STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- There are times when, confronted by several similar plants, I’m puzzled as to their exact botanical names. Such was the case with Datura and Brugmansia. One key to solving this ...

A: Your photo shows a datura, aka angel's trumpet. Easy to grow, it matures to 5 or 6 feet in well-draining soil and sun to part sun. Tops can freeze back, but new shoots emerge from roots in spring.

Q • I have a seed pod from last year’s datura plant. Could you please tell me if I should plant the entire seed ball or break it open and plant individual seeds from the ball? A • Break open the pod ...

Seeds from natural populations of fierce thornapple and velvetleaf collected in a corn-growing area in central Spain were incubated at a range of constant temperatures and water potentials to model ...