[simmo]

i have just got 2 trumpet plants only baby ones at the min my question is anyboby grow them and could you pass on any tips??
when would you take them on to the patio?
will they be ok outside in the summer as my patio only gets sun from early to mid morning??
thanks

[Trillium]

Sounds like you're talking about Daturas. I don't grow them myself but I know they can go outside but only when the weather is decidedly warmer. They're a delicate tropical. But first you'll want to harden them off a bit by putting them outside for only 15 min or so each day for about a week, increase the time to a half hour for another week, then they should be able to take the direct light better to stay outside. Otherwise, the leaves will simply burn off.
Sorry, can't help you with fertilizing and such, but do watch for soft bugs like aphids.

[zepherine]

I think they are also known as Brugmansia as well...all parts are toxic if ingested...just incase there are young children around.

[gobs]

Or Trumpet vine, which is a hardy climber. :?:

[simmo]

they are both in the Brugmansia family
gobs the Trumpet vine is only part hardy up here mate dont want one they just take over all the garden.

[gobs]

I don't think part hardy things overtake the garden.

Anyhow, there probably are tender types of them, I think Datura and Brugmansia are both potato family, Trumpet vine isn't.

So which one have you got?

[weeeed]

Brugmansia and datura are from the same familly. As you l,ive in Kent they may live outside all year. To grow in this country. (I've grown them for years) they are better kept in really good quality pots and in the sun. Just protect from any frost with a bit of fleece. Well worth it for the perfume alone.