In today's new Angel Trumpet seedling there is no resemblance to to either one of the parents.  It is a cross between brugmansia Pink Smitty x The Chief.  I'm sure this look is linked back to Pink Smitty as I have seen numerous single pink Aurea style blooms come out of the many Pink Smitty crosses I am growing.  The blooms on this brugmansia seedling are waxy in appearance, thick textured and long lasting.  I can't remember what the fragrance was like.A couple of months ago I posted ...

This beautiful Angel Trumpet bloom is from seedling #7 from a cross between brugmansia Jacyana x The Chief.  I had a total of eight seedlings from this cross bloom last year and I carried three of them over to 2009 to watch.  This seedling is a vigorous grower and is currently over 8 feet tall.  Another seedling from this cross has similar blooms but has stayed less than 4 feet tall, earning it a slot on my "To be registered" list for this fall.

Here's an Angel Trumpet seedling that is one Goliath of a plant.  Towering over 10 feet tall, this brugmansia cross involving Painted Lady and The Chief is nearly twice the size of other seedlings started at the same time last summer.  It is still trying to get its act together.  The majority of the blooms are doubles, but it does throw out an occasional single bloom from time to time to confuse me.  It has been blooming on and off all summer so the heat does not bother it.  I noticed last ...

This Angel Trumpet seedling has to be the most promising one I'm growing this summer.  It is from a cross between brugmansia Rubirosa x The Chief.It bloomed for the first time last fall and has been putting on a non-stop show of blooms.  The blooms are always triples, they love the heat, and they have a great fragrance.Of the more than 50 seedlings I've had bloom from crosses involving "The Chief", this one is by far the best.  A special thanks to Liz Ficthl for making these seeds available ...

This Angel Trumpet seedling has been an over achiever since it first bloomed in early summer.  It is the result of a cross between a brugmansia Jacyana x The Chief seedling x an unknown father. I grew out about a dozen Jacyana x The Chief seedlings from seeds I obtained from Liz Fichtl. All but three were trashed, and of those remaining three, only one is a "keeper" that I plan to register this fall.  The mother of this seedling was the only Jacyana x The Chief seedling that bloomed white, ...

When a new Angel Trumpet displays its first bloom, you never know what the future may hold for it.  Sometimes the blooms get better, sometimes they get worse, and often they bounce back and forth between good and bad.  Well this first bloom on a seedling from a cross between brugmansia Pink Smitty x The Chief is nothing to get excited about.But with the great parents it has, it is certainly worth watching for a few months.  My gut feeling is that the next set of blooms will be a major ...