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Tony

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Jul 22, 2001, 10:10:44 AM7/22/01
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Recently I visited a small garden near Grayton Beach, FL, where someone had
recreated the gardens which were outside Monet's studio and featured in many
of his paintings.

One of the flowers there was quite exotic and beautiful, but I haven't been
able to find it in any of my reference books--likely because I can't spell
it correctly.

The gentleman who gave us the tour indicated that the name of the flower was
something like doctinia/doxinia/daxinia. (He said it correctly, I just
didn't catch it.) I looked up variations on the above in my reference
books, but what was there didn't match the appearance or description of this
flower.

The flower is a dangerous hallucinogen, and Native Americans used to use it.
They referenced to it as "dangerous daxinia" (or however you spell it).

The one in the gardens I saw was a "double" version of the flower in a
beautiful shade of purple. I'd love to find some for my home garden.

Can anyone help me i.d. this flower?

Thanks

Mike Canzoneri

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Jul 22, 2001, 11:05:31 AM7/22/01
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datura

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ScarletSage

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Jul 22, 2001, 10:40:12 AM7/22/01
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Try "datura" or "brugmansia".

Sue
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Zone 6, south-central PA


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eri...@webtv.net

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Jul 22, 2001, 12:24:12 PM7/22/01
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Could be Datura ( Angel's Trumpet). A member of nightshade family.

Planted these from seed this year first time....in a pot....bushy, huge
leaves, trumpet-shaped white blooms, fragrant. There are also cream,
yellow and purple Daturas. Erin

Sed5555

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Jul 22, 2001, 9:58:37 PM7/22/01
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>The flower is a dangerous hallucinogen, and Native Americans used to use it.
>They referenced to it as "dangerous daxinia" (or however you spell it).

Sounds like Datura. I grow it and it is beautiful and fragrant. Just keep it
away from children. See this link:
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/4DMG/Flowers/datura.htm
sed5555

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