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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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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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Angel Trumpet Southern Charm gets Jazzed up

Today's featured Angel Trumpet bloom is from a brugmansia cross involving Southern Charm and Jazzy.  This bloom was holding up well in the heat and has a nice fragrance.  I think I'll cross it back to a nice double orange this fall and see what happens.  I'm not sure if I still have my Southern Charm plant but if I do, I'll cross it back as well when it blooms.
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