Daturas

I have three varieties in flower at the moment. I'm growing them in the greenhouse and outside.

This one is disappointing as it doesn't have the lilac perimeter that other single whites I have. They vary a lot, so I'm crossing the bluest ones in the hope I can make something better.



The flash has stolen a lot of the colour, but this is a triple yellow, almost fully out.



Lilac la Fleur has small flowers, but is very quick from seed to flower.

 

I have the common white datura (thorn apple) got the seed pods off my Mums neighbour last autumn, planted them in spring and they soon popped up, they self seed with the birds too! I keep finding seedlings all over garden.

 

As lovely as your Brugmansias, Rich. Love that triple one and looks like it's going to be choc-a-bloc with blooms.

A few years ago I had a lovely purple and white frilly double/triple one but it only lived the one year, even here. Haven't seen another since, shame. :(

 

I've not grown any dats for a while apart from the la fleur lilac which self sows all over my allotment.
Think I shall have to try some again, in some ways they are better than brugs, easier to contain and the flowers look up at you.
Hope you have some good plants from your hybridising Rich.

Try metaloides LOL, think innoxia is the same.
Should suit your conditions I would think.

 

Thanks, pete, will look those up. Problem is, they don't name things here. It's very hit and miss ... you'll just have a big display of them at ridiculously cheap prices, 3-5 Euros (�£2-�£3.50) with them already in bloom) and you choose which colour you like! :D

 

This is a species, you grow it from seed and it flowers first year, then it form a tuberous root that overwinters and comes up bigger the next year.
The flowers open in the evening and are scented, ideal for hot nights, just not reliably hardy here, too bloody wet.

 

Thanks for explaining.

I'll look to see if Chiltern Seeds or PoDs have them.

 

I think this one is lilac la fleur



the fragrance from it is superb, I have tow others but they are outside, one has been eaten to the bare stem and the other is just half chewed flowers. I have never known such a bad year for bugs!

 

Now, Waco, yours look double and Rich's is single? If true, sorry, Rich, like Waco's better.

 

Yes Waco's is double, thats not the la fleur lilac that I know.
The one I know is the same as Rich's, single.
That particular single is a bit boring though I must admit, its just that it grows so easily here.

 

You are right - one in picture is Ballerina Tou tou sorry folks got them mixed up ......well spotted old chaps!

 

Pete it's not worth trying to overwinter daturas they grow so quickly they are better treated as annuals, helps to stop the spread of virus build up in the species.

 

Walnut, if you see them growing wild, the kind I'm refering to, they cover a large area when mature.
I'm thinking more of LOL being in a position to grow them perrenially.
You cant get that kind of growth in one season.

 

Waco, there's also a triple purple, a meteloides. For some reason the seeds didn't germinate for me this year.

This one came out this evening, it's huge.

 

Thats a nice one Rich the D.meteloids used to be known as D.Wrightii its the biggest of the dats now called D.inoxia they develope tubererous roots and can either be overwintered outside with some protection or the tubers stored and started off the following spring, probably as Pete says the best species for LoL she could overwinter them outside no problem.The d.metel species (not to be confused with meteloids)is best treated as an annual.