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  Brugmansia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brugmansia is a genus of six species of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae, native to subtropical regions of South America, along the Andes from Colombia to northern Chile, and also in southeastern Brazil.
Brugmansia are large shrubs or small trees, reaching heights of 3-11 m, with tan, slightly rough bark.
Brugmansia are easily grown in a moist, fertile, well-drained soil, in full sun to part shade, in frost-free climates.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brugmansia   (408 words)

  
 Brugmansia Information
Brugmansia species are known by a number of names, including angel's trumpet (a reference to the shape of the flowers) yerba de huaca, campanilla, maicoa, tonga, toa, buyes, floripondio, chamico, huanco and huacacachu and borrachero.
Among the pre-Conquest Chibcas of Colombia a concoction of Brugmansia, tobacco and maize beer was given to slaves and wives of dead kings in order to put them in a deep narcotic state so that they could be buried alive with their masters and husbands.
In Sibundoy, as a rule, the use of Brugmansia for its psychoactive effects is restricted to shamans who drink it either in water or alcohol and see terrifying visions of jaguars (the most important shamanic animal in large parts of South America) and snakes.
www.a1b2c3.com /drugs/var006.htm   (1085 words)

  
 Angel's Trumpet ( Brugmansia ) - Gardener's Paradise
Brugmansia is from the same family as peppers, eggplants, and nicotine.
Brugmansia (Angel's Trumpet) and datura (Devil's Trumpet) are often confused by many people - even by some seed companies.
Brugmansia (Angel's Trumpet) are perennials that can grow into trees and live for a long time.
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 Brugmansia Saveolens Seed Pack
Brugmansia are closely related to the Daturas, but grows much larger--up to 25 feet.
Brugmansia saveolens is a vigorous shrub (smaller that the picture shown) with narrow eliptic leaves.
Brugmansia saveolens is a perfect variety for greenhouse growing.
www.ethnogens.com /brsase.html   (89 words)

  
 About Brugmansia
Brugmansia is a genus of evergreen shrubs and trees found in scrub and along streamsides from the Southern United States to South America.
Brugmansias should be grown in fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full sun.
If brugmansia are left to stand continually in full sun during extremely hot weather, then the roots cannot supply enough water to the leaves during the day.
www.brugmansias.net /aboutbrugs.htm   (557 words)

  
 Firefly Books - Brugmansia and Datura
Brugmansia aurea - These brilliantly shiny, trumpet-shaped flowers, which measure from 6 to 12 inches in length, primarily come in nuances of yellow including sulphur, golden, and apricot, but it is not unusual to find creamy white and pink flowers as well.
Whereas the Brugmansia flowers grow in a generally perpendicular direction, the Datura or Thorn Apple flowers grow in a generally upright position so that when placed outdoors, they prefer a sunny location under overhanging eaves or large trees to keep most of the rain from collecting in their magnificent blossoms.
Brugmansia and Datura are prized by gardeners worldwide for their unique beauty, captured throughout the book with beautiful color photographs and illustrations.
www.fireflybooks.com /Publicity/books/5584.html   (695 words)

  
 Brugmansia Flower gardens for everyone plant flowers perennials bulbs tubers roots rhizomes corms
Brugmansia is a long lived perennial in zone 9 and warmer and can grow to become a small tree to 35' tall, 6'-15' tall when grown in containers.
Brugmansia will survive zone 8 winters "if the roots do not freeze" and they’ve even survived zone 7 winters.
Even though Brugmansia has been in the USA for many many years, it has always been portrayed as a 'Plant of Evil' and something undesirable to have growing in your yard.
www.eastendcommunity.com /plants/brugmansia.htm   (267 words)

  
 Engelentrompet, Brugmansia
Het verschil tussen een Brugmansia en een Datura is dat bij de Brugmansia de bloemen hangen en groter zijn, bij de Datura de bloemen staan en kleiner zijn.
Brugmansia is inheems in tropische Zuid-Afrika en Zuid-Amerika.
In Zuid-Amerika, in de warmere vlakten van het Andesgebergte en in grote delen van Azië is Brugmansia een middelgrote boom met een groot, vaak fluwelig blad.
users.pandora.be /ronsmans/tuinboek/engelentrompet.html   (1806 words)

  
 Brugmansia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Brugmansia are not very hardy although they have survived Zone 7 conditions with heavy protection.
The smell of the Brugmansia is incredible especially at night or early in the morning when they can be smelled from a long distance away.
Brugmansia shipping is free with any bamboo or banana order; otherwise it is a flat rate of $8.00 no matter how many you buy.
www.bambooworld.com /brugmansia.htm   (540 words)

  
 Floridata: Brugmansia suaveolens
Brugmansia suaveolens is a semi-woody shrub or small tree that gets 6-15 ft (1.8-4.6 m) tall, usually with a many-branched single trunk.
Brugmansia suaveolens can be pruned to a small tree with a single trunk, or allowed to grow in a clump with several erect and spreading stems.
The five species of Brugmansia formerly were included in the genus Datura, which now includes only the angel trumpets that are annuals or short-lived perennials; herbaceous as opposed to woody; and have erect rather than pendent flowers.
www.floridata.com /ref/B/brug_sua.cfm   (662 words)

  
 Toe (Brugmansia suaveolens)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Handsome trees with large, showy flowers and now highly valued in horticulture, they are probably all chromosomally aberrant cultigens unknown in the truly wild state as, probably because of their medicinal and narcotic properties, they have been associated with man from earliest times.
While Brugmansia suaveolens is recognized as toxic and employed to some extent medicinally in the Amazon, the hallucinogenic use of Brugmansia is concentrated mainly in the west: in the Andes and along the northern Pacific coast of South America.
Intoxication from Brugmansia is marked usually by initial effects so furious that the partaker must be restrained pending the onset of a deep, disturbed sleep during which hallucinations, interpreted as spirit visitations, enabling the shaman to diagnose disease, discover thieves and prophesy the future of tribal affairs and aspirations, are experienced.
www.biopark.org /peru/toe.html   (1427 words)

  
 Brugmansia Hybrid, Angels' trumpets
Brugmansia is named after Sebald Justin Brugmans 1763-1819.
The genus Brugmansia belongs to the nightshade, Solanaceae family which includes tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco, many kinds of peppers, eggplant, and also includes Datura, petunia, nicotiana, solanum, physalis (Chinese lantern) and other ornamentals.
Brugmansia is native to South America, particularly the Andes, where they grow on sloping terrain under damp conditions.
www.floridagardener.com /pom/brugmansiahyb.htm   (268 words)

  
 Brugmansia sanguinea, red angel's trumpet, scarlet angel’s trumpet, scarlet datura
Datura sanguinea, is also known as red angel's trumpet, scarlet angel’s trumpet, scarlet brugmansia or scarlet datura.
(It should be better to name it scarlet brugmansia, though, as datura should be reserved to herbaceous and annual species).
Leaves - Leaves of the scarlet brugmansia are evergreen to semi-decidious, and even decidious in cold areas.
www.coolexotics.com /plant-389.html   (228 words)

  
 Brugmansia Plants
Brugmansia are large shrubs which take some light frosts (-5C) and if protected with straw or similar material can tolerate even lower if cut back to a foot or so high and allowed to regrow after winter has passed.
A semi double pink Brugmansia with large 12” flowers and an unusual deeper pink cluster in the centre.
Brugmansia do not like to become pot bound or they suffer from red spider mite and generally perform poorly.
www.junglegardens.co.uk /PlantOrders/contents/en-uk/d16.html   (823 words)

  
 brugmansia
Brugmansia flowers are nodding to pendant, 4" to 24" long depending on the species.
Brugmansia flower forms are mostly singles in a variety of funnel and trumpet shapes but there are also many doubles, triples, and quadruples and a few shredded forms.
Brugmansia seedlings are not true to parent plants with the exception of true species crosses such as arborea.
www.abads.net /aboutbrugmansia.htm   (1207 words)

  
 culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Bien que le brugmansia soit une plante ayant besoin de beaucoup d’eau, surtout en période de floraison et de chaleur, il déteste avoir les pieds qui baignent dans l’eau.
Vous voulez un brugmansia de très grande taille, mais votre zone de rusticité ne vous permet pas de les laisser en pleine terre l’hiver.
Voici un petit astuce: mettez votre brugmansia dans un pot, ou même un grand seau, faites des trous de la taille d’une pièce d’ 1 €, espacé  d’une dizaine de centimètre sur tout le tour du pot ou du seau, ceci sur toute la hauteur.
users.skynet.be /brugmansias-daturas/index_Page372.htm   (681 words)

  
 Brugmansia rosea - Pink
Angel's trumpet is a common name given Brugmansia (sometimes referred to as Datura).
Brugmansia blooms dangle like great trumpets or bells from the large shrubs and range from 7 to 14 inches long depending on the variety.
Brugmansia are easy to grow and may be grown in containers or in the garden.
www.gardeningexpress.com /ProductDetails.asp?ProductID=10429   (383 words)

  
 Angel's Trumpets and Brugmansias ; Brugmansia Information & Pictures
First, the Angel's Trumpet (brugmansia) is in the nightshade family, same as tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, etc. It is a poisonous plant, but has come to have a rather exaggerated negative identity for this.
That simple, single white brugmansia, growing in an almost full shade location, made a lifelong impression upon me. I prefer to have brugs in a "mostly shade" location, which has spotty, or mottled sun reaching the plants.
Brugmansias are famous for easy container growing, and the ability to successfully winter over in a dormant state, with virtually no care.
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 Amazon.com: Brugmansia and Datura: Angel's Trumpets and Thorn Apples: Books: Ulrike Preissel,Hans-Georg Preissel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Unfamiliar and unorthodox, brugmansias and daturas are the floral opposites of the quaintly reassuring lilacs and pinks.
Hothouse curiosities, angel's trumpets and thorn apples, respectively, were used by native cultures for their hallucinogenic and healing properties, anticipating modern medicine's use as antispasmodics.
This is an excellent guide for anyone growing brugmansia (angel's trumpets) or datura (thorn apples) either in containers or in the ground.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1552095983?v=glance   (1017 words)

  
 San Marcos Growers >Brugmansia Cultivars
The main distinguishing aspect that separates the Brugmansia from the true species of Datura is that the Brugmansia are large shrubs or small trees and the Datura, or Jimsonweeds (a name corrupted from Jamestown weed), are annual or perennial herbs.
Care should be exercised when deciding where in the garden to plant Brugmansia; all parts of these plants are toxic and the aroma, while pleasantly fragrant to most, is somewhat strong to some.
This hybrid is a cross between the Brugmansia suaveolens and a hybrid of B. suaveolens and B. versicolor.
www.smgrowers.com /info/brugmansia.asp   (657 words)

  
 Datura and Brugmansia Seeds from around the world.
In some way this must be the most beautiful of the Daturas, the large flawless trumpet shaped flower, up to 8 inches long, white flowers tinged with violet blue, but it is their fragrance that is sweet and unforgettable.
Brugmansia aurea Actually a shrubby small tropical tree from 6' to 30' tall.
Red Tree Brugmansia Brugmansia sanguinea From the Andes comes this very small shrubby tree with large pendulous flowers to 10" length.
www.angelfire.com /ab/ltpa/seed2.htm   (1241 words)

  
 Brugmansia sanguinea, datura écarlate, trompette des anges écarlate, red angel's trumpet
Brugmansia sanguinea, la trompette des anges ou trompette du jugement écarlate, est parfois appelé datura écarlate, ou plus commodément et exactement brugmansia écarlate.
Le brugmansia écarlate est une plante qui est capable de résister à de très légers et brefs gels, de l'ordre de -2°C à -3°C. Ce brugmansia aime des chaleurs estivales modérées et des hivers très doux.
Le feuillage du brugmansia écarlate est persistant ou semi-persistant selon les climats ; il peut même être caduc en régions fraîches.
www.gardenbreizh.org /modules/gbdb/plante-389.html   (405 words)

  
 Brugmansia Links
Brugmansia or Angel’s Trumpet is beautiful plant that can be grown outdoors in warm climates or in pots and brought indoors in colder climates.
http://www.americanbrugmansia-daturasociety.org/ The American Brugmansia and Datura Society - Our Purpose:To bring together both professional and amateur collectors, home gardeners, growers and hybridizers, from all parts of the world,whose common bond is their love for Brugmansia and Datura.
In many areas of South America various Brugmansia species are cultivated and used in much the same way as Datura species are elsewhere.
www.urban4est.net /brugmansia_links.htm   (279 words)

  
 NEERLANDs Tuin - engelentrompet, doornappel, Brugmansia
Brugmansia arborea, Brugmansia aurea, Brugmansia candida, Brugmansia insignis 'Grand Marnier', Brugmansia candida plena, Brugmansia rosei, Brugmansia sanquinea en Brugmansia suaveolens.
Een aantal Brugmansia's is nu volop in de handel verkrijgbaar.
In maart de grond in pot of kuip vervangen door nieuwe grond en weer beginnen met regelmatig water geven.
www.neerlandstuin.nl /planten/brugmansia.html   (417 words)

  
 Book: Brugmansia and Datura   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Stately Angel's Trumpets -- Brugmansia -- are spectacular plants, growing like small trees and living for several years.
It's no surprise that Brugmansia and Datura are prized by enthusiasts around the world.
Ulrike and Hans-Georg Preissel have been involved in breeding Brugmansia and Datura for many years, and have a large collection of these fascinating plants.
www.gardenguides.com /books/brugmansiaanddatura.htm   (185 words)

  
 Kuipplanten.com - Verzorging   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Het is wel raadzaam om de Brugmansia bij nachtvorst gedurende de nacht binnen te zetten.
Belagers: Brugmansia kunnen in sommige gevallen last krijgen van: Spint: Kleine roodachtige mijten in het begin aan de onderkant van de jonge bladeren later over heel de plant.
Pas laat in het najaar als de temperatuur ook overdag vaak beneden de 5 a 6 graden blijft wordt het tijd om de Brugmansia naar binnen te halen.
www.kuipplanten.com /mmbase-kuipplanten/index.jsp?p=verzorging&s=527&l=nl&d=   (740 words)

  
 iCanGarden.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Hello, Barb: About putting your Brugmansia outdoors: first: like any other plant moving out to much brighter light, do it in stages: for example, put them on a covered porch for a few days, then in a semi-shade location and finally out into full sun.
We are growing Daturas, first cousins to your Brugmansia, and we are growing them outdoors, in fact, we were told to put them in the sunniest, hottest part of our garden.
I've been growing brugmansia and datura from seed for about 5 years with quite good luck.
www.icangarden.com /forum.cfm?task=viewthread&categoryid=288&chatthreadid=7181&messages=24   (1632 words)

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