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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 / Thursday, December 9, 2010 / Categories: Brugmansia

What a difference a couple of degrees makes...

Anyone who has grown Angel Trumpets for more than a season understands how environmental conditions can have a major influence on a bloom's appearance.  Brugmansia Angel's Golden Dreams is a great example of this.  Here's a photo of what the typical color of AGD blooms look like during our warm growing season.

angelsgoldendreams-warm.jpgNow that the temps have cooled off during the day and night, the blooms have turned a nice yellow/orange color.  This color deepened even more when the nighttime temperature dropped down to the 30's.

angelsgoldendreams-cool.jpgThe cool season is a great time to trial white Brugmansia. It is amazing how many whites actually show cream or light yellow/orange coloring in the cold weather.  I only have a few white keepers that stay snow-white all year. 

angelsgoldendreams-cool-daytime.jpg
Many of the pink cultivars have their deepest coloring during the warm months and are significantly lighter when the temps are cool.  For some Brugmansia, the growing temps have no influence on color.
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