I'm looking for a Brugmansia cutting or datura plant/seed for free, I've been trying with datura and somehow I keep killing the plant, is there a sturdier datura that holds up more to a bad gardener? I love the plant, my neighbor had one and they are very lovely and smell wonderful. Any help would be much appreciated!!

Hi Diane .. do you have some of my seed babies?? Cannas started from seed will stay fairly small the first year but when you replant the rhizome the following year the plants should get to their normal size. So something that is only a foot tall maybe a meter tall next summer. So watch your placement :o0 Anywho .. you have to leave the flower stock on until the seeds rippen. Not all cannas will produce a viable seed or come true to seed ... its a bit of a hit and miss situation :o) but you will see the seed pods plumping up. Once the outter husk of the seed pod becomes brown the shell will begin to split .. this is when you can harvest the seeds. When you go to sow the seeds you have to nick the outter shell ... this is a pain but well worth the trouble. I use a pair of dog nail trimmers and needle nose pliers to nick the coat. Then I soak them over night ... sometimes longer ( I have to admit I do tend to forget them sometimes) Toss them in some soil ... bottom heat helps but isnt always necessary .. I dont use any and I have almost 100% germination rate. Tropicanna and pretoria do not produce viable seeds .. at least not for me.

Hi Dawn Well there you are again...impressing me with all that knowledge...it is the Marguerite I am sure that my friend had last summer...she also had one which best I can recall had some burgundy or purple in the leaves...it was pretty also but I liked the green best. Thanks for all the info on them I do want to find some of them. My friend who had them last summer was a camp host at the lake and those plants just went right through all that horrible heat we had just fine. I know I could get some from her but I won't see her until around Memorial day and I want to get them started sooner. She lives about a 100 miles from here or I would just go see her. She told me to get some last fall and I didn't do it. I wish now I had done so...but actually now I know why I didn't. My niece was life flighted to Lawton hospital and a few weeks later passed away and we left the lake suddenly as soon as we learned of her accident and stayed over there for several weeks. Have you ever grown the cypress vine? It is amazing...I grew it on an arched trellis one summer and it was beautiful but one day we got strong winds and that heavy vine caused such wind resistence that the entire arch blew over and broke....now I know it takes a strong support for that much of it....hahaha. At least here...we get LOTS of wind where we live. I will check around and see where I can find some of it...does it multiply then like other root or bulb type plants? And are they best grown in containers? Of course I will more than likely do so anyway...it is just that they might look really pretty in a corner of one or two of my flower beds. Thanks again Dawn. Oh and yes the storms looked to be moving north of us up near Davis or so and heading east. Our weather radio went off once and I got several emergency weather emails. Be safe tonight. G. M.

Hi,I purchased some off E.Bay here in the UK.Unsure where you are but it may well be worth a look.E.Bay USA..Alternately perhaps consider buying some from a reputable seller.I wouldn't think they would be Expensive to buy.... Probably the most Satisfying option would be to get out there yourself and Gather some Seeds yourself from beneath & around any Maple Trees in your Vicinity.They should be ready to gather soon..September ~ October.... Regards Stephen,CheshireUK