Read more Thursday, January 7, 2021 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 8651 / Comments: / Article rating: 5.0 Mutant in paradise... A promising new brugmansia seedling with mutant foliage Last season I ramped up my brugmansia hybridizing efforts using brugmansias with mutant and deeply serrated foliage. The results of those efforts are coming to fruition and now many of the new seedlings are starting to bloom. Here's one that is showing great promise! Categories:Brugmansia SeedlingsHybridizingBrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angels GoldfaceBrugmansiahybridizingLizzyseedlingmutant foliage
Read more Thursday, October 31, 2019 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 11472 / Comments: / Article rating: 3.5 Just what I need, another garden vice... ...and colorful coleus is it! Just what I need on my already overflowing plate, another garden vice! I'm totally swamped with my brugmansia hybridizing program yet I still decided to start hybriding another class of plants. Go figure...but when you love plants it is hard to say no. :) Categories:HybridizingColeus
Read more Thursday, December 27, 2018 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 20115 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating An elegant brugmansia seedling earns keeper status After 3 years in my watch zone this beauty has proven it is worthy of being named I've been watching this brugmansia seedling perform for several years now and decided it was time to make it a keeper! Categories:Brugmansia SeedlingsHybridizingBrugmansia
Read more Friday, December 21, 2018 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 19825 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Looking back into the past.... My old Garden Blog highlights my early brugmansia hybridizing efforts It is hard to imagine that it has been nearly 5 years since I was actively posting to my garden blog. Today is the start of a new era as I commit to once again sharing my gardeniing exploits. Categories:Brugmansia SeedlingsHybridizingSeedlings
Saturday, August 30, 2014 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 14596 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Summer Clean-up Let the fun begin! Trying to make some sense of the mess in my nursery with back to back work till you drop weekends. Categories:BrugmansiaRamblingsGreenhouse Tags:Angel TrumpetBrugmansiagreenhouse Read more
Read more Wednesday, October 30, 2013 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 18475 / Comments: / Article rating: 5.0 Introducing Brugmansia 'Audrey Lea' Named in memory of my mother Brugmansia 'Audrey Lea' is a recent Sommer Gardens introduction with nearly red double blooms. When you see the photo album below you'll see why it is a fitting tribute to my mother. Categories:BrugmansiaNew Introductions
Saturday, March 16, 2013 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 11176 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Brugmansia 'Kleine Lady' x 'Herenhauser Gold' Brugmansia 'Kleine Lady' x 'Herenhauser Gold' Categories:Brugmansia SeedlingsBrugmansia Read more
Sunday, January 27, 2013 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 13948 / Comments: / Article rating: 5.0 This Brugmansia raises the bar in 2013 Every so often I spot a new Angel Trumpet bloom that really wows me. This seedling from a cross I made between Brugmansia 'Jazzy' x 'America' did just that when I returned from a recent business trip. Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Read more