These fast growing Datura have single, white trumpet shaped blooms with lilac/purple highlights in the center. Blooms are about 3-4 inches long and face upwards, attracting hummingbirds and sphinx moths as well as butterflies. They open in the evening or on cloudy days. The blooms are replaced with interesting, thorny-looking seed pods that reach 1" in diameter and, when ready, pop open to re-seed themselves in your garden. The leaves are a stramonium type - serrated and dark green. The tightly scrolled flowers are short lived but are produced in a regular and abundant procession.
The plant is more of a bush than a tree and reaches 2-3 feet tall and about as wide. Datura Tatula is a (self-sowing) annual. Daturas produce several seed pods and thrive in high heat, particularly in humid areas; each plant can have multiple blooms at any given time. They are very rapid growing plants in full sun or partial shade. Daturas can be started in pots or directly in the garden when temperatures are suitable; they also make a wonderful container plant on patios or decks. They are easy to transplant when small, but more difficult once established in the garden.
The plants/seeds/flowers are poisonous if ingested.
