A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Gardener's Chat I love purple angel trumpets!!! (pic's)

I really believe it is My compost and sheep manure combo and I feed all my brugs and datura Fish emulsion,, along with Bloom booster when I see the start of Buds /

Diane, I only got red X's, no pictures!

Never mind!!!! When I scrolled back up to look again the X's just started turning into pictures!!

You have such gorgeous flowers!!!!

Holy Cow Diane!!! I can't believe you got that beautiful bloom from that little plant....God is smiling on you!

Loz!!

Hmmmmmmmmm Shirls I'll try it again,,,

They're so beautiful! I love the way that looks like a flower coming out of another one!!

did you plant that from seed?

Yep the last picture ,,,~~ It's from seed...

Oh so very pretty. Makes me wish for a warmer zone.

Goody--goody--I cannot wait---can the plant be kept in a container ?- do you have to bring it in in the fall/winter??

I don't know what zone your in or how hard cold your winters get,, but you can start these inside this winter I'm sure,, and yes they can be grown in containers with the right soil mix ,, they love good drainage, and feeding,,
good soil would be

1 part potting soil
1 part compost
1 part green sand,or vermiculite, or perlite
1/4 part bonemeal
1/4 part lime
1/4 part

If you don't have all the above Just be sure you have A good potting soil and mix 1/2 with compost, with good drainage.

Bless you, Diane.

:wink: Carol!


Okay Here it is Lynne fully Open ,, So for you getting seeds Now you they will bloom the first year with good rich soil, regular waterings, and sunshine,, Woooooooooo Hoooooooooo Lynne growing this from seed is sooooooo rewarding,,!!!

That would be rewarding growing something that beautiful from seed!!!!

That's why I love my Impatiens so much, a lot are from seed! It's like watching a miracle isn't it??!!

Yes it truely is Shirley!!

Diane--just reading up on my daturna---can I plant it out in my new flower bed--or would it work better in a pot?/ and what is the height difference between the dbl purple daturna and the white daturna.

Since all I can do is set here, I thought I would plot out my spring planting plans--so I can figure how much I can do and how much I will need help with.

[i]The plan is to get my DD's & SIL's to make my new flowergarden a bit wider (2 feet) and then plant some if not all the various sees I have gotten form you all this last fall--especially the DBL Purple Daturna and Love Lies Bleeding (got it from mark)
[/i] so now the my questions will begin--sorry---

Welllllll The seeds I started from Lynne last year that plant got about 14" high,, and bushy,, same with the white datura' BUT the plant I got from a co-worker was already a good 10" when I got it,, ended up being about 30 inches highand had more sun in a different area,,, the seeds was in more shade tho,,,,, this year I'm going to sow them where they will get more sun,, the taller one had more sun,, and I will feed them more once they get growing good,, This will be my second spring with them soo I'm still learning too!

That is enough information, so thanks-- ---I will go ahead & plant them in the new flower bed--(using your methond of planting ) they will get full sun, where they will be planted, so I will plant them in the back of the flower bed---

How did I miss this post??? Those are terrific pictures of a beautiful flower!
And I can't believe it's blooming on such a short stem! Mine took 3 years of growing and only then did I get about 3 flowers but when the plant was over 3 feet tall!

Great growing Diane!

Thanks LYnne and those were your seeds!


After it got it's 4-6 leaves I kinda sorta dug it up and kinda sorta mixed in my compost with the soil surrounding the roots and watered with super thrive especially because I disturbed such young roots,, a couple of weeks later I started feeding it Fish emulsion once every week for about 5-6 weeks them went to bloom start... I use fish emulsion on all brugs and daturas! :wink:

Carol L@@K~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!


these are the seeds you sent me back, it took for ever for them to come up I had almost given up on them! Once they got their set of true leaves it really grew fast!!!!!! There are lots of buds on here ,, Sorry I didn't get a clear picture of them all some are tiny yet but sure are there,,,,,, I'm keeping fingers crossed it will bloom double like last year,,,,, You will get the first seeds off these!!!!!!!! thank you for sending some of the seeds back,,,, that'll teach me to send all my seeds out and forget about myself for the next spring,,

I will keep this updated to see how it blooms the biggest one shouldn't take maybe a week now, give or take a couple of days,,,,, I'm sooooo excited!!

Diane!!! The plant looks wonderful!!! You sure did a good job of "raising" it. I am so happy for you!!!--and yes I would be honored to get some of the seeds. BUT---(save some for yourself first ok???)

They will be perfect for the limited planting i will likley be doing next spring.


Please post pictures when the plant is in full bloom!!!!

I cannot wait to see it!!!

well yesssssss it is double, it's almost bloomed / another day and it will be fully opened!!!!!!!

Diane--simply awesome!!!!!

This morning,,,,,,,,, It looks like a triple bloom at this point, but it still has another full day to completely unfurl,,,, Probably just a double bloom what are the odds that it could be triple>?

.......exquisite......If I spelt that right!!!

That is beautiful!!!!!

That is really nice.

Know what it has the soft leaves like my unknown that Jiffy been working on??????
Still unknown
Wee
No frost this week, perhaps another free week........

TOo early for me.

ooh la la

So beautiful!!! That is my favorite of all your flowers!!!

Party time.
I took my self to the craft festival here......Lots to look at, but Nothing I need .

DId get a granny sweatshirt.........Machine Embroidery.
Purple with pink cuff and pink flowers.

this is definitely a triple bloom!

I am lucky to get a single.
I think I have a datura a foot high, with a bud ontop.. IF ole jack frost hides a while longer.

b

See Carol what happens when you pay it forward and back again,

Question.......

Does the datura have a soft leaf ?
By the looks of that photo .........I say yes.
Well my mystery flower appears to have that softie in different shape.
I will get another photo 2 maro.

Diane , how long have you been doing your flower beds?
I was never on a larges scale till last 5 years.

b

Gee if that is what it takes then great.--That is what we will do!!!!!

Simply beautiful, Diane.

--I am sure to the large extentyour beautiful flowers are due to how you care for all of them. Quite often one gets what they give. :ding:

All the flowers I have seen this year, of Dianes are the upmost pretty.
She is dedicated and addicted......Bet the neighbors love her.

Dodge I've lived in this house 5 years and every spring something gets moved or pulled and something new takes it's place trying out differents plants indifferent areas,, this purple datura is staying here , it has done really well once it got going,!!!!
Yep same soft leaves,,,, as your mystery,, I'm thinking your mystery is a 'Night shade" variety, I'll get with you on your mystery plant in your thread about it, yeah we need a good clear picture of it , the flower and the whole plant too!

Me either on larger scale, if I had MY way there would be NO backyard to mow,, there would only be walking paths and flowers!

Diane that is beautiful I will be watching mine as it has buds on it now. I know it wont be a triple but hopefully a double any way.

hi to Jimmy.long time no see.

Dianne .
What is nite shade ? Poisonious?

It has 3 blooms today.......an only about 8 inches tall????????

Will get a better photo .
b

yep poisonous like this datura