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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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Thumbs up for America's baby!

As you can see by the photo below, this new seedling has already earned a thumbs up!This bloom is from a cross I made involving Jamie's Monkey Business x America.  It bloomed for the first time last December and at that time the blooms were more orange.  The first set of blooms also had dropped skirts instead of the stuffed skirts I'm seeing now.  This does not surprise me because often it takes several bloom cycles for a new double to either get its act together or not.  Sometimes they ...
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An Angel Trumpet with Southern Charm

Brugmansia Seminole Moon carried its color genes over to this Angel Trumpet seedling, but it sure would have been nice if Southern Charm's double bloom genes would have had an equal influence.  Today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling is a cross between brugmansia Southern Charm x Seminole Moon.I plan to cross this one back to a few doubles this spring to see if i can squeeze a couple of nice double orange seedlings out of the combined gene pool.
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A giant Angel Trumpet with super-sized blooms

Here's an Angel Trumpet seedling carry over from last year.  It is a cross from brugmansia Pink Beauty x Native Habitat Double Peach.This brugmansia, with its  super-sized blooms, put on such a show last year that I just could not stand to toss it out.  This past Spring I planted it in my yard where it has been performing nicely ever since.The blooms start out white and then slowly age to a nice peach color.  While it is blooming you end up with white, peach, and in-between colored blooms on ...
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A snow white Angel Trumpet for a cold as snow day

As cold as it is down here right now, I'm giving in and featuring an Angel Trumpet seedling that is white as snow to match this crazy cold weather.  Today's featured brugmansia seedling is from a cross between American Pride and Dorthea.As you can see, this seedling proudly displays its blooms horizontally.  The blooms are very thick textured and have a porcelain like appearance.This seedling was a consistent bloomer this fall and its aurea style blooms make it worthy of carrying forward for ...
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A toasted new Angel Trumpet

Today's featured Angel Trumpet bloom has edges and tendrils that almost appear as if they have been toasted.  The blooms are from a cross between brugmansia Axel Rose x Mountain Magic.Even as the flower matured the color did not extend past the outer edges of the bloom and the tendrils.  The bloom had a nice shape and was long lasting.  It will be interesting to see what this one does the next time it blooms.
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Time for another Angel Trumpet two for Tuesday!

Today I'm featuring Angel Trumpet blooms from two separate seedlings from the same brugmansia cross of Gemini x (Susanne x Rothkirch).  The first one has a rather wild looking snow white bloom and was obviously influenced heavily by its mother, Gemini. The second brugmansia seedling from this cross had a greater influence from its father, a seedling from a cross of brugmansia Susanne x Rothkirch, both single pinks. Gemini was still dominate in this second seedling providing the double/triple ...
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