Salmon Angel trumpet

 

This is a salmon angel trumpet that I have been growing for several years. Although angel trumpets can survive drought, they do best with ample water and fertilizer. Their beauty belies their deadliness. All parts of Brugsmansia are poison. the only thing that I know that will chew them and live to tell (well, they may not live--I don't know) is snails.

Angel Trumpets and Night Cereus

 
 

I can't decide which smells more wonderful tonight, the yellow angel trumpet or the night cereus. These are great plants for enjoying in the evening. The night cereus has 8 blooms tonite (well, technically there are 4 pots, but most of the blooms are on 2). Last night there were 4 or 5 and tomorrow night there will be at least 4 more.Although the angel trumpet is beautiful in the day and has a faint fragrance if you put your nose in it, the real fragrance wafts forth after dark. I think I will take my chair and go out there and sit. Ummmm An odd thing is that my pink angel trumpet is also blooming and has no detectable fragrance.