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: If you are willing to make a little trip you can visit the nursery where the first perennial lantana was introduced. Rick Berry and Marc Richardson, founders of Goodness Grows Nursery in Lexington, ...

Q: What is the difference between shrubs Brugmansia and Datura? My neighbor has a lovely peach colored flower that hangs down and smells wonderful. Grace, Pomona. A: Angel’s Trumpet, Brugmansia, ...

Two different kinds of plants are commonly called angel's trumpets. One needs you to be its angel by coddling it indoors all winter. The other needs you to be its devil, disposing of excess seed pods ...