Angel's Trumpet

Angel's Trumpet Care

Datura innoxia

Other names: Datura inoxia

What is the plant

Datura innoxia is a species in the family Solanaceae. It is more rarely called sacred datura, a common name which is applied more often to the closely related Datura wrightii. It is native to the Southwestern United States, Central and South America.

Datura innoxia is a tuberous-rooted, subshrub that typically reaches a height of 0.6 to 1.5 metres. Its stems and leaves are covered with short and soft grayish hairs, giving the whole plant a grayish appearance. It has elliptic smooth-edged leaves with pinnate venation. All parts of the plant emit a foul odor similar to rancid peanut butter when crushed or bruised, although most people find the fragrance of the flowers to be quite pleasant when they bloom at night. The flowers are white, trumpet-shaped, 12–19 cm (4.5–7.5 in) long. They first grow upright, and later incline downward. It flowers from early summer until late fall. The fruit is an egg-shaped spiny capsule, about 5 cm in diameter.

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Lighting

Full Sun

Hardiness zone

min 9a

Difficulty

Medium

Toxicity

Poisonous

How to Care for the Plant

Water
Regular watering during the growing season to keep the soil moist at all times, but not soaking. During the winter, reduce watering somewhat, but never let the soil completely dry out. They are occasionally deciduous in the winter.
Fertilizer
Feed weekly with a weak liquid fertilizer that encourages blooming.
Sunlight
Datura does best in full or close to full sun. The more light, the better in general. Datura is a truly tropical species that does not take kindly to colder temperatures; cold drafts are likely to result in leaf drop, and frost will kill it.

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Soil
A light, fast-draining potting soil is perfect. You can use fortified soils.
Temperature
As a tropical species, they thrive in the warmer months and don’t take kindly to frost and winter months. If left by themselves in winter, the every datura leaf will drop and the plant most likely dies. Plants are not very cold-hardy, tolerating temperatures down to about -5°C.
Container
This plant can be grown in a container and brought inside during the cold weather. Choose a pot with enough drainage holes.