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Datura metel (Black Currant Swirl, Devil's Trumpet)

Type: Species | Edit History      Plant ID - 9000849



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Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Datura
Species: Datura metel
 
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Plant Types edit
  • Annual
  • Drought Tolerant
  • Herb
  • Shrub
Zones / Hardiness edit
  • 7a (to 5 F / -15 C)
  • 7b (to 10 F / -12 C)
  • 8a (to 15 F / -9 C)
  • 8b (to 20 F / -7 C)
  • 9a (to 25 F / -4 C)
  • 9b (to 30 F / -1 C)
  • 10a (to 35 F / 2 C)
  • 10b (to 40 F / 4 C)
Height (Maximum) edit
  • 2 to 5 feet (60 cm to 1 1/2 m)
Spread (Maximum) edit
  • 2 to 5 feet (60 cm to 1 1/2 m)
Flowering Start edit
  • Summer
Flowering End edit
  • Autumn / Fall
Leaf Colour edit
  • Green - Dark
  • Purple
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  • Border/Bed
  • Container/Patio
  • Low Maintenance Garden
  • Mediterranean Garden
Sun Exposure edit
  • Full Sun
Soil Types edit
  • Well-drained
  • Moist
  • Tolerant of Most Types
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Bloom Colour edit
  • Purple
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  • Seed
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  • ALL parts of this plant are poisonous if ingested edit | delete
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  Donna S (121) wrote on Aug 23 2011
Datura
I am writing this articale in hopes that I can clear up awhole lot of confusion. There are two plants being called Angel's Trumpet. Datura (Thorn Apple) (Devil's Trumpet) all the same. And Brugmansia (Angel's Trumpet). Two totaly different plants.Datura is bush like with blooms that point up (Devil's Trumpet). They produce fruit pod which can have 100's of seeds in each one (Thorn Apple).
When I saw my first Brugmansia I had to have one. It was so beautiful I had to have more. So I ordered seeds. I received a few Brug. seeds and lots of Datura seed. When the Datura grew and bloomed, I was disappointed, they were not what I thought I was growing. So the next year I ordered more Brug. seeds and again I received Datura seeds. I had to call the company and explain that I had ordered Brugmansia seed not Datura. Their reply "Well they are all angels trunpet", Needless to say after a slightly heated discussion I got my Brugmansia seed. I still grow Datura, but Brugmansia is my favorite. I have 27 now.

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