Author Topic: Angels trumpets (Read 4447 times)

shirlton · « **on:** July 24, 2008, 17:45:49 »

I got these earlier in the year from Wilkies. £2-99each. Worth every penny

tonybloke · « **Reply #1 on:** July 24, 2008, 19:58:16 »

look like brugmansia to me!! Bargain! ;D ;D

Monika · « **Reply #2 on:** July 24, 2008, 20:18:01 »

I know those as Datura.

They are really lovely (but, be careful, as they are poisonous.)

ACE · « **Reply #3 on:** July 24, 2008, 20:40:14 »

They can grow quite tall if you let them free out of their pots

shirlton · « **Reply #4 on:** July 25, 2008, 08:14:40 »

Yes I have seen them in the canaries like bloomin trees they were

Barnowl · « **Reply #5 on:** July 25, 2008, 11:34:10 »

Our brugmansia is flowering as well. They're lovely but not actually datura -just closely related and like datura all parts of the plant are toxic.

shirlton · « **Reply #6 on:** July 25, 2008, 11:59:05 »

What do you do with them in the winter

Barnowl · « **Reply #7 on:** July 25, 2008, 12:36:15 »

Ours is in a very large pot so we fleece it if frost is forecast. Usually gets damage which we prune off in the Spring.

ACE · « **Reply #8 on:** July 25, 2008, 12:55:26 »

I try not to do pots and containers. But with the help of outdoor thermometers and creating micro-climates, I have find the most beneficial of spots for my plants.The Datura is in a walled garden that very rarely drops below 8c, even so I keep an eye on the radio thermometers (cheap in Lidls) and with the help of some thermal bricks that act as heat sinks I can still have the datura flowering at xmas. I know fleece would be easier but most of the plants are no so large I would damage them.

But then again if you are from the frozen wastelands of the north, why waste your time.

Stick with your wallflowers and snapdragons ;D

shirlton · « **Reply #9 on:** July 25, 2008, 18:08:56 »

Think I will edge my bets and put it in the cold GH with some fleece around it. I would hate to lose them. I'm in the midlands so in between

tonybloke · « **Reply #10 on:** August 06, 2008, 19:36:08 »

mine has finally flowered (it's from seed) ;D[attachment=1][attachment=2]

Amazin · « **Reply #11 on:** August 06, 2008, 21:38:49 »

Most noticeable difference between the two is the direction the flowers face. Daturas look upwards, Brugmansias look down.

Pesky Wabbit · « **Reply #12 on:** August 07, 2008, 14:17:53 »

Amazin, hw are your Lidl Brugmansias doing?

My two are only 18" high and havn't forked yet, I was hoping for a bit better than that. :(
(They are in black buckits and get fed weekly on chicken pellets)

Barnowl · « **Reply #13 on:** August 07, 2008, 14:28:37 »

I've read they like a lot of water?

tonybloke · « **Reply #14 on:** August 07, 2008, 17:44:18 »

mine's 7 ft high in it's 1st year! a very hungry and moisture loving plant. ;)

Amazin · « **Reply #15 on:** August 07, 2008, 23:25:12 »

My Lidls ones have been 'on hold'. When I first got them I transplanted them into slightly bigger pots temporarily while I sorted out a place to put them. Well... I'm still sorting. ::)

Did you know they're incredibly easy to propagate from cuttings?

(I say incredible only because if I can do it....)

;D

betula · « **Reply #16 on:** August 07, 2008, 23:36:54 »

Lovely one in the TV gardens in Kings Heath Park Birmingham.

Worth a look if your around that way.

Toadspawn · « **Reply #17 on:** August 07, 2008, 23:45:06 »

Brugmansis were initially known as Daturas. However, because Daturas were associated with being poisonous they did not sell very well. Thuspart of the family was renamed Brugmansias. They are still poisonous but as has been said earlier the flowers are pendulous whereas the Datura flowers point upwards. Daturas (Thorn apples) are normally annuals whereas Brugmansias (Angels trumpets) are perennials but not winter hardy.

tonybloke · « **Reply #18 on:** August 09, 2008, 15:17:05 »

[attachment=1] ;)

shirlton · « **Reply #19 on:** August 10, 2008, 18:38:56 »

V nice Tony

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