this, then the flower is ripe enough for you to bloom! It is true - open the leaves at the top less than all the branched shoot - there you will definitely see the hidden nose of the flower bud. Don't believe me? Or maybe you forgot your glasses? In this case, wait a couple of weeks and the evidence will creep out into daylight. Why am I talking about this? Well, so that it would be easier and calmer for you to wait until this miracle finally blooms. If your brugmansia was grown from seeds, the plant for the first 3-4 years may not divide into the so-called "Y", because they ripen much later than those propagated vegetatively. In addition, this is important when pruning plants: when shortening branches in the fall, they should only be cut before the first shoot “Y” - not shorter! Then the plant retains the information that it is old enough for flowering and in the spring its shoots branch out and bloom much earlier than those plants whose branches were shortened more. One more thing is almost a secret, but I will share it too - if you want to successfully propagate rapidly maturing and flowering brugmans, root the stem already branched in "Y" - cut it into pieces of 5-10 cm, and not just beautiful green tops, as you usually do with other plants. You can ask "how is it?" And everything is simple - each of the pieces of the “Y” stem contains the information of an adult plant, so some of the usual growth cycles will be skipped, and the plant will “start” growing flowers faster.

Reproduction

Reproduction. Brugmansia reproduce by seeds, but more often by cuttings, and Datura seeds, usually in spring, or by cuttings. Rooting of apical and stem cuttings in water and light moist soil under a transparent cover that provides the necessary air humidity occurs with amazing speed and ease. Untreated brugmansium seeds with a growth stimulant, especially in an unrefined form, in which they are usually sold, sometimes germinate in a month or two, therefore, before sowing, it is preferable to soak them for a day or two in a solution of "root" or "heteroauxin". Datura also often have a long germination of seeds, sometimes delaying up to one and a half months, and it is useful to treat them with a growth stimulant that accelerates germination.

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... AND FURTHER

Brugmansia conquers plant lovers with very large funnel-shaped flowers, lowered down. Plus, these wonderful flowers give off a strong fragrance.

I want to tell flower growers about my small but successful experience in growing brugmansia, delighting me with wonderful flowering.

My first brugmansia

Several years ago, priest Czeslaw gave me a white brugmansia in the summer.
Once having seen such a plant in bloom, no one will remain indifferent to the intoxicating charm of this beauty!

Absolutely not knowing how to care for brugmansia, I nevertheless accepted the plant with enthusiasm.

In the fall, she transplanted brugmansia into a large pot and transferred it to the house. And then a large plant (the height of my pet is 150 cm) suddenly dropped all the leaves at once ...

I watched my brugmansia in despair, not understanding the reasons for the leaf fall: after all, its root system was spacious in a new container, and there was enough moisture.
And now, after a while, my beauty has new leaves. Brugmansia turned green and prettier, as if she straightened her shoulders ...

But then aphids attacked her!
I sprayed the plant with a chemical that was damaged by aphids, and together we waited for spring.

By this time, I had acquired two more specimens of brugmansia - with yellow and pink flowers.
However, it later turned out that both new plants have pink flowers. Anyway …

Blooming brugmansia

And ahead of me was the real Miracle - all three of my brugmansia bloomed together!
Believe me, this is an indescribable spectacle ...
It feels like you are in a real rainforest. A thick, very strong smell, emanating from many huge brugmansia flowers, stood at my house during the entire long period of their flowering. And it lasted until the very frost!

I noticed that in the climatic conditions of our area, the brugmansies were damaged at low temperatures, but then they still left.And, as if nothing had happened, their large branches again pulled towards the sun.

Of course, with the onset of autumn, I did not experiment with my brugmans to test their cold resistance. In October, having immersed the plants in containers, she moved them into the house.
And again the story with leaf fall repeated itself - my brugmansies again dropped the leaves, and then turned green.

On one of the brugmansias, a large goblet flower suddenly blossomed. Its strong scent mixed with the scent of a flowering murraya tree, and it was simply impossible to be in this room!
I had to pluck a brugmansia flower. Putting it in a vase, I transferred it to another room - its flowering lasted for several days.

Brugmansi both grow and bloom well when kept in favorable conditions. I will briefly dwell on the conditions for keeping my plants.
First, the sunny location. I use the usual primer.
During the period of growth and flowering of brugmans, watering is abundant; I feed it regularly, weekly.
Developing plants must be formed in the form of a tree with a lush crown, then the flowering of brugmans will be more abundant.
These are the grateful beauties they are, my favorite brugmans!

I wish all flower growers good luck in your endeavors.

Lina (Orsha, Vitebsk region, Belarus)
"Floriculture: Pleasure and Benefit"

The genus Brugmansia belongs to the Solanaceae family. The plant is a shrub with unusually fragrant large and beautiful flowers.

Previously, it was referred to as a Datura species, but now plants whose flowers look down are classified as brugmansia, and plants whose flowers look up are classified as Datura.

The tree plant has attractive flowers that give off an incredibly pleasant aroma.

Homeland is the territory of the tropics and subtropics of America. Let's take a closer look at what this flower is and what care should be taken at home for it.

The most popular types for planting

The most common types for planting brugmansia are as follows:

• Fragrant or aromatic... This species is a tree-like plant, which can reach a height of 5 m. The homeland of this species is Brazil. The leaves of the plant are pale green, fragrant. Brugmansia flowers reach 15 cm in length and grow up to 30 cm in diameter. Indoors, the plant can bloom almost all year round.
• Golden... This species is distinguished by the presence of white or apricot flowers, as well as large leaves, which can be up to 50 cm long. At sunset, these plants give off a very pleasant aroma.
• Snow white... This species is very often called arboreal brugmansia, white dope or white angel trumpets. Plants can reach a height of 3 m. The length of flowers reaches 25 cm. Flowers are usually white. In culture, this species is rare, mainly its hybrids are grown.
• Bloody... Popularly, this type is often called the scarlet trumpets of the angel. The plant has very bright flowers that can be not only red, but yellow or orange. Their length ranges from 20 to 25 cm. The aroma of the flowers is very pleasant, not suffocating. It is also worth noting that this species is the most frost-resistant among all brugmansia.
• Multicolored... This plant is a shrub with a height of 2 to 4 m. Large flowers form 30 to 50 cm in length on the bush. As a rule, the flowers are white, so this species is often confused with tree brugmansia. However, the older the plants become, the more pronounced the shade of flowers changes to apricot or peach. With the arrival of evening, the flowers emit a pleasant aroma.

Cultivation of brugmansia, home care

This shrub is pretty heat-loving plant, therefore, in the open field, brugmansia is grown only in warm regions.To grow brugmansia in a cold region, a container is needed so that it can be brought into a warm room for the winter.... Growing this plant also requires good lighting and no wind.... At the same time, brugmansia tolerates summer fluctuations in air temperature throughout the day quite easily.

The branches of the plant are very fragile, therefore, during the flowering period, additional support must be provided for them.

Growing brugmansia also means providing the plant with a rich and nutritious soil. If you decide to use peat soil for planting in open ground, then it is imperative to add clay soil to it. Watering should be done on a daily basis, as the plant's strong root system, fleshy large stems and many leaves need sufficient moisture.

It is also worth paying attention to the fact that the leaves of the bush evaporate moisture from the entire surface, therefore, if the air humidity is less than 55%, the leaves need additional spraying. It is recommended to water brugmansia a couple of times a month with a solution of complex mineral fertilizers with a small addition of ash, and during the flowering period it is necessary to increase the dose of potassium and phosphorus.

Shrub pruning at home

Growing brugmansia also means pruning regularly. Pruning should be done according to the following rules:

• It is necessary to cut brugmansia in early spring, before the new growth of the plant begins;
• At the same time, the shrub does not need to be heavily pruned, as this can interfere with the abundant flowering of brugmansia. The branches after pruning can be used as propagation cuttings. During pruning, it is necessary to remove damaged, diseased branches, as well as branches that thicken the crown. The remaining branches are shortened by only one third during pruning;
• You should also leave Y-shaped branches during pruning. If you leave straight branches, without branching, then the shrub will grow, and the flowers will not form at the same time;
• The first pruning of brugmansia must be carried out the next year after the beginning of flowering;
• During this procedure, it must also be borne in mind that the majority of flowers are formed on the lateral branches that grow almost horizontally.

> Reproduction of brugmansia at home

The brugmansia shrub can be propagated in three ways:

• Seeds;
• Cuttings;
• Layers.

Let's talk in more detail about each of the brugmansia breeding methods.

Propagation by cuttings

This breeding method is recommended for use in the spring, since it is in the spring that brugmansia is actively growing, and the cuttings root well.

For grafting, you must choose a healthy cutting with at least one node. After that, all large leaves are removed from the cutting, or cut in half, so that the cutting directs all its forces to form new roots. At the same time, the end of the cutting is lowered into a growth stimulator, after which it is placed in water, which must be changed periodically. After a maximum of two weeks, new roots begin to appear on the cuttings. After that, cuttings with growing roots must be placed in a substrate consisting of peat, perlite, and so on.

If you notice that the cuttings do not form roots and begin to rot, then it is necessary to cut off the decaying part of the cutting, and place it directly into the substrate. Good results can be achieved by rooting cuttings in clean perlite. The grafting substrate should not be wet, but damp. The pot with the handle must be placed in the greenhouse, and it is recommended to put a plastic bag on top of it. The best place is partial shade. When you notice that the roots have begun to strengthen, the plants must be taught to the sun, and the bag can be removed. You can transplant a young plant to a permanent place only a month after rooting.

Reproduction by layering

​If you want to get short, ready-to-bloom plants, then for reproduction it is recommended to use layering.

To do this, you need to choose last year's shoots in spring or June, the diameter of which is about 2 cm at the top of the crown. A transverse Y-shaped incision must be made on the shoots, the depth of which will be approximately one fourth of the thickness of the shoot. The incision must be powdered with a rooting stimulator, and after that it is wrapped in wet sphagnum moss. From above, the incision is wrapped in a plastic bag, which is secured with elastic bands. It is recommended to maintain the sphagnum humidity with a syringe filled with water. The first roots on the shoots will appear after 1-2 months.

After that, the shoot must be cut off, freeing it from large leaves and inflorescences. Next, the winding is removed and the moss is carefully removed without damaging the roots. An escape is planted in shaded places. While the new plant is gaining strength, the shoot must be constantly sprayed.

Seed propagation

Before sowing brugmansia, the seeds must be soaked in a growth stimulant solution for a couple of days. After that, the seeds are buried in light soil by a maximum of 1 cm. The crops are moistened, and the soil is heated with a plastic bag, the container with seedlings must be placed in a bright room. Typically, the first shoots appear within 3 weeks after sowing. Seedlings must be sprayed with warm water a couple of times a day.

When the fifth true leaf appears on the plants, it can be transplanted into a separate container. When the root system of young plants is wrapped in an earthy clod, they can be planted in a permanent place in open ground. From the second month of life, young brugmans must be fertilized with nitrogen, and after another four months, it is necessary to switch to complex fertilizers. The first flowering when propagated by seeds occurs, as a rule, in the second or third year.

Winter care for brugmansia

If you live in a region in which the air temperature drops below 5 degrees above zero in winter, it is recommended to transfer brugmansia to a warm room for the winter, since the shrub is not intended for growing in the middle lane.

An apartment, a veranda or a greenhouse can be used as such a room. Watering brugmansia in winter is less intense than in the main season. If there is very dry air in the room, then the shrub must be sprayed. In addition, the room must be regularly ventilated. It should be noted that brugmansia does not bloom in winter. The higher the air temperature in the room, the more intense the lighting should be.

In winter, these shrubs can partially shed their leaves. If the temperature in the room drops to 12 degrees, then the plants can go into a state of dormancy, and a lot of light is not required. At the end of the winter period, when the buds on the plant begin to swell, it must be transferred to a lighter room, as this may affect its further flowering.

> Potential pests and diseases

If the buds of the shrub begin to fall off, the shoots stretch out, the color of the leaves fades, then this indicates that the plant needs additional lighting. In addition, the buds of a plant may fall off due to a sharp change in conditions of detention or with excessive or insufficient moisture.

If the age is more than 3 years, and it has never bloomed yet, it is possible that there is a large amount of nitrogen in the dressings and fertilizers, which, as a rule, leads to the growth of foliage.

As for pests, plants are most often exposed to spider mite attack... Most often, these pests attack plants with rare spraying. Therefore, spraying brugmansia should be strong and abundant. The spider mite settles on the back of the plant leaf.

In addition, such pests can attack brugmansia, like caterpillar, aphids and slugs... If you notice these pests on your shrub, then you should start treating the plant with special preparations for this a couple of times a week.

The poisonousness of the plant

Brugmansia belongs to poisonous plants... In some countries, planting brugmansia in public places is even prohibited. Absolutely all parts of brugmansia, especially seeds, contain psychotropic and toxic substances... These substances tend to cause hallucinations in humans. As for the aroma of flowers, it can cause headaches. Of course, no adequate person will chew this plant, but you should be extremely careful if you have small children at home. It is for this reason that before you start and start growing brugmansia at home, you need to think carefully several times.

In conclusion, it should be noted that such a shrub as brugmansia does not require any special care and growing rules. This is especially true for those people who live in the southern regions. In this case, it is worth protecting young children from this plant, since it is poisonous.

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