Brugmansia (1935 Zeiss)

That is a nice plant. Are they very popular in the UK ? What do you do with them during winter ? I know they can take occasional frost. They burn and come back.
Do you keep them inside ?

They are quite unusual in the UK but not rare exactly. They are not hardy to frost at all so they have to be taken inside as soon as the frosts start (soon). They overwinter best in a dark, unheated (but frost free place). That makes them go dormant. They are big plants that grow fast so they have to be hard pruned before being taken inside. They grow very easily from cuttings so the pruning provides new plants if the parent fails to overwinter. It is important to take a cutting from the right place. The cutting has to be taken from a stem that has (or is) flowering which means the new plant will flower at a small size. If that isn't done the cutting can grow to 10 feet or more before flowering. I have seen them growing as a very large woody tree in the Governor's garden in Gibraltar. In Peru the shamans use Brugmansia due to the fact the plant contains many alkaloids some of which are hallucinogenic. The flowers have a lovely scent but only at night to attract moths for pollination.

I grew several species in my backyard, including both white species (B. candida and B. monticola), pink and yellow (B. suaveolens), and my favorite, B. sanguinea. They all grow wild in Colombia, at high altitudes, exposed to frost but no real winter. Hence my curiosity. If you can grow them, you should try sanguinea and a related genus, Iochroma. I can send you seeds of local species.

Peter, this is the (very pale) yellow B. suaveolens but I have in the past had white and pink as well. Randomly over the years I've just ended up with yellow. I find the slightest whiff of frost causes the leaves to wilt and can kill the stems as well. Perhaps some are more hardy than mine. I used to grow more tropicals than I do now. It is a lot of effort in the UK climate. I have never seen B. sanguinea or Iochroma. I looked them up and they look superb. I now have Mirabilis jalapa as a rampant weed having collected the seed overseas. It isn't hardy either but the tubers usually survive the Winter and it sets a lot of seed. I try to concentrate on growing plants that naturally do well here but I do like trying new plants. Roses are my thing really. I have about 50 different varieties, maybe more. Will PM you.