Ballerina Mix Angel’s Trumpet Seeds

A Luscious Trio of Large, Festive, Sweet-Scented Blooms!
Jazzy seedpods follow the huge blooms!
Genus: Datura
Species: metel
Variety: Ballerina Mix
Item Form: (P) Pkt of 10 seeds
Zone: 9 – 10
Bloom Start to End: Early Summer – Early Fall
Habit: Compact
Seeds Per Pack: 10
Plant Height: 12 in – 3 ft
Plant Width: 24 in – 4 ft
Bloom Size: 6 in – 8 in
Additional Characteristics: Double Blooms, Flower, Fragrance
Bloom Color: Purple, White, Yellow
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Uses: Containers, Cut Flowers, Ornamental, Outdoor

Marvelously fragrant and exotic in both color and size, this eye-popping Angel’s Trumpet mix looks like something from a hot-house instead of an easy-to-grow, sun-loving tropical you can start from seed! Unlike single-flowered Angel’s Trumpet blooms, which dangle, the Ballerina series looks upward, the immense 6- to 8-inch flowers exquisitely whorled and twisted to show off their beauty! In the container or the sun-soaked garden, these summer-blooming show-offs are scene-stealers!

This mix contains three softly-colored colors: purple-and-white, solid white, and primrose-yellow. All the blooms are double, simply enormous, and so fragrant you’ll think you’ve stepped into the garden of your dreams . . . as perhaps you have!

The plant is quite compact in containers, reaching only about a foot high and 3 feet wide. In the garden, it forms a dense, well-branched shrub 3 feet tall and slightly wider. Beginning in early summer and continuing until the fall weather sets in, the plant is covered with magnificent blooms, so fragrant that a single plant perfumes the garden! Large, very attractive fruits follow the blooms, and should be cut for splendid accents to fresh and dried arrangements.

If you live north of zone 9 and want to grow Ballerina in the garden as an annual, wait to plant it until the soil is thoroughly warm in spring. (I prefer the freedom of containers so that I can rearrange them on the patio all summer long!) Wherever you plant it, keep it there; transplant will slow its growth and shorten its bloomtime.Not fussy about soil, Angel’s Trumpet asks only for plenty of sun. Pkt is 10 seeds. Zones 9-11.