
Jimsonweed
- Botanical Name
- Datura spp.
- Min Zone
- 9
- Max Zone
- 10
- Height
- 2 to 5 feet
- Width
- 3 to 6 feet
- Flowers
- Summer to frost: pink, lavender, purple, white; upward-facing trumpets, fragrant
- Fruit
- Spiny, egg-shaped capsule that splits open in 4 sements when ripe, exposing numerous black, kidney-shaped seeds
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Other common names include Jamestown weed, thorn apple, downy thornapple, devil's trumpet, angel's trumpet, mad apple and stinkwort
- Because of its toxicity, caution should be exercised when handling, siting and planting
- Start seeds indoors about 6 to 8 weeks before the last spring frost, harden off and set plants out after last frost date
- Give plants room, space about 3 feet apart
- May self seed in the garden
- Container plants may be overwintered indoors in a sunny window
- Toxic plants are of concern around children, pets and livestock
- Problems
- All parts of this plant are extremely toxic to people and animals
- Varieties
- Datura metel 'Ballerina Purple' - twisted, silver white petals striped in purple, 2 to 3 feet tall and wide
- D. metel 'Ballerina Yellow' - ruffled soft lemon yellow blooms
- D. meteloides 'Evening Fragrance' - lavender tinted flower buds open to white
- D. discolor 'Desert Thorn Apple' - white trumpets with indigo blue throats
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