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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

If you like your Angel Trumpets white and flouncy...

This Angel Trumpet seedling was placed in my watch zone last summer and now it has earned keeper status.  It is from a cross involving Brugmansia Pink Perfektion x Orange Sunshine.

pinkperfektionxorangesunshine2-1.jpgThe blooms are thick textured and long lasting.  I really like their flouncy look too.

pinkperfektionxorangesunshine2-2.jpgThis seedling has been a frequent bloomer and its snow white blooms are an eye-catcher.

pinkperfektionxorangesunshine2-3.jpgIt would have been nice if some of Brugmansia Orange Sunshine's color would have carried over to these blooms.  Perhaps a second generation cross will bring the color genes to the front.  I cannot remember if these blooms had a fragrance, so I'll have to report back on that.

pinkperfektionxorangesunshine2-4.jpgI'm going to continue to watch this seedling during the summer.  If it performs well, expect to see this beautiful seedling named and registered this fall.





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