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Ya gotta laugh: Moon Flower, Datura, Angel Trumpet
Comments (11)When someone says "Angel Trumpet" to me, my first question is "are you talking about brugmansia or datura?". I even had someone recently ask me about my datura plants. I don't grow datura....They were asking about my brugs. My guess is (and I don't know this person and have never purchased from her), that she's simply using the common names to try and sell her seeds. The majority of people out there refer to both brugmansia and datura as "angel trumpets". I've never heard "moonflower", but apparntly it's another common name for datura. Rsieminski, I am almost positive that your intent of this post was not to flame this seller, but do you guys realize how many people make their entire incomes selling on Ebay? I know it's well over 500,000, and a post like this could very well hurt someone in more ways than you know......See Moreangel trumpet in AZ
Comments (1)You might want to post on the Brugmansia forum. They are the real experts....See Moreangels trumpet
Comments (3)It sounds like it is probably a Brugmansia. Do a google on images and you will probably find it. The other thing it could be is Datura suaveolens. Both plants are know as Angel's trumpets. It is most likely the first. Be careful if you have puppies or dogs that chew on plants, it can be deadly. You can strike cuttings about 10cm. long in autumn. Use stems that are not too woody, but not soft. Cheers, Dee....See MoreShow us your Brugmansia (Angel Trumpet) & Datura (Devil's Trumpet)
Comments (10)Brad, they are definitely not edible, and the only problem I could see is that they are in the solonaceae family, so you wouldn't want to plant them anywhere near any other solonaceaes, because they attract the same pests. I've had hornworms devour mine overnight. I've never had an animal that tried to eat one, and I taught my kids very young not to touch it or they would die. That being said, the leaves taste horrid, so I hear, and you'd have to eat quite a few to die, but they can shut down your kidneys. The biggest danger I think would be people, mostly stupid teens, trying to get high off of them, but I've never had that happen. They're very well studied, so you can find a lot about their toxicity online. Oh, and as to cross-pollinating, there is only one insect that pollinates them, and that's a night-flying moth. They only pollinate at night, and only with each other....See Morejeff_al
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