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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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A warm Florida Welcome to my new readers!

I would like to welcome my new blog readers that came over from Blotanical.com.  Thanks for the nice comments.  Please visit often to see what surprises my hybridizing efforts produce.I had a major event over the weekend so I missed a couple of days of new bloom pictures.  I'll make uip for it this week by posting a few extras.  I'm heading out now to see what is blooming this morning.
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This Angel Trumpet seedling needs color to survive

The second seedling from this cross from brugmansia Bergfeuer x Super Spot just came into bloom.  It has the same long tendrils as the first seedling, but is lacking in color.Even though the color is weak, it still has a nice form and pleasant fragrance.  This one may be taking after its father, Super Spot, whose color is influenced greatly by the environment. When you compare it to its sibling that bloomed last month, it is really going to have to impress me in the next few weeks to earn a ...
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A wild and crazy looking Angel Trumpet

Today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling is the 7th seedling to bloom from a brugmansia cross made by Volker Sanders involving Color Point x Double Dark Rosetta.  There's no color in this one but it does have a wild and crazy looking bloom.  The blooms are nice and plump and so far this plant has remained much smaller than the other seedlings from this cross.This seedling starting blooming last fall, but had to be cut back to the ground following last winter's freeze.  It is planted in the ...
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A jewel of an Angel Trumpet

Today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling is a carry over from 2008 that I plan to name and register this fall.  It is the result of a J.T. Session's brugmansia cross involving Goldfinch x Peanut.As you can see, the blooms tend to stay horizontal or slightly nodding.  The tendrils start out sort of wild but over the course of a couple of days they completely re-curve back.The blooms are petite and compact, like its father, Peanut.  I remember the blooms staying a light pink last winter, and ...
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Sleeping beauty...

It is nearly impossible to take a midnight stroll without seeing a bunch on chameleons napping.  This guy was smart enough to sleep up on the top of a stand alone plant, making it hard for him to be a midnight snack for the resident snakes.
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An Angel Trumpet showing off some American Pride...

Today's featured Angel Trumpet is from a cross between brugmansia Mountain Magic x American Pride.The blooms are a nice butter yellow color with great form.   They also have a nice fragrance.  I'll leave this one alone and see how it performs this fall/winter.
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