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Originally Posted by johnblagg
right on all counts it is related to tomatoes and datura ...in fact used to be classed as a datura but is now seperated and daturas are the anualls
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Actually I think Daturas would better be described as tender perennials; I have a pot in the greenhouse that sulks during the cold months, but blooms its head off in the warmth of summer. It does not die at the end of its bloom cycle, just puts out seed pods and naps for the winter, only to gear up with the longer days of spring. I think most people just grow them as annuals.
BTW, easy way to tell the two of them apart: Daturas' (Devils Horn) flowers face upwards (so as to tempt the heavens...) and Brugmansia's (Angels Trumpets) face downward (so as to pacify Earth)...I'm not sure who came up with temptation/pacification thing, but it is true (generally) as to which direction the flowers of the genus' face...
Adam
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