The first of the Moon Flowers are blooming

[Siwsan]

I've also heard these referred to as Angel's Trumpets but Moon Flower is my preference.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. How lovely! Thanks for sharing. n/t

[Siwsan]

3. I hobbled out in the rain, on my broken toe, to get that photo

I don't have nearly as many plants, this year, so I figured I'd better get a photo while I can.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

2. I had some Moon Flower seeds once. They came w a cool blue ceramic

planter w stars and moons etc on it. I couldn't get them to grow. I so wanted them too though. That's a great picture! They open at night?

[Siwsan]

4. Mine open later in the afternoon.

It might all depend on which side of the house they are planted. Some years the front flower beds are practically over run with them. This year I have only a couple.

They are quite beautiful by the light of a full moon.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

7. Anything pale or white like that is certainly visible outside quickly at night. After a few seconds

adjustment, Moon Flowers would be easy to see. This year, what side of the house are they on do you know? (North South, East, or West?) It's been so hot this year. Most stuff that was marginal. Died. Ugh.
Thanks for the picture. Back when I got the Moon Flower Seeds and the "groovy" ceramic desk pot, they had a roughly painted sketch on the front in a cool kind of Hippy blues and green water color. After they never grew I re-purposed the pot and saved the cool seed pouch. Ironically, I used it for a book mark and I found it again in the same book I was reading the last time I had seen it. Kind of synchronistically. Point being, I had forgotten it and w the advent of the internet, had never been reminded to look it up, and see what it looks like.
Thanks for the photo.
ps...maybe the book I was reading was seasonal....a summer book, and I get it out every year. 'A summer book for me is To Kill A Mockingbird.' and Grapes of Wrath...for some reason. I'm babbling. HAve a good weekend Siwsan.

[Siwsan]

9. They grow on the south east corner of the house.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

12. My gosh I looked at them online. My grandpa had those in his yard.

They look like they can get rather large.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. They're beautiful - just don't eat them; they're very poisonous.

Angel's Trumpet (Brugmansia) is a different plant, but they're poisonous too. Seems like a lot of pretty things are dangerous, like coral snakes and Russian spies...

[Siwsan]

6. I've heard that the seeds are very 'trippy'

And they do have a very freaky looking seed pod. That should be warning enough.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

8. Shades of Night Shade...

I usually learn something everyday on DU. Stuff Democrats find interesting, interests me.
Crutchez

[Siwsan]

11. I also have a WHOLE lot of Night Shade vines everywhere

I am constantly pulling it out of the shrubs and evergreens.

[Rebl2]

10. We planted

some of these again this year. So far lots of vine, but no flowers yet. Last year they didn’t bloom until August and once they started they just kept on coming! My morning glories on the other hand didn’t do as well.