While preparing today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling, I came across photographs of a sibling from the same brugmansia cross that bloomed in early October.  I had prepared the photos to post back then, but forgot to create the post.  The cross is brugmansia Shooting Star x Masquerade.  Here's a photo I took in October of the first seedling from this cross to bloom.  You would not expect to see a pink bloom when you cross Shooting Star, a single orange, to Masquerade, a double/triple ...

Well this is certainly a strange Angel Trumpet bloom.  The outer skirt of the bloom is a deep green while the inner layers have colored up. it is not uncommon to find the innermost skirt to be late to develop, but I have never seen this happen with the outer skirt.  It is almost as if the skirt layers are reversed in this bloom.  Perhaps it was just the first bloom jitters for this brugmansia seedling?  I'm anxious to see what the next bloom does.

Today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling is from a cross between brugmansia Goldfinch x Rubirosa.  The blooms are large with a nice form and color.  This seedling is quite different from a previous seedling from brugmansia Goldfinch x Rubirosa that I commented on in August.  That seedling had petite, single white blooms.  I still have a couple more seedlings from this cross yet to bloom.  It would be great if one combined Goldfinch's color with the style of the bloom pictured above.  You ...

Last night when I was out making my rounds, I came across several additional large slugs amongst my brugmansia seedlings. Now I know why the slugs are so large.  Not only are they eating my Angel Trumpets, they are eating the fertilizer I recently applied as well!!!Finding so many large slugs in such a short period of time convinced me that I need to resort to chemical warfare if I am going to get them under control.  While I was at the growers supply store today I purchased some ...

In today's new Angel Trumpet seedling there is no resemblance to to either one of the parents.  It is a cross between brugmansia Pink Smitty x The Chief.  I'm sure this look is linked back to Pink Smitty as I have seen numerous single pink Aurea style blooms come out of the many Pink Smitty crosses I am growing.  The blooms on this brugmansia seedling are waxy in appearance, thick textured and long lasting.  I can't remember what the fragrance was like.A couple of months ago I posted ...

Today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling has such a full bloom it almost looks as if the flower is a rose, or other full bodied flower like a mum or carnation.  This beautiful bloom was produced by an Angel Trumpet seedling from a cross between brugmansia Naughty Nick x Cleopatra.Based on the parentage, this seedling has a double dose of color genes in it.  How cool would it be to have a future cross generate a yellow or orange bloom like the one above?! When I sliced the bloom open I found ...

Here's a beautiful new Angel Trumpet from a brugmansia cross involving Pink Smitty x Miss Emily Meckenzie.  The blooms were large, thick textured, long lasting and fragrant.  The big question is, "are these blooms special enough to rise above the hundreds of other new single pinks that have bloomed this season?"  Well this one will have a couple more months to prove itself before it gets tagged.  U6SPVYH7MEESRelated articles by ZemantaAn Angel Trumpet on steroids emerges... ...

All I can say is wow, this fat little Angel Trumpet sure is coloring up nicely.  The color has turned a richer orange since the photo I shot yesterday afternoon.   It is quite the porker too.  The bloom is fully stuffed so it must be at least a triple.  I plan to cut it open tonight to see if it has any pollen.  Of course while I'm in there I may do some pollinating too.  :)