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Mutant in paradise... Mutant in paradise...

Mutant in paradise...

Last season I ramped up my brugmansia hybridizing efforts using brugmansias with mutant and deeply serrated foliage.  The results of those...
Just what I need, another garden vice... Just what I need, another garden vice...

Just what I need, another garden vice...

Just what I need on my already overflowing plate, another garden vice! I'm totally swamped with my brugmansia hybridizing program  yet I...
An elegant brugmansia seedling earns keeper status An elegant brugmansia seedling earns keeper status

An elegant brugmansia seedling earns keeper status

I've been watching this brugmansia seedling perform for several years now and decided it was time to make it a keeper!
Looking back into the past.... Looking back into the past....

Looking back into the past....

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...
Introducing Brugmansia 'Audrey Lea' Introducing Brugmansia 'Audrey Lea'

Introducing Brugmansia 'Audrey Lea'

Brugmansia 'Audrey Lea' is a recent Sommer Gardens introduction with nearly red double blooms.  When you see the photo album below...

Fred's Garden Blog

After a nearly five year hiatus, Fred's Garden Blog is back! Now you can enjoy and experience the gardening exploits and adventures of Fred in his quest to hybridize brugmansia and keep his jungle and nursery under control.

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A golden Angel Trumpet illuminated the Christmas Eve sky

On Christmas Eve I was greeted with this bright golden orange Angel Trumpet seedling.  It is seedling #15 from a cross I made between Brugmansia Cassies Curls and (Ludger's Windsong x Creamsicle).All three blooms that opened at the same time all had the workings of a second corolla skirt stuffed up inside the bloom.  This means the next set of blooms could actually turn-out to be doubles!  Then again, they could easily just look the same as the first set of blooms.The medium size blooms are ...
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Part Angel Trumpet, part octopus...just kidding of course.

This striking new Angel Trumpet seedling has flailing corolla teeth that resemble an octopus or spider.  The cross is one I made between Brugmansia Bert and Angel's Exotic.As the bloom matured the color deepened even more than what is shown in these pictures.  I know where the wild corolla teeth came from, its father, Angel's Exotic.  I sure whish my sense of smell was better because I would love to know if this bloom was fragrant or not.I decided to keep this one in my watch zone for 2012.
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Brugmansia Cherub meets Orange Parfait, yum!

Another golden orange Angel Trumpet seedling I decided to place in my watch zone was this nice one resulting from a cross I made between Brugmansia Cherub and Orange Parfait.Cherub is one of the most durable brugs available so I made numerous crosses with it in hopes of passing on its genes for pest resistance and quality growth characteristics.  It also performs well in containers, another trait I'm hoping its genes pass on.  Orange Parfait is a recent Sommer Gardens introduction that is ...
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Brugmansia Daydreams x Ludger's Windsong revisited

Now that our nights have cooled most of my Angel Trumpets have switched into bloom mode.  One that has certainly raised the bar in my hybridizing program is this Brugmansia Daydreams x Ludger's Windsong seedling.It is now in its second year of trialing and it just keeps getting better and better.  It survived our hot and steamy Florida Summer without a problem and it is especially loving our current weather.In warmer weather the blooms stay lemon yellow but when the weather cools they slowly ...
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An elegant new Angel Trumpet seedling

One of the more elegant double white Angel Trumpet seedlings I encountered this season was this one from a cross I made between Brugmansia Sweetheart and (Miss Caylie x Genevieve 7).The bloom on this cross is much larger than Brugmansia Sweetheart and has the flouncy look found in its father, Brugmansia Miss Caylie x Genevieve.  Despite our recent cool spell, the blooms remained white through their life span.  I plan on carrying this one over to 2012 for sure!
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A new golden Angel Trumpet illuminates the midnight sky

I've had so many yellow/orange seedlings bloom this fall that it is really going to be a challenge to decide which ones are worthy of keeping.  Here is one I just placed in my watch zone.  It is from a cross I made between Brugmansia Angel's Moonlight and Bert.Here in Florida I feel it is very important to grow out any promising yellow/orange Angel Trumpet seedlings for at least a year before deciding if they are worthy of keeping.  Yellow and Orange cultivars are more susceptible to fungal ...
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Brugmansia Marshmallow Sunset shows its fall colors

Brugmansia Marshmallow Sunset is showing off its fall coloring now that the weather has cooled.Brugmansia Marshmallow Sunset is an Angel Trumpet I recently named and registered.  It was grown out from a Brenda Delph cross involving New Orleans Lady x (Angel's Flight x Charming).Here in Florida Marshmallow Sunset stays cream colored during the warmer months.  From November through April the blooms are fringed with an apricot orange color.  It was this unique coloration that inspired me to ...
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Wow, a giant 8 point golden Angel Trumpet!

With cooler weather settling in, more and more of my Angel Trumpet seedlings are blooming for the first time.  Every couple of days I come across one that just wows me.  Here's one that really caught my eye this week.  It is from a cross I made between Brugmansia Jazzy and Brugmansia America. What is really cool about these blooms is that both have eight points (corolla teeth).  Normally a corolla skirt will have five teeth, and sometimes 6.  Having 8 teeth on both open blooms is rather ...
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