Brugmansia Angel Xena

Brugmansia Angel Xena

This is an imported plant with huge single pink flowers. The skirt is frilled with long tentacles.

Actual size of plant when couriered – 30cm.

Can reach 4m x 2.5m in frost free areas in 2 years. But can be cut to desired size and shape.

Angel Xena is an exotic plant with little fuss and loads of flowers. She is definitely worth the little effort she requires.

Brugmansia plants are also called Angel Trumpets or Moon flowers(in South Africa), are beautiful features in a garden.
They are generally fast growing and flower regularly every 6 to 8 weeks. They can be planted in pots or in the garden. For the plants to flower well, feed them every 2 weeks. They are frost sensitive and have high water requirements.

This plant is a shrub, as she keeps on sending out strong brunches out from the roots. Although the plant is a shrub, it can be cut into a small tree by removing bottom leaves and branches.

Plant in a protected spot, with lots of light or morning sun. It loves a very humus rich soil – add some manure, for best results. Angel Trumpets have a small root system and can be planted close to walls for protection from wind and frost. Do not be alarmed if the bottom leaves turn yellow. That is normal.
Angel Trumpets can be planted close together.  You will end up with a beautiful huge multi-colour shrub that flowers continuously. I have at this point 3 angels planted 50cm apart. All 3 are extremely fast growers and are between roof height, and 2m high, of which Angel Xena is one. Her flower power did not diminish one bit. Angel Xena does as well in a pot as in the garden. She is an extremely healthy plant. All she needs is water and food.

Brugmansia has very few enemies.  In pots – mostly only Red spider mite, and aphids.

Don`t be alarmed if your brugmansia  drop its buds on a whim when there are any sudden changes in growing conditions, e.g a sudden cold front in summer. It will quickly recover and make loads of new buds.

All Angel Trumpet buds are yellow when opening and will change to either their colour when fully open, or to white and then turn their colour as the flower ages. Blooms will be darker in warmer seasons than in colder seasons.  That means you can have a plant with yellow, white and pink flowers simultaneously.

All Brugmansia flowers are scented, but can only be smelled at sun set  in the warmer seasons. The doubles are as scented as the singles but less noticeable because the folds of the skirts prevent the scent to carry on the light breeze. The scent of the various plants differ. But for you to be able to tell the difference, you’ll need to work with them everyday. Pink flowers are strongly musk scented, white flowers are a bit less musky to a clean floral scent, and the yellow flowers have a strong lemon/ citrus undertone. Therefor bees love the plant.

All seven species are known only in cultivation or as escapees from cultivation, and no wild plants have ever been confirmed. They are therefore listed as Extinct in the Wild by the IUCN Red List, although they are popular ornamental plants and still exist wild outside their native range as introduced species.^[4] It is suspected that their extinction in the wild is due to the extinction of some animal which previously dispersed the seeds,^[5] with human cultivation having ensured the genus’s continued survival (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brugmansia).

Although the plant is described as being toxic, I have never experienced any side effects from working with them, even when I got sap in my eyes and mouth.

Brugmansia Angel Xena

Is a fast growing brugmansia with very large single pink flowers. Angel Xena is one of the brugmansia plants that start to open the buds yellow, changing to pink immediately. She is one of the many brugmansia plants that does not like full direct sunlight. So please do not be surprised if all flowers wilt when the sun shines on her. It is their way to prevent unnecessary water loss.

Actual size of plant when couriered – 50 – 70cm.

Can reach 3m x 2.5m in frost free areas in 2 years. But can be cut to desired size and shape.

She is one of the very few that almost flower constantly and is a fast grower. She is by far one of the most beautiful single pinks. The flowers when open are about 18cm with a dark shiny pink slightly frilled edge.

She can easily be planted in a pot and will grow into a huge constantly flowering shrub in a spot that has lots of light but no sun. Definitely a must have for any garden with lots of shady spots.

Angel Xena is an exotic imported plant with no fuss and loads of flowers. She is definitely worth the little effort she requires.