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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 / Wednesday, June 15, 2011 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

Two great Brugmansia parents make for a beautiful seedling

Here's another Angel Trumpet seedling that is showing great promise this summer.  It is a seedling from a cross between Brugmansia Mon Amour de Muriel and Shooting Star.

monamourdemareuilxshootingstar-5.jpgThis Brugmansia seedling caught my attention last year and was placed into my watch zone.  It has really turned out to be a watcher with its beautifully formed double-skirted, deep salmon colored blooms

monamourdemareuilxshootingstar-3.jpgOften the blooms will start out with a distinct separation before slowly starting to recurve.

monamourdemareuilxshootingstar-4.jpg The plant is a vigorous grower and is currently over 8 feet tall.  The blooms are not phased by the heat and the plant has remained pest free. The blooms always have separated skirts and have maintained a consistent look and form over multiple flushes.  That is very important should I decide to name and register this seedling.

monamourdemareuilxshootingstar.jpgWith such great parents, Brugmansia Mon Amour de Muriel and Shooting Star, it is no wonder why this Angel Trumpet seedling is such a beauty!




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