My evening strolls through my field of Angel Trumpets is starting to get more exciting as more and more Brugmansia seedlings are setting buds and blooming for the first time.  During tonight's stroll I captured this picture of a nice double pink bloom I had been watching develop all week.  It is from a cross between Brugmansia Shooting Star and America. When I was making this cross I was hoping that Shooting Star's golden color would be carried over to America's beautiful form, but pink ...

After chasing this rather plump sphinx moth around for a half hour tonight, I was finally able to snap a photo of it slurping away on a bloom from one of my Brugmansia seedlings.This was not a small bloom so can imagine the size of this gal.  Sphinx moths are also called hummingbird moths because they mimic a hummingbird and are often mistaken for the same.I have several varieties of sphinx moths that frequent my Angel Trumpets.  This particular moth is called a Rustic Sphinx and it is a ...

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The peachy cool exotic hibiscus I posted a photo of in my previous post just bloomed again.  Wow, what a difference!This was a dinner plate size bloon, about double in size from the previous photo I posted.  I can't wait to see what the next bloom looks like.

Here's the first bloom on an exotic Hibiscus cross involving ((Mystic x Cajun SW) x Nightfire) x Sun Shower,  It really has an unusual peachy coloration to it. I'm not sure what is going on with the tuft, but I may find out soon as this seedling has 3-4 more buds that should open over the next few days.  I expect the next blooms to look even better.

Almost two years ago I posted photos of an Angel Trumpet seedling I was growing that had rather unique pink and green coloration.  The cross was Brugmansia Painted Lady x Sam and I believe the hybridizer was Gary Morales.  Here's a photograph taken back in fall of 2008 that shows the unusual coloration.As the bloom matured it still kept the green in its coloration.  I thought the blooms were quite striking at that time.  After seeing the green continue even after a couple of bloom cycles, I ...

When you are trying to germinate Angel Trumpets from seed, it is important to have a full-time sentry around to make sure insects, snails and slugs are kept at bay.  I was fortunate to be able to solicit the help of this small tree frog to watch over my recent batch of community pots. In return for his diligent surveillance, he is offered the protection of being under the protective screen I have in place to keep the birds from plucking the seedlings out of the pots. This synergistic ...