Huntingwick Gardens

Angel's Trumpet in November

2008-11-24T07:17:00.001-06:00

Angel's Trumpet is a highly attractive and popular flowering plant. It has trumpet shaped blooms, in a variety of colors including white, peach, yellow and orange. Hummingbirds are attracted to the bright blooms. Did you Know? Brugmansia was named after Sebald Justin Brugmans, a Natural History professor in Holland.

Brugmansia

2008-11-24T07:12:00.002-06:00

The trick to maximizing blooms on your Angel's Trumpet, is to prune it often. Pruning your Angel Trumpet bush into a tree shape creates the often desired appearance. Begin to prune the plant when the main trunk forms the first "Y". Then, prune older branches, or stems, to encourage the plant to produce more branches. Flowers will eventually appear on the terminal ends of the stems.

People love Angel's Trumpet. The flowers are attractive, and very fragrant. While you may think of Angel's Trumpet as a tree, it is really a flowering shrub. Most people view it as a tree, because the recommended way to grow it for maximum blooms, is in the form of a tree. Native to South America, this perennial shrub can grow up to 20 feet tall.

November Blooms

2008-11-24T07:03:00.001-06:00

Angel's Trumpet is a member of the Nightshade family. It includes tomatoes, potatoes, and petunias. All parts of the plant are toxic. It is recommended that gardeners use gloves when working with this plant. Historically, it has been used as a hallucinogenic drug. It is a dangerous drug, that has caused many deaths, especially from teenagers experimenting with it after hearing rumors about it's hallucinogenic powers. It is most often ingested in the form of a tea.

View from the Other Side

2007-07-11T17:04:00.000-05:00

The neighbors across the street really have the best view.

The Front Has Flower-ished.

2007-07-10T22:03:00.001-05:00

Mom wanted me to post pictures of the front before the trees are trimmed.

Hanging Baskets

2007-07-02T08:11:00.000-05:00

Our new irrigation system is just great. It was put in by Jovi Landscape. What is especially nice is the all the baskets and pots are watered even if the system is bypassed because of the rain indicator. This is good since most of the baskets are under the eaves. Also, just because we put in the irrigation system, we have gotten a ton of rain. Amazing. Here is one of the "lesser" baskets by the roses.

Crepe Myrtle

2007-07-02T07:56:00.000-05:00

Mom wanted me to put up the pictures of the Crepe Myrtle in the back yard. It is awesome this year.

Front New Garden

2007-05-09T20:13:00.000-05:00

I thought that I would post these since they are the pictures shortly after we planted the new garden area and also before all the sod was laid. Everything has grown so much it is amazing. I will post some more pictures of this area later.

Memory Garden

2007-05-09T08:55:00.000-05:00

This is the beginning of the walkway into the memory garden.

This is the corner of the memory garden. This year we ran the walk all the way to the left and to the pool pump. This is variegated ginger in the back that is so beautiful.

This is the expanded walkway to the pool equipment.

This is the purple themed garden I put in two years ago to the right of the new walkway.

These are some of the purple plants in the garden.

This is new variation of fuschia that is supposed to take the Houston heat. It is doing great now.

New Cactus in the Family

2007-05-09T08:52:00.000-05:00

We had tried multiple plants in this concrete pig, and finally have decided to try a cactus. I think it looks like a caterpillar. Pretty cool.

Cactus Flower

2007-05-09T08:48:00.000-05:00

Mom just loves her cactus gardens and this little one rewarded her with beautiful blooms.

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