Angels Trumpet 'Marie Gerrits' (Brugmansia Hybrid)

Hello- I am so ecstatic over the first bloom on what seems to be a Charles Grimaldi Brug. I ordered 4 for 18.00 from Burgess as it seemed like a deal. The first order came so frost-bitten I had them send another.. but didn't toss them. I did lose the purple from both shipments. The first 3 survivors are 6' tall and the yellow is the first to bloom. I got my first flower a couple days ago and I am utterly giddy.. it's over a foot long. I did NOT expect flowers the first summer. I live in Missoula Montana and we are starting to have temps. down in the 30's at night. So I've brought the trees inside and they are um- big- and thirsty. So far the cats haven't climbed them or snacked on them. I'm quite uncertain how much to cut them back and it sounds like I should make starts with these cuttings as I can't imagine tossing such awesome potential into my compost. These plants really seem to LIKE worm castings and are otherwise organically fertilized. Any advice on the best size for cuttings - these were only 6'' tall when I got them, so I suppose I'll try that.
The third big one has some strange clubbing on the top new growth that is sounding alot like contamination from this crap that Dow chemical has been selling under the name of "Milestone" and "Sevin". Mother Earth news has had a couple recent articles about this nightmare chemical. We've had a disaster here in the valley with a fellow selling compost at Farmers Market that was unknowingly tainted with this devil's brew and 100 or so farmers and gardeners have suffered major losses of crops and in some cases the soil is totally corrupted. It apparently is hardest on the solanum family. My volunteer Daturas are showing signs of it and I lost all my potatoes, but miraculously none of my tomatoes were touched. This is an issue worth educating yourself, friends and neighbors. And - if we don't stomp and roar, Global warming may be the least of our problems if we simply can't grow food.

I've had the Angels Trumpet as a specimen plant in my garden. The blooms are beautiful as they open from an almost cigar shaped form to a trumpet.
The Datura is so toxic and the seed if ingested is known to cause extremely bad hallucination. The local newspaper here reported kids experimenting with this seed with almost fatal results. Wash your hands after handling!!

any chance of a pic?

We moved to Victoria, BC in 2003 and was introduced to the Angel Trumpet by our neighbour who had numerous potted plants. They are also used by the city in their landscape designs along the highway which makes me question the 'fear' of growing them in my garden. As everyone has already commented they are easy to grow and produce beautiful fragrant flowers in various colours. Because frost is a part of our winters, I really cut my plants way back and of course that gives me many new starts for the next season. I stored my plants in a cool dark place, watering once a month until my husband built a greenhouse this year - I found I was much more successful with my 'starts'.

Re hallucinogen look up Datura Inoxia. This can be bad stuff.

Bad stuff for those with bad intentions.

Very beautiful white Brug!! Do you have any cuttings to sell? Lol.

Looking for Brugmansia cuttings or rooted cuttings