Sommer Gardens / Sunday, December 19, 2010 / Categories: Brugmansia Dealing with Posttraumatic Freeze Disorder I'm not a big fan of cold weather. I'm a Florida boy and my body and brain start to shut down when the temps drop below 40f. :) Even in my athletic days I would not bike if it was below 50 and unless I was racing I would not run when the temperatures dropped below 40. As a nurseryman I hate cold weather even more. I recently discovered I have Posttraumatic Freeze Disorder, or PTFD for short. PTFD can be defined as a condition characterized by intense fear, helplessness, or horror resulting from the exposure of your nursery, garden or plants to a hard or severe freeze. I finally discovered there is hope for those of us who have this disorder. The best treatment I have found is to find beautiful blooms like these a day or two after the big freeze!The picture above is of a promising new Angel Trumpet seedling I am trialing. All these photos have been taken within the past two days, following our recent hard freeze. Below is one of my favorite seedlings from 2010, Brugmansia New Orleans Lady x (Angels Flight x Charming).Here is Angel Trumpet Bernstein, one of the brightest single oranges you will find. The final color will be much darker than what is pictured below.It is hard to find a more beautiful medium pink double Angel Trumpet than Brugmansia Day Dreams, a Monika Gottschalk hybrid grown from seed by Shirley Morr. I had hoped to pollinate all these blooms but the bees beat me to it while the plants were covered with frost cloth and poly.Brugmansia Inca Sun did not let the cold weather stop it from blooming.Here's a new seedling I'm working with that has the largest blooms of any multi-skirt white I have encountered. It is not uncommon to see blooms 16-18 inches long and 10-12 inches wide.Here you see Bernstein in the front with a cluster of blooms from Brugmansia Jessie Noel in the background.Another golden Angel Trumpet that really colors up in the cool weather is Ludger's Summer Dream. Notice the tiny seed pods forming between the blooms.More to follow! Dealing with Posttraumatic Freeze Disorder (continued) This Angel Trumpet could use some more zest! Print Rate this article: No rating 18775 Tags:Angel TrumpetbernsteinBrugmansia; BRUGSinca sunLUDGER