Tuesday, August 11, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 7625 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Pink plus yellow equals orange When you cross Angel Trumpets you never know what to expect. Here's a cross of brugmansia Little Miss Lili x Jamie's Monkey Business. LML is one of the darkest pinks I have. Under the right conditions it almost appears red. Jamie's Monkey Business is a bright yellow with plenty of orange genes in its family tree.This one certainly has Little Miss Lili's form. I'm not sure what I will do with it, but any colorful, well shaped seedling that blooms during a hot Florida summer is worthy of ... Categories:Brugmansia Tags:Angel TrumpetBrugmansiajamie's monkey businesslittle miss liliseedling Read more
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 6858 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Monday night bug du jour I hope this will not become a regular feature, but when I stumble across a new creature during my nightly stroll through my field of brugs, I just have to share it....and there never seems to be a shortage of creatures here in Florida. I'm always amazed at how many sets of eyes I see when I walk around at night with a headlamp on. It's the ones I don't see that scare me!Tonight I found this locust emerging from its old skin. I'm not sure if they actually eat brugs so I left him be. I must ... Categories:Brugmansia Tags:Brugmansialocust Read more
Monday, August 10, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 7118 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating and the winner is..... This Angel Trumpet bloom from the brugmansia cross of Mountain Treasure x (Miss Caylie x Genevieve #7)! It was the winner of this weekend's best new seedling to bloom in the heat of summer competition. When I first spotted this bloom Saturday afternoon I expected it to remain white as the five or six seedlings that already bloomed from this cross had. When I made my rounds on Sunday I was pleasantly surprised to find color. I like the curly tendrils and form so this one gets to hang ... Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetbloomsBrugmansiagenevievemiss cayliemountain Treasureseedling Read more
Sunday, August 9, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 5719 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Worthy of watching... This new Angel Trumpet seedling is worthy of watching for a few more bloom cycles to see what it does. It is a cross between brugmansias Rubirosa and Desiree. Categories:Brugmansia SeedlingsBrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetbloomsBrugmansiaSeedlings Read more
Saturday, August 8, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 7207 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Dazed and confused.... Dazed and confused is a great description for these Angel Trumpet blooms. This is the first seedling of my cross between brugmansia Inca Sun and Masquerade to bloom. Categories:Brugmansia SeedlingsBrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetbloomsBrugmansiaSeedlings Read more
Friday, August 7, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 6719 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating I need to inject some color genes in this one... Here's a cross just begging for some color. This is a brugmansia cross of New Orleans Lady x (Angel's Flight x Charming). The first couple of blooms in spring aged to a nice apricot, but during our hot summer the blooms have been white/cream with perhaps just a hint of apricot. As you can see it has great genes in the mix so I have kept this one to use for some fall crosses. It already has a pod from a cross I made in early Summer with a single bright yellow/orange Angel's Flight cross I ... Categories:Brugmansia Tags:Angel Trumpetangels flightBrugmansiacharmingnew orleans ladyseedling Read more
Friday, August 7, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 7259 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Talk about re-curve! This new seedling's blooms have a most unusual look to them. They have some major re-curve going on and from a distance the blooms are unlike any blooms I have seen before. Categories:Brugmansia SeedlingsBrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetbloomsBrugmansiaSeedlings Read more
Friday, August 7, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 7308 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Worthy of watching... This new Angel Trumpet seedling is worthy of watching for a few more bloom cycles to see what it does. It is a cross between brugmansias Rubirosa and Desiree. As the bloom matures, the color deepens from the color displayed in the picture below. If my Desiree plant ever decided to bloom, I would cross it back in hopes of getting a couple more skirts on her. Categories:Brugmansia Tags:Angel TrumpetBrugmansiadesireerubirosaseedling Read more