Mick,
I think That question might be hard to answer. Up here where we are a ten foot tall brug is very large but in the south they grow to quite large trees. One of my cuttings grew to about eight feet tall this year and I was quite proud.
Bill

Ruth Ann's!!!!! lol

I leave some of mine "tall" when I winter them so they grow really tall in their growing season...My First Belle got over 10' tall.

LOL Karyn, I did have tall ones that one year in particular.

Mick
for me the tallest one's I have are Naughty Nick & Santa
Rosa, they both grew to over 10 ft, in my zone, that was
pretty good, until I had too dig them up

Elizabeth

Ruth Ann....How are you doing' luv?

Thx everyone....keep em coming

My Santa Rosa grew to 10' inground this year also. Who knows what it would do if left in there instead of being dug up and potted for the winter?

I have to agree it is Ruth Ann's..LOL
For me GA Peach NN and Versi Wildform..

Kylie

In my experience N.Nick is the tallest.

I believe B. versicolor is the tallest species (30-40ft) with
B. sanguinea (20-30ft) coming in second. I have also seen a 20 ft. B arborea.

My Santa Rosa gets very tall! ...maybe 14 feet, but it depends upon how much I cut it back...that is, it has to fit inside my garage each winter. If I never cut it back, and it never got damaged by winds and rain, who knows how tall it would get. I'm sure it would attain tree stature in only a few years in a tropical environment.

All of my peach colored ones seem to get 10 feet tall before they bloom, lol.

Any new tallest brugs to mention?

Pehaps it would be easier for you to make a list of brigs that appeal to you and that you can get - then look at asking how tall others found they grew.

What kind of height are you looking for?

I am hoping to revive this thread. My Brug trees are topping out at about 12 feet, but I want them to grow taller to block a neighbor's window. I have routinely cut all the side branches off to encourage taller growth. Should I also cut all the top branches this winter so that they are encouraged to grow taller this Spring?

Also, I think they are grimaldi's

I had one that was 9-10 feet tall a few years ago.

I realize this is an old thread, but as a new Brugmansia grower, I was wondering how much hybridizing limits the potential for size.

For example, I’ve seen some descriptions stating the cultivars are small and can be covered in blooms at 3’. Does that mean it doesn’t have the potential to get much larger/taller, but it’s breeding simply allows it to bloom at a smaller size than larger growers?

The idea is important to me, as I recently went in big and bought my spouse 11 cultivars, to plant in our 9b garden, on the South side of the house. I want to keep the 2 odd ones out as specimen plants in foundation beds, and have groupings of 3, with one yellow, one orange, and one pink in each group of 3. It will be a much more complicated concept, if some will be very short and others very tall. I’m willing to prune the larger ones, but I’m looking for all of them to reach 8-10’ minimum. I realize feeding, light exposure, water, and pruning techniques will influence the growth of all cultivars, but are any cultivars unable to reach 8-10’ sizes due to their breeding?