It is not often that I encounter a multi-color bloom amongst my seedlings, but the ones I have encountered have all been nice.  Here is one I plan to name and register soon.  It is a seedling from a cross between Brugmansia Miss Ellie and Day Dreams.These pictures really do not show the beautiful color range of this Angel Trumpet.  In real life the ribs on the blooms have more golden orange in them.  The mix of soft pastel colors make this seedling stand out from the others. It is a ...

My Angel Trumpet seedlings have rewarded me with a bunch of promising yellow/orange blooms this year.  Out of the entire lot, this one stands out above the rest.  It is a seedling from a cross involving Brugmansia Day Dreams x Ludger's Windsong.Often yellow brugmansia blooms take on some orange coloration as they age, but not this one.  This seedling stays yellow from start to finish.The blooms are medium in size and long lasting, even in our Florida heat.  So far it has been a great ...

Another great surprise and certainly a nice way to end the year was spotting these Angel Trumpet blooms on a seedling from Brugmansia Hawaiian Double White x (L'Amour x Day Dreams).This seedling was carried over from 2009 and finally came back in bloom after a near death experience in last year's freeze.  The calyx is normally not dry and crispy as shown in the photo, that is just the effect from our most recent freeze.These blooms have a very strong resemblance to Brugmansia Day Dreams.  ...

As a friend and I worked diligently to prepare several Brugmansia plants for tonight's predicted record breaking hard freeze, I stumbled across this beautiful new Angel Trumpet seedling.  It is from a cross of Brugmansia Day Dreams x Ludger's Windsong.Lucky for this Angel Trumpet its beautiful golden yellow blooms quickly earned it a warmer place to spend the next couple of nights.  I'll be watching this one closely next spring. 

During my recent Bloomapalooza I was overwhelmed with honey bees.  I think the northern bee farmers are already relocating their hives to Florida for the winter.This lone bee is sipping away on a new bloom from a Brugmansia Jamies Monkey Business x Day Dreams seedling.  I think I'm going to have lots of rogue seed pods this spring.  That can be a good thing because I will harvest the pods and donate the seeds to the International Brugmansia & Datura Society (iBrugs.com) so they can give them ...

Now that summer is winding down, my Angel Trumpets are gearing up for the fall Bloomapalooza.  I must have captured photos of at least a dozen new promising Angel Trumpet seedlings in bloom for the first time tonight.  Here's one that grabbed my attention right away.  The bloom is from a cross involving Brugmansia Butterfly x Day Dreams. Besides having nicely shaped blooms, this seedling also had lush, green foliage with no evidence of pest or disease problems.  The blooms are medium in size ...

Today's featured Angel Trumpet is a seedling that was carried over from my 2008 watch zone.  It is from a brugmansia seedling from a cross between (Hawaiian Double White x L'amour) x Day Dreams.This brugmansia seedling has turned out to be a real beauty. It had a major setback in last winter's freeze and had to rebound from ground level. It is just now getting large enough for me to grab a few cuttings and try and root them.  If it propagates well and remains true to itself it may be well on ...