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Last season I ramped up my brugmansia hybridizing efforts using brugmansias with mutant and deeply serrated foliage.  The results of those...

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Sommer Gardens / Wednesday, October 12, 2011 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

A Golden Angel Trumpet casts it glow into the night

This recent bloomer from my Angel Trumpet seedlings has a rich golden orange color.  It is from a cross i made between Brugmansia Ludgers Windsong x (Color Point x Double Dark Rosetta) #8.ludgerswindsongxcolorpointxdoubledarkrosetta8-1.jpgWhile this seedling is certainly not special enough to register, I plan to use it in a few crosses this winter.  I have had some great results with crosses made with my Color Point x Double Bark Rosetta seedlings.  The Brugmansia (Color Point x Double Dark Rosetta) #8 seedling used for the pollen parent in this cross is a beautiful double pink that I may register this winter.
ludgerswindsongxcolorpointxdoubledarkrosetta8-2.jpgThe two major traits I would like to carry forward from this seedling are the color and the thick texture of the blooms.  Now I just have to figure out which crosses to make.
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