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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 / Sunday, August 12, 2012 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

A new peachy double Brugmansia seedling

It is always rewarding to find a new double Angel Trumpet with a bloom color outside of the common color range expected in Brugmansia.  This Brugmansia seedling from a cross I made between Brugmansia 'Orange Zest' and 'White Magic' has a delicious peach/cantaloupe color not commonly found in a double bloom.

orangezestxwhitemagic.jpgThe blooms are medium in size and hold up well in the heat.  The seedling is a vigorous grower and has remained pest free. 

orangezestxwhitemagic-2.jpgBrugmansia 'White Magic' is the father of this seedling and I believe its genes contributed greatly to the look of this bloom. White Magic has already produced some stellar offspring and I plan make it an important part of my fall breeding program.
 


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