Just wanted to update and ask a few more questions. I was finally able to get the Brugsmania and the Datura into containers. I did put them in their own large containers. They look so forlorn though, with one plant in the middle of an otherwise empty pot. Isn't there something I can grow in the pot with them that will add some interest while they are gaining size and to hide any possible bare knees later? I also direct sowed into containers, four oclocks, that don't seem to be germinating. I did see two small seedlings in one pot that look very different from each other, so maybe one of those is a four oclock, but I put at least 20 seed in the pot and I would have expected germination by now, with all the rain we have had. It has been over two weeks. The Nicancra...no one really responded to the question about growing that. I guess no one else has grown it. I have a seedling that does have some variegation on it but it is so tiny. I just don't know what to do with that. If I should just put it in a container with a lot of more advanced annual seedlings or not. Anyone have experience with Nicandra? Thanks :-)

Black stem? Dat. Lighter Green stem? Brug Dark purple veins on leaves? Dat Lighter green veins, on underside of what is probably a smooth leaf? Brug Sharp HARD serrated dark green leaf on a black stem? Dat Serrated on a lighter green leaf, a yellow type of brug. Non serrated leaf? Pink, peach, orange or white Brug. Cranky when repotted? Dat And I do mean cranky, they DON'T like their roots disturbed. I never knew that. They drop ALL their buds if you jostle the roots when you repot. Gotta slip them out of one pot, and slide them into another without messing up the root ball. . .man they can be b*tchy. . . . Didn't care abouut being repotted? Brug. . . .

Hey Thanks. Haven't seen me around any gardening forums, but I read them all the time. This is my first year to grow Brugs. I mostly enjoy other peoples Brugs but most here in Galveston were wiped out by Ike last year. So I am starting over in my yard with Brugs. This one that I bought looked healthy so I bought it.($3.99) There were about 20 or so and they all looked exactly alike in 4 inch pots, so I guess they were seedlings. The rest I have bought have been from cuttings. The post following this one was really helpfull about Brug vs Datura. Thanks Steve

Thank You for this tidbit. Years ago I walked out of my apartment smelling a sweet perfumy bouquet and went searching. I walked down the hall of the third floor got in the elevator and went to the lobby. When the door opened I noticed a four foot high potted flowering shrub and I was enchanted by the giant trumpet flowers and stunning fragrance. Since then I've grown a variety of daturas and brought them indoors to overwinter. But as it turns out, all those beautiful down pointing flowers indicate my adoration is truly for brugmansias! It seems that even seed catalogs don't know the difference. Thanks again.