This Angel Trumpet seedling has been an over achiever since it first bloomed in early summer.  It is the result of a cross between a brugmansia Jacyana x The Chief seedling x an unknown father. I grew out about a dozen Jacyana x The Chief seedlings from seeds I obtained from Liz Fichtl. All but three were trashed, and of those remaining three, only one is a "keeper" that I plan to register this fall.  The mother of this seedling was the only Jacyana x The Chief seedling that bloomed white, ...

It has been a while since I reviewed "Florida's Most Wanted" list for invasive species.  When I first spotted this tree frog tonight I thought I had a Cuban Tree Frog in my midst, which meant death had to be imminent.  Fortunately for Mr. Tree Frog and my conscious, I made a mad dash to the web for a positive ID before acting.  Mr. Tree Frog turned out to be a common variety and was left to enjoy his perch amongst my brugs.  

Here is another Angel Trumpet seedling from a cross I made between brugmansia Masquerade and  Inca Sun.  While I was hoping for yellow, the snow white blooms and their wild and crazy tendrils still grab your attention.This bloom has a very strong resemblance to its mama, Masquerade, and looks like a keeper for sure.  It will definitely be crossed back to Inca Sun this fall. 

During lunch I captured this photo of a tree frog snoozing away (until I woke him up) at the base of a leaf from a star potato tree.  This young tree has thorns along with the prickly spines you see in the photo.  I guess this guest did not mind the spines because he was quite comfy where he was at.

Brugmansia Jazzy is one of my favorite yellow Angel Trumpets.  As a result I made a bunch of crosses with it last year.  Here is a bloom from a seedling from a cross mother nature made, brugmansia Jazzy x an unknown father.The blooms have a slight resemblance to Jazzy but are much larger.  The color of Jazzy is a bit deeper yellow/orange than this one, but most likely the color of this bloom will deepen when the weather cools down.  I have lots of jazzy seedlings I expect to bloom this fall ...

I'm usually good when it comes to dodging spiders at night, but not tonight.  You learn quickly to always look forward, not down when you are walking around in the dark or you will run smack dab into a spider web.  Tonight I did just that, but fortunately it was more a side-swipe and the spider remained in his web.  No big deal, it was just a small one anyways...

I've had several Angel Trumpet seedlings from this cross of brugmansia L'Amour and Charles Grimaldi bloom so far and all are single yellows.  Many look almost identical to Charles Grimaldi, however this one stood out because of its smooth lines.  I'm already watching a couple of earlier seedlings from this cross, and now this one will join it's siblings in my watch zone to see how it performs in the long run.

While most of the chameleons I stumble across at night are sleeping on a leaf in a horizontal position, this guy decided to live life on the edge by sleeping vertical. Hang in there my friend!