Monday, October 26, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 5288 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating 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. Categories:Random thoughtsRamblings Tags:Angel TrumpetBrugmansia Read more
Friday, October 23, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 5445 / Comments: / Article rating: 5.0 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 ... Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:angel trumpet brugmansia bergfeuer x super spot Read more
Thursday, October 22, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 5204 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating 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 ... Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetBrugmansiabrugsColor Pointdouble dark rosettaSeedlings Read more
Thursday, October 22, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 5022 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Nice job trying to hide...busted! And squashed, sorry. Categories:Garden Pests Tags:grasshopper Read more
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 5448 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating 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 ... Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:Angel TrumpetBrugmansiabrugsgoldfinchpeanut Read more
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 5108 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating 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. Categories:Creatures Tags:chameleoncreatures Read more
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 5366 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating A stealth moth Now I see where the military found the design for the stealth bomber...Minus the antlers of course... Categories:Garden Pests Tags:Brugmansiamoth Read more
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 5206 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating 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. Categories:BrugmansiaSeedlings Tags:brugmansia Mountain Magic x American Pride Read more