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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 / Wednesday, September 2, 2009 / Categories: Brugmansia

Petite and ruffly....

Today's featured white Angel Trumpet is a cross between brugmansia Jazzy x Miss Ellie.  Both are single yellows so I was surprised to see a double white as the result.

jazzyxmissellie1-1.jpgThis seedling was a carry over from last fall and it has been blooming on and off all summer.  I'm not sure it is worthy of naming and registering, but I do want to cross it back to both it's parents this fall in hopes of getting some color.  The blooms are petite with long corolla tubes.  The plant is not phased by the heat or pests.

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I recently had another seedling from this cross bloom and it was a single white. The blooms had a nice Aurea form and were thick in texture.  I'm not sure what I'll do with this one, but meanwhile it continues to grow and bloom.

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