General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8b -9.4 °C (15 °F) to -6.7 °C (20 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 12
Plant Height: 6 to 15 feet
Plant Spread: 6 to 10 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Broadleaf
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
White
Yellow
Bloom Size: 6"-12"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Other: Seeds are poisonous
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Other: Woody or semi-woody stem cuttings
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Conservation status: Extinct in the Wild (EW)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Extinct in the Wild
Image
Common names
  • Angel Trumpet
  • Angel's Trumpet

Photo Gallery
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2016-09-28
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2022-09-07
Location: Winter Springs, FL zone 9b
Date: 2018-05-12
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2021-09-11
Location: Hanbury Botanical Gardens, Mortola Inferiore, Italy
Date: 2017-06-13
Location: Hanbury Botanical Gardens, Mortola Inferiore, Italy
Date: 2017-06-13
just about to open
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2006-07-29
Location: Rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2013-12-21
Location: Winter Springs, FL zone 9b
Date: 2018-04-28
First flowers of the season.
Location: Winter Springs, FL zone 9b
Date: 2018-04-29
Looking up into the flower
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2022-12-27
freeze-ruined foliage, limp stems & discolored leaves
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-08-17
Angel Trumpet Tree 002
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2006-07-27
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2006-07-29
Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Seville, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-06
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2021-09-11
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2006-07-29
very young flower appears white, gradually turning pink
Location: my garden, gent, belgium
Date: 2011-08-16
When just opening the flowers are very pale pinkish white
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2023-04-12
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-09-02
Location: Rainforest by the river, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2013-12-26
Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden
Date: 2022-10-09
Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden
Location: Prairieville, LA
Date: 2013-10-23
This is a variegated B suaveolens with blooms that have split tru
Location: Da Lat Flower Park
Date: April
credit: Prenn
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2016-09-30
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2022-09-13
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2017-02-19
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2010-08-15
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2010-08-15
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2006-07-28
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-10-23
Location: My back Yard

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Angel's Trumpets Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Angel's Trumpets (Brugmansia)

« Visit the Brugmansias forum

« The Angel's Trumpets Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page