Re: Datura seeds

I agree...I love the hummingbird looking moths that it attracts at night.
The datura and moonflowers attract them like crazy.  (I love the smell of
the moonflowers....so wonderful)



On 8/26/08, Zemuly Sanders <zemuly@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> The best thing about the night blooming white Datura is the moth the plants
> attract.  I just bought an awesome bug book, "Garden Insects of North
> America," so I could identify even more insects in my gardens.
> zem
> zone 7
> West TN
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "andreah" <andreah@hargray.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 6:12 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] Datura seeds
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: andreah
>> To: mlrasmus@rockwellcollins.com
>> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 7:08 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Datura seeds
>>
>>
>> Rich and Mardi and everyone-I'll have enough for all! I just checked the
>> plants and there are pods all over the pruple and white. THe solid white
>> hasn't started to set yet but it will! I wish you all could have seen them
>> last night. They opened fully after the sun went down and looked fake they
>> were so perfect.
>> A
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: mlrasmus@rockwellcollins.com
>>  To: andreah
>>  Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 12:02 PM
>>  Subject: Re: [CHAT] Datura seeds
>>
>>
>>
>>  Andrea, I'd love a pod of the double purple if I may.
>>
>>  Mardi Rasmussen
>>  4098 180th Street NE
>>  Solon, IA 52333
>>
>>  I'm so glad your new yard has such good soil!  I've got a lot of work to
>> do
>> on mine.  Moving from great black dirt to compacted clay has NOT been much
>> of
>> a thrill.  It's been fun going from shade to full sun, though.  I just
>> bought
>> a few Eupatorium Rugosum "Chocolate" which I think are beautiful.
>>
>>  Thank you!
>>  Mardi
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>       "andreah" <andreah@hargray.com>
>>       Sent by: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
>>       08/24/2008 08:42 AM Please respond to
>>             gardenchat@hort.net
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>>      To <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>             cc
>>             Subject Re: [CHAT] Datura seeds
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  Zem and Jesse-I have the double purple which ALWAYS comes true from
>>  seed-I'll be glad to send you both a pod as my new yard is a good soil
>>  paradise and I've never had so many blooms or such big plants. Anyone
>>  else???? I'll have white ones too.
>>  A
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: "Jesse Bell" <justjess01@gmail.com>
>>  To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>  Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 12:07 PM
>>  Subject: Re: [CHAT] Datura/Book
>>
>>
>>  >I hear ya Zem.  I totally understand.  I can order seeds NOW...and that
>> way
>>  > I'll have them next spring...if I don't lose the seed packages
>> somewhere
>>  > in
>>  > the house before then!!!  I swear...I need a housewife and a
>> mother...an
>>  > "Aunt "B"...that can run my house for me!  LOL
>>  > Aren't we supposed to slow down when we get older?  That's not
>> happening
>>  > for
>>  > me....
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > On 8/22/08, Zemuly Sanders <zemuly@comcast.net> wrote:
>>  >>
>>  >> Sorry, Jesse.  While mine did seed true there were only a few of them
>> and
>>  >> for a couple of years only.  I don't have anything but the wild white
>>  >> ones
>>  >> now.  I'm so busy I'm meeting myself coming and going.
>>  >> zem
>>  >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Bell" <justjess01@gmail.com
>> >
>>  >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>  >> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 8:50 AM
>>  >> Subject: [CHAT] Datura/Book
>>  >>
>>  >>
>>  >> Hey Zen...if you get any decent seeds off of yours, can I have a few?
>>  >> The
>>  >>> only one I have is white and every time I think about ordering more
>>  >>> seeds...it's usually too late in the year to even start them.
>> *sighhh*.
>>  >>>
>>  >>> I ordered the book "Plant Seed, Pull Weed:  Nurturing the Garden of
>> Your
>>  >>> Life" by Geri Larkin.  It's a nice read...makes me chuckle and even
>> made
>>  >>> me
>>  >>> want to go outside and re-evaluate my gardens.  Sometimes you just
>> need
>>  >>> to
>>  >>> "re-do" and re-think them.  Now that I'm working full time and going
>>  >>> back
>>  >>> to
>>  >>> college, I have limited time, but I just set a timer for 1 hours and
>> go
>>  >>> outside and work.  Amazing what you can get done when you do that.
>>  >>>
>>  >>>
>>  >>>
>>  >>> On 8/21/08, Zemuly Sanders <zemuly@comcast.net> wrote:
>>  >>>
>>  >>>>
>>  >>>> If you are talking about datura, both my double yellow and purple,
>> and
>>  >>>> they
>>  >>>> have always seeded true.
>>  >>>> zem
>>  >>>> zone 7
>>  >>>> West TN
>>  >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
>>  >>>> To: "gardenchat list" <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>  >>>> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 9:30 PM
>>  >>>> Subject: [CHAT] question
>>  >>>>
>>  >>>>
>>  >>>> I bought some of those hybrid moon flowers, name escapes me at the
>>  >>>>
>>  >>>>> moment. The doubles, purple and yellow varieties this year. Of
>> course,
>>  >>>>> this year hasn't been gardening or upkeep for many reasons, lucky
>> if
>> I
>>  >>>>> have time to water them.
>>  >>>>>
>>  >>>>>
>>  >>>>> I noticed they already have seed pods (yes it got away from me)
>>  >>>>> although
>>  >>>>> I will probably have about 15 flowers open tomorrow, their blooming
>>  >>>>> its
>>  >>>>> fool head off......
>>  >>>>>
>>  >>>>>
>>  >>>>>  so the question is.....Wondering if they seed true or would I end
>> up
>>  >>>>> with
>>  >>>>> the plain jane white ones from it?
>>  >>>>>
>>  >>>>>  Donna
>>  >>>>>
>>  >>>>>
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