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Solanaceae
Pink Angel's Trumpet
Brugmansia x insignis
Otherworldly beauty.
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Brugmansia
- Native to
- South America, Andes Mountains
- Bloom season
- Summer, Fall
- Type
- shrub
- Height
- 6-15 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Rich, moist, well-drained soil
- Water
- high
- Hardiness
- 9-12
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- All parts of Angel's Trumpet are extremely toxic, containing tropane alkaloids that can cause hallucinations and death.
- The enormous trumpet-shaped flowers can reach 20 inches in length and release intoxicating fragrance at night.
- Brugmansia is now considered extinct in the wild, surviving only in cultivation and traditional indigenous gardens.
- South American shamans used controlled preparations of the plant in sacred rituals for centuries.
- The flowers always hang downward like pendants, distinguishing them from Datura flowers which face upward.
Color meanings
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dreams
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spiritual vision