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Mutant in paradise... Mutant in paradise...

Mutant in paradise...

Last season I ramped up my brugmansia hybridizing efforts using brugmansias with mutant and deeply serrated foliage.  The results of those...
Just what I need, another garden vice... Just what I need, another garden vice...

Just what I need, another garden vice...

Just what I need on my already overflowing plate, another garden vice! I'm totally swamped with my brugmansia hybridizing program  yet I...
An elegant brugmansia seedling earns keeper status An elegant brugmansia seedling earns keeper status

An elegant brugmansia seedling earns keeper status

I've been watching this brugmansia seedling perform for several years now and decided it was time to make it a keeper!
Looking back into the past.... Looking back into the past....

Looking back into the past....

It is hard to imagine that it has been nearly 5 years since I was actively posting to my garden blog. Today is the start of a new era as I commit to...
Introducing Brugmansia 'Audrey Lea' Introducing Brugmansia 'Audrey Lea'

Introducing Brugmansia 'Audrey Lea'

Brugmansia 'Audrey Lea' is a recent Sommer Gardens introduction with nearly red double blooms.  When you see the photo album below...

Fred's Garden Blog

After a nearly five year hiatus, Fred's Garden Blog is back! Now you can enjoy and experience the gardening exploits and adventures of Fred in his quest to hybridize brugmansia and keep his jungle and nursery under control.

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This new Angel Trumpet seedling makes a spectacular debut.

With so many of my angel trumpet seedlings in bloom right now, a new bloom has to be quite spectacular to stand out from the rest.  Here's one that caught my attention from nearly 100 feet away.  It's an offspring from a cross of Brugmansia Angels Moonlight x Morgansonne.The jumbo-sized blooms are striking and elegant. This bloom is showing a nice coloration on day one, and appears to be deepening as it matures.Several other seedlings from this cross have already bloomed, but this is the ...
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Angel Trumpet Orange Sunshine warms up my day

One of my primary hybridizing goals when I was making crosses last season was to try and create some new double orange and yellow Angel Trumpets. I'm finally starting to see the results of those crosses and my pool of double yellow/orange seedlings to work with is starting to grow,  Within this group I'm hoping a few winners will surface, even if it takes a couple more generations of crosses to achieve this goal.  Today's featured seedling is one that may show some potential in future ...
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What's up with this angel trumpet???

Here's a new Angel Trumpet bloom from a cross made between brugmansia Angel's Moonlight and Cassie's Curls.  I'm not sure if I like this style of bloom and should work with it, or send it to the compost pile.This one seedling has already had several blooms and they all have this form.  This tells me it is most likely not an anomaly and is the way this plant is going to bloom.  I think I will keep it around to see what it looks like when it has a flush and then decide to keep or toss it.What ...
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