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Golden Angel's Trumpet

Brugmansia aurea

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Golden Angel's Trumpet (Brugmansia aurea) at Seoane's Garden Center

Golden Angel's Trumpet flowers

Golden Angel's Trumpet flowers

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Height:  10 feet

Spread:  8 feet

Sunlight:  full sun  partial shade 

Description:

A heat loving variety that likes warm days and cool nights; large dangling golden trumpets emerge in spring and appear until fall; flowers are only fragrant at night; perfect for indoor containers, for a stunning presentation all season

Features & Attributes

Golden Angel's Trumpet features showy fragrant gold trumpet-shaped flowers hanging below the branches from late spring to mid fall. Its attractive large textured pointy leaves remain green in color throughout the year.

This is a multi-stemmed evergreen houseplant with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its wonderfully bold, coarse texture is quite ornamental and should be used to full effect. This plant may benefit from an occasional pruning to look its best.

Planting & Growing

When grown indoors, Golden Angel's Trumpet can be expected to grow to be about 10 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 8 feet. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years. This houseplant will do well in a location that gets either direct or indirect sunlight, although it will usually require a more brightly-lit environment than what artificial indoor lighting alone can provide. It does best in average to evenly moist soil, but will not tolerate standing water. The surface of the soil shouldn't be allowed to dry out completely, and so you should expect to water this plant once and possibly even twice each week. Be aware that your particular watering schedule may vary depending on its location in the room, the pot size, plant size and other conditions; if in doubt, ask one of our experts in the store for advice. It is not particular as to soil type or pH; an average potting soil should work just fine. Be warned that parts of this plant are known to be toxic to humans and animals, so special care should be exercised if growing it around children and pets.

There are many factors that will affect the ultimate height, spread and overall performance of a plant when grown indoors; among them, the size of the pot it's growing in, the amount of light it receives, watering frequency, the pruning regimen and repotting schedule. Use the information described here as a guideline only; individual performance can and will vary. Please contact the store to speak with one of our experts if you are interested in further details concerning recommendations on pot size, watering, pruning, repotting, etc.

-- THIS IS A HOUSEPLANT AND IS NOT MEANT TO SURVIVE THE WINTER OUTDOORS IN OUR CLIMATE --

 
 
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