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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 / Friday, May 13, 2011 / Categories: Seedlings

This Angel Trumpet is a keeper for sure!

Here's one of my favorite double pink Angel Trumpets I have growing in my watch zone.  It is from a cross between Brugmansia Butterfly x (Terri Shiavo x Earth Angel).

butterflyxtssxearthangel-2.jpgI have been watching this Angel Trumpet seedling perform for over two years and now it is time to set if free. Once i dream up a suitable name for it I plan to officially register and release it.

butterflyxtssxearthangel-3.jpgThe blooms are large and full and hold up extremely well here in the Florida heat.  Like many pink brugmansia, the color deepens considerably in the warmer summer months.

butterflyxtssxearthangel-4.jpgAnother great trait this seedling has is that the blooms always have great form. 
 
butterflyxtssxearthangel-5.jpgWith such great parentage I was hoping to incorporate it into my breeding program but so far I have not had much luck setting pods on this one.  Perhaps I just have not found the right match.  I'll be ready to try again this fall when the weather cools.

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