Purple & White Moonflower Datura (Datura metel) – Nighttime Magic in Full Bloom

Bring a touch of enchanting mystery to your garden with the Purple and White Moonflower Datura — a striking night-blooming beauty known for its large, trumpet-shaped flowers that unfurl under the moonlight. These stunning blooms release a sweet, intoxicating fragrance that fills the evening air, making them perfect for moon gardens, patios, or evening gatherings.

Why You’ll Love Them:

The large, elegant blooms of the Purple and White Moonflower Datura create a magical, almost otherworldly atmosphere after dusk. Their fragrance is a natural invitation to nighttime pollinators like moths and bats, adding life and movement to your garden long after the sun sets. With vigorous growth and dramatic flowers, these moonflowers quickly become garden showstoppers.

Quick Facts:

- Height: 3 to 6 feet tall

- Hardiness Zones: USDA Zones 9–11

- Light Requirements: Full sun

- Ease of Growth: Moderate — loves warmth and regular watering

- Bloom Time: Mid-summer through fall

Growing Tips:

- Plant in rich, well-drained soil with plenty of sunlight.

 - Use trellises or fences to support their climbing habit and showcase their sprawling vines.

- Keep soil consistently moist but avoid waterlogging.

- Deadhead faded blooms to encourage prolonged flowering.

- Cut back vines in late fall or early spring to promote healthy new growth.

⚠️ Important Poison Information:

- Moonflower Datura plants contain toxic alkaloids found especially in seeds, leaves, and flowers.

- These compounds can cause dizziness, hallucinations, dry mouth, and in severe cases, more serious health risks if ingested.

- Keep plants out of reach of children and pets.

- Always handle with care, wearing gloves if necessary.

Our mission for sustainability:

Melos diggings prides ourselves on all-natural and pesticide free gardening for our products. We aim to give back more than we get in our gardening doing our most to curate an environment worthy of some of natures more reserved species such as hummingbirds and monarch butterflies.

I also pursue apiculture in a hope to assist in the global decline of the bee population. While our hive collection is small someone doing a little here and a little there can add up if enough individuals do it and we can all as one truly make a change.

We base all of our gardening off the ideals of permaculture and regenerative gardening. Constantly aiming to minimize our impact and always striving to give back. We recycle all materials, plant matter anything we can reuse we make sure we do. We mend all of our soil using natural methods never turning to industrial fertilizers of any kind all in the pursuit of bettering our environment around us and giving you all the best product we can.