Introduction
Brugmansia and Datura
"Breathtaking, awesome and even fantastic" are the remarks we have heard from folks that have toured our gardens and seen our remarkable plants. But to this day there is confusion over these plants that at one time were classified under the same genus of Datura. In the 1970's, each Brugmansia and Datura were given their own genus and it's has been a task to educate folks to the differences, especially in European countries where they are still being called Datura today.
Brugmansia, orininally-commonly known as Angel's Trumpet, are the tree-shrub forms that can be traced back to the Inuit American Indians. These can be found all the way south into the mountains of South America. It has the downward facing bell shaped flowers, hence the name of Angel Trumpets. Their seedspods can range from a round to an elongated shape like a bean pod, this all depends on the variety/species used in the hybridizing process. Brugmansia have a thicker outer cork shell that needs soaking and removal before planting.
Where as the Dartura's seeds are like their cousins the tomatoes. Yes, both are in the Solanaceae family and both are poisonous if ingested.
Datmansia Project 2008
The Datmansia Project we did in 2008 is now closed and we personally would like to thank all our testers for their help in testing our seeds. We have a few testers for the 2009 Project to see if what was hybridized last fall is the right direction. Again thank you for helping.
Ebay Listing 4/21-26 /09
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150340568109&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:1123
I would like to thank everyone for bidding and Congats to Barbara for winning this great plant!!
I have gotten a couple emails asking when am I going to list another on Ebay, sorry to say, I'm not listing anymore. We have several (24) that we
are going to grow out in our garden this season, sorry.
kHT's Brugmansia Garden Forums
4/24/09 We have moved our forum to a new site, I already have an account there at Network 54 so why not there?
http://www.network54.com/Group/175088
We have just a basic site for right now but please understand it's planting time now and I'll try to be there in the mornings for a while until
the gardens are all planted.
karma 'Happy Toes' Garden Tour 4/29/09
Several folks have asked that we do the garden/birds' eye tour on our site as they would like to see what we have been doing.
Remember we are a working garden and in the middle of several project, planting and getting ready for a plant sale
in just a couple weeks, so you will see a lot of plants in pots in the yard. I do hope you will enjoy your visit.
http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a258/karmaHappyToes/
Datura Stramonium var tatula Datura var fastuosa Datura Missouri Marble Datura var rubra