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Mutant in paradise... Mutant in paradise...

Mutant in paradise...

Last season I ramped up my brugmansia hybridizing efforts using brugmansias with mutant and deeply serrated foliage.  The results of those...
Just what I need, another garden vice... Just what I need, another garden vice...

Just what I need, another garden vice...

Just what I need on my already overflowing plate, another garden vice! I'm totally swamped with my brugmansia hybridizing program  yet I...
An elegant brugmansia seedling earns keeper status An elegant brugmansia seedling earns keeper status

An elegant brugmansia seedling earns keeper status

I've been watching this brugmansia seedling perform for several years now and decided it was time to make it a keeper!
Looking back into the past.... Looking back into the past....

Looking back into the past....

It is hard to imagine that it has been nearly 5 years since I was actively posting to my garden blog. Today is the start of a new era as I commit to...
Introducing Brugmansia 'Audrey Lea' Introducing Brugmansia 'Audrey Lea'

Introducing Brugmansia 'Audrey Lea'

Brugmansia 'Audrey Lea' is a recent Sommer Gardens introduction with nearly red double blooms.  When you see the photo album below...

Fred's Garden Blog

After a nearly five year hiatus, Fred's Garden Blog is back! Now you can enjoy and experience the gardening exploits and adventures of Fred in his quest to hybridize brugmansia and keep his jungle and nursery under control.

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Another touch of Angel Trumpet Gold

While out making my rounds last night I found another Angel Trumpet seedling blooming from my brugmansia cross between (Rosamond x L'amour) and Inca Sun.  You can see similar coloration as the seedling I posted on my blog yesterday.  This bloom is much larger though, nearly a foot across, and is star shaped.  There are more seedlings from this cross in bud now so we'll see soon what other surprises are in store for us.
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An Angel Trumpet that really wowed me

Here's an Angel Trumpet that really wowed me over the weekend.  This is the first seedling to bloom from a cross I made last fall between brugmansia (Rosamond x L'amour) x Inca Sun. The photos do not do justice to the intense orange color found in these blooms.  The blooms were waxy in appearance and very fragrant, which is an added bonus.Finding so many great new orange blooming seedlings this fall, I'm going to have a tough time creating a short list of ones to watch in 2010.
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More golden Angel Trumpets

This fall my seedlings have rewarded me with dozens of new golden yellow/orange blooms.  Yesterday I found this bloom on a brugmansia seedling from a cross between Mountain Treasure x Inca Sun.I'll be anxious to see if Inca Sun's blooming qualities are passed on to this seedling.  It has plenty of good qualities that make it worthy of watching for a few more seasons. 
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An Angel Trumpet sunrise

This Angel Trumpet bloom shines above rest during today's early morning sunrise.  It is a seedling from a cross between brugmansia Mon Amour de Mareuil x Shooting Star.  The blooms on this seedling are very fragrant and long lasting but so far the color has not intensified past a light apricot color.  I recently crossed it back to several deep orange cultivars in hopes of injecting more color into this cross.
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Jazzing up an Angel Trumpet

Today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling is from a cross between Brugmansia Jazzy x Naughty Nick.  This is the second seedling from this cross to bloom for me this summer. I featured the first seedling in late September and if you compare the two sets of blooms, they are look similar. The main difference between the two seedlings is that this one has more of a caramel color and the other seedling had salmon colored blooms.There are a bunch more seedlings from this cross to bloom and I'm ...
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Angel Trumpet Axel Rose and one its offspring

Here's another Angel Trumpet seedling with Axel Rose in the mix.  It is a cross between brugmansia Axel Rose x Genevieve.  The blooms are what I call average in size and are a deep golden orange color.  I have lots of seedlings involving Axel Rose yet to bloom and it will be interesting to see if any break out of the yellow-orange trend the blooms to date have had.For those of you not familiar with Axel Rose, it is a green on green variegated sport from Maya, another variegated brugmansia. ...
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Another orange Angel Trumpet that caught my eye

While I was out taking a moonlit stroll through my Angel Trumpets last night, I came across some additional orange blooms that really caught my eye.  They are from a cross of brugmansia Cassie's Curls x an unknown father.  I have a bunch of seedlings from this cross growing and so far they have yielded quite a diverse group of blooms.The unique coloration and fat blooms were unlike any blooms I have seen on cultivars growing here in the states.  I'll be watching this one for the next few ...
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A mixed marriage involving two Angel Trumpet legends

Today's featured Angel Trumpet blooms are the outcome of the mixed marriage of the America brugmansia Butterfly, and the German brugmansia Joli.  Butterfly is a classic American hybrid and Joli is a European one.When you look at the results you can see quality traits from both parents in the blooms.  So far all the blooms have been resilient, six pointers, with a nice fragrance.  The blooms have lasted nearly a week and what was surprising was that the tendrils held up equally as well.  ...
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