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Angels Trumpet Ballerina Purple
Giant Blooms and Jazzy Seedpods with the Look and Scent of the Tropics!

Angel's Trumpet Ballerina Purple

Item # 00359-PK-P1
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Long-blooming and SO floriferous!

Even the stems are purple!
Marvelously fragrant and exotic in both color and size, this eye-popping Angel's Trumpet looks like something from a hot-house instead of an easy-to-grow, sun-loving tropical you can start from seed! Unlike single-flowered Angel's Trumpet blooms, which dangle, Ballerina Purple looks upward, the immense 6- to 8-inch flowers exquisitely whorled and twisted to show off their beauty! In the container or the sun-soaked garden, this summer-blooming show-off is a scene-stealer!

The plant is quite compact in containers, reaching only about a 2- to 3-feet high and 3 feet wide. In the garden, it forms a dense, well-branched shrub 3- to 4-feet tall and slightly wider. Beginning in early summer and continuing until the fall weather sets in, the plant is covered with magnificent blooms, so fragrant that a single plant perfumes the garden! Large, very attractive fruits follow the blooms, and should be cut for splendid accents to fresh and dried arrangements.

If you live north of zone 9 and want to grow Ballerina Purple in the garden as an annual, wait to plant it until the soil is thoroughly warm in spring. (I prefer the freedom of containers so that I can rearrange them on the patio all summer long!) Wherever you plant it, keep it there; transplant will slow its growth and shorten its bloomtime. Not fussy about soil, it asks only for plenty of sun. Pkt is 10 seeds. Zones 9-11.

Genus Datura
Species metel
Variety Ballerina Purple
Bloom Season Early Summer - Early Fall
Habit Upright
Plant Height 24 in - 4 ft
Plant Width 3 ft
Bloom Size 6 in - 8 in
Item Form Seeds
Additional Characteristics Double Blooms, Flower
Bloom Color Multi-Color
Bloom Season Summer
Light Requirements Full Sun
Uses Containers, Ornamental, Outdoor
Overall Rating: 5 Stars
Average Based on 2 Reviews Write a Review
Not What I Expected!
sharing from GA wrote (February 22, 2012):
When I read the description I thought this plant would be about 3' tall and planted these little seedlings in a place where they would be seen but wouldn't block other plants too much. OMG! They just kept growing. I would say that they got between 5'-6'. I had to prune them and tie them to heavy poles to keep them from falling over. I had to carefully move one of them because it was just too big. It lived but didn't like it. They were always covered with flowers once they started blooming and in the evening the smell was nice - I would describe it as kind of like shampoo? People were always stopping to ask about the one out by the mailbox. Keep in mind that they are poisonous so wash your hands and keep children and pets from playing with them. The seed pods are large, spikey and interesting - just the kind of thing they would notice. Every few days I would just go out with my pruners and a bucket and cut them off and throw away just to be safe. Beautiful and worth the trouble!
Love Angel Trumpet Ballernia Purple
Retired housewife, I love to try varieties of plants, and this o from MI wrote (September 04, 2011):
I have no dislikes whatsoever! It blooms all summer long, one mistake I made, this is my 3rd Angel Trumpet and I always put in a very large pot, however, this year, for some reason, my angel trumpet grew very, very large, and tons of blooms, absolutely goregous!! But then during a rain storm the pot couldn't take the wind with the ernormus plant in it and tumbled over, so next summer I will plant it in the ground. I wish these were perrinneal...I love them and will buy them each year. The smell is intoxicating, very strong and beautiful...give them a try.

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