Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Late Bloomer

Our backyard Datura plant is two and a half years old and really becoming quite the plant!  It is now over six feet tall and the blooms are spectacular.  I have Wikipedia-ed it and although there are quite a variety of Datura listed none match what we have.  Any plant lovers out there know what kind of Datura this is?

2 comments:

  1. Your lovely blossom looks to me like a Brugmansia sanguinea (Red Angel's Trumpet). Check out this site for more info:

    http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/red_angels_trumpet.htm

    There are a lot of Datura/Brugmansia around town, some of which have a very strong odor that'e released at night.

    We, too, missed your blog and thought that you were revamping or some such thing.

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  2. Thanks so much for telling me what this Datura is and pointing me to that excellent website!

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