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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 / Tuesday, November 30, 2010 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

A lemony Angel Trumpet with an unusual twist

This new Angel Trumpet seedling has one of the more unusual blooms I have encountered this season. It is from a cross involving Brugmansia Lemon Twist x Lemon Meringue.

lemontwistxlemonmeringue24-1.jpgThe outer skirt of the bloom has a waxy texture and is a bright yellow. The inner skirt is what makes this bloom unique.  It has more of a satiny texture and is white with yellow edges.  The white remained throughout the duration of the bloom's cycle.  It is sort of the reverse of its father, Lemon Meringue, where the bloom is white with a yellow center. 

The blooms also had a very pleasant fragrance.

lemontwistxlemonmeringue24-2.jpgSeeing how these are the first blooms on this Brugmansia seedling, I will be anxiously awaiting the next set of blooms.  As I have noted previously, double and triple blooms often evolve into a completely different looking bloom after two or three bloom cycles.
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