One reason why I like exotic hibiscus is the broad range of colors available.  The blooms inspire me to work harder trying to hybridize more colors into brugmansia.  Green and brown colored blooms are becoming more popular with hibiscus and here you can see why.  Here's the Cajun Hibiscus 'Gumbo'.

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.

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. 

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.

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 ...

Here is a beautiful exotic hibiscus that has been rewarding me with dinner plate sized blooms all summer.  Meet Hibiscus 'Peace Train' -

When I was out in Southern California last winter I came back home with an assortment Australian plants including Grevilleas, Banksias, Proteas and the like.  Our relentless humidity is the biggest enemy to growing these in Central Florida but I was willing to experiment. I managed to keep most of them alive during our hot muggy summers and now they are starting to reward me with flowers.  I'll be heading out west again this winter and surely bring back more.Here is Grevillea Robin Gordon -

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. ...