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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 / Saturday, November 26, 2011 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

Brugmansia Angel's Swingtime x Terri Schindler Shiavo

Another double orange Angel Trumpet has made it into my watch zone.  This time it is a seedling from a cross I made between Brugmansia Angel's Swingtime and Terri Schindler Shiavo.

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I've been using Brugmansia Terri Schindler Shiavo as either a pod or pollen parent in many crosses recently.  I noticed it appears to pass on some strong orange color genes and tends to help produce multi-skirt seedlings as well.
angelsswingtimexterrischindlershiavo.jpgThis blooms on this cross stood out because of the long and narrow corolla tubes.  While the blooms are long, the bloom face is rather small in comparison

angelsswingtimexterrischindlershiavo-3.jpgThe first set of blooms were all triples.  It is coming back into bud now so hopefully I'll be enjoying the next set of blooms over the Christmas holidays.



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