Angel's trumpet produces enormous, pendulous flowers that release their strongest perfume at night, making it a dramatic addition to an evening garden — with an important caution attached.
Native to South America, Brugmansia grows into a large shrub or small tree covered in trumpet-shaped blooms up to a foot long, but every part of the plant is highly toxic, so it's best suited to gardens without curious children or pets.
Angel's trumpet wants full sun and rich, well-draining soil with regular water and feeding to fuel its fast growth and heavy flowering. It's frost-tender and often grown as a large container plant in cooler climates, brought indoors before the first freeze.
Every part of angel's trumpet contains toxic alkaloids that can cause serious illness if ingested. It should never be planted where children or pets have unsupervised access, and it has no safe home-remedy use.
