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[Clawhammer]

Hard to beat a Tall Bearded Iris!

Here is 'Ancient Echoes". Smells like root beer!

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[Dollythehun]

Or until you've seen someone sitting in the front yard with a martini and a pitchfork over a molehole.

[WaterWitchin]

Wow! Simply stunning colors. I have one that smells like rootbeer, but it isn't nearly as gorgeous as that.

[WaterWitchin]

Still love those purple and yellow Datura. I looked them up to buy a couple... sadly, they wouldn't survive the winters in my area.

[Dusty Ol' Man]

Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

Still love those purple and yellow Datura. I looked them up to buy a couple... sadly, they wouldn't survive the winters in my area.

Just don't eat the root!

[estación seca]

Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

Still love those purple and yellow Datura. I looked them up to buy a couple... sadly, they wouldn't survive the winters in my area.

The purple and yellow ones can flower as annuals. They can be kept in a pot and overwintered inside. I can send people seed of Datura wrightii, a magnificent Sonoran Desert perennial. It wouldn't live over your winters but they begin flowering quickly. It produces seed readily.

All Brugmansias and Daturas are spider mite magnets. They make good indicator plants for mite presence.

[Dollythehun]

Originally Posted by estación seca

The purple and yellow ones can flower as annuals. They can be kept in a pot and overwintered inside. I can send people seed of Datura wrightii, a magnificent Sonoran Desert perennial. It wouldn't live over your winters but they begin flowering quickly. It produces seed readily.

All Brugmansias and Daturas are spider mite magnets. They make good indicator plants for mite presence.

You can over winter them here. It just takes a mound of mulch.

[estación seca]

Originally Posted by Dollythehun

You can over winter them here. It just takes a mound of mulch.

Does that mean you want some seed? Mine are flowering now, and I'll have fresh seed in a few weeks.

[Dollythehun]

No. I have a huge one, thank you. My flowering tabacco all came back this year too.

[Fuerte Rav]

Originally Posted by estación seca

All Brugmansias and Daturas are spider mite magnets. They make good indicator plants for mite presence.

Yep, my daturas are normally plagued with spider mites, but not this year!

Some kind soul posted on here about the eggs being destroyed if they got wet so I changed my watering habits. As we don't get rain the whole garden gets watered by hose at least twice a week - a labour of love where I get to inspect and enjoy every plant/tree. Now when I get to a datura I turn the lance to a fine spray and water the plant from underneath, lance pointing up. So far, no spider mite infestation this year - yippee! Thank you, whoever you were!

I was also going to suggest growing as annuals. My plants all do best on year 1 and 2 and then the salt build up gets too much for them and they decline. I'm quite ruthless now and pull them up when they finish year 2 flowers. There are always loads of seedlings ready to take over and I just leave the strongest few and pot up the rest to give away.

You can see here the seedlings that have popped up in a nearby pot!