Thursday, October 8, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 7193 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating A classy Lady Liberty Angel Trumpet shows off her babies After a couple days of featuring double pink Angel Trumpets, I decided its time to display this nice double white that came into bloom earlier this week. These blooms are from a seedling from the brugmansia cross of Lady Liberty x Meloncholy Baby.So far the blooms have stayed snow white with no influence of color from its father, Meloncholy Baby.The blooms have staying power in the heat and this seedling likes to bloom. As these blooms are fading it already had another flush of buds in the ... Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetbloomsBrugmansiabrugslady libertymeloncholy babySeedlings Read more
Thursday, October 8, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 7368 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating A nice pink Angel Trumpet seedling with great parents Here's a nicely colored pink Angel Trumpet that has been blooming in our record heat. It is from a cross between brugmansia Rubirosa and Sam. With parentage like that you would expect this seedling to be one to watch. I'll let this one try and impress me this fall when I decide which of the dozens of single pinks I'm watching make it to the keeper zone. Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetbloomsBrugmansiabrugsrubirosasamseedlingSeedlings Read more
Thursday, October 8, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 8465 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Time to get back down to earth in my world of Angel Trumpets It is hard to top yesterday's featured Angel Trumpet so I figured I would post more a traditional Aurea style bloom to bring us down to earth. Here's a new bloom form a seedling from a cross involving brugmansia Rosamond and Pink Smitty.The blooms are thick textured and nod horizontally. I'm not sure what I'll end up doing with this one but for now I'll let it be and see what it does this fall. Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetbloomsBrugmansiabrugsPINK SMITTYrosamondseedlingSeedlings Read more
Thursday, October 8, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 10349 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Another double pink Angel Trumpet compliments of Butterfly Here's another nice double pink Angel Trumpet with brugmansia Butterfly as the mom. It is a carry over from last year that I have been watching this summer. This seedling is from a Brenda Delph seed cross of brugmansia Butterfly x (Teri Shiavo x Earth Angel).I plant to cross it back to both Teri Shiavo and Earth Angel when the weather cools. I'll decide this fall if it deserves to be named and registered. Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetbloomsBrugmansiabrugsButterflyEarth AngelSeedlingsTeri Shiavo Read more
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 6863 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating A tale of two Smittys, an Angel Trumpet two for Tuesday! Seeing how I posted today's seedling so early in the morning, I figured why not make this a "two for Tuesday" and post another new Angel Trumpet seedling? Better yet, I'll post two more! Actually it's just a single photo with two unique blooms. Both are seedlings of a Brugmansia cross between Pink Smitty and an unknown father. One is a double and the other a single. While it appears they are growing on the same plant, they are actually on separate plants growing side by side. Actually ... Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetbloomsBrugmansiabrugsPINK SMITTYSeedlings Read more
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 6756 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating I'm really liking this Angel Trumpet seedling This Angel Trumpet seedling has been an over achiever since it first bloomed in early summer. It is the result of a cross between a brugmansia Jacyana x The Chief seedling x an unknown father. I grew out about a dozen Jacyana x The Chief seedlings from seeds I obtained from Liz Fichtl. All but three were trashed, and of those remaining three, only one is a "keeper" that I plan to register this fall. The mother of this seedling was the only Jacyana x The Chief seedling that bloomed white, ... Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetbloomsbrugBrugmansiajacyanaSeedlingsthe chief Read more
Monday, October 5, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 7607 / Comments: / Article rating: 5.0 This brugmansia is having a bad hair day Here is another Angel Trumpet seedling from a cross I made between brugmansia Masquerade and Inca Sun. While I was hoping for yellow, the snow white blooms and their wild and crazy tendrils still grab your attention.This bloom has a very strong resemblance to its mama, Masquerade, and looks like a keeper for sure. It will definitely be crossed back to Inca Sun this fall. Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetbloomsbrugBrugmansiainca sunmasqueradeSeedlings Read more
Friday, October 2, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 5881 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating An Angel Trumpet that jazzes things up Brugmansia Jazzy is one of my favorite yellow Angel Trumpets. As a result I made a bunch of crosses with it last year. Here is a bloom from a seedling from a cross mother nature made, brugmansia Jazzy x an unknown father.The blooms have a slight resemblance to Jazzy but are much larger. The color of Jazzy is a bit deeper yellow/orange than this one, but most likely the color of this bloom will deepen when the weather cools down. I have lots of jazzy seedlings I expect to bloom this fall ... Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetbloomsbrugBrugmansiajazzySeedlings Read more