Angel's Trumpet, Hanbat Arboretum

 

Angel's Trumpet,

Hanbat Arboretum Tropical Garden

 

 

 

Belonging to the Deadly Nightshade family,

 

which also includes the tomato, Brugmansis compreses about 20 different species, nearly all of

 

them poisonous, B, X, candida, Which in time can become a small tree, makes a striking garden

 

ornamental with its large, white, trumpet-shaped flowers that appear in great quantities hanging like

 

bells.  The velvety, greyish-green leaves are spearshaped and the woods is quite brittle.

 

There are a number of cultivars, some with pink or purple flowers.

 

Believed to be native to the mountains of Chile and Peru, B, X, candida grows better at higher elevations

 

than in lowland gardens.  Propagation is by seed or cuttings.

 

 

Angel's Trumpet in Hanbat Arboretum Tropical Garden.

 

 

 

The velvety, greyish-green leaves are spearshaped and the woods is quite brittle.

 

There are a number of cultivars, some with pink or purple flowers.

 

 

 

 

Believed to be native to the mountains of Chile

 

and Peru, B, X, candida grows better at higher elevations

 

 

 

Propagation is by seed or cuttings.

 

 

 

Brugmansis X Candida(Datura Candida)

Botanical Family; Solanaceae

 

 

* where: HanBat Arboretum Tropical Garden

* When; 07, January, 2013

*How; Samsung GALAXY Note 10.1

 

 

 

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