Another Angel Trumpet that is putting on a summer show right now is Brugmansia Pink Charm.  While the color is not quite as dark as it would be in cooler weather, it makes up for it with the quantity of blooms.  Pink Charm also has a very pleasant scent that permeates our thick summer nighttime air. Brugmansia Pink Charm is a Monika Gottschalk Hybrid grown out from seed by Shirley Moor.  I have a bunch of seedlings with Pink Charm in the parentage that I expect to see bloom later this year. ...

Everyday I'm finding more and more of my Angel Trumpets forming buds or coming into bloom, despite the record breaking heat we are encountering.  Brugmansia Velvet Lady is one cultivar that is thriving in the heat.  Below you can see a young Velvet Lady showing off its first mini-flush.The blooms on Velvet Lady hold up well in the heat and rain.  Many of the other whites I have in my collection start spotting after day one in the summer.  But as you can see, even the tendrils on Velvet Lady ...

Many of my Brugmansia seedlings devastated by this past winter's freeze are finally starting to bloom.  It is amazing how resilient these plants can be.   One that really caught my attention tonight was this beautiful seedling from a cross between Orange Zest and an unknown cultivar.Orange Zest is a new cultivar I introduced and registered last fall.  It came from a cross Liz Fichtl made between Jacayna and The Chief.  These blooms have a strong resemblance to those of Orange Zest, but are ...

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Although I have been growing Miner's Claim for three years, I have yet to see a bloom on one until a few weeks ago.  I lost my Miner's Claim in the freeze this past winter so I obtained another one from Logee's. I have only has this plant for two months and it has already rewarded me with a couple of blooms.  Here's the first bloom at its peak.Of course I tried pollinating it, but the cross did not take.  I was able to grab some nice pollen from this bloom and I have it in the freezer for ...

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My Brugmansia seedlings are slowly coming back into bloom after this past winter's devastating freezes.  The first to bloom are repeats, seedlings that bloomed for the first time last fall. Here's one that I put it my keeper zone last year to see how it performs this this summer.  It is a seedling from a cross made by Brenda Delph involving Brugmansia Lady Liberty and Jamie's Monkey Business..The blooms are a light butter yellow color with a thick texture.  Now that our temperatures are up ...

For some strange reason this 10 foot tall monster Brugmansia seedling survived the freeze.  It was part of the group that I iced over to protect and think it had just the right amount of support to keep the plant from breaking under the weight of the ice.  This plant recently became the big show-off in my brugmansia field by proudly displaying nearly two dozen large pink blooms.  With the plant hovering over 10 feet tall, it quickly became the focal point in my garden.Unfortunately the tag ...