Brugmansia suaveolens seed
LATIN NAME: Brugmansia suaveolens
COMMON NAME: Angel’s Trumpet
Angel’s trumpet is the fine, bold, fragrant tree-shrub of the warm regions, and its great, hanging, trumpet-shaped flowers have made it one of the most striking plants of the warm gardens for a very long time. The open, branching shrub carries the large, oval, softly hairy leaves, and the great, white, hanging, trumpet-shaped flowers open through the warm season, filling the evening air with their fine, heavy fragrance. The whole plant carries strong principles and is best admired and kept out of reach, for it is not for eating. It is a fine, dramatic, easy plant of the warm, sheltered, frost-free garden.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
Angel’s trumpet has a well-documented place in the plant science, and the whole plant has been studied for a long time for its strong, active principles and its long record in the traditional practice of the region. The chemistry of the leaves and the flowers has been looked at closely, and the plant keeps showing up in the work on the alkaloid plants of the warm world and the traditional uses of the region. The great, hanging, trumpet-shaped flowers have also made it a fine garden plant, and it is a regular subject of the studies of the striking, warm-climate shrubs and the alkaloid plants.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Angel’s trumpet is grown for the great, hanging, trumpet-shaped flowers and the fine, heavy evening fragrance. The bold, white flowers are one of the most striking sights of the warm garden, and they draw in the moths of the night. The plant is a fine, dramatic addition to the warm, sheltered, frost-free garden and the large conservatory. It has been written about in the botanical papers for its striking flowers and its strong, active principles, and the whole plant is best admired and kept well out of reach of the children and the pets. It is a fine, bold plant of the warm, sheltered garden.
Angel’s trumpet is one of the most striking of the warm-garden shrubs, and the great, white, hanging, trumpet-shaped flowers fill the evening air with their fine, heavy fragrance. The bold, dramatic plant is a fine, easy grower of the warm, sheltered, frost-free garden, and the whole plant is best admired and kept well out of reach.
In the right spot the angel’s trumpet is a fine, dependable, generous shrub, and it asks for very little beyond the warmth, the shelter and the rich, well-drained ground. The great, hanging, trumpet-shaped flowers keep opening through the warm season, filling the evening air with their fine, heavy fragrance.
To grow the angel’s trumpet from seed, sow the small, brown seeds in pots of moist, free-draining soil, pressing them in lightly without covering them, keep them in a warm, bright, sheltered spot and water gently. The seedlings are up within a couple of weeks and grow on fast in the warmth. In a warm, sheltered, frost-free spot with the rich soil, the great, hanging, fragrant trumpet flowers will be there in a few seasons.
Brugmansia suaveolen:
Common Name(s): Pink angel’s trumpet, maikoa, angel’s tears
Botanical Name: Brugmansia suaveolens
Cultivar: Pink
Flowers have a strong sweet frangrance and measure up to 16 inches in length. This semi-woody shrub or small tree produces a single trunk with many branches. Plants grow to a height of about 3 feet in their first season of growth and generally double in size again by the third season. Flowering is modest in the first year with more profuse flowering occuring in consecutive seasons. The medium-green, 6-inch long leaves are ovate to oblong and evergreen where hardy. Suitable for use an an annual in cooler climates or can also be overwintered indoors as a houseplant or in a heated greenhouse.
Uses: Hedging, specimen planting, containers, houseplant. Plant in full sun and well-drained soil for best show; will tolerate some shade but may flower sparingly or not at all. Periods of drought will cause leaves to wilt but they may recover with subsequent watering. In zones 8 and 9 plants will die back to the ground and resprout in the spring but are often short-lived. Seeds require no pre-treatment; germination occurs in 21-90 days under warm, moist conditions.