Angel's trumpet

Angel's trumpet is a heat-loving tropical or subtropical shrub that likes warm (80 -85 degrees F) days and cool nights. In cold-winter regions, you can grow it in a container and take it indoors over winter or simply treat it as an exotic, amazing annual. Grow it in moist, well-drained soil. Its fragrant, trumpet-shape flowers dangle from upright stems and appear in shades of white, yellow, pink, orange, and cream.

Note: All parts of the plant are poisonous if eaten, and the plant has been banned in some communities. Check local restrictions before planting it.

Light:

Sun,Part Sun

Zones:

9-11

Plant Type:

Annual,Shrub

Plant Height:

6-20 feet tall

Plant Width:

5-8 feet wide

Flower Color:

White, peach, orange, or yellow flowers depending on variety.

Bloom Time:

Blooms from late spring into fall.

Landscape Uses:

Containers,Beds & Borders

Special Features:

Flowers,Fragrant,Attracts Hummingbirds,Deer Resistant,Easy to Grow

Top Varieties

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Common angel's trumpet

Brugmansia arborea is an open treelike plant with 6-inch-long trumpet-shape white flowers with a delicate scent. It grows 6-12 feet tall.
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Yellow angel's trumpet

Brugmansia aurea bears either yellow or white blooms up to 10 inches long. They are fragrant only at night. The plant blooms from summer into fall and can reach 20 feet tall.
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'Double White' angel's trumpet

Brugmansia 'Double White' is a hybrid with pure-white double blooms. The plant is intermediate in height between common angel's trumpet and yellow angel's trumpet.
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'Grand Marnier' angel's trumpet

Brugmansia 'Grand Marnier' produces peachy pink flowers with strongest fragrance at night. Blooms may be nearly a foot long.
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'Mango Crush' angel's trumpet

Brugmansia 'Mango Crush' produces large, mango-peach pink flowers. Outdoors in the tropics it can grow 15 feet or more; in containers, it usually grows about 6 feet tall.
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Garden Plans

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Yellow-Theme Garden Plan
Design for a Moon Garden

Plant It With

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Celosia

Cockscomb's flashy yellow, red, orange, or pink spires point skyward and draw attention to the dangling blooms of angel's trumpet.

Daylily

Daylily's fluted flowers mimic the angel's trumpet flowers, and daylily's straplike leaves help mask the bare base of angel's trumpet plants.

Zinnia

Large-flowered zinnias grow tall enough to be in proper scale with shrubby angel's trumpet. Grow dwarf zinnias in front of taller types to make an additional step down to ground level.

Propagation

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Seed
Stem Cuttings