Question
I have had a Brugmansia Charles Grimaldi for at least 7 years and have had numerous problems with it such as aphids, snails. etc. I have told myself that I am not giving up on the plant, but it has never flowered. Is there such a thing as a male and female tree and do you think that I am missing one of those? Help!
Julie
San Francisco
Answer
Brugmansia are very much dependent on daylight to trigger blooming. They will start to set buds when the days start becoming shorter and nights become cooler, usually late August to September. Also Brumansia stalks must become forked before they produce flowers. Growth below the fork is juvenile or vegetative. Growth above the fork is considered adult or flowering.  Have you cut the plant back so that there is no fork? Are all the stems and trunks on the plant still straight? The plant does not require male and female.
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