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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

If a single datura plant is allowed free rein, by late summer it can display 100 flowers in an evening. The weather extremes have not affected native datura, also called jimson weed. Bees mob it at ...

Q: I am very concerned about what I suspect to be a highly poisonous plant that has grown at alarming speed in our garden. My daughter, mother and I planted a variety of vegetables and have just begun ...

As the last hint of spring cool vanishes, white trumpets begin to stud the roads and dry washes of the West. They are large and amazingly fragile upon a dark-mounded plant quite common in this brutal ...

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 ...

Entheogens, often referred to as psychedelics or hallucinogens, are psychoactive substances that induce altered states of consciousness characterized by spiritual or mystical experiences. Throughout ...

The Purple Datura is a species of plant that is extensively used for Ayurvedic and religious purposes in India and now is also being used in the beauty segment as well. (Image Credits: Pinterest) The ...

As the last hint of spring cool vanishes, white trumpets begin to stud the roads and dry washes of the West. They are large and amazingly fragile upon a dark-mounded plant quite common in this brutal ...