About
This tender shrub features a branching, upright growth form. During the summer and autumn months, it produces double trumpet-shaped flowers that measure 25 cm in length. The flowers are yellow and emit a pleasant fragrance.
About the genus
Brugmansia consists of sizable evergreen shrubs characterized by simple, ovate foliage. They produce large, solitary flowers that are either trumpet-shaped or tubular and frequently emit a notable fragrance.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H1C
Plant details
- Plant type
- Conservatory Greenhouse
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Semi evergreen
- Height
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Patio and container plants, Sub-tropical
- Fragrance
- Flower
- Toxicity
- TOXIC if eaten, skin irritant, avoid eye contact. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling TOXIC to pets - see the HTA guide to potentially harmful plants for further information and useful contact numbers
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Under glass, grow in peat-free, loam-based potting compost in full light. Water freely while in active growth and apply a balanced liquid fertiliser every 2 weeks. Keep barely moist in winter. Maintain a minimum winter temperature of about 5°C; the plants will lose their leaves but these will regrow in spring. Plants may be moved outdoors to a position in light, dappled shade in summer. See brugmansia cultivation for further information
- Pruning
- Pruning group 9, or pruning group 7, if required
- Propagation
- Propagate by semi-ripe cuttings
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to slugs, snails, mealybugs, glasshouse whitefly, thrips, glasshouse red spider mite
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free