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 ...

Here's another Angel Trumpet that was carried over from last year's watch zone.  It is a seedling from a cross of brugmansia Bernstein x New Orleans Lady.This seedling is blooming for the first time this year after coming back from the dead following last winter's freezes. I think it is still worthy of watching and crossing back to its father, New Orleans Lady.

Need I say more?

Just before dusk tonight I spotted this rainbow illuminating the sunset lit sky.   The real pot of gold at the end of this rainbow is the cool weather that is moving in on Saturday.

While I was out making my rounds tonight, I stopped to inspect some new seedlings that appeared to be a midnight snack for a snail/slug.  I started scanning the area in hopes of finding the culprit when I noticed the tail of a snake protruding from a flat of plants.  It caught me off guard so I sort of jumped back, caught my breath, and grabbed my camera.  I thought it was sort of strange that the snake was not paying any attention to me and appeared to be focused on something else.  When I ...

Today's featured Angel Trumpet bloom is from a brugmansia cross involving Southern Charm and Jazzy.  This bloom was holding up well in the heat and has a nice fragrance.  I think I'll cross it back to a nice double orange this fall and see what happens.  I'm not sure if I still have my Southern Charm plant but if I do, I'll cross it back as well when it blooms.

What color bloom would you expect from a brugmansia cross with Shooting Star and Naughty Nick, a salmon one of course!  You would think crossing two oranges together you would end up with orange kids.  That's not the way it works though in the world of brugs. The nicely formed blooms on this seedling start out a light pink and then turn salmon.I remember Naughty Nick being a cross between Creamsickle and Rosamond, and Rosamond has Rothkirch as it's mother.  Shooting Star has an unknown ...

A week or so ago I posted picture of an unknown tree frog I thought may have been a Cuban Tree Frog, an invasive species that has gained a foothold here in Florida.  If found we are supposed to catch and destroy them.  The previous frog I spotted ended up being a native one so I let it be.  This afternoon I spotted another tree frog that seemed odd to me.  After snapping a few photos I went inside to see if i could ID it on the web.  Much to my surprise this one fits the description of the ...