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Provides nice spikes of blue-lavendar blooms for flower bouquets. I have the cultivar 'Six Hills Giant'. Great plant. Looks great with Alchemilla mollis. They bloom at the same time and have similar color intensity.

Soil should be porous and aerated to avoid harmful fungi in root area.Distinctive because of upright flowers and spiney fruit capsules (Thorn Apple). When ripe capsules will open and can produce
100's of seeds. An extremely interesting property of Datura is being able to change size of plant, size of leaf and size of flowers depending on location. When grown in a half - shady damp location, Datura can develope into a bush about 3 ft. tall; but when grown in a very dry location it will only grow into a thin little plant with little leaves and little flowers.

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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.

The white and yellow yarrow Achillea millefolium with the beetle, is a native plant in Idaho.

I grow this plant indoors in New England. I love it. I have two in my office and they handle the office environment (air conditioned, dry air) like troopers. They bloom twice a year for me, and if you fertilize the blossoms, you will get slowly swelling green seeds. They grow on an umbrel-type structure, eventually reaching the size of a fat nickel. Then they turn yellow,then orange, and finally red. They then take a while to ripen, but until they do, you are treated with the bright red "berry"-like seeds against the green foliage. So, between the 2 blooms and the berry-like seeds, this plant puts on quite a show! I recommend it highly.

The mild sweet fragrance is to die for! This is the first year I have planted one. I don't think it will survive our 9a winters. But I'll sure find out soon.

Prune to control growth. Fertilize every 6-8 weeks.

Long wands of purple-blue flowers. Prolific bloomer.