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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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Twin Angel Trumpets that will scare you

In keeping with this weekend's blizzard like weather, I thought I would introduce you to one of my scariest Angel Trumpet seedlings to bloom this winter.  These snow monster type blooms are from a brugmansia Velvet Rose x Creamsicle seedling.  Just imagine seeing an entire bush covered with a flush of blooms like these! 
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Today's new Angel Trumpet, a yellow softie...

Today's featured Angel Trumpet is proudly showing off its butter yellow blooms.  This seedling is the result of a cross between brugmansia Velvet Rose x Goldfinch.  Velvet Rose is one of the most durable Angel Trumpets I have growing in my yard, while Goldfinch has been struggling to remain healthy and was recently trashed.  Perhaps this seedling has retained the best genes of both parents.As you can see below, it is not a shy bloomer.  The blooms were long lasting and very fragrant.  ...
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Velvet's Angel Trumpets, big and small...

Today's featured whites include two brugmansia crosses with Velvet Rose as the mother.  The first involves a cross between Velvet Rose x Goldfinch.  The blooms are petite and numerous, and hold up well in the heat.If you like your blooms big, this cross between Velvet Rose x Native Habitat Double Peach should get your attention.Like it's mother, this Angel Trumpet blooms like crazy and has a pleasant fragrance.
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