I have had three angel trumpets through the years and I really love them, I bring them in in the winter, cut them back to about 8 inches and let them rest until spring, I make sure they don't completely dry out but I give them very little water , ...
Brugmansia X insignis (Angel Trumpets, Family: Solanaceae)
Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (Burma Mangrove, Black Mangrove , Family: Rhizophoraceae)
Brunfelsia americana (Lady of the night, Family: Solanaceae) ...
Angel Trumpets [English]: Acleisanthes longiflora
Angel Unawares Daylily [English]: Hemerocallis 'Angel Unawares'
Angel Unawares Tall Bearded Iris [English]: Iris 'Angel Unawares'
Angel White Lilac [English]: Syringa vulgaris 'Angel White' ...
This pass-along hybrid still rates near the top of the list of great angel trumpets. Brugmansia 'Charles Grimaldi' is a vigorous deer-resistant grower reaching 8' tall by the end of each growing season.
All parts of this and other angel trumpets are narcotic and poisonous. Some people have ingested or smoked angel trumpet for its narcotic effects, and some of those people are no longer with us.
It is reported that hummingbirds like it and will use their beak to tilt the blooms up and then drink the nectar from them. This plant does not grow as large as the Angel Trumpets, we suppose because it spends so much energy on blooming.
 See also: Angel, Green, May, Brugmansia, Evergreen
  
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