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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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!

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 ...

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 ...

Another double orange Angel Trumpet has made it into my watch zone.  This time it is a seedling from a cross I made between Brugmansia Angel's Swingtime and Terri Schindler Shiavo.I've been using Brugmansia Terri Schindler Shiavo as either a pod or pollen parent in many crosses recently.  I noticed it appears to pass on some strong orange color genes and tends to help produce multi-skirt seedlings as well.This blooms on this cross stood out because of the long and narrow corolla tubes.  ...