Question on naming - Black Currant swirl

I bought (and successfully germinated) Black currant Swirl Dantura --BUT on the packages it also says BRUGMANSIA in big letters and then BCS .. and then (dantura) - in parenthisis just like that.

Aren't Brugs and dantura diffent things? I got these from J.W. Jung Seed this year -- what did I get?

LOL!

Heather

Heather, I would be almost certain that you got datura. There are no purple brugs. Many of the mail order catalogs still don't know the difference between brugs and dats! You'll know soon enough. Post a pic of the leaves and many people will tell you what you have. Good Luck!

Brugs and Datura are in the same family Solanaceae. brug blooms face down towards the ground, whereas datura blooms face up to the skies. wait till u see the bloom to identify the flower properly, since there are one too many different varieties of daturas. here is what Datura metel "Black Currant Swirl" looked like http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/49910/index.html good luck.

As long as I get that (the link- pic) I am happy-- that is what the picture showed in the catalog- but after joining this board and learning more and more, I got a little nervous.... Thanks! I can't wait until it flowers!

Heather

Keep us posted on your progress.

Judy

funny story about that, i was in my LGC the other day and i was chatting up an employee about angel's trumpets...he proceeded to tell me (with a smug smile) that the genus named brugmansia is not used anymore and the genus datura has taken its place....lol

i just smiled and nodded (they get so huffy when you correct them) lol

These is indeed too much confusion surrounding Daturas and Brugmansia, but hopefully having a Datura Forum hopefully will help to educate.

Judy