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Last season I ramped up my brugmansia hybridizing efforts using brugmansias with mutant and deeply serrated foliage.  The results of those...

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Sommer Gardens / Tuesday, July 19, 2011 / Categories: Brugmansia

The queen of variegated Angel Trumpets

This past week almost all my blooming size variegated Brugmansia cultivars have bloomed, or are in bud preparing to bloom. One of the more floriferous of the variegated Angel Trumpets is Brugmansia Variegated Apricot Queen.

variegatedapricotqueen.jpgWhile my main plant is still rather small, about 3 feet above the pot, it must have close to 40 pendulous blooms cascading down from its canopy.
variegatedapricotqueen-2.jpgAs you can see the leaf variegation is lighter than many of the variegated Brugmansia.  The leaves of Variegated Apricot Queen are a light green with cream colored variegation.  The leaves are also smaller and more oblong than most variegated cultivars.
variegatedapricotqueen-3.jpgLike the non-variegated version of Brugmansia Apricot Queen, the blooms start out a nice cream color and then slowly age to apricot. 

For those of you who like variegated plants this would be a great one to add to your collection.  It is a fast grower, heavy bloomer, remains relatively pest free, and it thrives in the heat.
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