"Keith Kent" wrote in message
"Treeza" wrote in message

Hi all, I'm new here so I hope I've selected an appropriate
group.
I have a wierd plant which has taken up residence in my garden.
It
grew from seed, probably dropped by the birds, and I've not been
able
to identify it so far...

It's about 18 inches high so far (grown from seed this year), and
has a
prickly fruit and white flower with a very broad leaf.

You can see pictures of the plant here ...
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/m.t...net.com/album?.
dir=/a7b0re2&.src=ph&.tok=phzrOlFB38HXVEVt

Can anyone help?

Datura ?

Yep. 'Tis definitley datura (also called Angel's trumpet or thorn
apple IIRC) and its poisonous.

In article , K
writes
Keith Kent writes


Datura ?

Yes, that's right. Datura stramonium = thornapple. Poisonous. . Lovely
plant, as are many daturas.





Does anyone want mine then? Mine has smooth edged leaves though and
looks more woody in the stem. It's growing in the greenhouse at the
moment but can be posted anywhere
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In reply to Janet Tweedy ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

In article , K
writes
Keith Kent writes


Datura ?

Yes, that's right. Datura stramonium = thornapple. Poisonous. .
Lovely plant, as are many daturas.





Does anyone want mine then? Mine has smooth edged leaves though and
looks more woody in the stem. It's growing in the greenhouse at the
moment but can be posted anywhere

I've had one in a pot every since I nicked a bit of it from a hotel in
Antigua. It's poisonous, but then so are many plants. You're not supposed to
sleep under them, apparently, because they emit a poisonous fume, but I
don't believe that. I also had it away with a mirabilis, which is now
growing like a weed in ex-Mrs-Marvo's residence. Can't get rid of it.

Datura are many and varied and to my mind terrific plants, flowers not
unlike the morning glory, but the Datura are nearly all trumpet-like and
some (like mine) have very vivid orangey/yellowy/reddish blooms, much larger
than the ones on that picture. They will grow outside, the frost has never
done for it yet.

Yours might be a Brugmansia then. They are a closely related genus also known as angel's trumpets, but woodier, and typically with smooth edged leaves.

In article , echinosum
writes

Janet Tweedy Wrote:

Does anyone want mine then? Mine has smooth edged leaves though and
looks more woody in the stem. It's growing in the greenhouse at the
moment but can be posted anywhe)
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

Yours might be a Brugmansia then. They are a closely related genus also
known as angel's trumpets, but woodier, and typically with smooth edged
leaves.






Ah thank you, yes, it does look like that though where it came from is
anyone's guess.

Anyway, it's in the post to Kay, as we speak!

janet
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk