Datura and lantana
- To: Perennials list
- Subject: Datura and lantana
- From: P*
- Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 09:56:44 -0500
Dean, from Michigan wrote:
>Actually, I'm in Zone 6B; gotta' drive thirty miles west or north for Z5.
> My only question about your neighbor's plants is that are you sure it's
>D. metel? I've seen D. inoxia sold as D. metel at nurseries and in
>catalogues. The easiest way to tell is that D. metel is totally smooth
>and hairless (glabrous) whereas D. inoxia is covered in fine hairs
>(pubescent).
Ah HA! My seed package clearly says metel, but they are the hairiest
little suckers (so are my neighbors) . . . So I've got inoxia, do I?
Well now I'll have to go back and read all those Datura pages with
inoxia in mind. Thank you for the clarification.
I had to laugh yesterday when a native Panamanian friend dropped by,
took one look at my lovingly tended lantana in a showy container, and
said *In Panama, THOSE ARE WEEDS!*
still chucking . . . .
Pat Mitchell
pattm@execpc.com
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