Yesterday I posted a photo of an unknown double white Angel Trumpet.  I checked it out tonight and it looked like a completely different bloom. Here it is now -I wonder if it will get even darker when the plant matures?  This one will be a watcher for sure!And what a difference a couple of hours makes with this one.  I shot a picture of this shredded bloom for my Halloween post this afternoon and went I checked on it tonight, it was pink!

Seeing how today is Halloween, I figured it would only be appropriate to post a few pictures of blooms fit for Halloween.and another....and the scariest of all -

I have a bunch of brugmansia seedlings with missing or unreadable tags.   Just because the parentage is unknown, it does not mean the seedling is not worthy of keeping.  I spotted a couple of unknown Angel Trumpet blooms this afternoon that earned a second glance.  The first is a single pink that stood out because it has a very fat corolla tube.The second was a double white whose tendrils appeared to glow. The golden tipped tendrils do not show in this picture though.

Today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling is from a cross between brugmansia Tiara x (Ludger's Windsong x Susanne).  While this bloom was a little bit beat-up by the wind, you can still see the one feature that made this bloom unique, dark ribs and a lighter center.  It is even more pronounced when you look up at the blooms.  This bloom was almost on the ground so I'll snap a few more pictures in a couple weeks when the top level blooms open.

I spotted this new Angel Trumpet bloom today that has to be one of the longest blooms I have ever spotted on a seedling.  It is from a brugmansia seedling involving a cross between Pink Beauty and Double Peach.  It is just over 20 inches long from the receptacle to the end of the bloom!  You can compare it to the normal size white bloom on the right.

Today's featured Angel Trumpet is just another single pink.  The twin blooms pictured are the result of a cross between brugmansia Rubirosa x Dorthea.  It has Dorthea's tendrils and Rubirosa's form.   The color did not get any darker than what is pictured, but it did spread up the corolla tube.

Here's another Angel Trumpet seedling from the cross between brugmansia Orange Sunshine x Pink Smitty.  You may recall from previous posts that this is a cross where I'm growing close to 100 seedlings from the same cross in order to document the broad range of blooms produced.At first glance this seedling did not do much for me.  But after it had 5-6 blooms open at once, it stood out.  The blooms are large, snow white, and all have separated or stacked skirts.  It is a vigorous grower and ...

Today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling is an offspring from a cross between brugmansia Genevieve x Safari.  The plant is vigorous, the blooms are substantial and fragrant, and it is thriving in the heat.  I'll cross it back to Genevieve this fall in hopes of producing a Genevieve style bloom with color.