Sommer Gardens / Friday, July 23, 2010 / Categories: Brugmansia A delightful triple Brugmansia that loves the heat! Here's an Angel Trumpet seedling carried over from my 2009 "watch zone" that has been blooming non-stop for the past month. My watch zone is an area where I place seedlings that show great potential for future breeding or commercial release. This little cutie is a Brenda Delph (Seedsprout) cross between Brugmansia New Orleans Lady and (Angel's Flight x Charming).Last year the majority of the blooms were double with an occasional triple. This year all the blooms have been compact triples. I'm not sure if this is related to maturity or the fact that last year I had the plant growing in partial shade and this year it is baking under the hot Florida sun with no shade whatsoever.The blooms are on the smaller side and have a nice fragrance. They are waxy in texture and hold up extremely well in the heat. The blooms mature to a cream color with a tinge of apricot showing in the tendrils.For those of you who follow Brugmansia crosses you may recall that The Chief came out of an Angel's Flight x Charming cross. While this seedling has been predominately cream in color, it did show some orange color in the cooler spring months. Here's a photo from late spring in 2009 that shows more color and the double bloom form it had last year. I'm looking forward to using this one in my fall breeding program. I have two other seedlings from this same cross that I am also watching this summer. One is another double/triple and the other a single. I also have a couple of second generation seedlings I'm growing out from crosses I made with this one last year. I will most likely wait until winter to determine if this one should be registered and released to the public. Alright Ms. Angel Trumpet, who's your daddy??? Angel Trumpet Hot Summer Flushes Print Rate this article: No rating 7093 Tags:Angel TrumpetAngel's FlightbrugBrugmansiabrugscharmingnew orleans lady