Pakistan Gardening Forum

Readers, This database for roses and other flowering plants is growing rather rapidly. We would like to make a comprehensive pictorial catalogue of flowering plants which are doing very well in our gardens. Your assistance is definitely needed. Please share whatever info you have about this plant.

The following plant has been identified as Datura fastuosa. Please provide us the following info for cataloguing purposes:

Nature: Evergreen, Deciduous, Annual etc
Fragrance: Strong or mild, day or night
Bloom time in Pakistan:, Do the flowers close in the evening or not
Does it like shade or full sun


Image courtesy: Umar Khan (specimen growing in Mardan)

Tis is Datura Metal. It has strong fragrance in the evening till dawn.Its highly toxic.Its a perennial if planted near to a wall which is north facing so it is protected against the frost.Produce seeds in large amount.Hates disturbance to such extent that even hates staking.Spider mites are great threat.When ever see the leaves are wilting in hot summers spray Oberon or Mortel.I usually change the pesticides every year cause the pests build up great immunity to pesticides which are used frequently.So one year Oberon the other year Mortel.

In Hayatabad area have seen it growing like weeds in open.Have seen it in full sun.

The weed is the wild white Datura. Metal grows wild in the Israel not in our country.

There are many white ones in wild around my house,here.Soon they should bloom,when I will check their fragrance.

UMARKHANMARDAN wrote:Tis is Datura Metal. It has strong fragrance in the evening till dawn.Its highly toxic.Its a perennial if planted near to a wall which is north facing so it is protected against the frost.Produce seeds in large amount.Hates disturbance to such extent that even hates staking.Spider mites are great threat.When ever see the leaves are wilting in hot summers spray Oberon or Mortel.I usually change the pesticides every year cause the pests build up great immunity to pesticides which are used frequently.So one year Oberon the other year Mortel.

Umar sb you did not mention the flowering months in Pakistan.

All summer till first frost.