Texas Gardening: Hot July Blooms, 1 by kathy__bee

kathy__bee wrote:
This plant is so beautiful on a regular basis. This picture is actually what it looks like on a regular basis. My 3 yr old plant has huge, dramatic white trumpets which open so quickly at dusk that you see them twirl apart. A light lemony scent is evident. Attractive to hawk moths, which look like hummingbirds at night with landscape backlighting. Not a particularly pretty plant, but the blooms under a bright moon make it well worth growing. I cut it to the ground in the fall, as the foliage will not take the cold. But, it comes back bigger every year. It reseeds profusely. All parts of this plant are very poisonous.