A pink Brugmansia insignis flower has a pale green tube and flared lobes ending in long curled points beneath green leaves

Brugmansia insignis (Angel's Trumpet)

Native to Bolivia, northwestern Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, this perennial shrub or small tree is grown for its large, hanging trumpet flowers. White or pink blooms have a particularly long, narrow tube and flared lobes ending in slender points. The leaves vary from narrow and dark green to broader and lighter green. Its spindle-shaped fruit has a rough, grooved, leathery surface. It has long been cultivated in gardens in the foothills of the western Amazon. In Colombia, it is recorded between about 260 and 7,200 feet. The species is classified as extinct in the wild but survives in cultivation. All parts are highly poisonous if eaten, and the sap can irritate skin. Photographed in Colombia.

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A peach-pink Brugmansia insignis flower hangs beneath a green calyx beside broad leaves against blue sky

A long pale Brugmansia insignis trumpet grades into pink near its flared mouth, with slender curled lobe tips

Branches of Brugmansia insignis carry many hanging pink trumpet flowers among green leaves and elongated green buds

A branching Brugmansia insignis tree bears pale pink and peach trumpet flowers above garden soil

A Brugmansia insignis tree has peach-pink trumpet flowers scattered through its green canopy against a blue and white sky

A row of pink Brugmansia insignis flowers hangs beneath a branch beside elongated green flower buds

Brugmansia insignis carries pale pink trumpet flowers throughout a leafy canopy against the sky

Sunlit Brugmansia insignis shrubs bear pale pink flowers beside upright wooden poles in a garden

A girl sits in a wooden chair with pink-flowered Brugmansia insignis shrubs behind her