Genus Brugmansia (Angels' trumpets)

Brugmansia suaveolens Photo/Illustration: Steve Aitken

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Common Name: Angels' trumpets

Few plants evoke tropicalia quite like the Brugmansias, with their voluminous tubular flowers that drip from imposing shrubs or small trees. The blossoms pour out from narrow calyces to terminate in wide, wavy or reflexed openings.
Noteworthy characteristics: Large, trumpet-shaped blossoms in variable hues of white, yellow, and peach create a riveting display. They look fantastic in containers or plunged into a border, and the dramatic display persists from late spring until autumn. In cooler climates, they may be placed under glass or cut back and held in a cool basement. All parts are highly toxic if ingested.
Care: Outdoors: grow in moist, well-drained soil in full sun. Indoors: water freely and fertilize during bloom, and keep just moist in winter.
Propagation: Take semi-ripe cutttings in summer; sow seed in spring.
Problems: Spider mites, whiteflies, mealy bugs.

Species, varieties and cultivars for genus Brugmansia

Brugmansia 'Charles Grimaldi'
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Foot-long blossoms are nocturnally fragrant, and pour out from narrow calyces of light yellow, to terminate in fluted, reflexed openings the hues of golden summer squash.

Brugmansia suaveolens
(Angels' trumpet)

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Few plants evoke tropicalia quite like the Brugmansias, with their voluminous tubular flowers that drip from imposing shrubs or small trees. They look fantastic in containers or plunged into a border, and the dramatic display persists from late spring until autumn. In cooler climates, they may be brought under glass or cut back and held dormant in a cool basement. All parts are highly toxic if ingested.