Kitchen Garden

Vegetarian recipes that whenever possible feature vegetables that I've grown in my garden.

Saturday, September 16, 2006

Angel Trumpets

I love these beautiful tropical plants. The flowers bloom all day, but their gorgeous fragrance is most powerful at night. They're a very poisonous plant, but we have no small children and our cats don't bother plants.

I got tired of buying new plants every year, so last fall I took cuttings and rooted them and planted them outdoors in May. They're doing well, but the plants from the cuttings seem to be blooming several weeks later than the ones I purchased last week.

I have pink ones and white ones. I think next year I'll buy a yellow one also. I have one big plant that hasn't even bloomed yet, but it's covered with buds.