Look what I discovered in my garden? This is growing right next to the first plant I showed you from the arlington RU. I have been watching it for sometime, what I thought was leaves is now unfurling into something wonderful. :)
What is this?
It is Datura.
That is the native white one - would be from Josephine. Lovely plants but they get BIG!
Beautiful pic Sylvia!
Debbie
Wow ... thanks guys ... you mean they live throurgh the winter? Ohhhh how lovely! Ted gave me a yellow one at CS and I was going to put it in a pot because I thought I had to overwinter it. I am going to plant it right next to this one .... got a couple of other things too for you guys to ID.;)
You got to see Sheila's garden art ... it looks like it really belong there. I should have had her sign this piece.
Looks good with the goldenrod there.
Begging, on bended knee here Sylvia, for seeds of the native later this summer! How big is big, Mitch?
Debbie
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I have seen them in AR three or so feet tall, at Josephine's I think they are more 2 foot tall... small shrub size.
I know! I know Mitch! I cant wait for everything to start blooming! Woild you believe this the happiest I have ever been with my raised bed...all this stuff coming up.
Debbie you can have all the seeds you like, just tell me where they are. lol I am not a seed person.
Debbie, I wish we lived closer, I could give you some Datura Plants right now.
Mine are blooming too and the scent id beautiful.
I have lots of seed, if you would like any.
Josephine.
Ohhh Josephine ... thank you for the lovely plant. so does it reseed it self?
Debbie, are yougoing to the nursery tour in Austin? I am going to see Josephine this week on our way up to Missouri for our daughter's graduation. I could pass them along to you then. That is if Josephine has time to dig them up now.
Well I will be sure to make it silver for plants from Josephine--I'm going up there later in the summer sometime....just probably not this soon. There was something else she had for me, I'm forgetting what it was....maybe that dogwood? Or I'll come for lunch one day to Fredricksburg...love it there and haven't been in a while. I could easily meander through a day that way....
Debbie
Sylvia, yes they do reseed or you can scatter the seed yourself.
This is the first year that I am having them come up in all sorts of unexpected places.
Debbie, the Datura can go to you with Mary Lee, or you can pic it up when you come, we shall see what seems best.
I don't have the Roughleaf dogwood potted yet, so I can't send it at this time.
I will give that to you later on.
Josephine.
The Datura was completely open this morning. I took a picture ... will post soon as I get home.:)
Sylvia
They are one of the most stunning flowers i have seen - just love the way they look from the first one I saw over at Josephines they are just stunning.
Okay, I just have to ask for one of these. I've really been holding back, but.... Anyone with seeds?
:-)
I dont havewhite seeds yet but I do have some light purple ones (Sacred Dantura) if you are interested... D Mail me
Just curious, do the leaves have an odor?
Maggie--you've been around me to long...my "shameless" begging is wearing off on you. lol
By the way I found a source for both pink and solid white winecups (perennial) and will be starting them in late summer....Folks, you need to let me know what seeds you want started. I'm good at rootings and seeds and need to pay everybody back about a million plants!
Josephine, whatever you can do--I can wait if needed. I don't want to stress anyone over my plant needs. I will love them whenever I can get them!
Debbie
Debbie, how are you at starting H. Duhlberg sage? I asked Chip Schumacher for one and he told me he had never heard of it. I was really surprised. It is that hard to find? But since he doesn't have it already, I know he would like some seeds too. Or do know of a good nursery for ferns, like cinnamon, Christmas, and ghost?
Silver--let me look down here for those ferns in the nurseries. Houston is good for finding things like that. Although, I cannot grow ferns or hostas. I think I don't have good enough shade yet. House and trees only 10-12 yrs old. I'm hoping the fern that Smockette gave me at the RU breaks my curse of ferns and hostas! I outta be able to pick a few cuttings off somebody's Duelbergs if they are as easy to find growing in fields as that TX superstar plant pic at tamu sight says...I can "scrounge" around up there in Chappell Hills when school is out and see if I can't find some.
Debbie
Thanks Debbie, you are very resourceful.:) I'm guessing that you know what it looks like then. I have never seen it. Never even seen a picture of it, but everybody says how awsome it is. And I have the perfect place for it.
Mary Lee
Ok here is Datura open this morning, can you imagine what a bunch will look like? When I got home this evening it was drooping... should have taken a picture ... but is very interesting how how it hangs... it only blooms for a day?
Patricia the leaves of Datura wrightii, do have an odor if you touch them or bruise them.
Some people find it unpleasant, but it reminds me of penut butter, in any case they are poisonous, so care should be taken.
Mary I can send seeds or a plant with Mary Lee, you are going to the Austin tour, right?
Josephine.
Sylvia, it opens in the evening, just at dusk, and if it is hot in the morning it will be closed by 10.30, so yes just one night, but they sure are worth it. The scent is beautiful too.
It is even pretty drooping ... this long flower hanging down. :)
got something else to show you Josephine it look like maple leaves almost. got any idea? :)
Hi frostweed.I was wondering if you have your Datura in sun or shade. I planted one in the ground with sun and lost it last year. I have a small one in a pot on the table in shade and it is blooming and smells oh so sweet. I lived in Ft Worth for years and I find that out here in Weatherford on the Brazos river can be that little dip called Zone 7. Should I put it in the ground or large pot as to bring her in for winter. How big can these kids get? Thanks for the info.
Silver--here is the aggie site for Texas Superstar plants with the Henry Duelberg Salvia.
http://texassuperstar.com/plants.html
Debbie
Sylvia that looks like Texas Star Hib. to me...
Yes it is Texas Star Hibiscus, Hibiscus coccineous. You ar ein for a treat, but just one day too.
Josephine.
Josephine - I have four Texas Stars coming up!! So I guess the seeds took plus the two you gave me before!! I was really gettign worried there for a while but I see them now with their red leaves pushing up... wonder why they where late over here, did I keep them too dry?
Oh Thank you guys ... so its going to bloom too? :)
Hello WeedLady, The Datura wrightii can get quite large, I have never gorwn them in pots, but I don,t see why it could'nt be done, probably a large pot would be better.
Last winter was colder than usual, we went down to 19 for 48 hours, so many things got killed, but surprisingly, my 2 daturas that I had in the ground survived.
Daturas go dormant in the winter, so if you decide to keep it in a pot, let it go dormant in the fall and cut it back, and bring it into your garage ot house when freezing weather happens, I beleive, that they will not be able to survive the freeze in a pot.
They do make a lot of seed, so even if you loose a plant you can allways start over, and they bloom in the same season, so they are very adaptable.
I think they prefer sun, but they do like to be well fed and watered, for the best blooms.
The plants can get to be 4 feet tall although they tend to sprawl, if they get tall.
They are a lot of fun, and it is wonderful to watch them unfold in the evening, I hope they will bring you a lot of pleasure.
Josephine.
Thanks frostweed. I will try it in a large pot on deck. I lost quite a few things this winter as we were down to 7 degrees one night and in the teens many times. I have kept my Dahlias in the ground for years and I only have one comming up now. So it goes with Texas weather. Out by the pool on New Years Day and 101 on Easter Sunday. Ya just never know.
Yes, last winter was a strange one, I lost 36 Turks cap that I had in little pots, and my beautiful fig tree died half way down, so now I have a big empty space in the center of my garden, I know it will grow back, but it will be a while, I really miss it, it was the beautiful centerpiece of the backyard garden.
Oh well, what can we do? Adjust I guess.
Josephine.
Well Josephine, I guess you have to think of it as "opening vista's" and allowing you to create another centerpiece! Gardens are ever evolving aren't they? Nature will let you know it's there right when you think one part of the garden has reached perfection...then zap! You have to recreate it another way and it usually ends up looking even better, and you're ever amazed...
Debbie
You are right Debbie, now that the trre is half way gone, I have more sun and plant more od the sun loving plants, It is just that the tree was about 20 feet wide, so it all looks really different.
I guess I will adjust eventually.
Josephine.
That is a big space Josephine....did they whole tree die or just die back?
It was about 20 feet tall with 9 trunks, so it occupied a lot of space.
It died down to about 6 feet from the ground, and some of the trunks died all the way down so they had to be romoved at ground level. I think we have 6 trunks left, and two of them don,t look very good.
That tree has died to the ground 2 times in the 35 years we have had it, but never when it was so big.
Here is a picture of it taken in winter.
