I cannot tell you all how appreciative I am of all the responses. In my original message and I don't have a clue where it got posted, but I said that I was in Zone 5 and our night time temps are now down in the low 50's. You cannot imagine how depressing it is to still have tons of buds with no chance of blooming. We had a really short growing season...even had a frost in late May and then have been pounded with severe thunderstorms. I do not grow my brugs in the ground. Can't do it because of medical reasons...plus getting too old! All of them are in at least 15" pots. Our basement is on the humid side and I did water once a month but I guess I might have watered a little too heavily. By the time the pots are brought in the basement most if not all of the leaves have fallen off...what a mess! I think our first frost varies! The weather has been so unreliable but as soon as we start getting down in the middle to high 40's...they are put away for the Winter. Normally (whatever that means) our first frost date is late October. Boy, do I get grumpy then. One of these days I WILL have an outside heated greenhouse!! For my "babies" I think they will be coming inside inside of in the basement...they give me such pleasure and I want to do all I can for them! KHT.....Hey there!! Thought you had maybe planted yourself by now or cross polinated you and hubby! Am on my way to your website as I'm sure I can pick up some helpful hints as without all the advice I've learned from you...I wouldn't have a brug alive! Sorry for being so long winded but once again, I want you all to know how very grateful I am for your comments. Linda

Elder; Just to put my two cents in;I have even lost one(variegated variety) trying to overwinter it in my attached but unheated garage. I learned my lesson about Brugs and susceptability to freezing temps. Ross.

I posted this on another thread but since it may not be seen there am posting a new thread Rosie, have you stored your large brugs in water other years? Do you keep them in a lighted room or in a cool dark room like I do with dormant plants? The cuttings I grow in water are kept in a cool basement room near an east window. They don't get any supplemental light. I would like to do to try your technique myself as it is getting very difficult for me to carry potted ones up and down my basement stairs. I have over wintered cuttings in water for many years and hadn't thought about doing the same with the dug up rooted ones.

I need some clarification as to why you cut the 'Y" back but left it on the plant. Is the brug too tall for your basement? Otherwise, why cut it back at all? But if you are going to cut it back, why not remove the cutting and root it in water? I have both container plants and many inground. I have just finished cutting my inground ones back to the ground so I can mulch heavily before winter. The container ones will just go into the greenhouse.