Datura Hybrid, Devil's Trumpet, Horn of Plenty, Downy Thorn Apple 'Black Currant Swirl'

Zone 8b, Broaddus, TX southeast
In summer of 2005 I purchased a pot of 'Black Currant Swirl' Datura metel in a 10" pot.It produced...Read More blooms and seed pods. I planted seeds and made several other plants. I placed pot in full sun with success. I left one pot outside of greenhouse. My winter temperature dropped to 20 degs. The Dature sprouted again this Spring of 2006. It is an easy plant to grow; whose beauty is majestic.
Please give this one a try; you will be pleased.
Happy successful gardening

I have been collecting seeds for about a year now and I have many new plants from my Devil's Trumpet. What a great plant

The white and dark purple are an interesting contrast. I have a relatively young plant and it has already produced seeds. I stuck one i...Read Moren the ground out of curiosity and was supprised to find it growing the next day. An interesting way of remembering the difference between Trumpets: Devil's Trumpet look up at heaven, while Angel's Trumpet look down.

Lovely plant. I had winter sown this successfully in Feb04 and it germinated in Apr04. Have had a few occurances of three lined potato ...Read Morebeetle trouble; the beetle lays it's yellow eggs on the underside of the leaf and when the larvae hatch, they begin to devour the leaf; very nasty looking. The first occurance was back in Jun04, and it's been fine until today, Aug04. Found one beetle and one cluster of eggs; promptly destroyed both...

Absolutely NO CARE ! I grow them along with the Brugsmansia and have had good success in full sun and in part shade. While an annual, a...Read More few of mine in protected areas "regenerated" in the spring. The more sun exposure, the shorter the plant and larger the flowers, less sun exposure, greater height but still plenty of flowers. The purple stems and deep green foliage is quite striking against the lighter color foliage of the Brugs. Planted in front of the larger Brugs, Datura covers / hides the leggy lower stems of the Brug.

I've grown MANY of these from seeds; they are easily propagated from seeds, although some patience is required, as some seedlings take mu...Read Morech longer than others to emerge -up to 21 days. These are easily started in pots and transplanted to the garden - I usually plant 3 - 4 in one 5" pot and then transplant them to their own pots when they get their first real leaf. They will grow fast if you keep transplanting them up to larger pots and don't let them get root-bound. I usually put them in the garden when they are 1' or more high. These require pretty much full sun to bloom and do well. I have found if they are planted in the shade with will have few blooms. Partial sun is ok, but they will be more 'leggy'. They will bloom in pots if you keep them in the sun and keep moving them up to larger pots as needed. Very fragrant flower, as well as beautiful and easy to care for.

I love this plant. I always knew it as a Datura, never knew it was called so many other names. I have bought it as a plant and have grown...Read More it from seed. I have mine planted next to my Moon Flowers and they compliment each other, blooming at night.... I live in Austin, TX and it grows and blooms beautifully.

Robin G.

This plant grew on its own where a chicken coop used to be. It has a beautiful triple-purple flower and large dark green leaves with a st...Read Moreurdy dark purple stem. It's 6.5 feet tall and growing. We usally get 1-3 blooms per night. The fragrance is overwhelming. There are several seed pods.

We have had rain everyday for the last 2 months, and our temperatures have been around 90°F. We love this plant.

This plant is outstanding for the stark difference in colors. I recently obtained my first purple and loved the first flush of blooms. ...Read MoreI have other peach/lite yellow bloomer with a wonderful scent, and I want to learn everything about brugs; at this point, I only have bits and pieces.

I'm trying to get some landscaping going here at my new house, and I saw a few pics of the 'Black Currant Swirl' Datura on Webshots. I've...Read More been in love with Datura for a very long time.

I've always had good luck growing the plant myself, but I've never tried it anywhere but on the west coast - California, Washington & Nevada (U.S.) I saw a lot of Tree Datura in New Orleans, but lived in an apartment there, so I never got to experiment with growing any myself.

Datura metel has grown in my perennial bed for several years, reseeding itself with plenty of plants to give away. This is in cen...Read Moretral Florida, east of Tampa. Last year a cold spell killed them and no new seedlings have sprouted.

The lovely flowers have won blue ribbons at the flower show in the past.

Excellent fast growing. Accepts all soil types, ie: clay alkaline. Blooms year round here in Phoenix, AZ. Loves water. Will not tolerate ...Read Moredirect sunlight, causes leaves to shrink and or drop. Beautiful flowers. You'll never be without enough seeds. Favorite food of giant horn worm caterpillar.

I grew 'Black Currant Swirl' a couple of years ago, and it was just beautiful. I didn't have the proper place for it during the winter, ...Read Moreso I had to give it to one my friends. I tried growing it from one of the seeds again, and it grew but it never bloomed. I am not sure why that happened.

This summer I had pale purple ones growing in my flower bed, they were over 5 ft tall, but not really that many blooms on them. I guess the weather would play a big part, as the nights got quite cool and we did not have really hot days.

'Black Currant Swirl' is dark purple with creamy color center. It is very fragrant that permeates the air at night. The plant stands to ...Read More3 feet and the main stem is dark purple in color, too.