Re: Brugmansias, Daturas, Acnistus?

 Subject: Brugmansias, Daturas, Acnistus?


>What is the difference between the flower habits of these plants?
>I've purchased seed of datura and acnistus, and they are now about 4
>feet tall, but no blooms yet.  I'm hoping to have the type with the
>pendulous, HUGE flowers.

Hi.   Even though brugmansia and datura are related, you'll find that
Daturas for the most part have smaller flowers.  The huge flowers are the
domain of brugmansia.  Do you know exactly which species of datura that you
are growing?  I would suspect datura metel....  Since the daturas are mostly
annuals then your plants should flower.  I am growing about 10 varieties of
datura this summer and most of them are in the early stages of flowering.

I am not very familiar with acnistus.

Erik

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