The First Moonflower Blossom Has Opened!

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  1. Mary Stetler

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    Yes, and I believe moonflowers and angel's trumpets are both of the datura family.
     
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  2. Yvonne Smith

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    No, moonflowers are in the morning glory family, just like sweet potato vines are. Completely different looking and completely different family of plants, @Mary Stetler . They just both happen to be white, but moonflower is a vine and it dies in the fall, just like morning glory vines do.

    There are apparently 2 flowers called moonflower, and one of them is from the datura family, and the other one is from the Ipomoea family (which is the one I have.)

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/datura/moonflower-vs-datura.htm
     
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    anyone know name of this cant get the the other one on here for some reason
     

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  4. Mary Stetler

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    Welll, hard to tell from here.
    It is not poison ivy. Maybe some sort of lilly?
     
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    My plant identification app says it is a species of Dracaena, and if it is correct, then it should grow larger than it is right now. I thought it looked more like a spider plant, but it is not that. The app also says it does not look healthy , based on the picture.

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