Tropicals & Tender Perennials: question, 1 by eje

eje wrote:
Hi Anna and everyone else,

Another note about the differences between Brugs and Datura that is probably too obvious for all the experts in this forum:

Datura are tender herbaceous, generally short lived, perennials, frequently grown as annuals. Brugmansia are tender woody, frequently long lived, perennial small trees or shrubs.

Both Daturas and Brugmansias are in the Nightshade (Solanaceae) family and all parts of the plants are poisonous. In addition, here in the US, they have a bit of a cult following as a frequently fatal and almost always unpleasant drug.

Since there are so many pictures of brugs up here, I'll put up a picture of a Datura metel 'double purple' I grew this last year.

-Erik