Thursday, October 25, 2007

YELLOW DATURA - FINALLY IN BLOOM !!!!!!

This week's rainfall, although still very sparse for this time of year, has been a veritable lifesaver for my yellow datura plants that have tried to bloom since late June. Honestly, I had given up on them and came quite close to pulling them up a couple of weeks ago when it seemed like there was no way they could muster up the stamina to survive the continued heat, much less produce a bloom. Now I'm really glad I didn't pull cast them to the compost pile.

The blooms are a littly puny (probably due to the drought) in comparison to the white daturas. They're more spiked around the edges like wild datura, and their color is a soft, pastel yellow. I'm hoping these blooms will leave me a pod or two so I can gather some seeds and start thinking about new year's plants.
Here are the photos....

And, I just threw in a shot of the sassafras tree along the fence line. The sun reflecting off its leaves this afternoon was BRILLIANT!

Enjoy....Namasté....

2 comments:

Unknown said...

hi Tanya, Do you know where you found or bought the yellow datura seeds ? I am looking for single flowered yellow datura, and can only find yellow daturas with double or triple flowers !
Matthew
sleigh.matthew@gmail.com

Unknown said...

hi Tanya, do you remember where you got the single yellow datura seeds, or do you have any left from your plants ? I can only find double or triple flowered yellow datura these days !
All the best,
Matt
sleigh.matthew@gmail.com