{"id":853,"date":"2002-11-24T20:20:57","date_gmt":"2002-11-25T01:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.5\/gardens\/gardenlog\/?p=853"},"modified":"2017-07-17T20:56:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T20:56:57","slug":"brugmansia-and-datura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/garden-book-reviews\/brugmansia-and-datura\/","title":{"rendered":"Brugmansia and Datura"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Angel trumpets is a common name applied to plants both in the genus Brugmansia and the genus Datura. Although they have been recognized as different types of plants for over 100 years, and officially recognized as two separate genuses since 1973, the confusion continues.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fireflybooks.com\/books\/5584A.html\">Brugmansia and Datura: Angel&#8217;s Trumpets and Thorn Apples<\/a> attempts to explain away the confusion through many botanical drawings comparing the many species of Brugmansia and Datura, as well as many full-color photographs. Although the photos are &#8220;coffee table book&#8221; pretty, this book is packed with useful and specific information. It is not, however, dry or academic. In addition to being an excellent resource on the different types of angel&#8217;s trumpets and thorn apples, the authors provide information on cultivating and propagating these plants.<\/p>\n<p>These beautiful plants have a fascinating history in the magic and religions of our ancestors, but one must be aware that they are deadly poisonous. These are not plants to grow around small curious children, or livestock. The simple datura, which you can buy in local nurseries is a noxious weed to farmers and ranchers.<\/p>\n<p>According to the authors, Brugmansia requires heavy and frequent feeding in order to bloom well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Propagating by cuttings<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\nMany species of Brugmansia will also root in water. Take cuttings about 6 in (15 cm) long and put in a glass with pure faucet water. It is important that only the lower 1 1\/2 in (2-4 cm) of the stalk is allowed to stand in the water. If the water is higher, then it will encourage the cutting to rot from the bottom up. (p. 73)\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book Review: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fireflybooks.com\/books\/5584A.html\">Brugmansia and Datura: Angel&#8217;s Trumpets and Thorn Apples<\/a>. Ulrike and Hans-Georg Preissel. 2002. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fireflybooks.com\">Firefly Books<\/a>. Canada.<br \/>\nOriginally published in Germany: Engelstrompeten&#8211;Brugmansia und Datura.<br \/>\nISBN: 1-55209-598-3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5215,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853\/revisions\/5215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}