On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 16:35:16 GMT, zhanataya wrote:

No fair! I missed the flower show. I love Brugmansias. I got one
last year. My back yard faces north and I have a large oak tree, I
planted it between the house and shade shadow of the tree. I has
grown and flowered beautifully but it is not the best spot for it
because it "leans" toward more sunlight. How much sunshine can they
handle and what would be the ideal setting for them? I want to get
more.

Do you remember the name of her greenhouse? Or could you give me
directions? I'd be coming up Pine Forest to Nine Mile Road.

None of my Datura have sprouted yet.:-( But when I was visiting
Maddie in Tennessee she shared some of her seeds with me. Is it too
late to start them this year?

zhan

B.candida and B.suavolens can tolerate more sun than the species brugmansia.
Most of the named hybrids can take sun better, but they are plants from the high
Andes and require cool nights to set flowers. They are also very heavy feeders.
I have all of mine in huge 30 gallon pots now. I couldn't or didn't have the
energy to dig them out and plant them each year so now I have huge containers
and I root prune before they go back into the greenhouse for winter.

A really great site for brugmansia is www.nativehabitat.com