New Cultivar Name – Datura 'Tura's Sweet Dreams' – Herald 12 (2) 2016

[Keymaster Alistair Hay Registrar & Herald Editor]

Cultivar Name: Datura ‘Tura’s Sweet Dreams’
Pod Parent: Datura ‘D. metel (triple purple)’
Pollen Parent: Datura ‘D. metel (triple white)’
Originator/Hybridizer: Jeff Horder (Australia)
Seedling Parent (who grew the plant from seed): Jeff Horder (Australia)
Flower Color: purple/violet
Color Pattern: inside and outside of corolla distinctly different
Color Pattern Description: corollas soft violet-purple without, white within.
Flower Opening: fully (flower widely trumpet/funnel-shaped)
Number of points per corolla: about 10
Foliage: solid
If variegated, type of Variegation:
Fruit Position: pointing up
Fruit texture: warty
Fruit dehiscence: disintegrates irregularly
Species: D. metel
Type of cultivar: uniform(with respect to the selected characteristics),short-lived,more or less annual plants, propagated by seed,consistent from generation to generation
Noteworthy Characteristics: soft violet-purple flower colour
Cultivar Stability Observation: yes
Released: yes
Year Released: 2016

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[Keymaster Alvin]

It’s exquisite, Jeff !

[Spectator ShaunQ]

Jeff you sure know how to create great Datura varieties

Congrats

[Participant Patricia Watson]

These are gorgeous Jeff !!

 

[Keymaster Edna]

Beautiful

[rhapsody616]

It has been a bit since the last picture.  Would love to see if the datura has put out off springs.

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