Read more Thursday, January 7, 2021 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 8877 / 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: 11694 / 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: 20356 / 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: 20052 / 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
Thursday, July 5, 2012 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 10897 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Hoping for a double... Brugmansia 'Jessie Noel' x 'New Orleans Lady' This hybrid angel trumpet seedling from a cross I made between Brugmansia 'Jessie Noel' and 'New Orleans Lady' is trying very hard to become a double. Categories:Brugmansia SeedlingsHybridizing Tags:Angel TrumpetBrugmansiaSeedlings Read more
Friday, March 16, 2012 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 8352 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating The craziness starts all over again... In early February I started sowing seeds from some of my 2011 Brugmansia crosses. I had no idea how many unique crosses I had until started creating the community pots. Each one of the pots below represent a unique cross. I wish I could share how many brugmansia crosses are sprouting above, but I plan to create a contest around that on iBrugs.com next week. I can tell you that when you combine that number with the additional crosses I have planted since these pictures were taken, the ... Categories:HybridizingBrugmansiaSeedlings Read more
Friday, July 22, 2011 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 9304 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating A busy bee attempts some summer hybridizing Now that our summer heat has settled in I have completely given up on attempting to make any new Brugmansia crosses until fall. Meanwhile this busy bee has arrived for a quick drink and perhaps an inadvertent attempt to pollinate this bloom.I'm sure the nectar from this bloom is quite refreshing on this hot summer day. It's cool the way its little legs are laden with pollen. I have lots of great blooms open now so if the bee does manage to create a successful cross, the outcome could be ... Categories:HybridizingBrugmansiaGarden Pests Tags:beeBrugmansiahoney beepollinating Read more
Friday, July 8, 2011 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 7336 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Now its time for Seedapalooza Now that Podapalooza is winding down its time for Seedapalooza! My back is already aching just thinking about the future work these little seeds will create. Here's a recent batch ready to be topped off with a layer of soil.Each one of the pots below represent a unique Brugmansia seed cross. As you can easily see, lots of crosses are in various stages of germination below. I believe I have one of the most aggressive brugmansia hybridizing programs on the planet in place. By the time I ... Categories:Hybridizing Tags:Angel Trumpetbrug seedsBrugmansia Read more