Someone else posted a note about growing conditions of Brugs, so I'll just
answer your other questions.

The nursery I was speaking of is called "David's Greenery". It is a very
small nursery operated near someone's home. It seems that the father builds
trellises and gazebos and such and the daughter does the plant stuff. The
actual location is 10075 Rebel Road, so you can get a precise map on
Mapquest.

If you're coming up Pine Forest Road from the direction of the Fairgrounds
or I-10, you'll turn left on 9 Mile Road. Proceed past the junction with
I-10 and past the Beulah "airport."

Turn Right on Rebel Road (it's a small, residential road). Find house 10075
and the greenhouse is behind the residence.

I was there on Thursday and bought a variegated peach brug and a pink brug.
Both of them in 2 gallon pots and about 18 inches tall. They're in great
condition. $10 each.

Be aware that you kind of wander around on your own if no one is out there
working. You can go to the trailer to get someone to help you. (kind of
weird, but it's a small place and the people are really nice.) I've had
better luck going during the week since often on weekends they're at various
shows.

Tony


I would definitely still start your seeds. I'd recommend not planting them
directly in the ground (unless you have very fertile soil), but rather
starting them in smaller pots in good potting soil and then transplanting.

Tony

"zhanataya" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 06:57:54 -0500, "Tony"
wrote:

Hi there,

I, too, live in Pensacola, FL.

I mainly reseed my Datura manually, but this year I noticed that I had
several volunteers popping up on their own in last year's beds. At this
point some of them are about .25" to .5" tall. The late freeze we took
in
my part of town a few weeks ago probably delayed their start. Mine have
come up within the past 2 weeks.

One thing I do to help them out is save 2 liter bottles and cut off the
bottoms. I remove the tops and slide them over a new seedling. This
creates a mini-greenhouse for them that seems to hasten their growth.

The ones that I germinated in small pots in a mini-greenhouse I have
(from
Big Lots) are about 4" tall now.

Our climate here is great for these plants. You've just got to be
careful
about tomato hornworms! They devoured several of my plants last year
in
their entirety before I was able to spray them with BT.

If you're into Brugmansias in this area, there's a lady that has a small
commercial greehouse near her home off 9 Mile Road (near Beulah airport)
and
she has a wide variety of Brugs. Haven't had a chance to go see her this
crop this year, but at the Milton Flower Show last week she mentioned she
had some new varieties.

Tony



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