Re: Brugmansias, Daturas, Acnistus?
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- Subject: Re: Brugmansias, Daturas, Acnistus?
- From: "* i* N* <s*@wnclink.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 09:14:18 -0400
I have been following this thread with great interest. I bought an unmarked
plant at a local nursery and assumed I had found the elusive Datura. Now I
am all but convinced that what I have is a Brugmansia. The plant is about
four feet tall in a container and has several blooms that open and night and
smell heavenly however these blooms most definitely hang down...Sue
-----Original Message-----
From: Fr. 358 <nchsh358@midsouth.rr.com>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: Sunday, July 19, 1998 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: Brugmansias, Daturas, Acnistus?
>Vivien--
>
>>I'm not sure about acnistus, but datura flowers point upwards and
>brugmansia
>>flowers hang down.
>
>I have heard that Daturas are called "Angels Trumpets" because their
>trumpets point at the sky while the Brugmansias are called Devils Trumpets
>because their trumpets point towards the ground.....
>
>Erik
>
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