Tuesday, July 13, 2010 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 4707 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Golden Angel Trumpets illuminate the night I usually take a midnight stroll through my Brugmansia forest before I head to bed and hardly a night goes by when I'm not greeted by a surprise bloom. The survivors from last year's crop of seedlings have rebounded and are beginning to reward me with beautiful blooms. Here's a seedling that caught my attention when its golden blooms lit up the sky during our recent full moon. This Angel Trumpet seedling is from a cross I made between Brugmansia Ludger's Windsong and (Color Point x Double ... Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetbrugBrugmansiabrugsColor Pointdouble dark rosettaludger's windsong Read more
Monday, November 30, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 18491 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating A German Angel Trumpet seedling that loves to bloom Today's features Angel Trumpet seedling is one I have been growing for a couple of years now. It is a cross between brugmansia Color Point x Angel's Flight, both from Germany. The blooms are large and plentiful and the plant is a vigorous grower. It has a very strong resemblance to its mother, Color Point. I have used this Angel Trumpet seedling in dozens and dozens of crosses since last year, both as a pod parent and as a father. I'm hoping a few of the Angel's Flight genes have been ... Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetAngel's FlightBrugmansiabrugsColor Pointgermansommer gardens Read more
Thursday, October 22, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 5166 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating A wild and crazy looking Angel Trumpet Today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling is the 7th seedling to bloom from a brugmansia cross made by Volker Sanders involving Color Point x Double Dark Rosetta. There's no color in this one but it does have a wild and crazy looking bloom. The blooms are nice and plump and so far this plant has remained much smaller than the other seedlings from this cross.This seedling starting blooming last fall, but had to be cut back to the ground following last winter's freeze. It is planted in the ... Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetBrugmansiabrugsColor Pointdouble dark rosettaSeedlings Read more