Brugs can survive winter in the ground in Copperas Cove? I think they might be more resistant to cold temps than I realized. Still, depending on the year, I think it would be a risk here. I'm worried about the fig tree I planted this year.
Yes, brugs are high profile plants that the wind loves to topple. I lucked out a couple of weeks ago. 'Eternity' is in a big clay pot and I had it sitting on one of the stovepipes so the blooms showed off better. It got really windy one night and when I got up the brug had blown off the stovepipe and fell about 3' and hit a big sandstone rock I'd moved up and had sitting below it. Unbelievably, the end of the rock broke and as far as I can tell there isn't even a hairline crack in that clay pot. I hate that the stone broke, but it was free and those big clay pots aren't cheap and, for my area, not easy to find. The whole container landed upright, so even the brug didn't have much damage. One of the reasons I like clay pots is the weight for when it's windy. Lighter plastic pots blow around a lot easier. These new tree pots are big enough that the weight of the planting medium should be enough to hold everything in place except for exceptional winds.
