Angel’s Trumpet, Horn of Plenty, or Trumpet Flower
Brugmansia X candida hybrids (formerly Datura meteloides and Datura inoxia) (SOLANACEAE)
Planting and Growing Angel’s Trumpet
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow angel’s trumpet, horn of plenty, or trumpet flower in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, fruit, and seeds of angel’s trumpet, horn of plenty, or trumpet flower
- Growing conditions for angel’s trumpet, horn of plenty, or trumpet flower
- When and where to plant angel’s trumpet, horn of plenty, or trumpet flower
- How to plant angel’s trumpet, horn of plenty, or trumpet flower
- How to shape, prune and control growth of angel’s trumpet, horn of plenty, or trumpet flower
- Watering, fertilizing, and care of angel’s trumpet, horn of plenty, or trumpet flower
- Landscape uses of angel’s trumpet, horn of plenty, or trumpet flower
- Pest and disease control for angel’s trumpet, horn of plenty, or trumpet flower
Growing Angel’s Trumpet
Several cultivars of fast-growing, mounding, semi-evergreen shrubs, 8–12 ft. (2.4–3.7 m) tall and wide, with velvety, gray green, broadly oval, lobed and coarsely toothed leaves, to 8 in. (20 cm) long.
Common cultivars include Brugmansia X candida ‘Alba’, ‘Caerulea’, ‘Charles Grimaldi’, ‘Double White’, and ‘Huberana’.
Angel's Trumpet Planting and Care Guide
Flowers and Fruit
Showy, musk-fragrant, trumpet-shaped, nodding, cream, pink, white, yellow flowers, 10–12 in. (25–30 cm) long, in summer–early autumn, with sparse fruit bearing large seed in late autumn.
Best Climates
U.S.D.A. Plant Hardiness Zones 3–11; ground hardy, zones 7–11.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist, well-drained soil. Fertility: Rich. 6.5–7.5 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Full to filtered sun. Space 2–4 ft. (60–120 cm) apart.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep evenly moist. Fertilize monthly. Propagate by cuttings, seed.
About This Species
Good choice for accents, fencelines, walls in rock, wildlife gardens and lath, shade structures. Attracts bees, hummingbirds. Pest and disease resistant.
Warning:
All parts of Brugmansia X candida hybrids are fatally toxic if eaten. Avoid planting in areas frequented by pets and children.