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- Are there hardy angel trumpets?
- The dream of plantable angel trumpets ...
- What that means for the angelic trumpet owner
- Cooler flowering conditions for cold varieties
- More sensitivity to warm varieties
Planted angel trumpets are only available in the warm south
Are there hardy angel trumpets?
In non-native ornamental plants such as angel trumpets you have to do some hobby gardener but some re-placement effort to bring them in this country over the year. Since one can ask oneself already: are not hardy varieties for the year-round outdoor culture?
The dream of plantable angel trumpets ...
... must unfortunately burst. Because, the sobering message in advance - there are definitely no hardy varieties. The glorious nightshade plant is and will remain a plant from the South American subtropics and tolerates absolutely no frost. This means that you will not be spared the clearing away between garden or terrace and winter quarters, no matter which variety you choose.
Nevertheless, there is a relevant subdivision within the angel trumpet genre. Its region of origin extends from the mild regions on the Peruvian coast to 3000 m high areas of the Andes Mountains. Commonly, the angel trumpet varieties are therefore subdivided into the warm and the cold groups according to their specific areas of origin. Depending on the area of origin, the varieties are sometimes more used, sometimes less cold.
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What that means for the angelic trumpet owner
The specific cold sensibility of the hot and cold varieties naturally has an effect on how they behave and how they can deal with it.
Cooler flowering conditions for cold varieties
The cold varieties, for example the Brugmansia arborea, the Brugmansia candida or the Brugmansia vulcanicola, produce flowers even at lower temperatures because of their higher cold tolerance. On the one hand, they show their floral decoration earlier in the summer vegetation phase. On the other hand, in the winter quarter, if it is sufficiently bright and not necessarily colder than 10 ° C, you can expect a blossom again. Well, it's at least something! In addition, they are generally more resistant to inhospitable weather conditions.
More sensitivity to warm varieties
The warm varieties, such as the Brugmansia insignis, the Brugmansia versicolor or the Brugmansia suaveolens, generally bloom later in the summer and usually do not produce flowering in winter quarters. So you can confidently overwinter it even in the dark. In return, they are of course more heat tolerant and tolerate heat phases better. Nevertheless, you should not expose it to the full sun.