Originally Posted by
mama's place
We call them Datura. Don't know if that is the correct name for them. I believe that they are possibly poisonous..so be careful of them around children and pets. My mom used to grow them. I think they are related to Angel Trumpets. They die back in the winter here in Alabama but are easy to grow from seeds the next year. The blooms are very pretty, aren't they?
These are not Datura. It has smaller flowers and the throat is purple. Datura is what farmers call Jimson weed and grows in old hog lots. My daughter found one growing in her flower garden in town, and likes it so it is not a weed to her. We had these that you are calling Moon flowers growing when I grew up and called them Flowering Jimsons. My friend calls them Moon Flowers so I would think that is what they are.