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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 / Thursday, April 14, 2011 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

Brugmansia Cherub meets Orange Parfait

If you like your Angel Trumpets to have a light salmon color with great form, than you will like this seedling.  It is from a cross involving Brugmansia 'Cherub' x 'Orange Parfait'.

cherubxorangeparfait.jpgBrugmansia 'Cherub' is a super performer here in Florida. It remains relatively bug free and forms a nice bloom canopy.  I used 'Cherub' in lots of crosses back in 2009 because of those qualities.

Brugmansia 'Orange Parfait' is a recent introduction of Sommer Gardens that is a real winner.  It has masses of blooms that slowly change from white to a creamy orange.

cherubxorangeparfait-2.jpgI'm not sure what I'll do with this one, but I'll keep watch over it during the summer to see how it performs in our sauna like weather.  I'm also curious to see if the color deepens this summer.



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