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What is this?
The Bird Lady
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in Plants
This has appeared below my bird feeder, it has grown very rapidly and it has the most glorious perfume.
It looks a little bit like a Datura except it's blooms face upwards and the leaf shape is wrong.
I've added two photos, one shows off the leaf a bit better.
The slugs love it!
Ideas anyone?
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You are right as it is a datura but a wild form Datura stramonium, commonly known as thorn apple:
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=536
I've seen one of those,in the side of someones garden. It's the first time I've seen one.