{"id":2785,"date":"2019-05-23T00:05:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T07:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-575\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T10:27:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T17:27:49","slug":"pruning-and-propagating-angels-trumpet","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pruning-and-propagating-angels-trumpet\/","title":{"rendered":"pruning and propagating angel’s trumpet"},"content":{"rendered":"

When should I cut back angel’s trumpet and can I replant the part that was cut?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I’ve checked a book called Brugmansia and
\nDatura: Angel’s Trumpets and Thorn Apples<\/em><\/a> by Ulrike and Hans-Georg Preissel.
\nIt has a whole chapter on growing angel’s trumpets from cuttings as well as a
\nsection on pruning them, which should be done after they bloom. As you probably
\nknow, they can’t take freezing temperatures, so people often prune them in the
\nfall to make them easier to bring into a greenhouse (for overwintering warm) or
\n41-50 degree room (for overwintering cool). The important thing to remember is
\nto confine your pruning to the flowering part of the plant, so you don’t have to
\nwait as long for more flowers. The book says you can tell the flowering part of
\nthe plant by looking closely at the leaves–the flowering part has an
\nasymmetrical leaf base on each leaf, but the base of the “vegetative” leaves is
\nsymmetrical.<\/p>\n

The cuttings you take can be used to start new plants, and the success rate will
\nvary depending on the time of year (spring and summer cuttings work best) and
\nthe variety of angel’s trumpet you have. Viruses can be a problem, so keep your
\nshears very clean. You can often get them to form roots by placing them in a
\njar of water so that only the lowest 1.5 inches of the stalk are under water.
\nAlternatively, place woody fall cuttings “about 10 inches long…in a mixture of
\npeat and sand, in vermiculite, or in pumice… temperature between 53 and 64
\ndegrees… Many of these cuttings will form roots by the following spring. For
\nroot development the cuttings need the same light levels as for good growing
\nconditions… It is a good idea to pot all cuttings into a nutrient-rich soil as
\nsoon as possible after they have formed roots.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When should I cut back angel’s trumpet and can I replant the part that was cut?   I’ve checked a book called Brugmansia and Datura: Angel’s Trumpets and Thorn Apples by Ulrike and Hans-Georg Preissel. It has a whole chapter on growing angel’s trumpets from cuttings as well as a section on pruning them, which should be done after they bloom. As you probably know, they can’t take freezing temperatures, so people often prune them in the fall to make…<\/p>\n

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