Another double orange Angel Trumpet has made it into my watch zone.  This time it is a seedling from a cross I made between Brugmansia Angel's Swingtime and Terri Schindler Shiavo.I've been using Brugmansia Terri Schindler Shiavo as either a pod or pollen parent in many crosses recently.  I noticed it appears to pass on some strong orange color genes and tends to help produce multi-skirt seedlings as well.This blooms on this cross stood out because of the long and narrow corolla tubes.  ...

One morning last week I was greeted with this rather unique bloom on a new Angel Trumpet seedling.  The cross is Brugmansia Angel's Swingtime x Orange Zest.It appears as if this seedling wants to have multi-skirted blooms, but currently it is confused.  That is not that uncommon because many times it takes multiple bloom cycles for a seedling to get its act together and the blooms stabilize.  That is why it is important for hybridizers to grow a seedling out for multiple seasons before ...