A: Purple-flowering angel's trumpets (datura) are among the easiest to propagate from seed. After a flower matures and falls, a pod forms where the bloom has dropped. Let the pod remain on the plant ...
A: It is easy to do. With our late winter, I think there’s still time to collect some green stems. Use your pruning loppers to cut off a couple of large branches, then strip off the leaves. Cut a ...
About 25 years ago a good friend gave me a pot containing an angel trumpet plant. It was love at first sight. Forward a few years later and almost every neighbor on our block was sporting their own ...
Q. Can I grow angel's trumpet in a pot? If so, how often do I transplant and when? How often do you transplant a Confederate rose? I have a large flower pot on the side of my garage door that gets ...
A friend of mine and reader asked me a question about this beautiful flowering shrub she saw on the edge of Jeromesville a few years ago. The plant was growing in a large pot and had the biggest, ...
On a recent trip, we visited a botanical garden and came home with two questions. First, I saw a beautiful shrub (or maybe a tree) labeled, Brugmansia candida, "Angel Trumpet." Can we grow it north ...
This time of year, while most plants in my garden are starting to look tired and ragged, one is a stand out: angel's trumpet. It's big, sprawling and lush without a trace of disease or wilt. It ...
A recent evening walk had me taking deep breaths of the fragrant air. The smell was familiar, but I couldn’t identify the plant emitting the lovely perfume. A visit to the friendly neighbor’s yard ...
(WKOW) — Pretty to look at but beware of the poisonous nature of these two tropical beauties. Castor beans (Ricinus communis) grow 6 to 10 feet tall and produce large star shaped leaves up to 2 ½ feet ...
Q: I have a special angel trumpet I planted this year and I don’t want to lose it. How will the cold affect it? Tommy Myers, Bartow County A: Angel trumpet can sometimes be killed by Atlanta winters.
A friend and reader asked me a question about a flowering shrub she saw on the edge of Jeromesville a number of years ago. The plant was growing in a large pot and had the biggest trumpet-shaped ...