Datura Hybrid, Devil's Trumpet, Jimsonweed, Common Thorn-apple 'Evening Fragrance'

I love this plant! It has lovely slightly bluish foliage. The flowers are enormous white trumpets with a pale blue edge. Their fragrance ...Read Moreat night is intoxicating! In the morning some of that lovely scent lingers, before the sun hits them. This is an annual here in Indy, but occasionally one survives a mild winter,then grows to colossal proportions. Datura is highly toxic, which is great for me because the furry marauders from the nature preserve never touch it. It self sows well in a window well of mine. Unfortunately the lawn guy sprayed it and nearly wiped it out two years ago! I'm trying to get the colony going again.The babies transplant easily (although it inexplicably won't grow in some places with similar conditions.) It grows beautifully in big pots. I grow some on the front porch so I have easy access. I can step out at night, sink my face into those trumpets and drink in that fabulous fragrance. I toss the seed pods around my property to keep them going. Sadly, some years they don't produce many pods. I usually order a few plants from Select Seeds each year just to be sure that I have them. I take no chances!

Got my seeds from Thompson and Morgan, they sprout quickly, strong and vigorous plants which can take drought for a much longer time... i...Read Moret took 53 days for the first plant to bloom and last was after 74 days of seed sowing... big creamy white blooms with divine fragrance attracting moths...

The classification of these plant is not clear, some called it Perrenial, other 'half hardy annual' Whichever is the case, it does share...Read More some characteristic of its cousin the 'Angel Thrumphet" Big thrumphet-like flower, like that of Moon-flowers, also its flowers open on cloudy day, evening, (like Moon-flowers) though it seems to flourish on sunny locations. The double flowers (variety; purple) also self-sown), now that I'm hooked on the plants. I also noticed there are yellow and bicor. Lovely plants!
Zone 7-8