Double Golden Angel Trumpet Plant (brugmansia)

ABOUT THIS BRUGMANSIA Double Golden Angel Trumpet Plant (brugmansia) – Dramatic golden pendant blooms appear in pairs (double). Double Golden is a striking container plant. Wondrous large soft green leaves and extraordinary pendent trumpet like flowers will be the highlight of any collection when it blooms. This Brugmansia will grow to of 10 – 20 feet when given proper care. Our plants allow you to enjoy large blooms in the first year or so. All the Brugmansia we offer are vegetatively propagated from healthy, vigorous, flowering mother stock, grown right here in our nursery. This means, you receive an exact clone, true in form and won’t have to wait four to five years to enjoy the beautiful blooms, as is often the case with seed grown or tissue culture plants. Truly a better bloom! The growth rate, bloom quantity, color and size of Double Golden will vary greatly depending on soil type, sunlight, temperature and other factors. A few leaves are often trimmed prior to shipping to reduce transpiration and travel stress. QUICK SPECS OUTDOOR Zone 8b-11 PATIO Zone 4a-11 SOIL TYPE Rich Moist % SUN 75-95% POT SIZE 2x2x7″ Deep INCLUDES One Plant BRUGMANSIA CARE Brugmansia are easy to grow, often producing 20-50 large blooms each fall. Brugmansia will grow happily and flower in a pot or in ground. They add a beautiful accent to any outdoor space, garden or patio. In cooler zones a containerized Brugmansia can be relocated indoors for the winter months. When you receive your new Brugmansia, there is no need to worry about planting right away. Your new plant can be stored for a while by simply placing it in a bucket with about a half inch of water and moving it to a shady location, simply keep moist. This will give you plenty of time to select the ideal location for your new Brugmansia. CONTAINER SIZE All Brugmansia varieties grow very well in containers, indoors or on the patio. Smaller varieties grow best indoors in 10″ to 14″ diameter pots while larger varieties need enough room for growth, generally a 14″ to a 24″ diameter, 14″ deep container will suffice. Remember the looser the roots, the taller and healthier your Brugmansia will be. When the plant becomes root bound its growth will slow, at that point it is time for a larger pot. SOIL Double Golden Brugmansia enjoy a well drained, general potting mix easily found at your local box store. Remember try to stay away from arid or wet, mucky soils. FERTILIZER To help establish your new Double Golden Brugmansia, fertilize sparingly ten inches away from the base, tri-annually with a slow time released product. Unfertilized they will tend to grow at a slower pace. Note: The heavy salts in cheaper fertilizers will damage the roots and possibly kill the plant. Its best to use a brand you know and trust. GROW ZONE & LIGHT Best outdoors if grown in zone 8b-11, find your zone here. This Brugmansia requires 75-95% sunlight. Depending on your location full sun is often best. In the northern end of their grow zone Double Golden Brugmansia should be brought indoors or protected during the winter months. The patio zone is 4a-11 which means the potted plant will flourish over the summer months in colder zones but must be brought inside before winter. BEFORE YOU PLANT OUTDOORS At the nursery these Brugmansia are grown under 20-40% shade cloth. If you plant this Brugmansia in a brightly lit area you may experience leaf burn. It is best to acclimate this plant to its environment by keeping it outside and slowly moving it into a sunny area over a week or two to avoid stress before planting. WHAT IS THE SHIPPING SIZE All Double Golden Brugmansia for sale will vary in size. In the spring, plants are often smaller than plants shipped in the fall. Plants designated with a sku ending in -4, -6 or -8 will arrive in a standard 4 inch, 6 inch or 8 inch round growers pot respectively. Our new, reusable, recyclable deep plugs are 7 or 9 inches deep and 2 or 2.5 inches in width. Products growing in these pots are easy to transplant and allow for deeper roots and faster growth, they are designated with a sku ending in -7 or -9. (Note: The item sku number can be found just below the buy button.) The color and style of these pots may vary. If we are out of a particular size item, we may ship a larger size at no additional charge. For more information, click the “best packaging” link at the bottom of this page. Note: Before leaving, Brugmansia are inspected, watered, and pruned. Larger plants, generally those that ship in 8″ pots, will be topped to 36″ or 48″ overall, depending on the variety, if necessary, to facilitate shipping. Your new plants’ pot is then bagged to ensure that the soil stays in the pot and not loose in the box. Plants are tissue or kraft paper wrapped and generally secured in place with natural biodegradable peanuts. You may want to order your Double Golden Angel Trumpet Plant (brugmansia) online now while they are in stock, supplies are limited. Zone.8b Zone.9a Zone.9b Zone.10a Zone.10b Zone.11a Zone.11b

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