The one Angel Trumpet I use in my breeding program more than any other is Brugmansia 'Inca Sun'.  The reason being is that Inca Sun is considered to be ever-blooming, unlike most Angel Trumpets that bloom in flushes every 4-6 weeks.   Here's a promising new seedling that just bloomed from a cross I made between Brugmansia Angels Exotic x Inca Sun.I have about 40 seedlings from this cross growing and about half have bloomed.  So far three of the seedlings have been placed in my watch zone and ...

Here's another golden yellow Brugmansia seedling that recently bloomed.  Unfortunately the tag is so faded that I cannot make out the cross.What makes this seedling worth watching is that the blooms are quite fragrant, thick in texture and smaller in size.  I also like the ruffly look of the bloom and its curly corolla teeth.Although this Angel Trumpet bloom appears to have a hint of orange in it, the bloom stayed yellow through its entire life cycle.   You know me, I hate to leave a good ...

This Angel Trumpet seedling has some of the nicest yellow blooms I have seen.  The seedling is from a cross involving Brugmansia Sommerzauber x Cassie's Curls.The blooms remind me of Brenda Delph's Andrew's Gold.  So far the blooms have stayed yellow and not aged to orange like many yellows tend to do.  This seedling has great parentage with Monika Gottschalk's Sommerzauber as pod bearer.  The father, Cassie's Curls is one of my favorite single orange brugmansia. What was exciting about this ...

It's easy, just catch them with a trap and transport them away to a new location!Recently I started noticing my cat's food was disappearing at an astonishing rate.  My cat is not a big eater so I knew something strange was going on.  Perhaps the half eaten dog biscuit I found in the kitchen sink should have been a tip-off as to who was to blame.I borrowed a small animal trap from a friend and set it up in my kitchen before going to bed.   A few hours later I awoke to a ruckus as this rather ...

As the Friday sun was setting I was out amongst my brugmansia plants looking for blooms to pollinate.  I just happened to glance towards the east and saw a rocket heading skyward.  I'm only about 60 miles from the space center and as long as the sky is clear, launches are easily seen.If you look at the very top of the photo you can see the rocket.  Because this rocket was carrying a spy satellite, there was no advance notice of the launch.  I'm sure going to miss the shuttle launches when ...

This is my all time favorite spring flowering tree. It is known as the Golden Trumpet Tree (Tabebuia chrysotricha).  I grew the tree pictured below from seed years ago and it is the largest of the 4-5 trees I have planted.  They started blooming last week and should peak in the next few days. They are truly a show-stopper when they bloom, with masses of bright yellow blooms covering the entire tree.This variety of Tabebuia reaches about 20-25 feet tall at maturity.  Here's a photo of ...

Now on its second year in my watch zone, this Angel Trumpet has earned itself keeper status.  It is a Brenda Delph cross of Brugmansia Terri Schindler Shiavo x New Orleans Lady.The blooms are medium in size and carry New Orleans Lady pleasant scent.The coloring is also similar to that of its father, New Orleans Lady.  All the blooms pictured here were sliced open for pollinating following this photo session so I do not have a decent picture of a fully colored bloom.I crossed this seedling ...

Here's a nice single yellow Angel Trumpet seedling I carried over from 2010.  It is from a cross involving Brugmansia (Serendipity x Peanut) x Jamies Monkey Business.I carried this one over because the blooms had great form and the soft yellow color carried all the way through the corolla tube.Another plus for this seedling was the fact that the blooms stayed yellow throughout their life cycle.  Often yellow brugmansia cultivars develop orange tones as they mature.  I have so many great ...