Monday, August 31, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 6751 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Let there be white...a whole week's worth! This is my self proclaimed white Angel Trumpet week! From today through Labor Day each one of my daily featured brugmansia seedlings will be white. I'll kick off white week with today's featured seedling, a cross between brugmansia Masquerade and Inca Sun.We know where the curly pigtails came from. Masquerade is a beautiful petite triple white with curly tendrils like the ones pictured here.A few weeks ago I posted a photo from the reverse of this cross, where Inca Sun was the mom. I ... Categories:Brugmansia Tags:Angel TrumpetBrugmansiainca sunmasquerade Read more
Sunday, August 30, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 4962 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Another glimse of sunshine... Orange Sunshine that is. Here's a bloom from another Angel Trumpet seedling from the cross of brugmansia Orange Sunshine x Pink Smitty. The first bloom to open on this seedling was a stuffed one as you can see below. The remaining blooms in this initial flush were more stacked. The blooms lasted for several days under our hot Florida sun and they filled the air with a pleasant fragrance at night. If it maintains those traits during the rest of the summer I'll make some crosses with it ... Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:angel trumperBrugmansiaORANGE SUNSHINEPINK SMITTY Read more
Sunday, August 30, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 4983 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Interesting, but not sure if worth keeping This hybrid brugmansia cross between Orange Sunshine and Pink Smitty has already produced a bunch of single white Angel Trumpets. Categories:Brugmansia SeedlingsBrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetbloomsBrugmansiaSeedlings Read more
Friday, August 28, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 4720 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Interesting, but not sure if worth keeping This hybrid brugmansia cross between Orange Sunshine and Pink Smitty has already produced a bunch of single white Angel Trumpets. This week one of the seedlings finally produced some color. The blooms are sort of an off white rimmed with yellow.This cross is one of several where I decided to grow out an entire seed pod so I could document the great diversity in blooms from a single cross. In this case it was a mixture of seeds from several pods of the same cross, resulting in about 100 ... Categories:Brugmansia Tags:Angel TrumpetBrugmansiaORANGE SUNSHINEPINK SMITTY Read more
Friday, August 28, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 4121 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Pretty in pink... While I'm on the subject of unknowns, here's a beautiful double pink Angel Trumpet that came into bloom this week. It is missing its tag but hey, when you look as nice as this brugmansia does, who cares who your parents are. This one will be a keeper for sure. I plan to chop up a portion of it this weekend to see how easy it propagates. Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetBrugmansia Read more
Friday, August 28, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 5381 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Unknown, but not forgotten For various reasons i have a bunch of Angel Trumpet seedlings growing that have either lost their tags or the tag has faded beyond recognition. Categories:Brugmansia SeedlingsBrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetbloomsBrugmansiaSeedlings Read more
Thursday, August 27, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 4747 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Unknown, but not forgotten For various reasons i have a bunch of Angel Trumpet seedlings growing that have either lost their tags or the tag has faded beyond recognition. Just because I don't know their parentage does not mean the brugmansia is not worthy of keeping or breeding.Here is an unknown white that has been blooming like crazy this summer.I'm not sure I'll use it for anything, but I feel it is worthy of at least planting in the yard and letting it grow. Categories:Brugmansia Tags:Angel TrumpetBrugmansia Read more
Thursday, August 27, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 5622 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Less than a handful... Today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling is a mini as you can see by the photo below. Categories:Brugmansia SeedlingsBrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetbloomsBrugmansiaSeedlings Read more