Datura metel Double White Lady Seeds - Brugmansia

<strong>Daturas, sometimes called "Angel's Trumpet", comprise two types of plants</strong> — arborescent and herbaceous — that belong to the Solanaceae family, just like tomato, pepper and belladonna. The former <strong>form small, highly branched trees or large shrubs</strong> 2 to 6 m tall, evergreen or semi-evergreen, <strong>much admired in summer for their long, pendulous flowers, white, golden yellow or orange-red and very fragrant in the evening</strong>. <strong>The latter are short-lived herbaceous forms</strong> that can resurface from the stump for a few years if protected with a thick mulch. They are ideal plants for filling a bed in poor, light, sandy or silty soil in no time. <strong>Besides their herbaceous habit, <em>Datura</em> differ from <em>Brugmansia</em></strong> <strong>by having erect or horizontal, smaller flowers and by spiny fruits.</strong> Daturas in the broad sense are generous in foliage, flowering and nocturnal scent, which explains the enthusiasm for these tropical-looking plants despite their notorious toxicity (much like oleander). <strong>Flowering is spectacular from July to October.</strong> However, in the open ground, flowering of Brugmansia often starts late in the season, towards the end of summer when stems have had to regrow fully after a frost. It is therefore preferable to grow it in a pot to shelter it over winter and bring its flowering forward. You will be charmed by the powerful, slightly narcotic scent of its flowers when evening comes. Herbaceous Daturas, less demanding in water, have the advantage of growing very quickly from seed even in poor soil. <strong>Warning</strong> <strong>all parts of the plant are toxic</strong>. Avoid planting them among vegetable crops and placing them within reach of young children. The wild species, <em>Datura stramonium</em> (thorn-apple or jimsonweed), is also handsome in flower but particularly toxic and requires strict precautions (gloves and mask) when uprooting. [caption id="attachment_65119" align="aligncenter" width="1172"]<img class="wp-image-65119 size-full" src="https://www.promessedefleurs.com/blogwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/brugmansia-datura.jpg" alt="difference between Datura and Brugmansia" width="1172" height="581" /> Datura (herbaceous, erect trumpet-shaped flower) and Brugmansia (arborescent, pendulous trumpet)[/caption]