Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Poisonous?, 1 by

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The closest we ever came to an accidental poisoning here in Denmark was during the world war II, where tobacco was virtually rare in our Country. It was a young lad, that during the night had broken into a greenhouse and had stolen leaves of Datura stramonium and afterworth dried the leaves and smoked them believing, that it was tobacco. Nothing serious happened with the kid.

Since 1989 I have grown plenty Datura and Brugmansia plants and had never experienced problems between the plants and children, cats or dogs. I have had one of Europes largest collection of living Datura plants and often kids would play hide and seek or play catchamong the plants. They hardly notice them, but for the fact, that they can run around them or hide behind them. Cats and dogs sometimes sniff the flowers, if they find the smell interesting.

http://www.brugmansia.dk/engletrompeter - deres historie pas...