Angel's Trumpet is a tropical shrub or small tree that commands attention with enormous, nodding trumpet-shaped flowers reaching up to 12 inches long. In hardiness zones 8-10, these plants typically mature to 5-10 feet tall (or reach up to 15 feet in ideal conditions), producing blooms in white, yellow, and pale pink from mid-summer through fall. The flowers release an intoxicating fragrance in the evenings, filling the garden with a heady sweetness when the air cools. This hybrid between Brugmansia aurea and Brugmansia versicolor brings tropical drama to temperate gardens, whether grown as a permanent landscape shrub in warm climates or as a seasonal container specimen moved indoors for winter.
Full Sun
Moderate
8-10
120in H x 60in W
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Moderate
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The evening fragrance alone makes Angel's Trumpet worth growing, a heavy perfume that drifts through the garden as dusk falls. The enormous flowers are genuinely spectacular: 12-inch trumpets in luminous whites, yellows, and pale pinks that seem to glow in fading light. Some cultivars produce fully double flowers, adding complexity and romance to the blooms. In the first year, these vigorous plants can grow three feet tall, rewarding patient gardeners with dramatic size and floral abundance by mid-summer.
Angel's Trumpet is grown purely for ornamental display, prized for its dramatic flowers and evening fragrance. In zones 8-10, it can be planted directly in the landscape as a specimen shrub or small tree. In cooler climates, gardeners grow it in large containers or tubs during the warm months, moving plants indoors before the first frost. The evening-blooming fragrance makes it especially valuable near patios, terraces, or bedroom windows where its perfume can be appreciated during relaxed evening hours.
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In zones 8-10, transplant Angel's Trumpet into the garden in organically rich, well-drained soil in full sun during the warm season. In cooler climates, grow in large containers indoors and move outside after the last frost date. Space plants 36-60 inches apart to allow for their mature width.
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“Angel's Trumpet is a hybrid cross between two South American Brugmansia species: Brugmansia aurea and Brugmansia versicolor. The cultivar Brugmansia × candida represents deliberate breeding to combine desirable traits from both parents, creating a plant with exceptional flower size and fragrance. This hybrid heritage allowed horticulturists to develop a more garden-friendly version of tropical trumpet flowers, one adaptable enough to be grown in containers and overwintered in temperate climates, bringing tropical glamour within reach of northern gardeners.”