The category "T" of our glossary is represented by the trumpet tree, and thus also by the angel's trumpet, which we also often call the trumpet tree.
Both stand for a group of plants that definitely have their place in the home garden because of their beauty, but should still be treated with a little caution. Or to put it more clearly: They belong to a group of plants that are not to be enjoyed at all, as they are more or less poisonous. So if you are creating a garden that is used frequently by children and pets, the first thing you should always do is inquire about the toxic potential of a new addition.
Then nothing stands in the way of buying a trumpet tree of the genus Catalpa. These extraordinarily decorative trees are usually offered as Catalpa bignonioides, which come from Southeast America. If they are offered a moist and nutrient-rich soil, as they do there, they delight us in the late spring with numerous flowers and the rest of the summer season with large, bright green ones Scroll. The Catalpa trumpet tree contains slightly toxic substances in all parts, mainly glycosides called catalpin and catalposide, but in the Most guides say you're not putting yourself in danger until you make catalpa your new staple explain.
Our second trumpet tree, the angel's trumpet or brugmansia, can only grow here in regions without prolonged ground frost hibernate outdoors, but because of its strikingly large, cup-shaped flowers, it also likes growing in a bucket cultivated. However, it is really dangerous, in every part of the plant there are poisonous and serious alkaloids, 15 to 20 seeds of it are already considered a lethal dose for children.
Other glossary entries under “T” deal with fir and teak garden furniture, tulips and thyme and many other keywords, and with your suggestion (e-mail to us) there will certainly be many more.