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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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A Golden Angel Trumpet casts it glow into the night

This recent bloomer from my Angel Trumpet seedlings has a rich golden orange color.  It is from a cross i made between Brugmansia Ludgers Windsong x (Color Point x Double Dark Rosetta) #8.While this seedling is certainly not special enough to register, I plan to use it in a few crosses this winter.  I have had some great results with crosses made with my Color Point x Double Bark Rosetta seedlings.  The Brugmansia (Color Point x Double Dark Rosetta) #8 seedling used for the pollen parent in ...
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This Golden Angel Trumpet is one Big Momma!

When I came across this new Angel Trumpet bloom I was totally amazed.  With the flower measuring almost 11 inches across, it was the largest single yellow/orange bloom I had ever encountered. This Momma sized bloom is from a seedling involving a cross between Brugmansia Ludger's Windsong x (Color Point x Double Dark Rosetta) #6.The photo above shows how the blooms start out on day #1.  By the second day the blooms have re-curved and become squatter.  The orange color also deepens as the ...
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Alright Ms. Angel Trumpet, whose your daddy?

Here's a nicely colored bloom on an Angel Trumpet seedling from one of Mother Nature's crosses involving brugmansia Southern Charm.  I'm certain the father was either Ludger's Windsong or Jazzy, as both were growing within 10 yards of Southern Charm.  I would cross it back to Southern Charm but I do not believe I still have that cultivar.  I'll try some brugmansia America pollen on the next bloom and see what the results are.  It sure would be nice to have this color transferred over to a ...
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