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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 / Monday, November 21, 2011 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

A whimsical new Brugmansia seedling

I'm a big fan of crazy corolla teeth so naturally this new Angel Trumpet seedling caught my attention right away.

unknowndoublepink2.jpgUnfortunately I cannot give you the name of the cross at this time because the tag was faded.  I'm sure I'll be able to eventually figure it out with the use of an infrared light and a magnifying glass. When this happens to a promising Brugmansia seedling I give the plant a new tag with a code number on it.  The old tag is also coded with the new code number and placed in a box to wait for me to get in a forensic mood.  When I'm ready to get into CSI mode, I use various techniques to try to decipher the words on the old tag.
unknowndoublepink2-2.jpgI really liked the whimsical look this bloom has in addition to the soft pink coloring. I'm carrying this seedling forward in my watch zone with great anticipation that it may ultimately become a keeper. 


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