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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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After a nearly five year hiatus, Fred's Garden Blog is back! Now you can enjoy and experience the gardening exploits and adventures of Fred in his quest to hybridize brugmansia and keep his jungle and nursery under control.

Sommer Gardens / Friday, March 16, 2012 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

A new Angel Trumpet with great color, form and substance

One of the more striking blooms appearing in my watch zone this week was this one on an Angel Trumpet seedling I carried over from last summer.  The cross is Brugmansia Cassies Curls x (Ludger's Summer Dream x Creamsicle).cassiescurlsxludgerssummerdreamxcreamsicle2.jpgThe blooms are thick textured with the deep orange color extending all the way up the corolla tube. The bloom form is simple with an inner skirt that is often split. 

cassiescurlsxludgerssummerdreamxcreamsicle2-2.jpgI have several seedlings from this same cross in my watch zone.  All have the same rich color, but with different looking blooms. I'm certain at least a couple of them will end up on my "to be registered" list by the end of summer.


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