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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 double orange Angel Trumpet with whiskers

This past week I have had several new yellow/orange Angel Trumpet seedlings bloom that show promise.  Here's one that made it to my watch list.  It is from a cross of Brugmansia (Bert x Unknown) x America.Unfortunately I do not have additional photos showing how the bloom matured because I sliced these open to harvest their pollen and then dust them with some other pollen. The final color ended up being a nice rich orange color.I have other seedlings from this same cross that should be ...
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Is this an Angel Trumpet or a witch's broom?

This is one out of control Angel Trumpet bloom!  It is the first seedling to bloom from a cross I made between Brugmansia (Bert x Unknown) x Genevieve.It looks like something you would only see for sale on eBay. It will be interesting to see how this seedling develops.  Typically new seedlings with multi-skirt blooms will see the blooms evolve over the first few bloom cycles.  Often they get better, but sometimes they stay ugly or even get uglier.  As you can see, the second flower already ...
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A golden Angel Trumpet overachiever.

This new Angel Trumpet seedling has stood out from the rest from its very first set of blooms.  The first blooms were all split and quite unusual looking.  It sure redeemed itself with its second flush with well-formed blooms bursting with color.The result of a brugmansia cross between Inca Sun x (Bert x unknown), this seedling has not stopped blooming since the first buds appeared.This new seedling is destined to be a winner.  I just wish it would stop blooming so I can grab some cuttings ...
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An Angel Trumpet with a split personality...

Here is a new Angel Trumpet sedling that is blooming with split blooms.  It is a cross between Brugmansia Inca Sun and an unknown Bert cross.It is not uncommon to see a split bloom on a plant from time to time.   What is unusual is that this seedling is having its second flush and all the blooms are split, just like in the first flush.  I wonder if this trait will continue as the plant matures?
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