The Gardens at Heather Farm is surrounded by the larger park area and the Iron Horse Trail. As someone who frequents these areas, I discover many seasonal treasures on morning walks. Despite the cool, ...

If you've heard of the Datura stramonium plant (it has many names, including the commonly used "jimson weed"), you've likely heard about its hallucinogenic effects, or, perhaps, how it may be used to ...

Double Purple Datura is an herbaceous annual with large purple to white flowers. Double Purple Datura/ Jimson Weed is an herbaceous annual with large flowers that are purple on the outside and white ...

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.

I’ve been in love with sacred datura (Datura wrightii) ever since I saw the famous Georgia O’Keeffe painting of it when I was 9 years old. The huge flowers are a luminous silvery white, the foliage is ...