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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 / Tuesday, November 30, 2010 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

Brugmansia Pink Perfektion meets Orange Sunshine

Here's a new Angel Trumpet seedling that might as well be an orphan because its blooms have nothing in common with the blooms of its parents.  It is from a cross involving Brugmansia Pink Perfektion and Orange Sunshine. 
 
pinkperfektionxorangesunshine2.jpgIts snow white double Angel Trumpet blooms stand out from the dozens of other double white seedlings that bloomed this year because of its thick texture.  Thick texture equates to a more durable, longer lasting bloom. That is a very desirable trait to pass along, so this one will most likely earn a place in my 2011 breeding program.

pinkperfektionxorangesunshine.jpgIts mother, Pink Perfektion, is a vigorous grower and prolific bloomer, even in the heat of summer.  Its father, Brugmansia Orange Sunshine, has beautiful yellow/orange blooms, but I found it to be very susceptible to fungal problems here in Florida. For that reason I retired it from my collection last year.

Now I just need to calculate which crosses to make with it.
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