Is anyone familiar with Angel's Trumpet?

Got some plants from a friend in Georgia, and want to know where is the best place to plant them (sun/shade?) I live in New York State.

Is anyone familiar with Angel's Trumpet?
it's the first thing you hear after crossing over. tee hee.


well you heard all 'bout it's history from the dude before me, so i'll skip the crud and answer your question. south american native that won't be a happy camper in new york state. a frost will send it into a state of panic. just think what it would do after a couple feet of snow? what me to sugar coat it? or do you want to start finding it a new home right away.? it won't make it thru winter in your neck of the woods. send it south for the winter. will your friend in georgia foster care it for you in winter? since it's only june, at least you can enjoy it for a few months. shelter it from the wind. its foliage tatters easily and can become unattractive. it will astonish your friends with it's imposing look. very fragrant in the evening. if you haven't done it already, trim out all weak, dead or crowed stems. keep it sheltered from the wind and on real hot summer afternoons, give it a bit of shade. nothing special as far as food and water goes. enjoy it this summer, but if ya love it, get it out of town before the first frost. cool plant. have fun. OH YA, DON"T EAT IT!! ALL PARTS ARE POISONOUS.
Reply:Angel's trumpets (Brugmansia species) are found naturalised across the world, and their trumpet flowers exude a beautiful and narcotic scent, particularly at night.





Angel's trumpet (Brugmansia sp.) flowersThey have a long history of use by shamans (medicine men) in South America, and are highly respected plants, used with caution. In the Amazon, they are valued for their power to induce visionary dreams and to reveal causes of disease and misfortune. Various species of angel's trumpet are used either alone or as an additive to 'ayahuasca', an important visionary brew in the region.





All species contain scopolamine and atropine, powerful alkoloids which in sufficient quantities can kill. Scopolamine is responsible for their magical visionary or hallucinatory effects.