Friday, January 4, 2013 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 13135 / Comments: / Article rating: 5.0 The show never ends with this Brugmansia! Categories:Brugmansia SeedlingsBrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetbertbloomsbrugBrugmansianaughty nickSeedlings Read more
Monday, July 16, 2012 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 12921 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Angel Trumpet Brugmansia 'Bert' x 'Naughty Nick' Here's another Angel Trumpet seedling I have been watching for a couple of years and now must decide if should be a keeper. It is from a cross I made between Brugmansia 'Bert' x 'Naughty Nick'.It definitely has its father's growth genes and It is pushing up the top of my shadehouse, which is about 9 feet high in that location. The blooms are mostly all triples and are slightly larger than those of 'Naughty Nick'. The corolla skirts are often extended, much like those of Brugmansia 'Angels ... Categories:Seedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetbertbrugBrugmansianaughty nicksommer gardens Read more
Saturday, March 10, 2012 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 19475 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating A tiny gem of a Brugmansia I've been watching this Angel Trumpet seedling for the past two years and now I'm ready to place it on my "to be registered' list. It is from a cross I made between Brugmansia Naughty Nick x Cleopatra.Don't be fooled by the photo and assume the blooms are large. The blooms on this seedling are always less than two inches across. The blooms start out cream colored and slowly pick up some apricot highlights as they mature. While the blooms may be petite, the plant is not. It definitely has ... Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetbrugBrugmansiaCleopatrahybridizingnaughty nickseedling Read more
Monday, February 13, 2012 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 5921 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Intoducing another showy white Angel Trumpet seedling Here's another new white Angel Trumpet seedling that recently impressed me with its blooms. This one is from a cross I made between Brugmansia Ludger's Windsong x Naughty Nick. Even though the parent's bloom yellow and orange respectively, the blooms on this seedling are snow white and quite showy. I feel this seedling is worthy of at least watching for a few more bloom cycles before deciding its fate. What I decided to do is group the white seedlings I'm watching together and wait ... Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetbrugBrugmansialudger's windsongnaughty nick Read more
Thursday, January 12, 2012 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 20334 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating The Flying Nun of the Brugmansia World This Angel Trumpet seedling has just earned a spot on my keeper list. It is from a cross I made between Brugmansia Naughty Nick x Cleopatra.The blooms sort of have a flying nun look to me that is sort of cool when the plant is loaded with blooms. The creamy white blooms are very thick textured and average 3-4 inches across. During cool weather they pick-up a slight apricot color as they age.The plant growth has been vigorous, but not quite as crazy as its mother, Brugmansia Naughty Nick. ... Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetbrugBrugmansiaCleopatranaughty nick Read more
Thursday, November 10, 2011 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 9240 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Brugmansia Bert joins forces with Naughty Nick In my early days of hybridizing Angel Trumpets I made numerous crosses with Brugmansia Bert. Here is the result of one of those crosses with Brugmansia Naughty Nick as the pollen parent.This batch of seedlings took longer than normal to bloom for the first time after being damaged in our 2009 and 2010 freezes. I have three separate seedlings from this cross in bloom right now and the blooms on all three are very similar in appearance, but the bloom size varies. On one seedling the blooms ... Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:angel trumpeybertbrugBrugmansianaughty nick Read more
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 10829 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Brugmansia Naughty Nick meets Cleopatra This petite Angel Trumpet bloom is from a cross I made between Brugmansia Naughty Nick x Cleopatra.This seedling is one of several from this cross that I carried over into my watch zone last year. One of those has blooms that look similar to these, however that seedling's blooms pick-up a slight apricot color as they mature. So far the seedling featured here stays white from start to finish.The blooms on this seedling are full and petite, averaging less than 3 inches across. The plant is ... Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetBrugmansiabrugsCleopatranaughty nick Read more
Monday, March 21, 2011 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 10837 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Meet the David & Goliath of Angel Trumpets Brugmansia come in all shapes and sizes and here's a good example of extremes in size. The larger pink Angel Trumpet is an Ecuador Pink x Rothkirch seedling. The mini-white below it is from a cross involving Naughty Nick x Cleopatra. The Naughty Nick x Cleopatra seedling is one I first featured in my garden blog back in December of 2009. The petite blooms are only a couple of inches across and typically have at least three skirts. While the blooms are small, the plant is a giant. I have ... Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetBrugmansiabrugsCleopatraecuador pinknaughty nickrothkirch Read more