Datura, Brugmansia or Angels Trumpets

Datura, Brugmansia or Angels Trumpets

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My Datura last year were a perfect white when in flower and I collected fresh seed in good quantity.
I couldn’t keep the plants frost free so they died. Unfortunately none of the seed have germinated so I am without these large trumpet shaped flowers. I was nearly tempted to buy this pink plant for the green house but resisted to spend the money on something more practical like a new Hoe.

The Brugmansia plant is poisonous and this is reflected in some of the common names; it is know by Devil’s Trumpet, Hell’s Bells, Devil’s Weed, Devil’s Cucumber, Sacred Datura, Angel’s trumpet, Moonflower, Thorn apple, Indian apple, Pricklyburr, and Jimson Weed.

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Don’t let this put you off, Datura look great in a large container in a sheltered sunny spot in the garden, indoors or in the conservatory. The scent is fantastic and the scale extraordinary. Plants 6-8 feet high with 18″ trumpet flowers.

Brugsmansia and Datura are explained in far more detail in this book available from Amazon on this link.
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Brugmansia Species

  • Brugmansia ×candida is an evergreen shrub growing 10 to 20 feet tall and has white trumpet flowers
  • Brugmansia arborea (tree)
  • Brugmansia aurea
  • Brugmansia insignis
  • Brugmansia sanguinea
  • Brugmansia suaveolens
  • Brugmansia versicolor
  • Brugmansia vulcanicola

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Brugmansia differs from Datura in that it is woody, making shrubs or small trees. Brugmansia have pendulous flowers, rather than erect ones. They are both from the Solanacea family.

Datura Species from wikipedia
* Datura ceratocaula .
* Datura discolor – Desert Thorn-apple
* Datura ferox. – Long Spined Thorn-apple
* Datura inoxia – Thorn-apple, Downy Thorn-apple, Indian-apple, Moonflower, Sacred Datura, Toloatzin, Toloache
* Datura leichhardtii h. (syn. D. pruinosa) – Leichhardt’s Datura
* Datura metel – Devil’s trumpet[2]
* Datura quercifolia – Oak-leaf Thorn-apple
* Datura stramonium (syn. D. inermis) – Jimsonweed, Thorn-apple
* Datura wrightii – Sacred Datura, Sacred Thorn-apple

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