Datura Species, Devil's Trumpet, Horn of Plenty, Downy Thorn Apple

This plant has grown fast this summer to about 3 feet high. It is blooming profusely in October.The blooms are a beautiful dark purple ...Read Morewith almost white insides. The blooms are about six to seven inches long and are either double or triple blooms. I was a little alarmed when I read that these plants are poisonous, though.

I bought one of these a few years back. I have been growing them in pots ever since but have never gotten one to grow as tall as the ori...Read Moreginal (usually about a foot high). The original was around three feet.

I have yet to meet someone from this area who has seen one before. Interesting to see all the areas they have been grown in.

Mine are pale yellow, grown in whiskey barrel planters, and reseed themselves readily from year to year in zone 4b. Quite spectacular, al...Read Morethough sort of coarse. They never sprout until after Memorial Day, but bloom by mid-August until the first frost.

I have a few datura which have been grown from the seeds in march and replanted the little plants.

My datura is planted in full sun and never gets watered unless it rains but it grew and flowered none-the-less.

Flowers ar...Read Moree very large, open at night, close during the day and the sweet fragrance fills the night air. Leaves are largish, dark green and black veined and outlined. The plants don't get too big which is good for flower beds or pots.

I planted mine under a banana tree. It gets some sun but not much and it is doing beautifully. It has gotten alot taller since I plante...Read Mored it and has not stopped blooming.

These plants are magnificent! Even without the blooms, the silvery-grey purple-veined foilage is interesting.

Mother and...Read More I bought a trumpet each last year. She planted her's in full sun and I planted mine in part sun. She lives in another city about 1 1/2 hours north of me. I was surprised to see that this year, my trumpet did not come back AND on a visit to my mother's home, I counted over 50 individual new trumpet plants!!! I have dug some of them up and transplanted them into my garden this season in a different spot than last year. Wish me luck!

found in Namibia desert and grow by seel in France

Datura metel – often confused as D.meteloides. Flowers up to 6 inches long, fruit capsules are round, nodding with smooth bumps (no spi...Read Morenes). Cultivars available with double and sometimes triple corollas