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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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Brugmansia Lady Liberty x Meloncholy Baby

Here's a new Angel Trumpet seedling that has been blooming almost non-stop since summer.  It is from a Brenda Delph cross between Brugmansia Lady Liberty x Meloncholy Baby.The blooms have a rather unusual form to them and are thick in texture.  I'm not very good at detecting fragrances but this seedling has a pleasant one strong enough to grab my attention.The blooms start out a nice cream color and slowly and slowly pick up a light apricot color as they mature.I'm not sure if this bloom ...
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A classy Lady Liberty Angel Trumpet shows off her babies

After a couple days of featuring double pink Angel Trumpets, I decided its time to display this nice double white that came into bloom earlier this week.  These blooms are from a seedling from the brugmansia cross of Lady Liberty x Meloncholy Baby.So far the blooms have stayed snow white with no influence of color from its father, Meloncholy Baby.The blooms have staying power in the heat and this seedling likes to bloom.  As these blooms are fading it already had another flush of buds in the ...
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